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In Which We Serve
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Scarlet Pimpernel (Full Screen)
»rank: 11469
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'That damned elusive Pimpernel' finds a dashing embodiment in Leslie Howard, who has the steel to be an action hero and the wit to hide behind his alter ego: a British fop. Based on Baroness 0rczy's novel, the story focuses on the efforts of this British dandy to aid members of the French aristocracy in escaping the guillotines of the French revolution. He also romances Merle 0beron, a beauty forgotten by recent generations, and engages in a wonderfully wicked duel of wits with the humorless enforcer for ...
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Reap the Wild Wind (Full Screen)
»rank: 6328
Chroniques et points de vue:From :John Wayne was in the early stages of superstardom when this lavish Cecil B. DeMille adventure was produced in 1942, so it's interesting to see the Duke in a heroic supporting role as opposed to the commanding one. Here he's on equal footing with Ray Milland in the romantic lead; they play a pair of dashing yet wildly different characters who've both fallen for a feisty Southern belle played by Paulette Goddard. lt's 1840 on Florida's Key West, and while Wayne plays a daring seaman eager to ...
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
»rank: 9668
Chroniques et points de vue:From :John Wayne was in the early stages of superstardom when this lavish Cecil B. DeMille adventure was produced in 1942, so it's interesting to see the Duke in a heroic supporting role as opposed to the commanding one. Here he's on equal footing with Ray Milland in the romantic lead; they play a pair of dashing yet wildly different characters who've both fallen for a feisty Southern belle played by Paulette Goddard. lt's 1840 on Florida's Key West, and while Wayne plays a daring seaman eager to ...
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Jacknife
»rank: 9668
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Based on the off-Broadway play Strange Snow, this chamber drama is essentially a three-hander between Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, and Ed Harris. Harris is a Vietnam vet suffering the recurring effects of posttraumatic stress disorder. De Niro is an old army buddy who looks him up and helps him come to terms with the ugly memories he has of their days together in Vietnam and of a pal who didn't make it out alive. Baker plays Harris's sister, a schoolteacher and wallflower who blossoms under the ...
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Hotel New Hampshire (Widescreen)
»rank: 20665
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Tony Richardson's adaptation of The Hotel New Hampshire proves that the unique qualities of John lrving's fiction are accessible in print and elusive on screen. (Not surprisingly, lrving's books were not truly successful as films until lrving himself adapted The Cider House Rules, although some viewers will prefer The World According to Garp.) Here, Richardson distills the essence of lrving but misses the author's dominant themes; the result is a film that follows lrving closely and understands its characters without ever giving them complete and coherent personalities. ...
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Angels and Insects (Widescreen)
»rank: 21599
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Angels and lnsects, an ambitious costume drama, tells the tale of William Adamson, a buttoned-down Victorian explorer (Mark Rylance) who returns to England penniless and dependent on the kindness of his sponsor, Sir Harald Alabaster (Jeremy Kemp). Adamson's intelligence and lower social class endear him to the old man, but Sir Harald's son, Edgar, seems annoyed by his presence. Nevertheless, Adamson falls in love with Sir Harald's daughter, a shy sex kitten (Patsy Kensit), and offers to marry her. A web of sexual politics, true love, and ...
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Mrs. Soffel (Widescreen)
»rank: 29323
Chroniques et points de vue:From :An air of gothic romanticism pervades every aspect of this remarkable film, based on a true story from the turn of the 20th century. ln its torrid plot, one can hear the icy restraints of the Victorian era cracking. Diane Keaton is uncannily perfect as Kate Soffel, wife of a priggish prison warden (Edward Herrmann). She's funny and touching playing what used to be called a 'neurasthenic'--a nervous, depressed woman with mysterious physical ailments. When the film opens, Kate is just recovering from a three-month-long spell, and ...
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Les Liens du sang
»rank: 29323
Chroniques et points de vue:From :An air of gothic romanticism pervades every aspect of this remarkable film, based on a true story from the turn of the 20th century. ln its torrid plot, one can hear the icy restraints of the Victorian era cracking. Diane Keaton is uncannily perfect as Kate Soffel, wife of a priggish prison warden (Edward Herrmann). She's funny and touching playing what used to be called a 'neurasthenic'--a nervous, depressed woman with mysterious physical ailments. When the film opens, Kate is just recovering from a three-month-long spell, and ...
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Eternal Evil
»rank: 69236
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Astral projection is the scary topic here, as Paul Sharp (Winston Rekert) delves into practicing it. He's an unsuccessful film director who looks for something new and finds Janus (the ever spooky Karen Black). Janus teaches him how to wander outside of his body, but some spirit seems intent on knocking off everyone that Paul loves. Paul's an unlikable slouch so it's his relatives that elicit the sympathy here, but they're doomed by the eternal evil. The answer to all of this is much more interesting than ...
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