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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
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The Brother From Another Planet
Caroline Aaron, Alvin Alexis
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
Morton is Magnificent, Brother Endures Time
+ This John Sayles sci fi cult classic is finally released properly!!! Great job MGM!!!
+ The Brother is Funny
+ Original and wonderfully fun to watch
+ Very good movie; lousy DVD
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Eight Men Out
Jace Alexander, Gordon Clapp
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Five star new edition!
+ If You Are A Baseball Or Movie Fan
+ Great Movie
+ My favorite baseball movie
+ A great movie about baseball's most fragile moment
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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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Santitos
Dolores Heredia, Demián Bichir
20th Century Fox, 2003
A Hint of the Latin American Magical Realism
+ Unusually interesting ...
+ Bellisimo!
+ An unusual, but a very interesting story!
+ journey of the heart
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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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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
+ Excellent
+ poetic human slice of life
+ Classic Sayles - character/culture as relevant as space/time
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City of Hope
Jace Alexander, Angela Bassett
Pay no attention to Maltin...
+ A big idea
+ Slightly didactic, immensely powerful
+ Sayles is a Master
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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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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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The Secret of Roan Inish
Jeni Courtney, Pat Slowey
Sony Pictures, 2000
Silkies
+ Great
+ An Irish tale that pulls you in....
+ back in time
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Bruce Springsteen - The Complete Video Anthology, 1978-2000
Bruce Springsteen, Roy Bittan
Sony, 2001
I was happy with my purchase!
+ So why is he called ..
+ Could've been so much more but a great collection.
+ Near Perfect!
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Return of the Secaucus 7
Mark Arnott, Cora Bennett
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
Interesting but not wonderful
Return of the Secaucus 7 is an OK film probably best enjoyed by those who either remember the 1960's fondly or have a big interest in that time period and its aftermath since is likely to leave others a bit underwhelmed. I had difficulty caring greatly about the characters and their lives and the ...
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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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Baby It's You (1983)
Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano
Paramount, 2001
A coming of age that seems real
+ One of the best movies I've ever seen
+ Best Coming of Age Film
+ Master OF The Rare LASERDISCs Movies.
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