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Philadelphia 107 reviews Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington
Sony Pictures, 1997
MIND GAME
+ Tom's best acting yet.. + Fighting for what's right. + One of the first films to take aids seriously
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GoodFellas 633 reviews Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta
Warner Home Video, 1997
The Best Mob Movie Made - Ever!
+ GoodFellas DVD + One of the best mobster movies + What a difference + THE BEST IN THIS GENRE
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Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition) 697 reviews Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Turner Home Ent, 2001
Great--not the best
+ The Power of Loss + Freakin Sick!! + Citizen Kane -- two disc edition
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Tootsie 102 reviews Doris Belack, Dabney Coleman
Columbia TriStar, 2001
A tomato doesn't have logic
+ "...and it's telling me it might be you" + Dustin Hoffman - A real woman + Funny, heartwarming and poignant; `Tootsie' has it all... + tootsie review
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Platoon (Special Edition) 296 reviews Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
A Must See...
+ Vietnam. FUBAR!! + Truly Essential for War flick buffs. + The stars... there's no right or wrong in them. They're just there
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The Great Escape 231 reviews Steve McQueen, James Garner
MGM (Video & DVD), 1998
Surprisingly good
+ Definite Classic + A Classic WW2 Movie That Defined a Genre + An All Time Classic
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A Beautiful Mind 16 reviews Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe
Universal Studios, 2006
Mental Illness Brought to the Screen Like Never Before
+ badbones + Beautiful Insight + A Beautiful Mind
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 137 reviews Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier
Sony Pictures, 1999
Thematic still applicable today; great movie
+ Brilliant and ageless! + A Dated Film But Still Worth Watching + Pretty Good
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The Last Emperor - Director's Cut 100 reviews John Lone, Joan Chen
Live / Artisan, 1999
The Twilight of the Middle Kingdom
+ Buy this one! + Wait for the Criterion Editon! + The REAL DEAL!
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Vertigo (Collector's Edition) 338 reviews James Stewart, Kim Novak
Universal Studios, 1998
From Among the Dead
+ picture looks better than the 1999 dvd to this layman's eye + The Obsession Grows Stronger + a psychological and visual tour de force!
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The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) 145 reviews Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
Paramount, 2005
Continuing the Saga
+ slightly disappointed + Just As Good As The Original!!! + Epic masterpiece + BETTER THAN "1"
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Midnight Cowboy 160 reviews Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
Hauntingly ugly and beautiful
+ Depressing but powerful look into the all too human + Midnight Cowboy gets better with age
I heard the beautiful and haunting theme song on the radio as I had many times before and the DJ came on afterward and said it was from "Midnight Cowboy, the only x-rated film to win an academy award." Intrigued, I decided to buy the DVD, especially when I saw Dustin Hoffman was in it.
The film ...
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Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) 336 reviews Cyd Charisse, Mae Clarke
Warner Home Video, 2002
My 5-year-old daughter LOVES this movie!
+ What A Glorious Feeling + Singin in the rain + Great Classic - the kids love it! + One of the best Musicals
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Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) 374 reviews Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster
Sony Pictures, 2007
Taxi Driver: Scorsese's meditation on urban loneliness and alienation.
+ "You're Only As Healthy As You Feel."... + The original American Psycho + "Mr. Cab Driver. . ."
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Young Frankenstein 327 reviews Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle
20th Century Fox, 2006
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
+ A Classic + One of Mel Brooks's finest! + Hilarious Classic
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Easy Rider 171 reviews Luana Anders, Luke Askew
Sony Pictures, 2002
You had to be there to get it...
+ Classic + Still The Best + Still Stunning
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Pulp Fiction 746 reviews Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi
Walt Disney Video, 1998
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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Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition) 606 reviews Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley
Universal Studios, 2004
Review of Schindler's List
+ A Classic and Must See + Schindler's List + Schindler's List + Wonderful Movie
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Bullitt (Two-Disc Special Edition) 224 reviews Steve McQueen, Robert Duvall
Warner Home Video, 2005
Bullitt DVD
+ Brilliant!.
I've watched this film at least 50 times over the years. Steve McQeen, Robert Vaughn and the rest of the cast are stellar. The direction and driving stunts were brilliant .
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North By Northwest 311 reviews Ed Binns, Leo G. Carroll
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 2004
Is this Roger Thornhill or Bond, James Bond?
+ now this is entertainment! + Cary Grant goes to Mount Rushmore--not just for the sight-seeing!! + Slow start, but a great movie...
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