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| 668 | R.E.M.: Perfect Square | Julia Knowles | NR | 2004 | Warner Bros / Wea | Music Video & Concerts | |
R.E.M.: Perfect Square Julia KnowlesRated: NR Date Added: Sound: Dolby Summary: * The concert is in 16x9 anamorphic picture format (ideal for people with widescreen, but plays nicely on 4:3 TVs as well either letterboxed or full-screen-but-cropped edges by adjusting your tv or dvd player), with 26 chapters, 23 of which are songs. Concert duration: 105 minutes long. The Concert has a Subtitles option in five languages but the subtitles are only when Stipe speaks to the crowd (eg introducing songs). There are no subtitles when they are singing (no lyrics as subtitles).
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| 669 | R.E.M.: Pop Screen | Jem Cohen, Eric Darnell | NR | 1990 | Warner Bros / Wea | Music Video & Concerts | |
R.E.M.: Pop Screen Jem Cohen, Eric DarnellRated: NR Date Added: Summary: There are reviews listing which tracks are included, so I will not waste your time relisting them. This DVD includes the earlier R.E.M. videos (Michael Stipe with lots of hair, pre the half buzz-cut/long braid down the back, which was followed by the short cut which was followed by the current shaven dome). These videos are accused of being amatuerish in sophistication when compared to the multi-million dollar videos that are shot today, however this video does have artistic merit. These are the videos I remember watching in my disgruntled youth and being so impressed that R.E.M. had actually made it onto MTV. Pop Song 89 is on this disc in its original version which MTV refused to show because of the topless female dancers without "black barring" the bare breasts. True to form, rumor has it, Stipe insisted on having his chest black barred as well.
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| 670 | Rat | Jerry Zucker | Andy Breckman | PG-13 | 2001 | Paramount | Comedy |
Rat Jerry ZuckerRated: PG-13 Writer: Andy Breckman Date Added: Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Sound: DTS Comments: 563 miles. 9 people. $2 million. 1001 problems! Summary: Donald P. Sinclair (Cleese) has placed six separate gold coins in different slot machines in his casino. The lucky six who find these coins discover an opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to own $2 million. Locked up in a locker in New Mexico, these six contestants must now race each other, to be the first to the cash. There are no rules in place and everything that could possibly happen, does. Whilst, behind the scenes, Sinclair's associates are placing their bets.
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| 671 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava | Brad Bird, Brad Bird | G | 2007 | Walt Disney Video | Animation |
Ratatouille Brad Bird, Jan PinkavaRated: G Writer: Brad Bird, Brad Bird Date Added: 18 Nov 2007 Languages: English, Dolby Digital 5.1; English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Comments: Dinner is served... Summer 2007 Summary: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.
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| 672 | Ray | Gore Verbinski | PG-13 | 2006 | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | ||
Ray Gore VerbinskiRated: PG-13 Date Added: Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Disney Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Blu-ray)
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| 673 | Real Genius | Martha Coolidge | PG | 1985 | Sony Pictures | Comedy | |
Real Genius Martha CoolidgeRated: PG Date Added: Languages: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Sound: DTS Surround Sound Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: An underrated little picture, "Real Genius" offers a rare college comedy that doesn't rely on gross-out humor--and a look at Val Kilmer before he turned into a star. A high school whiz kid (Gabriel Jarret) arrives at a brainy college, where the crème de la crème of the science students are marshaled under an ambitious professor (expert villain William Atherton). Unbeknownst to them, the kids are working on a weapons system that the prof plans on selling to the government. The star student, and chief rabble-rouser, is played by Kilmer, in good early form as a cocky genius who hasn't lost touch with his goofy side. The director is Martha Coolidge, whose "Valley Girl" was one of the brightest (and most unexpected) of '80s comedies; she keeps the movie perking along and never worries about dumbing down a film that just happens to be about smart people. "--Robert Horton"
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| 674 | Real Women Have Curves | Patricia Cardoso | PG-13 | 2002 | Hbo Home Video | Comedy | |
Real Women Have Curves Patricia CardosoRated: PG-13 Date Added: Summary: While "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" broke box-office records in 2002, "Real Women Have Curves" did a better job of keeping it real. Set in the vibrant environs of East Los Angeles, with a breakthrough performance by Latina newcomer America Ferrera, this comedic drama takes a familiar subject--a bright teenager struggling to define her identity--and turns it into an authentic celebration of feminine empowerment. Eighteen-year-old Ana (Ferrera) has scholarship potential, her first boyfriend, and a chubby figure that her similarly overweight mother (Lupe Ontiveros, perfectly cast) won't stop harping about. Mom insists that Ana work in her sister's dressmaking sweatshop, continuing a family tradition that can only break her spirit. How Ana defies this fate--and how director Patricia Cardoso captures the proud tenacity of several full-figured seamstresses--is what makes this film (adapted from a play by Josefina Lopez) so uniquely refreshing. "Greek Wedding" made more money, but "Real Women"--which is just as funny--makes a lot more sense. "--Jeff Shannon"
