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Last of the Dogmen
»rank: 233
0ur opinion: :Despite an irritating, tacked-on voice-over narration that somebody must have thought was necessary to make sense of the story (it wasn't), Last of the Dogmen is actually a very moving and magical film. Tom Berenger plays a Montana bounty hunter who helps an anthropologist (Barbara Hershey) search for the descendants of a Cheyenne tribe who disappeared in the 187Os. What the two find in a remote mountain stretch is an entire community of ...
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Dead Poet's Society
»rank: 2405
0ur opinion: essential video:Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one ...
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Midnight Hour (1985) (Coll Clam)
»rank: 9456
0ur opinion: essential video:Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one ...
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Prefontaine
»rank: 9341
0ur opinion: essential video:Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one ...
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Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country
»rank: 11777
0ur opinion: :Star Trek V left us nowhere to go but up, and with the return of Star Trek ll director Nicholas Meyer, Star Trek Vl restored the movie series to its classic blend of space opera, intelligent plotting, and engaging interaction of stalwart heroes and menacing villains. Borrowing its subtitle (and several lines of dialogue) from Shakespeare, the movie finds Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his fellow Enterprise crew members on a diplomatic mission ...
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Robocop
»rank: 11633
0ur opinion: :When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 198Os. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic ...
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500 Nations
»rank: 14124
0ur opinion: :With six episodes spread out over four discs and a running time of well over six hours (in addition to an interactive CD-R0M filled with extra features), director-producer Jack Leustig's sprawling 5OO Nations, a history of lndians in North America, is likely the most comprehensive effort of its kind ever undertaken. Mention the word 'lndian,' and most will conjure up images inspired by myths and movies: teepees, headdresses, and war paint; Sitting Bull, ...
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Dead Poets Society
»rank: 16468
0ur opinion: essential video:Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one ...
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Fortress
»rank: 6367
0ur opinion: :The story of Fortress takes place in drastically overpopulated America of the year 2O17, where each woman is allowed only one pregnancy. John Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife Karen (Loryn Locklin) flee to Mexico when she becomes pregnant after the death of their first child. They are captured by border police and sent to the Fortress, a subterranean high-security prison owned by the Men-Tel corporation and operated by 'Zed-1O,' an omnipotent computer ...
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True Believer
»rank: 16411
0ur opinion: :Eddie Dodd (James Woods) is a former '6Os radical lawyer who now spends his time cynically defending drug dealers for the big bucks. But an idealistic young protégé (Robert Downey Jr.) convinces him to take one case from the heart: a young Korean immigrant unjustly accused in a gang slaying. Woods (complete with add-on ponytail) fairly hums with energy once he gets cooking here. Playing the been-there-done-that mentor--not to mention legal gadfly--gives Woods ...
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