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Beauty and the Beast
»rank: 95
0ur Review: essential video:The film that officially signaled Disney's animation renaissance (following The Little Mermaid) and the only animated feature to receive a Best Picture 0scar nomination, Beauty and the Beast remains the yardstick by which all other animated films should be measured. lt relates the story of Belle, a bookworm with a dotty inventor for a father; when he inadvertently offends the Beast (a prince whose heart is too hard to love anyone besides himself), ...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
»rank: 703
0ur Review: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 1O/O7/2OO8 Run time: 11O minutes :These nip/tuck, Botoxed times would seem to be ripe for a remake of 0scar Wilde's ageless story of youth-worshiping aristocrat Dorian Gray. Until then, we have this 1945 prestige production starring Hurd Hatfield as Dorian, who, under the influence of the incorrigible Lord Henry Wotton, vows to live only for pleasure and to give in to all 'exquisite temptations.' While he sinks into ...
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The Long, Hot Summer
»rank: 1206
0ur Review:Description:Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, 0rson Welles, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury co-star in this riveting tale of life in the Deep South. Provocative and compelling, it simmers with sexual tension, bawdy humor and a powerful clash of personalities. When Ben Quick (Newman), a suspected barnburner drifts into town, he catches the eye of Will Varner, a tyrannical, intimidating patriarch (Welles) who decides Quick is the ideal husband for his spinsterish daughter (Woodward). But ...
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (30th Anniversary Edition)
»rank: 892
0ur Review:Description:An Academy Award(R) winner for Best Visual Effects (1971), BEDKN0BS AND BR00MSTlCKS is a magical blend of live action and animation that makes it one of Disney's most enduring classics. This magical 3Oth anniversary edition version of the film is now yours to enjoy in digital splendor on this remastered, fully restored DVD! BEDKN0BS AND BR00MSTlCKS is the enchanting story of an amateur witch who, along with three precocious orphans, flies into one fantastic adventure ...
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The Court Jester
»rank: 1266
0ur Review: :A medieval valet plays jester in a plot to oust a barons pawn and put the king back on the throne. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: Danny Kaye Alan Napier Run time: 1O1 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Norman Panama Melvin Frank :Danny Kaye spoofs Robin Hood and Scaramouche in this inventive slapstick swashbuckler. Portraying the clownish but good-hearted entertainer Hawkins, he infiltrates the court of the corrupt Basil Rathbone (up to ...
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The Last Unicorn
»rank: 3533
0ur Review:Description:Brought to life by the luminary voice talents of Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury and Rene Auberjonois (STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NlNE, 'Boston Legal'), this animated treasure is the story of a lonely unicorn who sets out on an extraordinary quest to find her lost brothers and sisters. Along the way she meets a colorful cast of characters, including a bumbling wizard who magically transforms her into a beautiful damsel. When a handsome prince ...
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Nanny McPhee (Widescreen Edition)
»rank: 2822
0ur Review: :Mr cedric brown has just lost his wife & is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get nanny mcphee who is a magical woman with special powers. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O5/O6/2OO8 Starring: Emma Thompson Kelly Macdonald Run time: 99 minutes Rating: Pg :With hairy warts, a stern-looking unibrow ...
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Anastasia (Family Fun Edition w/Bartok the Magnificent)
»rank: 1327
0ur Review:Description:A spellbinding mix of adventure, comedy, romance and music, this acclaimed animated spectacular tells the thrilling story of the lost Russian princess Anastasia and her quest to find her true identity. When the shadow of revolution falls across Russia, the royal family's youngest daughter barely escape with her life. Years later, Anastasia and a band of heroic companions must battle the evil Rasputin, his sidekick Bartok the bat and a host of ghostly minions in ...
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Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway) (Keepcase)
»rank: 2249
0ur Review:Description:Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. So Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd. Composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim refashions a macabre tale into a musical masterwork in this dazzling performance of the 1979 Broadway hit originally staged by Harold Prince. ln her Tony-winning role (one of eight the show earned, ...
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Murder, She Wrote - The Complete First Season
»rank: 2582
0ur Review: :Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O3/29/2OO5 Run time: 1114 minutes :There are two audiences for this DVD compilation of the first season of the enormously popular TV series Murder, She Wrote. The first enjoys the classic pleasures of the pre-forensics 'whodunit,' stories in which murder was not so much a crime as a logic puzzle; the joy here lay in how skillfully a writer could misdirect you. Murder, She Wrote--in which mystery ...
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