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| 675 | Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | Nicholas Ray, Irving Shulman | PG-13 | 1955 | Warner Home Video | Drama |
Rebel Without a Cause Nicholas RayRated: PG-13 Writer: Nicholas Ray, Irving Shulman Date Added: Languages: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Sound: AC-3 Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: Teenage terror torn from today's headlines Summary: When people think of James Dean, they probably think first of the troubled teen from "Rebel Without a Cause": nervous, volatile, soulful, a kid lost in a world that does not understand him. Made between his only other starring roles, in "East of Eden" and "Giant", "Rebel" sums up the jangly, alienated image of Dean, but also happens to be one of the key films of the 1950s. Director Nicholas Ray takes a strikingly sympathetic look at the teenagers standing outside the white-picket-fence '50s dream of America: juvenile delinquent (that's what they called them then) Jim Stark (Dean), fast girl Judy (Natalie Wood), lost boy Plato (Sal Mineo), slick hot-rodder Buzz (Corey Allen). At the time, it was unusual for a movie to endorse the point of view of teenagers, but Ray and screenwriter Stewart Stern captured the youthful angst that was erupting at the same time in rock & roll. Dean is heartbreaking, following the method acting style of Marlon Brando but staking out a nakedly emotional honesty of his own. Going too fast, in every way, he was killed in a car crash on September 30, 1955, a month before "Rebel" opened. He was no longer an actor, but an icon, and "Rebel" is a lasting monument. "--Robert Horton"
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| 676 | Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | Thomas Harris, Ted Tally | R | 2002 | Universal Studios | Horror |
Red Dragon Brett RatnerRated: R Writer: Thomas Harris, Ted Tally Date Added: Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: Meet Hannibal Lecter For The First Time Summary: A lot could've gone wrong in "Red Dragon", but the movie exceeds expectations. Replacing the acclaimed "Manhunter" as an "official" entry in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this topnotch thriller--the second adaptation of Thomas Harris's first Lecter novel--returns to the fertile soil of "The Silence of the Lambs", serving as both prequel and heir to the legacy of Lecter as portrayed, with mischievous menace, by the great Anthony Hopkins. Familiar faces and locations reappear (along with "Lambs" screenwriter Ted Tally) as Lecter coaches FBI profiler Will Graham (Edward Norton) in tracking the horrific "Tooth Fairy" killer (Ralph Fiennes), whose transformative killing spree is inspired by a William Blake painting. By dutifully serving Harris's potent material, Tally and director Brett Ratner craft a suspenseful film worthy of its predecessors, bringing Hopkins full circle as one of the cinema's all-time greatest villains. With overtones of "Psycho" and a superb supporting cast, "Red Dragon" succeeds against considerable odds. "--Jeff Shannon"
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| 677 | Red Dwarf: Series V | Andrew Ellard | 2004 | Documentary | |||
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| 678 | Red Dwarf: Series VI | Andrew Ellard | 2005 | Documentary | |||
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| 679 | Red Dwarf: Series VII | Andrew Ellard | NR | 1989 | BBC Warner | Television | |
Red Dwarf: Series VII Andrew EllardRated: NR Date Added: Summary: Here's what you'll find in the seventh season of "Red Dwarf": the truth behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the return of Ace Rimmer (or a reasonable facsimile), an emotional rollercoaster created from real emotions, a very seductive virus, and numerous mishaps involving dimensional accidents, wormholes, nanobots, and male-female relationships. If that makes perfect sense to you, you're undoubtedly a fan of the cult comedy/science fiction series, but even if you're not, there are plenty of laughs to be had. Of course, not every "Red Dwarf" fan will be in accordance--Series 7 has been the subject of much controversy since its original airing in 1997-98, due mostly to the departure of co-creator Rob Grant, the departure of Chris Barrie's Arnold Rimmer, and the arrival of new castmate Chloe Annett as Dave Lister's ex-girlfriend, Christine Kochanski (who had been played by another actress, Clare Grogan, in earlier episodes). But no matter which side you happen to pick for this debate, there are still enough amusing and thought-provoking moments in each episode to please even the most demanding fan. Highlights for the season include the opener, "Tikka to Ride," which turns a trip for curry into a visit to Dallas circa '63; "Blue," which addresses the departure of Rimmer and the uncomfortable relationship between Kochanski, Lister (Craig Charles), and Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), and "Nanarchy," in which the aforementioned microscopic robots create more havoc than actual repair. Supplemental features have always been one of the main attractions to the Red Dwarf DVD sets, and Series 7 doesn't disappoint: included are commentary by the cast (including Norman Lovett, the original Holly) on "Nanarchy"; "Back from the Dead," a 90-minute featurette with new interviews and previously unseen footage; a pair of short films made by fans for a competition; extended editions of three episodes (with no laugh track); 40 minutes of deleted scenes; early effects footage; and lots more.
