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Lone Star
Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper
Turner Home Ent, 1999
American Masterpiece
+ A lot of power
+ Lone Star
+ You are your family, like it or not
+ A Murder in a Small Town
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Passion Fish
Brett Ardoin, Lenore Banks
Sony Pictures, 1999
Passion Fish
+ PASSION FISH
+ no title
I borrowed this movie along with four or five others from the local library and I kept putting it off and eventually considered simply returning it without even watching it, thinking that it looked kind of sappy and would be a bore to watch. I decided to give it a try the night--very late in the ...
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Sunshine State
Alex Lewis, Alan King
Sony Pictures, 2002
Florida born and raised
+ Great Movie
+ and they wondered why those hanging chads and butterfly ballots were so problematic
We loved this movie, and have bought many copies to give to FL friends and relatives. Scenes of FL as it used to be, as well as scenes from FL as it is now. Great fun!
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The Secret of Roan Inish
Jeni Courtney, Pat Slowey
Sony Pictures, 2000
A Sea Tale With A Twist
+ An endearing movie
+ wonderful
+ Roan Inish
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Casa de los Babys
Angelina Peláez, Lizzie Curry Martinez
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
Complex political and social tale that can be viewed on many levels
+ poetic human slice of life
+ Classic Sayles - character/culture as relevant as space/time
+ One Of John Sayles Best Films
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Eight Men Out
Jace Alexander, Gordon Clapp
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Five star new edition!
+ My favorite baseball movie
+ A great movie about baseball's most fragile moment
+ Best baseball movie ever.
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Return of the Secaucus 7
Mark Arnott, Cora Bennett
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
My First Indie Film
'Return of the Secaucus 7" was my first. Independent film, that is. It is not an independent film the way you'd consider indie films of today. VERY low budget - and it shows, though that's not a bad thing. Overall, this film has held up well - which is pretty good 23 yrs later! Sayles did a ...
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Limbo
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn
Sony Pictures, 1999
More great storytelling by John Sayles
+ Well-acted character driven drama (loved the ending)
Sayles scores again with this substantial story about a woman who wanders from one man to another with her troubled daughter in tow, eventually ending up in Alaska among some questionable denizens. The first hour is spent establishing the setting and characters, whereas the last hour focuses more ...
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Matewan
Jace Alexander, Tom Carlin
Lions Gate, 2001
INDY GENIUS
+ The Matewan Massacre is in here somewhere . . .
+ Incredible movie.
+ West Virginia's Roots In All Its Glory
+ Matewan
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Lone Star
Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper
Turner Home Ent, 1999
American Masterpiece
+ A lot of power
+ Lone Star
+ You are your family, like it or not
+ A Murder in a Small Town
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Sunshine State
Alex Lewis, Alan King
Sony Pictures, 2002
Florida born and raised
+ Great Movie
+ and they wondered why those hanging chads and butterfly ballots were so problematic
We loved this movie, and have bought many copies to give to FL friends and relatives. Scenes of FL as it used to be, as well as scenes from FL as it is now. Great fun!
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Passion Fish
Brett Ardoin, Lenore Banks
Sony Pictures, 1999
Passion Fish
+ PASSION FISH
+ no title
I borrowed this movie along with four or five others from the local library and I kept putting it off and eventually considered simply returning it without even watching it, thinking that it looked kind of sappy and would be a bore to watch. I decided to give it a try the night--very late in the ...
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Eight Men Out
Jace Alexander, Gordon Clapp
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Five star new edition!
+ My favorite baseball movie
+ A great movie about baseball's most fragile moment
+ Best baseball movie ever.
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Matewan
Jace Alexander, Tom Carlin
Lions Gate, 2001
INDY GENIUS
+ The Matewan Massacre is in here somewhere . . .
+ Incredible movie.
+ West Virginia's Roots In All Its Glory
+ Matewan
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Casa de los Babys
Angelina Peláez, Lizzie Curry Martinez
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
Complex political and social tale that can be viewed on many levels
+ poetic human slice of life
+ Classic Sayles - character/culture as relevant as space/time
+ One Of John Sayles Best Films
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