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The Brother From Another Planet
Caroline Aaron, Alvin Alexis
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
Two words-SEE IT!
+ The Brother is Funny
+ Morton is Magnificent, Brother Endures Time
+ Original and wonderfully fun to watch
+ Very good movie; lousy DVD
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The Secret of Roan Inish
Jeni Courtney, Pat Slowey
Sony Pictures, 2000
A Sea Tale With A Twist
+ back in time
+ An endearing movie
+ wonderful
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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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Men With Guns
Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado
Sony Pictures, 2003
100% Guatemala
+ REQUIRED VIEWING
+ Stunningly beautiful, sad, insightful.
+ Human Rights
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Lianna
Madelyn Coleman, Jon DeVries
MGM Home Entertainment, 2003
Troubled people, love in many forms and a fine story
+ An early John Sayles classic? Yes, indeed!
+ stands up even without the lesbian interest
+ Pulls no punches
+ Twenty Years Ahead
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Lone Star
Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper
Turner Home Ent, 1999
American Masterpiece
+ Exceptional.
+ A lot of power
+ Lone Star
+ You are your family, like it or not
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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
Another John Sayles Gem
+ Powerful and emotional movie
+ Well-acted character driven drama (loved the ending)
God love and protect John Sayles. Not because he hits every ball out of the park, because he clearly doesn't; but because he never lets his few strikeouts compel him to try to hit a five-run homer the next time out. In an era marked by increasingly degraded and degrading notions of "entertainment" ...
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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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Silver City
Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss
Sony Pictures, 2005
Low budget but good
+ Earnest attempt at political satire
+ satire and commentary
This film grew on me.
I first saw it after it was advertised in "The Nation." It had just enough laughs--and mystery--to keep me interested.
Others have gone over the plot. Chris Cooper plays quite a good dimwit--actually no less articulate than the dimwit who now occupies the formidable ...
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Silver City
Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss
Sony Pictures, 2005
Low budget but good
+ Earnest attempt at political satire
+ satire and commentary
This film grew on me.
I first saw it after it was advertised in "The Nation." It had just enough laughs--and mystery--to keep me interested.
Others have gone over the plot. Chris Cooper plays quite a good dimwit--actually no less articulate than the dimwit who now occupies the formidable ...
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Limbo
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn
Sony Pictures, 1999
Another John Sayles Gem
+ Powerful and emotional movie
+ Well-acted character driven drama (loved the ending)
God love and protect John Sayles. Not because he hits every ball out of the park, because he clearly doesn't; but because he never lets his few strikeouts compel him to try to hit a five-run homer the next time out. In an era marked by increasingly degraded and degrading notions of "entertainment" ...
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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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Lone Star
Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper
Turner Home Ent, 1999
American Masterpiece
+ Exceptional.
+ A lot of power
+ Lone Star
+ You are your family, like it or not
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