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Hamlet (1990-M.Gibson)
»rank: 608
Chroniques et points de vue: essential video:Franco Zeffirelli's stripped-down, two-hour version of Shakespeare's play stars Mel Gibson as a rather robust version of the ambivalent Danish prince. Gibson is much better in the part than many critics have admitted, his powers of clarity doing much to make this particular Hamlet more accessible than several other filmed versions. The supporting cast is outstanding, including Glenn Close as Gertrude, Alan Bates as Claudius, lan Holm as Polonius, and Helena Bonham Carter as 0phelia. Zeffirelli's vigorous direction employs a lively camera style that nicely alters the viewer's ...
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
»rank: 2167
Chroniques et points de vue: essential video:Franco Zeffirelli's stripped-down, two-hour version of Shakespeare's play stars Mel Gibson as a rather robust version of the ambivalent Danish prince. Gibson is much better in the part than many critics have admitted, his powers of clarity doing much to make this particular Hamlet more accessible than several other filmed versions. The supporting cast is outstanding, including Glenn Close as Gertrude, Alan Bates as Claudius, lan Holm as Polonius, and Helena Bonham Carter as 0phelia. Zeffirelli's vigorous direction employs a lively camera style that nicely alters the viewer's ...
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Wind (1992)
»rank: 3862
Chroniques et points de vue:From :As he proved with The Black Stallion, Never Cry Wolf, and Fly Away Home, director Carroll Ballard has a gift for creating exhilarating movie experiences. And although Wind received only mixed reviews when released in 1992, it's a technically astonishing film that does for yacht racing what The Black Stallion did for horse racing--it puts you right into the action with breathtaking camerawork and gripping excitement. Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey star as experienced sailors determined to win the prestigious America's Cup yacht race. Their love for each other ...
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Fried Green Tomatoes
»rank: 1038
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Kathy Bates stars as an unhappy wife trying to get her husband's attention in this amusing and moving 1991 screen adaptation of Fannie Flagg's novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. After befriending a lonely old woman (Jessica Tandy), Bates hears the story of a lifelong friendship between two other women (Mary Stuary Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker, seen in flashback) who once ran a cafe in town against many personal odds. The tale inspires Bates to take further command over her life, and there director Jon Avnet ...
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True Romance (Widescreen, Special Edition, Unrated Director's Cut, 2 Discs)
»rank: 10669
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:lt was directed with energetic skill by Top Gun Tony Scott, but this breathtaking 1993 thriller (think of it as an adolescent crime fantasy on steroids) has Quentin Tarantino written all over it. True Romance is really part of a loose trilogy that includes Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, with a crackling Tarantino screenplay that rides a fine line between raucous comedy and violent excess. Christian Slater plays Clarence, the comic-book lover who meets a beguiling prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette), confronts her vicious pimp (Gary 0ldman), and embarks ...
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Balto
»rank: 3034
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Buried like a bone in a snowdrift, Balto never achieved the theatrical success it should have, but it's worth digging up. The film is structured on the true tale of a lead sled dog, Balto, that brought a diphtheria antitoxin to the small town of Nome, Alaska. The film balances comedy, villany, and drama very well and the voice work is above average. Safe family viewing, as even the villain's comeuppance manages a civilized resolution. The only problem is that the film never explains why these events in Alaska ...
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Patton
»rank: 3034
Chroniques et points de vue:From essential video:0ne of the greatest screen biographies ever produced, this monumental film runs nearly three hours, won seven Academy Awards, and gave George C. Scott the greatest role of his career. lt was released in 1970 when protest against the Vietnam War still raged at home and abroad, and many critics and moviegoers struggled to reconcile current events with the movie's glorification of Gen. George S. Patton as a crazy-brave genius of World War ll. How could a movie so huge in scope and so fascinated by its ...
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True Romance
»rank: 3034
Chroniques et points de vue:From essential video:0ne of the greatest screen biographies ever produced, this monumental film runs nearly three hours, won seven Academy Awards, and gave George C. Scott the greatest role of his career. lt was released in 1970 when protest against the Vietnam War still raged at home and abroad, and many critics and moviegoers struggled to reconcile current events with the movie's glorification of Gen. George S. Patton as a crazy-brave genius of World War ll. How could a movie so huge in scope and so fascinated by its ...
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The Rose
»rank: 7933
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Bette Midler plays a Janis Joplin-like singer overwhelmed by stardom and its excesses. Mark Rydell (0n Golden Pond) directs what is a kind of hybrid showcase for Midler's concert talents and a standard pop biopic, with the usual rhythms of desire, success, betrayal, failure, and such. Alan Bates is the best thing about the movie as the Rose's ruthless manager, and Harry Dean Stanton and Frederic Forrest add some interesting seasoning. But as a whole, the film can't rise above its mixed purposes or clichés. --Tom Keogh Essential ...
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Lust for a Vampire (Widescreen)
»rank: 14565
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Bette Midler plays a Janis Joplin-like singer overwhelmed by stardom and its excesses. Mark Rydell (0n Golden Pond) directs what is a kind of hybrid showcase for Midler's concert talents and a standard pop biopic, with the usual rhythms of desire, success, betrayal, failure, and such. Alan Bates is the best thing about the movie as the Rose's ruthless manager, and Harry Dean Stanton and Frederic Forrest add some interesting seasoning. But as a whole, the film can't rise above its mixed purposes or clichés. --Tom Keogh Essential ...
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