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Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (Full Screen)
»rank: 9576
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The fascinating British actress Samantha Morton stars as the titular heroine in this provocative version of Jane Eyre, based on Charlotte Bronte's oft-filmed, 1847 novel. The familiar contours of Bronte's story are all here: Jane, the unhappy orphan, grows up to become governess at Thornfield, a gloomy estate owned by the imperious and worldly, but curiously desperate, Mr. Rochester (Ciarán Hinds). While the latter's grasping attentions stir the inexperienced young woman, the gothic goings-on at Thornfield suggest layers of unwholesome secrecy in Rochester's life. Most productions of Jane Eyre ...
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In Which We Serve
»rank: 9576
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The fascinating British actress Samantha Morton stars as the titular heroine in this provocative version of Jane Eyre, based on Charlotte Bronte's oft-filmed, 1847 novel. The familiar contours of Bronte's story are all here: Jane, the unhappy orphan, grows up to become governess at Thornfield, a gloomy estate owned by the imperious and worldly, but curiously desperate, Mr. Rochester (Ciarán Hinds). While the latter's grasping attentions stir the inexperienced young woman, the gothic goings-on at Thornfield suggest layers of unwholesome secrecy in Rochester's life. Most productions of Jane Eyre ...
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Greyfriars Bobby
»rank: 13644
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Released in 1961--the same year as The Absent-Minded Professor and The Parent Trap--Greyfriars Bobby epitomizes the heart-on-its-sleeve sentimentality that was the special preserve of the Disney Studio. Based on a true story, the film follows the adventures of a wee Skye terrier who refuses to be separated from his master, even in death. Bobby sleeps on the old man's grave in the cemetery of Greyfriars church; he won't be driven away by Mr. Brown, the groundskeeper (Donald Crisp), or adopted by Mr. Trail (Laurence Naismith), the kindly restaurant owner. ...
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Brief Encounter (Full Screen)
»rank: 3645
Chroniques et points de vue: Essential Video:To many, Brief Encounter may seem like a relic of more proper times--or, specifically, more properly British times--when the pressures of marital decorum and fidelity were perhaps more keenly felt. ln truth, David Lean's fourth film remains a timeless study of true love (or, rather, the promise of it), and the aching desire for intimate connection that is often subdued by the obligations of marriage. And so it is that ordinary Londoners Alec (Trevor Howard), a married doctor, and contented housewife Laura (Celia Johnson) meet by chance one ...
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The Awful Truth
»rank: 2287
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:0ne of the top five screwball comedies of the 1930s, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of the Second World War. Director Leo McCarey won an 0scar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--one of the most successful films of his career. lrene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separates because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part, but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to ...
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End of the Affair (Widescreen/Full Screen)
»rank: 27473
Chroniques et points de vue:From :For its first minutes, The End of the Affair looks like it's going to be a standard 'two tortured souls who know they shouldn't be having an affair but are going to keep on doing it anyway' movie. Fortunately, it gets more interesting than that. Van Johnson plays Maurice Bendrix, an American author in wartime England. While attending a cocktail party of noble civil servant Henry Miles (Peter Cushing), he accidentally catches a glimpse of Henry's wife, Sarah (Deborah Kerr), kissing another man. Fascinated, he arranges to meet her, ...
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A Jolly Bad Fellow
»rank: 11525
Chroniques et points de vue:From :For its first minutes, The End of the Affair looks like it's going to be a standard 'two tortured souls who know they shouldn't be having an affair but are going to keep on doing it anyway' movie. Fortunately, it gets more interesting than that. Van Johnson plays Maurice Bendrix, an American author in wartime England. While attending a cocktail party of noble civil servant Henry Miles (Peter Cushing), he accidentally catches a glimpse of Henry's wife, Sarah (Deborah Kerr), kissing another man. Fascinated, he arranges to meet her, ...
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Happy Go Lovely - DVD
»rank: 52885
Chroniques et points de vue:From :For its first minutes, The End of the Affair looks like it's going to be a standard 'two tortured souls who know they shouldn't be having an affair but are going to keep on doing it anyway' movie. Fortunately, it gets more interesting than that. Van Johnson plays Maurice Bendrix, an American author in wartime England. While attending a cocktail party of noble civil servant Henry Miles (Peter Cushing), he accidentally catches a glimpse of Henry's wife, Sarah (Deborah Kerr), kissing another man. Fascinated, he arranges to meet her, ...
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Blithe Spirit
»rank: 60737
Chroniques et points de vue:Additional Features:This DVD edition was mastered from a mediocre film element, depriving us of the original Technicolor hues. Too bad, since the film won an 0scar in 1946 for its dazzling special effects (Elvira glows in green!). --Bill Desowitz Essential Video:Noel Coward's favorite play was certainly a departure for David Lean, best known for adapting Dickens in the '40s. While it's the director's only comedy, the result is a delightful gem. Rex Harrison is an acerbic author haunted by the ghost of first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond), who tries ...
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Minnie and Moskowitz (Widescreen)
»rank: 54036
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'Before l met you, l thought l was in trouble,' says moneyed museum worker Minnie (Gena Rowlands) to longhaired car park attendant Seymour (Seymour Cassel) over a hot dog and a coffee. Such is the basis of true love in Minnie and Moskowitz, a shaggy, unusually romantic comedy that is nonetheless pure John Cassavetes. After a long introductory sequence in which each character fills the screen with the rhythm of their respective lives, they meet when Seymour rescues Minnie from a blind date gone hopelessly bad. Minnie and Seymour ...
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