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Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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»rank: 717
Our review:Description:A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)...and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet ...
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North and South - The Complete Collection
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»rank: 2048
Our review: :Two friends one northern and one southern struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the american civil war. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/05/2004 Starring: Patrick Swayze Kirstie Alley Run time: 561 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Richard T Heffron
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Honey West: The Complete Series (4pc) (Full B&W)
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»rank: 3262
Our review: :As televisions first title roll female Private Eye, Honey West would take on any tough case. After the death of her father, the sexy private detective took over his high-tech PI firm. Being assisted by the rugged Sam Bolt and her pet ocelot Bruce, she could handle herself mingling with millionaires just as well as scaling a thirty foot wall. Bonus Features: Episode Selection, Vintage Commercials, Anne Francis Photo Gallery, Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery Specs: 4-DVD9s; Dolby Digital; 900 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA NR; Year - 1965-1966 :'A girl's place is in the home.' Someone forgot to ...
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Funny Girl
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»rank: 5674
Our review: :Only her mother believes fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break at keeneys music hall her hilarious debut as a rollerskating chorus girl gets her hired as a comedienne. A year later fanny is working for florenz ziegfeld in his famous follies and brings the house down. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/27/2007 Starring: Barbra Streisand Omar Shariff Run time: 147 minutes Rating: G essential video:Ah, Barbra. Of all her onscreen personas, she sparkles in none as she does in her role as 1930s comedian Fanny Brice in the musical Funny ...
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The Serpent And The Rainbow
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Our review: :A drug company sends a harvard anthropologist to haiti for voodoo zombie powder. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/15/2003 Starring: Bill Pullman Zakes Mokae Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Director: Wes Craven :Eight years before he scored a phenomenal hit with Scream, horror master Wes Craven made a worthy effort to 'legitimize' horror with this chilling supernatural thriller, based on the best-selling book by Wade Davis. More ambitious than most horror films, this one allowed Craven to generate compelling plausibility with the fact-based story of a Harvard researcher (Bill Pullman) who travels to Haiti to procure a ...
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Portrait of Jennie
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»rank: 8616
Our review:Description:One of the most unusual romances ever filmed, Portrait of Jennie is the picture of sumptuousperfection. Starring Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane) and OscarÂ(r) winner* Jennifer Jones (A Farewell to Arms) in a 'sensitive, appealing performance (The Hollywood Reporter), this 'tender [and] poetic (Variety) tale is enthralling from its touching beginning to its haunting conclusion. When struggling artist Eben Adams (Cotten) meets the beautiful and mysterious Jennie (Jones), he is instantly captivated. Before long, Jennie has become his great muse and he is enjoying success and bliss beyond his dreams. But there is a price to pay for such elation, and soon ...
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Bad Day at Black Rock
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»rank: 17040
Our review: :A one handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret by violent means if necessary. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Starring: Spencer Tracy Run time: 82 minutes Rating: Nr essential video:One of the first Hollywood films to deal openly with white racism toward Japanese Americans during World War II, this drama directed by 1950s action maestro John Sturges (The Great Escape) stars Spencer Tracy as a one-armed stranger named MacReedy, who arrives in the tiny town of Black Rock on a hot day in 1945. Seeking a hotel room ...
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Blackboard Jungle
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»rank: 13770
Our review: :Glen Ford is riveting as a dedicated teacher whose idealism fades under the tensions that rip his classroom apart. Anne Francis and Sidney Poitier co-star. Year: 1955 Director: Richard Brooks Starring: Glenn Ford Anne Francis Louis Calhern Maggie HayesRunning Time: 101 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569690325 :Novelist Evan Hunter burst America's postwar bubble when he described an inner-city school terrorized by switchblade-wielding juvenile delinquents. Director-screenwriter Richard Brooks's 1955 adaptation of Blackboard Jungle still packs a tremendous wallop (even if it was shot mostly on the back lot). A forerunner of Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story, this black-and-white ...
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Strictly Business
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»rank: 14015
Our review:Description:A 'Buppie' investment broker falls for a free-spirited beauty bringing comedic chaos upon his button down career and lifestyle. A romantic lark with a dynamic rap soundtrack starring Halle Berry (The Flintstones) Year: 1991 Director: Kevin Hooks Starring: Tommy Davidson, Joseph C.Phillips, Halle Berry
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Forbidden Planet
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»rank: 12001
Our review:Description:A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen portrays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied Altair-4 world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), the remarkable Robby...and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of ...
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