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| 680 | Red Road | Andrea Arnold | Andrea Arnold, Anders Thomas Jensen | 2006 | Verve Pictures | Drama | |
Red Road Andrea ArnoldRated: Writer: Andrea Arnold, Anders Thomas Jensen Date Added: Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Sound: Dolby Digital Summary:
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| 681 | Reign Over Me | Mike Binder | Mike Binder | R | 2007 | Sony Pictures | Drama |
Reign Over Me Mike BinderRated: R Writer: Mike Binder Date Added: Languages: English, Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1; Thai, Dolby Digital 5.1; Portuguese, Dolby Digital 5.1; French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, zh-CHS, Korean, Thai Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Comments: Let in the unexpected. Summary: Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss.
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| 682 | REM | Roland Emmerich | Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich | NR | 1995 | Warner Bros / Wea | Music Video & Concerts |
REM Roland EmmerichRated: NR Writer: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich Date Added: Languages: English Subtitles: English Sound: Stereo Comments: We've always believed we weren't alone. Pretty soon, we'll wish we were. Summary: I have IN VIEW and THE IRS YEARS -- R.E.M.'s most recent video compilation DVDs. Here's what's on Parallel that isn't on either of those:
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| 683 | Ren and Stimpy Show: Seasons One and Two | Bob Camp, Tom McGrath | Elinor Blake, Vince Calandra | 1991 | Nickelodeon | Animation | |
Ren and Stimpy Show: Seasons One and Two Bob Camp, Tom McGrathRated: Writer: Elinor Blake, Vince Calandra Date Added: Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Summary: An intense, hyperactive chihuahua (Is there any other kind?) and a happy-go-lucky, empty-brained cat share bizarre and often repulsive adventures. Their experiences usually involve hairballs, filthy litterboxes, "magic nose goblins", sentient farts, jars of spit, outhouses, eating dirt, monkey vermin and any other imaginable disgusting substance.
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| 684 | Ren and Stimpy Show: Seasons Three and a Half-ish | Bob Camp, Tom McGrath | Elinor Blake, Vince Calandra | NR | 1991 | Nickelodeon | Television |
Ren and Stimpy Show: Seasons Three and a Half-ish Bob Camp, Tom McGrathRated: NR Writer: Elinor Blake, Vince Calandra Date Added: Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Summary: Though the third season of John Kricfalusi's much-loved "Ren and Stimpy" animated series has been the subject of much controversy among devotees of the show and its creator, there is still enough cat/dog insanity to warrant viewing. Some fans' problems with the season revolve around the fact that Nickelodeon, which was airing the program, removed Kricfalusi and his Spumco team from the show's production and replaced them with Games Animation, which reproduced "Ren and Stimpy"'s signature artwork, but without the absurd spark of the first and second seasons (at least by those fans' estimation). However, a perusal of the 29 episodes compiled on this three-disc set (which offers the entire third season and a smattering of the fourth, which concludes on the "Season Five and Some More of Four" set) does turn up some worthwhile episodes, most notably "Ren's Pecs" (Ren develops a rippling physique after injecting fat from Stimpy's posteior), "Jimminy Lummox" (Stimpy's conscience takes the form of a monstrous singing lout), "Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman" (no explanation needed there...), and the surreal "House of Next Tuesday" (R & S visit the title domicile to escape giant ants). All this, plus several visits to "Untamed World," appearances by the irascible Wilbur Cobb, Jerry the Bellybutton Elf (who resides inside Stimpy's navel)--and scads of commentary tracks, including eleven from Kricfalusi and his Spumco team, and two from Ren and Stimpy themselves. Though the loyal may be divided on these seasons, completists will want to add this round of lunacy to their DVD animation collections. "-- Paul Gaita"
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| 685 | Ren and Stimpy: Season Five and Some More of Four | Charles Cohen, Joseph Mathew | Charles Cohen | NR | 1991 | Nickelodeon | Kids & Family |
