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A Room with a View (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter
BBC Warner, 2004
Bonham-Carter is a Show Stopper!
+ VERY GOOD TRANSFER
+ wonderful movie
A Room with a View was only Bonham-Carter's second film, made when she was nineteen. To watch her in it, one would imagine her to be a much more experienced actress. Her performance strikes just the right balance of humor and drama and combined with clever dialogue, a dramatic, passionate plot, ...
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Laurel Canyon
Frances McDormand, Christian Bale
Sony Pictures, 2003
Ladies of the Canyon
+ Laurel Canyon
Pleasantly surprising small movie, loosely based on Joni Mitchell, according to the director. Frances McDormand is great. The soundtrack is catchy, sort of Coldplay-ish, as is the band character, who even looks like Cold Play's lead singer. It's a chick flick, but it's high quality. Great ...
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Unzipped
Amber Valletta, Yasmeen Ghauri
Miramax, 2004
This Changes EVERYTHING!
+ Unsung heroes
+ A stylish movie for the ladies, with gorgeous glamor for the guys.
+ Peek behind the scences of a hard working fashion designer.
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Funny Face
Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire
Paramount, 2001
Timeless classic
+ Funny Face is a hit
+ Girls ... Think Pink!
I enjoyed this movie very much, most entertaining, what more could you ask from the everlasting Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astair.
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My Own Private Idaho - Criterion Collection
Chiara Caselli, Mickey Cottrell
Criterion, 2005
Discovering America - One State at a Time
+ A Movie Like No Other That I Never Tire of Watching
+ Keanu and River's Excellent Adventure
+ What a man we missed... There will never be another River Phoenix
+ I MAY BE NOSTALGIC...
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Salaam Bombay (Widescreen Special Edition)
Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
Definitely a classic
+ I've seen the movie 4 or 5 times.
+ Brilliant!
+ Definitely Not Bollywood
+ Exceptional work of art!
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Casablanca
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Warner Home Video, 2000
New Ultimate edition for collectors (and gift-givers) coming out for Christmas
+ If you don't like this movie go see "Dumb & Dumberer"- you'll like it
+ You must remember this ...
+ Blu-ray edition mostly paper media and fancy packaging
+ The Movie Guy
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I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Christian Bale, David Cross
Weinstein Company, The, 2008
A Montage of Mid-20th Century Cinema--Bravo Haynes, and a Glass to the Bard
+ In here, somewhere, he is
+ excellent
There is something about "I'm Not There" that lets you know at once it is more than a biopic showing six different facets of the subject. Yes, the characters change from the exuberant, tall-tale telling Woody(Marcus Carl Franklin), to Arthur Rimbaud (Ben Wishaw), poet, being interrogated in a ...
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The Holiday
Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet
Sony Pictures, 2007
One of my favorites!
+ Romantic Comedy Movie
+ Warm cocoa will flow through your veins watching this
+ This one made me cry
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Reprise
Reprise
Jules and Jim with Norwegian Accents.
In the tradition of Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim and Jean-Luc Godard, Joachim Trier's 2006 Norwegian film, Reprise, tells the mesmerizing story of two 23-year-old lifelong friends and aspiring novelists, Erik (Espen Klouman-Hoiner) and Phillip (Anders Danielson Lie), who dream of fame, romance ...
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The New World
Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher
New Line Home Video, 2006
Another Malick "love it or hate it" film.
+ Great
+ Paradise Lost
+ Many people dislike the film...
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Stealing Beauty
Carlo Cecchi, Sinéad Cusack
20th Century Fox, 2002
Good film.
+ Beautiful and Graceful
Bernardo Bertolucci has given us another beautiful film. This one is set in the Italian countryside where a girl, coming of age, takes us through her confusions of love, sex, and people overall.
With an amazing cast that is anchored by the always great Jeremy Irons, Stealing Beauty is a great ...
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French Kiss
Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 2000
Juicy Kiss Steals My Heart
+ Fabulously French
+ French Kiss
+ Always good!
+ Great Pick
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Days of Heaven - Criterion Collection
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams
Criterion, 2007
Visually Brilliant
+ Light Magic
+ masterpiece theatre!
This remarkable film takes full advantage of the medium to tell a story with an absolute minimum of dialogue. The use of camera and music elevates a simple story of a love triangle to the level of epic myth.
The opening sequence of the film uses still shots and music to transport the viewer ...
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8 1/2 - Criterion Collection
Bruno Agostini, Anouk Aimée
Criterion, 2001
Beautifully honest depiction of ones struggle to create...
+ Classic, but not quite great
+ The Last Great Fellini Film
+ Italian Film Classic
+ One of my favorites...
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