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Brazil - The Criterion Collection (3-Disc Boxed Set)
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»rank: 6853
Our review: :Pitting the imagination of common man Sam Lowry against the oppressive storm troopers of the Ministry of Information this bitter parable for the Information Age has come to be regarded as an anti-totalitarian cautionary tale equal to the works of George orwell Aldous Huxley and Kurt Vonnegut. Gathering footage from both the European and American versions of his celebrated masterpiece Terry Gilliam has assembled the ultimate 142-minute director's cut of Brazil - now in a gorgeously remastered new transfer.System Requirements:Running Time: 142 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 715515018029 Manufacturer No: CC1630DDVD essential video:If Franz Kafka had been an animator and film director--oh, ...
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Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
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»rank: 2718
Our review: :It is the future & humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers who make plans (but dont know how anything works) & the workers who achieve goals (but dont have the vision). One man from the thinkers dares visit the underground where the workers toil & is astonished by what he sees.. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 11/09/2004 Run time: 124 minutes essential video:Fritz Lang's Metropolis belongs to legend as much as to cinema. It's a milestone of sci-fi and German expressionism. Yet the story makes minimal sense, and the 'theme' belongs in a fortune cookie; to experience the film's ...
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Runaway
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»rank: 8762
Our review: :Future cop tom selleck battles gene simmons an evil scientist whos unleashed a torrent of killer robots upon an unsuspecting city. Special features: theatrical trailers talent files scene selections interactive menus subtitles in english spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Tom Selleck Gene Simmons Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Michael Crichton
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Westworld
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»rank: 5579
Our review: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/26/2006 Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Pg :Welcome to Delos, the high-tech Disneyland for adults that Michael Crichton created for Westworld, a nifty science fiction thriller from 1973 that also marked the popular novelist's feature-film directorial debut. The movie is so named because the vacationing buddies who travel to Delos (James Brolin, Richard Benjamin) choose Westworld as their destination (the other choices being Roman World and Medieval World), where they are free to indulge their movie-inspired fantasies of the Wild West. From brothel beauties to black-hatted gunslingers (like the villain played by Yul Brynner), the place ...
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Ghost in the Shell
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»rank: 8773
Our review: essential video:The skillful blending of drawn animation and computer-generated imagery excited anime fans when this science fiction mystery was released in 1995: many enthusiasts believe Ghost suggests what the future of anime will be, at least in the short term. The film is set in the not-too-distant future, when an unnamed government uses lifelike cyborgs or 'enhanced' humans for undercover work. One of the key cyborgs is The Major, Motoko Kusanagi, who resembles a cross between The Terminator and a Playboy centerfold. She finds herself caught up in a tangled web of espionage and counterespionage as she searches for the mysterious superhacker ...
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A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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»rank: 6782
Our review: :A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become real so that he can regain the love of his human mother. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/13/2007 Starring: Haley Joel Osment Jude Law Run time: 145 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Stephen Speilberg :History will place an asterisk next to A.I. as the film Stanley Kubrick might have directed. But let the record also show that Kubrick--after developing this project for some 15 years--wanted Steven Spielberg to helm this astonishing sci-fi rendition of Pinocchio, claiming (with good reason) that it veered closer to Spielberg's kinder, gentler sensibilities. Spielberg inherited the project (based on ...
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The Batman Superman Movie
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»rank: 4996
Our review: :When lex luther and the joker team up in a diabolical scheme only the combined forces of batman and superman can save metropolis. Will our superheroes be able to stop the double doze of villains? special features: the jokers challenge game: introduction by producer bruce timm and much more. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/18/2007 Starring: Animated Run time: 68 minutes Rating: Nr :This feature-length tape began as a three-episode story line on the animated TV series, a superhero crossover where Bruce Wayne visits Metropolis and the Dark Knight meets the Man of Steel for the first time. The two heroes ...
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The Fifth Element
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»rank: 9509
Our review: :New york cab driver korben dallas didnt mean to be a hero. But he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/24/2007 Starring: Bruce Willis Milla Jovovich Run time: 126 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Luc Besson essential video:Ancient curses, all-powerful monsters, shape-changing assassins, scantily-clad stewardesses, laser battles, huge explosions, a perfect woman, a malcontent hero--what more can you ask of a big-budget science fiction movie? Luc Besson's high-octane film incorporates presidents, rock stars, and cab drivers into its peculiar plot, traversing worlds and encountering some pretty ...
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Escape from New York
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»rank: 6612
Our review:Description:A thrilling landmark film that jolts along at a breakneck pace, Escape From New York leapt to cult status with high-octane action, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a mind-blowing vision of a lone warrior (Kurt Russell) battling his way out of a post-apocalyptic Manhattan! Hailed as 'stylish and scary' (Los Angeles Times), 'dark and dangerous' (Newsweek) and 'gloriously...fun' (Tyler Morning Telegraph), this fast-paced and furiously entertaining thriller grabs you by the throat and won't let go! In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted to a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. But when the U.S. President (Donald Pleasence) ...
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Demolition Man
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»rank: 5018
Our review: :In the year 2032 psychopathic criminal simon phoenix is thawed from a cryogenic state for a parole hearing. But he escapes and begins a rampage through the peaceful city of san angeles. Only john spartan a 90s kind of cop can be thawed to face phoenix a 90s kind of criminal. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/31/2005 Starring: Sylvester Stallone Wesley Snipes Run time: 115 minutes Rating: R Director: Marco Brambilla :Searching for new directions, Sylvester Stallone starred in this farcical, 1993 SF piece about an ex-cop (Stallone) freed from 36 years of forced hibernation to help catch a criminal (Wesley ...
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