Ren and Stimpy: Season Five and Some More of Four Charles Cohen, Joseph MathewRated: NR Writer: Charles Cohen Date Added: Comments: The Silencing of the World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum. Summary: The animated misadventures of Ren and Stimpy on Nickelodeon came to a close with its fifth season, the entire controversial collection of which is bundled together with the second half of season 4. Some fans of the series seem less than enthralled by the shows that are compiled here (as series creator John Kricfalusi and his Spumco team had been replaced by Games Animation), but there's still plenty of inspired insanity to be found; season 4 offers "My Shiny Friend" (Ren takes some extreme measures to cure Stimpy's TV addiction) and "Cheese Rush Days" (the boys head to the Blue Cheese Mountains to mine), while season 5 features "Stupid Sidekick Union" (Stimpy learns that his union is striking); "Reverend Jack Cheese" (the late Frank Gorshin lends his voice to a minister with a thing for meats and cheeses); "Wilderness Adventure," which includes the much-maligned George Liquor; and "Space Dogged" (a Russian cat/dog team--Ren and Stimpy lookalikes, natch--are being sent into space).
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| 686 | Ren and Stimpy: The Lost Episodes | Bob Camp, Tom McGrath | Elinor Blake, Vince Calandra | Unrated | 1991 | Paramount | Comedy |
Ren and Stimpy: The Lost Episodes Bob Camp, Tom McGrathRated: Unrated Writer: Elinor Blake, Vince Calandra Date Added: Sound: Dolby Summary: After a ten year hiatus, John K. resurrected his classic cartoon for Spike TV - no holds barred. Witness the cartoons he always wanted to make, uncensored and out of control. Deemed too hot to handle by Spike execs, these episodes are now available on DVD - be warned: this is not your baby-brother's Ren & Stimpy!
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| 687 | Renaissance | Christian Volckman | Mathieu Delaporte, Jean-Bernard Pouy | R | 2006 | Miramax | Animation |
Renaissance Christian VolckmanRated: R Writer: Mathieu Delaporte, Jean-Bernard Pouy Date Added: 18 Nov 2007 Languages: English, Dolby Digital 5.1; French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Comments: Paris 2054. Live forever or die trying. Summary: Paris, 2042: a dark Rotoscope world of shadows and right angles. Ilona Tasuiev, a brilliant young scientist, is kidnapped, and her employer, Avalon, a major health and beauty corporation, wants her found. Karas, a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, fast. He seeks help from her sister, Bislane, and they are soon uncovering identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what's going on. Ilona's mentor, Avalon's vice president, a Japanese researcher, an underworld boss, and Bislane's drug connection all figure in the mix. So does an attraction between Karas and Bislane. What's behind the kidnapping? Who's the victim?
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| 688 | Renaissance | Jonathan Frakes | Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman | PG-13 | 1996 | Paramount | Adventure |
Renaissance Jonathan FrakesRated: PG-13 Writer: Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman Date Added: Languages: English, DTS 5.1; English, Dolby Digital 5.1; English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Commentary by director-actor Jonathan Frakes; Commentary by screenwriters Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore, Unknown Subtitles: English, Spanish Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Comments: Resistance is Futile. Summary: The time is the 24th century and the ship is the newly commissioned Enterprise-E. It's captain, Jean-Luc Picard, has been ordered not to interfere in a combat between a Borg Cube and ships from the Federation. However, seeing the Federation is about to lose, Picard ignore his orders and take command of the defending fleet. With his knowledge of the weak spot of the Cube, they destroy it. However, a small part of it escapes and plot a course directly to Earth. The Enterprise chases it and enters a time distortion created by the Borg. They end up in the mid 21st century, their only chance of stopping the Borg from assimilating Earth being to help Zefram Cochrane make his famous first faster than light travel to the stars...
