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Total QuickRatings: 2


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"Sam Peckinpah's crippled film plays best as a dry run for The Wild Bunch."
Posted Oct 3, 2005
 
Major Dundee (1965)97%
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"As good as it gets in music documentaries."
Posted Sep 27, 2005
 
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)93%
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"Federico Fellini broke through all the walls he could find in 1987's delightfully jumbled Intervista. The maestro created a film about a film about a film."
Posted May 1, 2005
 
Intervista (1987)67%
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"Welcome to the philosophical fun house that is F for Fake, stuffed full of questions about the nature of art and authorship, illusion and reality, lies and truth."
Posted May 1, 2005
 
F For Fake (1976)88%
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"An underdog in its day and a classic today."
Posted Feb 23, 2005
 
Raging Bull (1980)98%
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"Stanley Kubrick's blackest of black comedies."
Posted Nov 18, 2004
 
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)100%
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"Brutal, stylish, hypnotic and addictive, GoodFellas remains Scorsese's best film."
Posted Sep 2, 2004
 
Goodfellas (1990)96%
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"Sergio Leone's epic looks good, almost great, restored to its original running time."
Posted Jun 8, 2004
 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)100%
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4/5
 
"Many actors have tried, but none has surpassed Basil Rathbone's embodiment of Sherlock Holmes."
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)100%
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4/5
 
"Many actors have tried, but none has surpassed Basil Rathbone's embodiment of Sherlock Holmes."
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)100%
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3/5
 
"Richard Linklater and Jack Black talk a lot about the imperative to rock hard, but their commentary is more Milli Vanilli than Iggy Pop."
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
School of Rock (2003)91%
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4/5
 
"'The Commitments' soars with a new 5.1 mix and a beautifully toned widescreen presentation, atoning for Fox's previous full-screen release."
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
The Commitments (1991)92%
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4/5
 
"New Line celebrates the improbable artistic success of "Chainsaw" Jr. with a surgically sharp two-disc "Platinum Edition" DVD set."
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)34%
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3/5
 
"The five original "Pink Panther" films return in a swinging set. Blake Edwards delivers a delightful solo commentary on the first and best film, "The Pink Panther.""
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
The Pink Panther (1964)87%
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3/5
 
"The five original "Pink Panther" films return in a swinging set. Blake Edwards delivers a delightful solo commentary on the first and best film, "The Pink Panther.""
Posted Jun 4, 2004
 
The Pink Panther (1964)87%
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"Alien looks amazing, almost like a new film."
Posted Feb 5, 2004
 
Alien (1979)97%
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3/5
 
"Restored and remastered, "Lion King" looks and sounds spectacular. Too bad about all those ads and the looney navigation."
Posted Feb 4, 2004
 
The Lion King (1994)92%
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3.5/5
 
"Robert Rodriguez's DVD film school is back in session. He uses the extras to show viewers how to make a movie on the cheap and on the run. "
Posted Feb 4, 2004
 
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)69%
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5/5
 
"For many fans and videophiles, the Indy Jones trilogy was the holy grail of DVD titles. Paramount met most of their high expectations with this whip-smart set."
Posted Jan 15, 2004
 
Indiana Jones - The Adventure Collection (1981-1989)100%
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4/5
 
"The four-disc set packs in 26 shows, more or less as they aired back in the day. The presentation is probably as good as it's going to get -- and it's good enough. "
Posted Jan 15, 2004
 
The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show - Complete Season 1 ()n/a
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5/5
 
"'Alien Quadrilogy' weighs in as the new heavyweight champ of DVD boxed sets. The behemoth stands at the intersection of video obsession and science fiction geekdom."
Posted Jan 15, 2004
 
Alien Legacy (1979-1997)n/a
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5/5
 
"'Spirited Away' will be a revelation -- and a test -- for mainstream viewers. At times, the film appears better suited for the Ecstasy crowd than the Nickelodeon generation. "
Posted Jan 15, 2004
 
Spirited Away (2002)97%
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"Its in-your-face images of the bodybuilding subculture's well-oiled narcissism both startled and fascinated viewers, making for an unlikely boxoffice hit."
Posted Jan 6, 2004
 
Pumping Iron (1977)95%
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3/5
 
"DVD extras play like ads for the movie and its star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but there is an odd and compelling new element."
Posted Nov 13, 2003
 
Pumping Iron (1977)95%
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"A crown jewel of modern Disney animation."
Posted Oct 14, 2003
 
The Lion King (1994)92%
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"The Gold Rush has been delighting audiences for almost 80 years -- it's one of the flat-out funniest films made in the silent era or any other."
Posted Jul 26, 2003
 
The Gold Rush (1925)100%
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"Kurosawa dares to edit Shakespeare's story lines, adding back stories and deleting major characters, but the motivations and emotions remain true."
Posted Jun 16, 2003
 
Ran (1985)96%
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"Widely regarded as one of the most successful film adaptations of a Bard play."
Posted Jun 16, 2003
 
Throne of Blood (1957)97%
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"Roger looks terrific after 15 years."
Posted Jun 14, 2003
 
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)100%
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"The talky 20,000 Leagues probably won't thrill kids fresh from The Matrix, but they may be interested to know that the Verne film was the effects marvel of its day."
Posted Jun 14, 2003
 
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)90%
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"By turns, creepy and cheesy, literate and vapid."
Posted Jun 14, 2003
 
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)86%
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"Today, wistful viewers might ask: Where are Klaatu and Gort when we need them most?"
Posted Jun 14, 2003
 
Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)93%

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