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.Long Hot Summer

starring: Mabel Albertson, Richard Anderson, Val Avery, Brian Corcoran, George Dunn
directed by: Martin Ritt

May 20, 2003
I rated this film with four stars though on most measurable levels, it is worthy of maybe three. The plot is a montage, some say mish-mash of Faulkner's literary works. Still, the film works..... most of the time. Jerry Wald's production has 1950's sensibilities written all over it. A real strength of this film lies in the charismatic on-screen performance of young Paul Newman's Ben Quick and his incendiary relationship with Orson Welles' Will Varner. It is said the editing room had to re-do much of Welles' dialogue to make it intelligible for the audience. Whatever. I am fascinated by virtually every word uttered in Welles' quirky interpretation of a portly, gravelly voiced redneck hell-bent to leave his greasy thumbprint on all who would ... Read More:
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.Army of Darkness (Widescreen)

starring: Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
directed by: Sam Raimi

June 01, 2004
EVIL DEAD 3 IS NOT AS GOOD AS 2 BUT BETTER THEN 1. ONLY A SELECTED FEW CAN LOVE THESE MOVIES.THE EVIL DEAD SERIES IS A MIX OF HORROR AND WEIRDNESS. COOL MOVIES BUT A BIT STRANGE AT TIMES.
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.Mr. Holland's Opus (Widescreen)

starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy
directed by: Stephen Herek

January 25, 2005
In my opinion this movie is an excellent way for the Hearing In Paired to watch movies like this one.There should be more movies like Mr Holland's Opus.I have read in one reveiw which The Beatles are the main topic of the movie (music)which is crap as there are all types of music in the movie wheather there influence is there or not,watch the movie and love the music or don't watch it at all.
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.Escape From Fort Bravo

starring: Richard Anderson, Carl Benton, Polly Bergen, Harry V. Cheshire, William Demarest
directed by: John Sturges

August 26, 2008
MGM presents "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (9 December 1953) (98 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) -- Our story line and plot,
In the Civil War, Fort Bravo is a prison camp for captured southerners --- Its isolated position and unfriendly natives make escape almost impossible, but anyone who tries is always brought back by by-the-book Captain Roper (William Holden) --- Another Captain John Marsh (John Forsythe) a Confederate and a group of prisoners hatch a plot to get away by bringing in a southern belle Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) to distract Roper --- The plan seems to work, but the inhospitable desert, the murderous Indians, and - most importantly - the Colonel apparently wronged in love mean that this is only the start --- William Holden and John Forsythe ... Read More:
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.The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

starring: Daphne Anderson, Anthony Andrews, Nick Brimble, Tracey Childs, Eleanor David
directed by: Clive Donner

February 24, 2004
When the first second of the first scene shows you little cubes instead of people's heads, the walls, and the torches, you might think the DVD transfer has some problems. When not even the letters in the credits stay stable, you begin to wonder whether you wouldn't be better off buying an old VHS copy and turning it into a tiny-sized Divx file. ARRRRGH!

Which breaks my heart, because this version of The Scarlet Pimpernel is one of my all-time top ten movies. I'd be rating this with one star if the movie wasn't five-star. Too bad I can't actually see it!
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.Stephen King's It (Widescreen)

starring: Harry Anderson, Jonathan Brandis, Dennis Christopher, Tim Curry, Adam Faraizl
directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace

October 01, 2002
First I read the book and I liked the story. If you want to understand the movie, you must read the book before because the story is so complicated that you will not understand. Secondly,this film is too long and it's hard to remember all the details.
***WARNING***
If you are afraid of clowns don't watched this movie :p
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.Jesus Christ Superstar

starring: Bob Bingham, Barry Dennen, Pi Douglas, Yvonne Elliman, Ron Hyatt
directed by: Norman Jewison

August 31, 2004
O.K. Its' Jan 16, 2006 and I just got home from the latest stage show of JCSS with original Jesus, Ted Neely. I believe he's 62 or so and though I was a little taken aback when he first came on stage I was very impressed with his voice. I was a big fan of the "original cast" production album back when I was in my teens with Deep Purple's Ian Gillan doing a great job as Jesus. I never really watched the movie nor listened to the soundtrack version -I only wanted the original. Well I can say that it was a great show and now I will have to buy this album as well.
To top it off Judas was played by "In Living Color's" Cory Glover and he was simply outstanding.

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.Battle Of The Bulge

starring: Axel Anderson, Dana Andrews, Anna Maria Pier Angeli, Richard Baxter, Hans-Christian Blech
directed by: Ken Annakin

May 03, 2005
I saw this film in the theatre in the 1960's and again recently. My original impression hasn't changed. The writing and acting are generally mediocre. There are some good battle scenes. The story is virtually fiction interspersed with some cliched historical highlights to give it a sheen of accuracy. A better choice than this (though with less sophisticated technology) is Battleground. Also, try reading one of the general histories of the battle - John Toland's "Battle - the story of the Bulge" is the most comprehensive I know of, and is highly readable.
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.Wackiest Ship In The Army

starring: Richard Anderson, Joby Baker, Warren Berlinger, Naaman Brown, Patricia Driscoll
directed by: Richard Murphy

October 12, 2004
This is one of the best movies that I remember from my younger days.Am glad too see on DVD and am going too order it soon.A fine and funny movie and one of Jack Lemmons best.
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.Paths of Glory (Full Screen)

starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris
directed by: Stanley Kubrick

April 01, 2003
"Paths of Glory", was the work that put young 29 year old Stanley Kubrick "on the map" in terms of his name as a director, and rightfully so. Though slightly dated in its acting style when viewed from a modern perspective, Kubrick creates a very undeniable picture of the realities of war. By opting for a more tragic ending, Kubrick succeeds in undermining the institutions and nobility of war.
In spite of some continuity errors that make the film occasionally difficult to follow (for instance the fact that the soldiers are apparently French and the very old soldiers in the final scene), "Paths of Glory" definitely helps reinforce the messages portrayed in other, later Kubrick films.
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