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Braveheart 848 reviews Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
Paramount, 2000
Braveheart - historical fiction for the future
+ great entertainment + Movie Review for English Class + Historically inaccurate, but I don't care . . . + Excellent!
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The Terminator 471 reviews Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Immortal!!
+ Easter Eggs + Our Future Is In His Hands... + Great classic
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The Sea Hawk 42 reviews Errol Flynn, Branda Marshall
Warner Home Video, 2005
the best of its kind
+ A new twist on Flynn + Thorpe's not Blood + Only missing ingredients: Technicolor and Olivia de Havilland...
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North by Northwest [Region 2] 311 reviews Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
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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The Charge of the Light Brigade 38 reviews Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
Warner Home Video, 2007
Colorized Version : Charge of the Light Brigade
+ Flynn in arguably his most important movie + Flynn at his Best + Classic tale of romance, friendship, love, and sacrifice. + classic great movie
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Robin and Marian 6 reviews John Barry
Silva America, 2001
One of Barry's best scores given a stunning re-recording.
+ Yes it`s grand but it helps if you have seen the film. + "Barry's haunting theme, highlights the complete score"
'Robin and Marian' was released in UK in early 1976 and had the dream team of actors, Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn supported by John Barry's score. The film was initially much underrated but has started to win appreciation in recent years. Barry was brought in at a late stage following the ...
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Man on Fire 309 reviews Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
20th Century Fox, 2004
Man on Fire
+ Where are the extras? + GREAT MOVIE + Trail of Blood
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Deliverance 187 reviews Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
Warner Home Video, 2004
Tragedy Changes Men. To Blu Ray or Not to Blu Ray
+ Only 30 years late in seeing this movie + Classic Movie
The American Heritage Dictionary online defines deliverance as the act of being delivered and to rescue from danger or bondage. The film Deliverance nominated for three Oscars (director, picture, and film editing) shows how a tragedy can change man. Made as V ietnam was ending and men returning ...
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F/X 21 reviews Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
An ingenious suspense film!
+ Take me Back to the '80s !! + Great effects + One of my favorites + The deadly art of illusion
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The Man From Snowy River 110 reviews Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan
20th Century Fox, 2002
Great Movie
+ Still th Best! + The Man From Snowy River + The most underrated film of the last 25 years + Man from Snowy River Review
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The Road Warrior 194 reviews Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
Warner Home Video, 1997
Great blu-ray transfer
+ Good movie, Grainy on Blu-ray + The Blu Warrior!!! A visual treat!!! Incredible stuntwork!!! + A movie worth revisiting! HD transfer very good
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The Birds (Collector's Edition) 312 reviews Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren
Universal Studios, 2000
What happens when our fowl feathered friends become...foul!!!!
+ Just As Erie as I remembered + The Birds + An Allegory in Search of Meaning + Scary -- but I'm still wondering what it was about!
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The French Connection 114 reviews Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
20th Century Fox, 2005
Brutal as Brooklyn Winter
+ Great service + Oldie but goodie.
"The French Connection," (1971) opens: we quickly see Brooklyn, New York, a few days before Christmas. It's brutal: we see a sidewalk Santa shivering at his Salvation Army bucket; a man freezing his touchas off as he works a hot dog cart. Suddenly we realize they're cops surveilling a dive of a ...
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Bank Dick 30 reviews W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon
Universal Studios, 1992
The Bank Dick
+ He was one of a kind, and this is one of his best. Lots of laughs + Is that thing loaded??? + "I offer you a heart handclasp!" + Buy quickly! Limited availablility!
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King Kong (Single-Disc Edition) 194 reviews Robert Armstrong, Roscoe Ates
Turner Home Ent, 2006
LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL KING KONGS
+ King Kong (1933) - Still Modern Classic + Just what I expected, from Amazon! + Long Live The King + King Kong 1933
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A Fistful of Dollars 102 reviews Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch
MGM (Video & DVD), 1999
Brilliant western
+ The First Important Spaghetti + The first classic in the Spaghetti Western genre - a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo + A great Eastwood Spaghetti western classic
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Bullitt 224 reviews Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn
Warner Home Video, 1997
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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Die Hard 264 reviews Bruce Willis, Reginald VelJohnson
20th Century Fox, 2007
Great movie experience
+ One of the best action movies ever! + Die Hard + " I am going to count to three. There will not be a four." + Action-packed thrill ride
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The Wild Bunch - The Original Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) 214 reviews Alfonso Arau, Ernest Borgnine
Warner Home Video, 2006
"If They Move, Kill 'Em!"
+ Good violent western + Wild Bunch
This line, spoken by William Holden's character Pike Bishop, is about the important thing you need to know about "The Wild Bunch"; just as "Bonnie and Clyde" was summed up by the line 'We rob banks', "The Graduate" with 'Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?', and "Cool Hand Luke" ...
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Vera Cruz 33 reviews Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Is this a toothpaste commercial?
+ JUST LIKE BEES TO HONEY, BEN, BEES TO HONEY + Vera Cruz
Yes, those big pearly white choppers prominently displayed in Burt Lancaster's frequent sarcastic smiles tend to dominate most scenes in this fast moving complicated film. All the twists and turns in this story set in a Mexico in political turmoil provide an exciting and unpredictable drama, ...
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