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Two-Lane Blacktop - Criterion Collection
James Taylor, Warren Oates
Criterion Collection, 2007
Criterion Collection Release of Two-Lane Blacktop
+ The Lonesome Highway
+ Great Movie
+ The Long, Long Road to Nowhere.
+ This movie blew me away
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Zulu
Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
May 2003 MGM release: Excellent anamorphic transfer to DVD
+ Already a classic by now...Rorke's Drift 1/1 wargame!... and a true epic!
+ Stunning - every time you see it
+ Victorious Alamo
+ Zulu
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Junior Bonner
Joe Don Baker, Don 'Red' Barry
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
Stunning!
+ No Country for Old Cowboys.
+ Junior Bonner
This is a superb movie with excellent performances. I lived in Pendleton, Oregon, the home of the famous Pendleton Roundup, for nine years, and I think that this is the best rodeo movie ever made. The actors all give true to life performances, and it seems so real that one can smell the dust of ...
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Farewell, My Lovely
Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling
Geneon [Pioneer], 1999
It Can Stand Alongside The Earlier Version
+ My All-Time Favorite Film of the Genre
+ one of the best!
+ They don't make films like that anymore
+ FIND MY VELMA, PLEASE
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The Innocents
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde
20th Century Fox, 2005
CREEPY CLASSIC HOLDS UP WELL! 4 1/2 STARS!
+ Hauntingly great movie
+ A superior thriller
+ The coldest, blackest Winter's night...
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Killing Zoe
Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy
Lions Gate, 2001
"Forget them...let them get their own!"
+ Cool movie
+ A classic in its own right
+ A lot like Resevoir Dogs...
+ Roger Avary Proves Himself to Be Worthy
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The Wind and the Lion
Chris Aller, Luis Barboo
Warner Home Video, 2004
A Historical Twist But A Great Movie
+ Stirring music with lively instrumentation
+ A ripping yarn a la "THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING".
+ Wind and the Lion
+ Strong early 20th C American Woman Meets Strong early 20th C Mideastern Man
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Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie
Paramount Pictures, 1999
One of my favorites
+ Wonderful -- get it
+ Heavenly!
+ BEATTY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE LIKABLE!
+ A classic.
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Bronco Billy
Sondra Locke, Clint Eastwood
Warner Home Video, 2000
Clint Carries on the Classic Tradition of the West
+ A real charmer
+ A charming sleeper.
+ A charming film, though a little too much corn, but I can forgive that...
+ I really wanted to see Beverlee McKinsey!
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Breaker Morant
Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson
Image Entertainment, 2008
While Historical in nature, still contemporary
+ Scapegoats of the British Empire
+ First Rate Story First Rate Acting
+ Top of the Line
+ Slice of the Anglo-Boer War
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The Apostle
Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett
Universal Studios, 2002
What a fantastic movie!
+ The Apostle
+ The Apostle
Wow! You never want to think that someone would react the way Apostle did when in the same situation, but you hear about it all the time on the evening news. What incredible story-telling! Robert was just fantastic as the Bible-thumping, pew-jumping preacher! What a story of redemption!
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Tom Horn
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans
Warner Home Video, 2005
Great movie
+ Tom Horn
+ Great Story
A low-key Steve McQueen movie, but one of my favorites. A really great western. Kind of an old-timer adjusting to the new world, and not doing so well.
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The Professionals (Special Edition)
Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin
Sony Pictures, 2005
A classic Western beautifully presented on Blu-ray!
+ The Professionals
+ A classic film and a great Western
+ Brooks' Professionals
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North Dallas Forty
Nick Nolte, Mac Davis
Paramount, 2001
1970s tale with heavy resonance for today
+ North Dallas Forty
+ The dark side of pro football
+ Sad But True
+ Great insight to the past???
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El Cid (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (The Miriam Collection)
Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren
Miriam Collection, 2008
el cid
+ Anthony Mann's classic spectacle
+ El Cid
+ Great Movie
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