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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

A wry and amusing musical about a world famous candymaker who hides five golden tickets in candy bars for five lucky children. Young, good-natured ...

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Latest review by nick7jq Jun 10, 2012

"This is one of the all-time greatest children's films, largely because it captures all the right deg..." Read full review

$3 - $12

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Woman of the Year

This classic romantic comedy was the first film in the long collaboration between Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. As intellectual, political ...

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Latest review by topreviewerman Jan 21, 2011

""What's the sense in abolishing the thing you're trying to protect?" The year, 1942. Tess Harding (K..." Read full review

$2 - $7

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Strangers on a Train

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock's most successful thrillers and remains one of ...

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Latest review by carstairs38 Apr 19, 2013

"What would you do if someone you just met by chance suggested you commit a murder for him? No,..." Read full review

$5 - $24

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P.D. James - Cover Her Face

This miniseries is adapted from P.D. James's popular novel of the same name and features Commander Adam Dalgliesh, the popular protagonist from many ...

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Latest review by befus Aug 19, 2012

"During the past year, I've begun reading the P.D. James novels starring her Scotland Yard detective..." Read full review

$8 - $27

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Dirty Harry

A tremendously controversial film, both decried as an apologia for fascism and hailed as the solution to a decade of rising crime, DIRTY HARRY ...

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Latest review by teamfreak16 Jun 20, 2012

"A sniper named Scorpio (Andy Robinson) is holding the city of San Francisco hostage to the tune of $..." Read full review

$5 - $140

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Love is a Many Splendored Thing

Jennifer Jones stars in this true story about a widowed Eurasian doctor who falls in love with charming American war reporter Mark Elliot (William ...

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Latest review by frwhiskey Feb 18, 2006

"Han Suyin is a well-known writer of novels in the 1940's and 1950's, a Chinese woman highly to be re..." Read full review

$6 - $40

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My Summer of Love

Acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski's MY SUMMER OF LOVE is a dreamy, poetic ode to adolescent infatuation and the dangerous feelings it ignites. ...

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Latest review by thevoid99 Jun 4, 2007

"With the recent success of Brokeback Mountain, gay/lesbian cinema has now been given the chance to r..." Read full review

$7 - $24

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Good News

Lawford tries on his dancing shoes in a Comden/Green refurbishing of a '20s-vintage musical. College football star Lawford recruits brainy Allyson to ...

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Latest review by pmills1210 Mar 3, 2013

"School's back in session, but academics usually take a back seat in the 1947 musical Good News. Set..." Read full review

$7 - $24

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General

Brendan Gleeson stars as Martin Cahill, the leading Irish criminal of the 1980s. A protean figure, Cahill was a man of extraordinary intelligence, ...

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Latest review by firstcontact21 Mar 1, 2001

"The General is legendary director John Boorman's latest film. Boorman has created many cinematic gem..." Read full review

$6 - $18

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Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

In this silent, classic example of early German expressionism, this cinematic landmark relates the stylized tale of a Dr. Caligari, a fairground ...

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Latest review by swooshfan2 Aug 5, 2011

"I'm the first to admit that might experience with silent films in general is a little lacking. I've..." Read full review

$3 - $61

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Interview with the Vampire

Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis ...

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Latest review by teamfreak16 Jul 30, 2012

"Louis de Pointe du Lac is a 200-year-old vampire. Wanting to tell his story, he lures a reporter (Ch..." Read full review

$4 - $17

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Once Upon a Time in America

Two boyhood friends grow up to become the kingpins of a prohibition-era criminal empire until their own greed and ambition cause their downfall. ...

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Latest review by George_Chabot Dec 12, 2008

"Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Sergio Leone made several films that have come down as winners, p..." Read full review

$7 - $22

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Klute

An intense suspense thriller with a haunting soundtrack, KLUTE is the first part of what director Alan Pakula described as his "paranoid trilogy." ...

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Latest review by George_Chabot Feb 16, 2012

"Klute (1971) Klute appeared in the year I graduated high school and made quite a buzz with Jane Fond..." Read full review

$1 - $15

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Water

When Deepa Mehta first began filming WATER in 2000, angry fundamentalist mobs burned her sets and threatened her life. The Indian government claimed ...

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Latest review by Ready2bmom Dec 27, 2007

"Since my husbands parents came to visit us for our wedding from India, I&#146ve been watching more I..." Read full review

$4 - $9

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Defending Your Life

Daniel Miller's got it all--great friends, a terrific job, and a brand-new BMW--that is, until he crashes the car into a bus as soon as he drives it ...

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Latest review by jankp May 8, 2013

"I was looking at a list of movies that promoted a Humanist or secular way of thinking and was intrig..." Read full review

$2 - $15

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