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| 689 | Replacement Killers | Antoine Fuqua | R | 1998 | Sony Pictures | ||
Replacement Killers Antoine FuquaRated: R Date Added: Languages: English, French, Hungarian, Italian Subtitles: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Hebrew, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Columbia Pictures The Replacement Killers (Extended Cut) (Blu-ray)
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| 690 | Requiem for a Dream | Darren Aronofsky | Hubert Selby Jr., Hubert Selby Jr. | Unrated | 2000 | Artisan | Drama |
Requiem for a Dream Darren AronofskyRated: Unrated Writer: Hubert Selby Jr., Hubert Selby Jr. Date Added: Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Comments: From the director of [Pi] Summary: Employing shock techniques and sound design in a relentless sensory assault, "Requiem for a Dream" is about nothing less than the systematic destruction of hope. Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., and adapted by Selby and director Darren Aronofsky, this is undoubtedly one of the most effective films ever made about the experience of drug addiction (both euphoric and nightmarish), and few would deny that Aronofsky, in following his breakthrough film "Pi", has pushed the medium to a disturbing extreme, thrusting conventional narrative into a panic zone of traumatized psyches and bodies pushed to the furthest boundaries of chemical tolerance. It's too easy to call this a cautionary tale; it's a guided tour through hell, with Aronofsky as our bold and ruthless host.
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| 691 | Rescue Dawn | Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog | PG-13 | 2006 | 1 | Action |
Rescue Dawn Werner HerzogRated: PG-13 Writer: Werner Herzog Date Added: 18 Nov 2007 Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Sound: Dolby Digital Comments: A true story of survival... declassified. Summary: This film tells the real-life story of U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, a German-American shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam War. Dengler organized a death-defying escape for a small band of POWs, including Duane Martin.
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| 692 | Rescuers Down Under | Mike Gabriel, Hendel Butoy | G | 1990 | Walt Disney Video | Kids & Family | |
Rescuers Down Under Mike Gabriel, Hendel ButoyRated: G Date Added: Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Picture Format: Letterbox Summary: No, this isn't a quickie, direct-to-video sequel, cashing in on the success of the 1977 animated hit about adventurous mice, but a full-blown theatrical effort. This time around, Bernard (voiced by Bob Newhart) is trying to pop the question to Bianca (Eva Gabor) when they're summoned to Australia, where a young boy has been kidnapped by a pallid, gray-faced poacher (who looks like and is voiced by George C. Scott). Wilbur, a chatterbox of an albatross (John Candy, replacing the late Jim Jordan's character Orville), and Jake (Tristan Rogers), a kangaroo mouse--Bernard is jealous of the dashing rodent--assist the Rescuers in saving the day and imparting a mild environmental message. The film opens with an absolutely breathtaking aerial sequence--this was made near the beginning of Disney's animation renaissance--so impressive it would seem the story, literally, has nowhere else to go but down, but some smart gags, excellent animation, and rollicking adventures ensue. So why isn't it better known? It had the bad luck to open, in 1990, opposite another kids' film--"Home Alone". "--David Kronke"
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| 693 | Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino | Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary | R | 1992 | Lions Gate | Action & Adventure |
Reservoir Dogs Quentin TarantinoRated: R Writer: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary Date Added: Languages: English Subtitles: English, Spanish Sound: AC-3 Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Color Summary: Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (i.e., a video store in Manhattan Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his explosive first feature, "Reservoir Dogs". Like Tarantino's mainstream breakthrough "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoir Dogs" has an unconventional structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about each other. Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them color-coded aliases (Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. White) to conceal their identities from being known even to each other. But something has gone wrong, and the plan has blown up in their faces. One by one, the surviving robbers find their way back to their prearranged warehouse hideout. There, they try to piece together the chronology of this bloody fiasco--and to identify the traitor among them who tipped off the police. Pressure mounts, blood flows, accusations and bullets fly. In the combustible atmosphere these men are forced to confront life-and-death questions of trust, loyalty, professionalism, deception, and betrayal. As many critics have observed, it is a movie about "honor among thieves" (just as "Pulp Fiction" is about redemption, and "Jackie Brown" is about survival). Along with everything else, the movie provides a showcase for a terrific ensemble of actors: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Christopher Penn, and Tarantino himself, offering a fervent dissection of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" over breakfast. "Reservoir Dogs" is violent (though the violence is implied rather than explicit), clever, gabby, harrowing, funny, suspenseful, and even--in the end--unexpectedly moving. (Don't forget that "Super Sounds of the Seventies" soundtrack, either.) "Reservoir Dogs" deserves just as much acclaim and attention as its follow-up, "Pulp Fiction", would receive two years later. "--Jim Emerson"
