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Review of A Room with a View (1986)

By Roland J (182) on 17 Apr 2008

A true Merchant/Ivory classic and a true benchmark for the genre…

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Review of Eternally Yours (1939)

By Roland J (182) on 17 Apr 2008

A decent movie, good acting by David Niven makes up in part for an otherwise disappointing watch…

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Review of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

By Roland J (182) on 17 Apr 2008

Mediocre and really tedious, only for die-hard Streisand fans, which means not for me…

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Review of Howards End (1992)

By Roland J (182) on 17 Apr 2008

Nice, broad adaptation of Forster's mysterious novel, which I've read countless times. Unfortunately, the film isn't as mean (i.e…

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Review of House of Sand and Fog (2003)

By Roland J (182) on 17 Apr 2008

Decent drama movie, what it lacks somewhat in direction and script it makes up with some inspired acting from Kingsley and Connelly…

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Review of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

By Roland J (182) on 17 Apr 2008

Decent follow-up, despite ridiculous monkey suites and some dodgy SFX this movie asks some important questions about human values and the movie…

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Review of Hamlet (1990)

By Roland J (182) on 16 Apr 2008

A pity time constraints restricted this film so much, though having seen the full play only once and never having read it, I didn't miss much…

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Review of Evita (2009)

By Roland J (182) on 10 Apr 2008

Fantastische muziek, ik kan de hele film meekwelen :)…

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Review of Evita (1996)

By Roland J (182) on 10 Apr 2008

Fantastische muziek, ik kan de hele film meekwelen :)…

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Review of Escape from Sobibor (1987)

By Roland J (182) on 04 Apr 2008

One of the most powerfully and chilling ww movies I ever seen, defenitly an all time favorite…

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Review of Escape to Athena (1979)

By Roland J (182) on 09 Mar 2008

A great cast, not least for David Niven and Sir Roger Moore. I liked watching this movie, although a little slow in places…

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Review of Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

By Roland J (182) on 12 Feb 2008

Saw it recently and was amazed at how good Eddie Murphy really was in his heyday in the 80s…

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Review of Torn Curtain (1966)

By Roland J (182) on 12 Feb 2008

Underrated spy thriller. Agreed, perhaps not one of Hitchcock's best but he still matches most other films even on an off day…

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Review of Wrong Is Right (1982)

By Roland J (182) on 12 Feb 2008

I agree with other reviewers, films such as this one and for example Network were considered extreme and outrageous at the time of their release,…

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Review of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

By Roland J (182) on 10 Feb 2008

Finally released digitally remastered in both original B&W and colourized versions this is a great alien invasion flick with special effects…

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Review of The Miracle of Bern (2003)

By Roland J (182) on 14 Jan 2008

Very good film about how football used to be in the old days, nice feel and some really good acting…

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Review of The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

By Roland J (182) on 27 Dec 2007

Rather good disaster movie, always nice to see one of my personal favourites, Richard Harris…

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Review of Cromwell (1970)

By Roland J (182) on 27 Dec 2007

Really good historical drama, not everyone's cup of tea I imagine, but I think it's really good, and Richard Harris is excellent…

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Review of Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

By Roland J (182) on 26 Dec 2007

Not quite as good as the first movie, but very enjoyable nevertheless…

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Review of Better Than Chocolate (1999)

By Roland J (182) on 26 Dec 2007

Some raunchy sex scenes and a thoughtprovoking plot about young lesbians, but offers surprisingly little anyway…

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