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Highlander
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»rank: 2443
Our review: :This is where the epic of the immortals begins a legend that spans centuries with a power that transcends life itself. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2008 Starring: Chistopher Lambert Sean Connery Run time: 116 minutes Rating: R Director: Russell Mulcahy :This 1986 fantasy/action thriller has since spawned two sequels, a popular syndicated TV series, numerous comic-book spinoffs, and a loyal (if somewhat oddly obsessive) following of fans. Directed by music video veteran Russell Mulcahy (which explains the dizzying camera work), the original theatrical release made hash of an intriguing story about an 'Immortal' from 16th-century Scotland (Christopher Lambert) who time-leaps ...
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Prime Suspect 4
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»rank: 13260
Our review:Description:Helen Mirren is Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison who is promoted to Detective Superintendent. In this Fourth series three two-hour episodes are included: The Lost Child, Inner Circles, The Scent of Darkness.
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Highlander (The Immortal Edition)
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»rank: 33461
Our review: :Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2008 :This 1986 fantasy/action thriller has since spawned two sequels, a popular syndicated TV series, numerous comic-book spinoffs, and a loyal (if somewhat oddly obsessive) following of fans. Directed by music video veteran Russell Mulcahy (which explains the dizzying camera work), the original theatrical release made hash of an intriguing story about an 'Immortal' from 16th-century Scotland (Christopher Lambert) who time-leaps to modern-day America with his archenemy (Clancy Brown) in hot pursuit. It becomes a battle to the death (yes, Immortals can die), and Lambert seeks survival training from an Immortal mentor played by Sean Connery. ...
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Highlander: Director's Cut 10th Anniversary Edition
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»rank: 39779
Our review: :This 1986 fantasy/action thriller has since spawned two sequels, a popular syndicated TV series, numerous comic-book spinoffs, and a loyal (if somewhat oddly obsessive) following of fans. Directed by music video veteran Russell Mulcahy (which explains the dizzying camera work), the original theatrical release made hash of an intriguing story about an 'Immortal' from 16th-century Scotland (Christopher Lambert) who time-leaps to modern-day America with his archenemy (Clancy Brown) in hot pursuit. It becomes a battle to the death (yes, Immortals can die), and Lambert seeks survival training from an Immortal mentor played by Sean Connery. Dazzling, energetic, and altogether confusing in ...
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Hard Times
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»rank: 41521
Our review: :This extraordinary production captures the soot and smoke that blot out the sun in dank industry-choked Coketown. Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind (Bob Peck) raises his children Louisa and Tom in the utilitarian fashion stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss the self-made self-important banker Josiah Bounderby (Alan Bates) though she does not love him. But soon she finds herself succumbing to the attentions of the ...
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Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
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»rank: 19070
Our review: :This extraordinary production captures the soot and smoke that blot out the sun in dank industry-choked Coketown. Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind (Bob Peck) raises his children Louisa and Tom in the utilitarian fashion stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss the self-made self-important banker Josiah Bounderby (Alan Bates) though she does not love him. But soon she finds herself succumbing to the attentions of the ...
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A Day at the Beach
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»rank: 18362
Our review: :Roman Polanski wrote the screenplay for this bleak drama with a hauntingly accurate look at alcoholism. Bernie (Mark Burns) plays a rootless wanderer with a fondness for drinking and no clear goals in life. Bernie stumbles into a seaside resort community with his daughter, Winnie (Beatrice Edney), a young girl in leg braces. As Bernie starts hitting the bottle, his physical and emotional stability starts to crumble, until he finally collapses and Winnie is left with no one to look after her. In one of his most inventive roles, Peter Sellers makes a brief cameo appearance as a gay stall ...
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Poirot - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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»rank: 47963
Our review: :The murderer isn't the only one with a secret to hide in this television adaptation of Agatha Christie's first novel. With the (often unwitting) help of his friend Arthur Hastings (Hugh Fraser), retired Belgian supersleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) arranges the pieces of a puzzle, which include a broken coffee cup, spilled candle grease, untidy mantel ornaments, a fake beard, and a chief suspect who seems almost eager to be arrested. Place all these clues on the grand estate of a murdered matriarch as World War I draws to a close, and you have not only a fine mystery but also ...
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Mister Johnson
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»rank: 86323
Our review: :British East Africa, 1923. Harry Rudbeck, an ambitious army officer, wants to build a road to bring the outside world to the backwater town where he is posted. Struggling to find ways around Foreign Service bureaucracy, he relies on his resourceful African clerk, Mr. Johnson. But when Johnson's can-do attitude runs afoul of British law, Rudbeck must make a painful decision. The film is deliberately paced, and the topnotch cinematography, art direction, and soundtrack all conspire to immerse you into the sweltering heat of East Africa. Maynard Eziashi gives winning performance as Johnson, a man so intent on becoming important that it ...
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Highlander
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»rank: 82413
Our review: :British East Africa, 1923. Harry Rudbeck, an ambitious army officer, wants to build a road to bring the outside world to the backwater town where he is posted. Struggling to find ways around Foreign Service bureaucracy, he relies on his resourceful African clerk, Mr. Johnson. But when Johnson's can-do attitude runs afoul of British law, Rudbeck must make a painful decision. The film is deliberately paced, and the topnotch cinematography, art direction, and soundtrack all conspire to immerse you into the sweltering heat of East Africa. Maynard Eziashi gives winning performance as Johnson, a man so intent on becoming important that it ...
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