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| 694 | Resident Evil | Paul W.S. Anderson | Paul W.S. Anderson | R | 2004 | Sony Pictures | Action & Adventure |
Resident Evil Paul W.S. AndersonRated: R Writer: Paul W.S. Anderson Date Added: Languages: English Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: Everyone died. The trouble is they didn't stay dead Summary:
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| 695 | Resident Evil - Extinction | Russell Mulcahy | R | 2007 | Sony Pictures | Action & Adventure | |
Resident Evil - Extinction Russell MulcahyRated: R Date Added: 10 Jan 2008 Languages: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Sound: AC-3 Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Milla Jovovich is back in the third chapter of the hugely successful "Resident Evil" franchise! This action-packed horror film is set in the Nevada desert and filled with intense special effects and more zombie terror! Las Vegas means fun in the sun. Well, at least the sun is still there. Except for a few rusting landmarks, it looks pretty much like the rest of the desert - or the whole country, for that matter. The crowds are now flesh-eating zombies: the mass undead, the oozing, terrifying sludge of what remains. Here, the newly upgraded Alice, along with her crew (Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Ali Larter, Ashanti) will make a final stand against evil - with one goal: to turn the undead dead again.
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| 696 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Alexander Witt | Paul W.S. Anderson | R | 2004 | Sony Pictures | Action & Adventure |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse Alexander WittRated: R Writer: Paul W.S. Anderson Date Added: Sound: DTS Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: You're all going to die Summary:
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| 697 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Alexander Witt | Paul W.S. Anderson | R | 2004 | Sony Pictures | Action & Adventure |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse Alexander WittRated: R Writer: Paul W.S. Anderson Date Added: Sound: DTS Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: You're all going to die Summary:
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| 698 | Respiro | Emanuele Crialese | PG-13 | 2002 | Sony Pictures | Art House & International | |
Respiro Emanuele CrialeseRated: PG-13 Date Added: Languages: Italian Subtitles: English Sound: Dolby Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: A sunny seaside location and the radiant beauty of Valeria Golino are enough to set the mood in "Respiro", a fitfully effective Italian film. Hollywood never quite figured out what to do with Golino, but she blossoms in this story about a sensual wife who's either free-spirited or manic-depressive, depending on your perspective. Her fisherman husband (Vincenzo Amato) finally decides to have her sent away for professional help, which only provokes an even more impulsive act from her. Within this story is a pointed critique of male machismo--Italian style. Director Emanuele Crialese veers between the neo-realist tradition and a more Fellini-esque taste for symbolism, never quite settling on one or the other. But the whiff of classic-era Italian film is welcome, and the seasoned, sun-baked presence of La Golino makes this movie compelling even when its point seems obscure. "--Robert Horton"
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| 699 | Return of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | G | 1975 | Universal Studios | Comedy | |
Return of the Pink Panther Blake EdwardsRated: G Date Added: Languages: English Subtitles: French, Spanish Sound: Dolby Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Peter Sellers's third go-around as the prideful but bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau is funny enough, but this 1975 Blake Edwards revival of the Sellers-Clouseau connection is a little weak in comparison to predecessors "The Pink Panther" and "A Shot in the Dark" (both made in 1964). Costar Christopher Plummer actually gets some of the most interesting screen time as a retired cat burglar whom Clouseau accuses of getting back into the business. (If it sounds like there might be a "To Catch a Thief" vibe mixed in here, you're right.) Herbert Lom is hilarious as Clouseau's psychologically eroding boss, and Clouseau's ritualistic collisions with valet Cato (Burt Kwouk) are great examples of Edwards's delicious comic timing. "--Tom Keogh"
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| 700 | Revolver | Guy Ritchie | Luc Besson, Guy Ritchie | 2005 | Crime | ||
Revolver Guy RitchieRated: Writer: Luc Besson, Guy Ritchie Date Added: Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Sound: DTS Comments: The greatest trick that he ever pulled was making you believe that he is you. Summary: Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.
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| 701 | Right Spectacle: The Very Best of Elvis Costello | Chuck Statler, John Davey (II), Brian Grant, Annabel Jankel, David McMahon | NR | 2005 | Rhino / Wea | Music Video & Concerts | |
