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East of Eden 268 reviews
John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
An Epic Family Classic
+ A book that stays with you
+ East Of Eden Work Of Genius
+ Knocked For A Loop
+ Very Interesting
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Melmoth the Wanderer (Penguin Classics)14 reviews
Charles Robert Maturin
Penguin Classics, 2001
THIS BOOK IS THE GRANDFATHER OF POE, MARY SHELLEY, BRAM STOKER, JOYCE AND EVEN DICKENS WITH GREAT INTRO BY SAGE
+ This book is a hoot
+ Rewarding
+ Melmoth the Wanderer: Most Unique Gothic Novel -- and Not the Easiest to Read
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Miami Vice - Season One198 reviews
Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas
National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 2005
ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS EVER
+ Kudos for the Licensing
+ Miami Vice Exceptionally Nice
+ Miami Vice Maniac Season 1 REview.
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The Idiot (Everyman's Library (Cloth))83 reviews
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Everyman's Library, 2002
Is the title ironic? or pragmatic?
+ Persecution Complex Self-Test
+ Beautifully written
+ Ironic Title? Myshkin is introspective and innocent
+ It doesn't get better
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Selected Works (Everyman's Library) 4 reviews
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Everyman's Library, 2000
A useful introduction
+ Beautiful book
+ great volume
I picked up a copy of this book at the local library when I recently become interested in Goethe, and as an introduction to his life and work I found it really useful. The book's Introduction is written by Goethe's biographer (who has currently published two volumes of a planned three volume ...
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Of Human Bondage (Bantam Classics)132 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham, Jane Smiley
Bantam Classics, 1991
Maugham's Masterpiece
+ definitely a classic, but disappointing the second time around
+ Larger Than Life
+ Philip
+ wonderful
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Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)746 reviews
Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi
Miramax Entertainment, 2002
A modern classic!
+ American Classic
+ A Tarentino classic
Four modern crime noir tales which one tells of two professional hitmen Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vince (John Travolta) work for gangster Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) and retreive a stolen suitcase. Since Wallace is out of town for a few days, Vince takes out Marcellus's wife Mia (Uma ...
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Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)226 reviews
Jose Maria Caffarel, Geraldine Chaplin
Turner Home Ent, 2001
Dr. Zhivago ALL TIME BEST
+ A masterpiece!
+ Great Film After All These Years...
+ Doctor Zhivago
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The Graduate225 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft
Embassy Pictures Corporation, 2005
Timeless Work of Art
+ Film Studies Review
+ Classic film
+ However, upon further review...
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The Missing Piece Meets the Big O 34 reviews
HarperCollins, 1981
Special
+ Amazing book period.
+ A children's book that speaks to adults, too!
+ profound
+ Darling and meaningful!
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Les Schtroumpfs noirs, tome 1
Peyo, Yvan Delporte
Dupuis, 1986
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Notre-Dame of Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)19 reviews
Victor Hugo
Penguin Classics, 1978
Overdramatized, but Incredibly Powerful
+ You feel like you really are in Paris
+ Notre Cher Notre Dame
+ Romaticism at its best!
+ Just look through the reviews.
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Caligula (Unrated Version) 297 reviews
Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy
Image Entertainment, 1999
A hideously crippled masterpiece.
+ a great exploitation flim based on reality
+ Greatest Porno Ever Made
There are two reactions to this film: 1. "I absolutely HATED it!" and 2. "I absolutely LOVED the sex in that movie!!!!". EIther way you cannot deny- this film, meant to be good, was edited badly.
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN SUMMARY:
1. Thought of as a surreal black comedy
2. Scripted as a ...
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La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition)107 reviews
Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg
Koch Lorber Films, 2004
Fellini's voice
+ Titanic film
La Dolce Vita is a travelogue of one man's singular and unique experience. Fellini spares us the familiar arc and keeps the journey in a steady rhythm. There has never been a film before it that has captured tragedy, comedy, music, philosophy, romance, and social commentary in such a naturalistic ...
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The Master and Margarita (Everyman's Library (Cloth))341 reviews
Michail Bulgakov
Everyman's Library, 1992
A GIFT FROM THE GRAVE
+ "a liberating, exuberant social and political satire (Moscow) combined with a profound moral and political allegory (Jerusalem);
+ seductive masterpiece
+ The Devil Went Down to Moscow
+ READ THIS!
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Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth))449 reviews
Vladimir Nabokov
Everyman's Library, 1993
A road movie of the mind
+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece
+ Upends your preconceptions and prejudices
+ Which book did you read?
+ The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written
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Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)746 reviews
Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi
Miramax Entertainment, 2002
A modern classic!
+ American Classic
+ A Tarentino classic
Four modern crime noir tales which one tells of two professional hitmen Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vince (John Travolta) work for gangster Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) and retreive a stolen suitcase. Since Wallace is out of town for a few days, Vince takes out Marcellus's wife Mia (Uma ...
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Selected Works (Everyman's Library)4 reviews
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Everyman's Library, 2000
A useful introduction
+ Beautiful book
+ great volume
I picked up a copy of this book at the local library when I recently become interested in Goethe, and as an introduction to his life and work I found it really useful. The book's Introduction is written by Goethe's biographer (who has currently published two volumes of a planned three volume ...
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La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition)107 reviews
Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg
Koch Lorber Films, 2004
Fellini's voice
+ Titanic film
La Dolce Vita is a travelogue of one man's singular and unique experience. Fellini spares us the familiar arc and keeps the journey in a steady rhythm. There has never been a film before it that has captured tragedy, comedy, music, philosophy, romance, and social commentary in such a naturalistic ...
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Of Human Bondage (Bantam Classics)132 reviews
W. Somerset Maugham, Jane Smiley
Bantam Classics, 1991
Maugham's Masterpiece
+ definitely a classic, but disappointing the second time around
+ Larger Than Life
+ Philip
+ wonderful
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