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The Lion King (A Walt Disney Masterpiece)
»rank: 4
0ur opinion: essential video:Not an ideal choice for younger kids, this hip and violent animated feature from Disney was nevertheless a huge smash in theaters and on video, and it continues to enjoy life in an acclaimed Broadway production. The story finds a lion cub, son of a king, sent into exile after his father is sabotaged by a rivalrous uncle. The little hero finds his way into the 'circle of life' with some new ...
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
»rank: 508
0ur opinion: :Another made-for-video sequel to a Disney masterpiece. As with the Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas sequels, most of the recognizable vocal talents return, creating a worthwhile successor to the highest-grossing animated film ever. We pick up the story as the lion king, Simba (voiced by Matthew Broderick), and Nala (Moira Kelly) have a new baby cub, a girl named Kiara (Neve Campbell). Like her father before, she seeks adventure and ends up outside ...
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The Lion King - Special Edition
»rank: 966
0ur opinion: essential video:Not an ideal choice for younger kids, this hip and violent animated feature from Disney was nevertheless a huge smash in theaters and on video, and it continues to enjoy life in an acclaimed Broadway production. The story finds a lion cub, son of a king, sent into exile after his father is sabotaged by a rivalrous uncle. The little hero finds his way into the 'circle of life' with some new ...
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The Lion King 1 1/2
»rank: 1051
0ur opinion: :The Lion King 1½ is an ingenious sequel that retells the original film's story from the perspective of best pals Timon the meerkat (voiced by Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa the warthog (Ernie Sabella). Anyone who has wondered how this odd couple met will find out here, beginning with Timon's flight from home following disgrace and his chance encounter with the sweet but lonely Pumbaa. With the arrival of young Simba (Shaun Flemming), The Lion ...
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Out On A Limb
»rank: 4417
0ur opinion: :The Lion King 1½ is an ingenious sequel that retells the original film's story from the perspective of best pals Timon the meerkat (voiced by Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa the warthog (Ernie Sabella). Anyone who has wondered how this odd couple met will find out here, beginning with Timon's flight from home following disgrace and his chance encounter with the sweet but lonely Pumbaa. With the arrival of young Simba (Shaun Flemming), The Lion ...
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Master Harold & The Boys
»rank: 2371
0ur opinion: :Athol Fugard's Broadway hit was a heartbreaking microcosmic examination of the effects of the racist apartheid policies on both blacks and whites in South Africa. This taped stage production features terrific performances from Matthew Broderick and particularly from Zakes Mokae. Mokae is a waiter in a small tea shop, owned by Broderick's family. He has also been a surrogate father to Harold (Broderick), whose real father is an abusive, hospitalized drunk. Though Broderick dearly ...
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Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
»rank: 4530
0ur opinion: essential video:Another reliably well-crafted, generally engrossing documentary from Ken Burns, Lewis & Clark employs the director's now-familiar approach to his subjects, from its elegant juxtaposition of period illustrations and portraits against newly filmed footage of historic sites to Burns's repertory of accomplished actors to provide gravitas for quotes from the key figures. Granted the formula has become familiar enough to allow parody, but Burns knows how to invest his historical investigations with movement ...
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WarGames
»rank: 9753
0ur opinion: :Cute but silly, this 1983 cautionary fantasy stars Matthew Broderick as a teenage computer genius who hacks into the Pentagon's defense system and sets World War lll into motion. All the fun is in the film's set-up, as Broderick befriends Ally Sheedy and starts the international crisis by pretending while online to be the Soviet Union. After that, it's not hard to predict what's going to happen: government agents swoop in, but the story ...
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The Night We Never Met
»rank: 11350
0ur opinion:Description:What happens when the right guy and the right girl share the same apartment - but on different nights of the week? lt could be love, but it's certainly fun, romantic and a great date movie.
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The Freshman
»rank: 4970
0ur opinion: essential video:Young Clark Kellog (Matthew Broderick) had no idea film school would drop him into the hands of a real-life Godfather, but after a street punk robs him his first day in New York City, that's just where the road leads. Marlon Brando let everyone know he was in on the joke with his hammy, good-humored performance as the bulldog-jowled Mafioso Carmine Sabatini, the man Clark's prissy, self-important professor swears was the real ...
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