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Review of The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

By Hawk L (132) on 11 Aug 2009

Meryl and Jeremy..what a duo…

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Review of The Big Chill (1983)

By Hawk L (132) on 28 Jun 2009

Seminal baby boomer angst session, aided by a catchy soundtrack, eulogizes the lost ideals and enthusiasms of the 1960s and ponders what, if…

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Review of Ran (1985)

By Hawk L (132) on 10 Jun 2009

Overwhelming and magnificent visual style, resonant and poetic, dynamic, painterly composition and striking, expressionistic color…

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Review of House of Wax (1953)

By Hawk L (132) on 09 Jun 2009

Eerie set design, dark humor, and a great cast…

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Review of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

By Hawk L (132) on 28 May 2009

Astonishingly, enduring piece of cinema from the low-budget end, and far more thoughtful than its script or plot would suggest…

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Review of The Court Jester (1955)

By Hawk L (132) on 25 May 2009

Wonderfully deconstructing the swashbuckler genre, poking fun at the films of Errol Flynn in particular, and featuring one of Danny Kaye's…

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Review of Awakenings (1990)

By Hawk L (132) on 20 May 2009

Who is not at awe of Robert De Niro's performance…

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Review of March of the Penguins (2005)

By Hawk L (132) on 20 May 2009

Amazing feat of endurance by emperor penguins. Luc Jacquet's crew capture a palpable sense of the penguin's struggles…

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Review of Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

By Hawk L (132) on 14 May 2009

Masterpiece of nostalgia, tragedy, drama, romance and comedy, memorably conveyed through flashback, flash-forward, dream and fantasy…

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Review of Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

By Hawk L (132) on 13 May 2009

Important look back featuring Robin Williams' wildly improvisational, career-best caliber performance, scathing but hilarious, tempered by…

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Review of The Virgin Queen (1955)

By Hawk L (132) on 27 Apr 2009

Great swashbuckling with Bette Davis giving a forceful performance, and Harold Brown's screenplay providing several memorable segments…

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Review of Knights of the Round Table (1953)

By Hawk L (132) on 26 Apr 2009

Lavishly appointed, spinning a lucid account of the Arthurian legend with Robert Taylor leading a solid cast as trusted knight Sir Lancelot,…

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Review of Doctor Zhivago (1965)

By Hawk L (132) on 14 Apr 2009

Russia in winter has never looked more alluring and neither have Omar Sharif or Julie Christie…

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Review of Danton (1983)

By Hawk L (132) on 09 Apr 2009

Gérard Depardieu's finest performance, Igor Luther's cinematography giving the settings an authentic feel, as do Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle's…

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Review of Becket (1964)

By Hawk L (132) on 07 Apr 2009

Serious, stagey historical drama, Burton and O'Toole are great sparring partners…

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Review of Blithe Spirit (1945)

By Hawk L (132) on 05 Apr 2009

Light, clever comedy…

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Review of The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

By Hawk L (132) on 30 Mar 2009

Hey this is a really disturbing but lovely movie, which will move you to tears…

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Review of The Magic Christian (1969)

By Hawk L (132) on 30 Mar 2009

Irreverent comedy, whose bizarre sights, cynical world-view and oddball logic at times proceeds free-form…

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Review of The Rocketeer (1991)

By Hawk L (132) on 15 Mar 2009

Entertaining improvement upon the old Saturday morning serials in writing and attention to detail…

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Review of Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

By Hawk L (132) on 14 Mar 2009

Provocative, wonderfully portentous, all of the images take on chilling deadness. Fascinating dual role played by Julie Christie…

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