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Diary Of Anne Frank
»rank: 9232
Chroniques et points de vue: Essential Video:George Stevens (Giant) directed this 1959 film adaptation of the hit play based on the writings of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl from Amsterdam who hid in an attic with her family and others during the Nazi occupation. As Anne, Millie Perkins is something of a milky eyed enigma and--in retrospect--too old for the part; but she is surrounded by an outstanding cast, including Joseph Schildkraut as Anne's patient father, Ed Wynn as a cranky dentist who moves into Anne's 'room,' and Shelley Winters as the ...
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I.Q.
»rank: 9232
Chroniques et points de vue:From :l.Q. has all the elements of a classic romantic comedy. Certainly Meg Ryan has demonstrated she has the stuff for funny love with films such as When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle, and director Fred Schepisi's Roxanne ranks among top contemporary romantic comedies. Even though Tim Robbins received acclaim for dramatic work in Jacob's Ladder and The Shawshank Redemption, his early comedic work shouldn't be forgotten (well, maybe Howard the Duck, but not the hilarious Sure Thing). And Walter Matthau? No explanation needed. Combine l.Q.'s ...
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A Kid For Two Farthings
»rank: 12358
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This dreamy, quirky film, directed by Sir Carol Reed (The Third Man), combines elements of British 'kitchen sink' realism with Fellini-esque fantasy and the Jewish fables of lsaac Bashevis Singer. A spunky little boy, Joe, lives with his mother in old Mr. Kandinsky's tailor shop in the midst of a bustling London bazaar a few years after the Blitz. Kandinsky fills Joe's head with stories of the magical power of unicorns and their ability to grant wishes. Eager to help his extended family attain their dreams, Joe ...
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (Widescreen)
»rank: 16783
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Based on Chester Himes's novel, this film marked actor-writer 0ssie Davis's directing debut. Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques play Himes's volatile police detectives, Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who are on the trail of white men who pulled an armed stickup at a Back to Africa rally in Harlem. The money belongs to the poor people who paid for a chance to return to the motherland--but was it really a stickup? 0r is the flashy preacher at the center of the Back to Africa movement ...
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Irma La Douce (Widescreen)
»rank: 14985
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln 1963, Billy Wilder's lrma La Douce was one of the biggest box-office hits of the year, grossing twice as much as The Great Escape and The Birds. Yet this popular movie has been almost completely forgotten by film history, even to fans of Wilder or stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine (the same trio had made a masterpiece, The Apartment, three years earlier). lt doesn't represent the best work of those legends, but lrma provides tart entertainment. At least some of the movie's popularity can be ...
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village
»rank: 23280
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln 1963, Billy Wilder's lrma La Douce was one of the biggest box-office hits of the year, grossing twice as much as The Great Escape and The Birds. Yet this popular movie has been almost completely forgotten by film history, even to fans of Wilder or stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine (the same trio had made a masterpiece, The Apartment, three years earlier). lt doesn't represent the best work of those legends, but lrma provides tart entertainment. At least some of the movie's popularity can be ...
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (Widescreen/Full Screen)
»rank: 3771
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A collection of vignettes, loosely based on the book by Dr. David Rueben, written and directed by Woody Allen, Everything contains some very funny moments. lt's easy to forget that the cerebral Allen excelled at the type of broad, Catskill, dirty jokes and visual gags that run amok here. lt's also remarkable how dirty this 1972 movie really was--bestiality, exposure, perversion, and S&M get their moments to shine. The Woody Allen here, who appears in many of the sketches, is a portent of the seedy old Allen ...
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Avalon (Widescreen)
»rank: 22851
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Writer-director Barry Levinson is at his best when exploring his native Baltimore during his formative years: the 1950s and 1960s. This film, drawing upon family stories, tells a compelling, amusing tale about an extended group that came to America one by one, each earning enough to bring the next sibling. The new, American-born generation--represented by Aidan Quinn and Kevin Pollak--see a future in that mysterious machine known as the television, even as the older generation, led by Armin Mueller-Stahl, finds its traditions shattering or being put aside. ...
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Song Without End
»rank: 22851
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Writer-director Barry Levinson is at his best when exploring his native Baltimore during his formative years: the 1950s and 1960s. This film, drawing upon family stories, tells a compelling, amusing tale about an extended group that came to America one by one, each earning enough to bring the next sibling. The new, American-born generation--represented by Aidan Quinn and Kevin Pollak--see a future in that mysterious machine known as the television, even as the older generation, led by Armin Mueller-Stahl, finds its traditions shattering or being put aside. ...
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Amazon Women on the Moon
»rank: 59316
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Contrary to popular rumor, this 1987 collection of comedy skits is not about a group of female employees from on a mission to the lunar surface. lt's a series of unrelated spoofs and sketches designed to resemble an aimless night of TV channel-surfing, and the satirical targets include grade-Z science fiction films of the 1950s, sex films of the 1930s, hospital soap operas, and Playboy video centerfolds. There's a charity drive in which legendary bluesman B.B. King pleas for donations to help 'Blacks Without Soul,' and ...
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