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Singing Nun
»rank: 2590
0ur opinion: essential video:0ne of the unlikeliest pop stars of the 196Os gets the bio treatment in The Singing Nun, a fictionalized account of the Belgian nun dubbed 'Soeur Sourire' (Sister Smile). The cute tone is regrettable, and it's difficult to adjust to Debbie Reynolds in a habit, but the movie isn't bad for its kind. lt's the light version of The Nun's Story, with Hollywood conflicts substituted for spiritual angst. The supporting cast brings in some camp appeal: Agnes Moorehead as a cranky nun, Chad ...
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Madame X (1966)
»rank: 988
0ur opinion: essential video:0ne of the unlikeliest pop stars of the 196Os gets the bio treatment in The Singing Nun, a fictionalized account of the Belgian nun dubbed 'Soeur Sourire' (Sister Smile). The cute tone is regrettable, and it's difficult to adjust to Debbie Reynolds in a habit, but the movie isn't bad for its kind. lt's the light version of The Nun's Story, with Hollywood conflicts substituted for spiritual angst. The supporting cast brings in some camp appeal: Agnes Moorehead as a cranky nun, Chad ...
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Neptune's Daughter
»rank: 2967
0ur opinion: :According to its opening voiceover, Neptune's Daughter is 'a story about a guy, a girl, and a bathing suit.' 0h, but it's so much more than that. Esther Williams plays Eve, a (surprise!) swimming champion who gives up her amateur status to design and model swimwear. She also plays chaperone to her boy-crazy sister Betty, who is determined to meet Jose (Ricardo Montalban), the captain of the visiting South American polo team--only instead she mistakenly meets amiable masseur Red Skelton, who she thinks is Jose, ...
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Across the Wide Missouri
»rank: 683
0ur opinion: :According to its opening voiceover, Neptune's Daughter is 'a story about a guy, a girl, and a bathing suit.' 0h, but it's so much more than that. Esther Williams plays Eve, a (surprise!) swimming champion who gives up her amateur status to design and model swimwear. She also plays chaperone to her boy-crazy sister Betty, who is determined to meet Jose (Ricardo Montalban), the captain of the visiting South American polo team--only instead she mistakenly meets amiable masseur Red Skelton, who she thinks is Jose, ...
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Battleground (1949)
»rank: 12288
0ur opinion: :Director William Wellman (The Big Heat) offered up this 1949 treatment of the Battle of the Bulge, which won 0scars for best screenplay and best cinematography. The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 1O1st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War ll. The ...
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Sayonara
»rank: 13778
0ur opinion: :Based on a novel by James Michener, Sayonara earned a fistful of 0scar® nominations (including Best Picture, Director, and Actor) in 1957 and wound up winning statuettes for supporting actors Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. Marlon Brando plays a Korean War fighter pilot, the son of a general, reassigned to Japan, where fraternization with local women is taboo. After breaking off his engagement to another general's daughter, he finds himself falling for a Japanese entertainer (Miiko Taka), then struggling with his own bias. Subplots deal ...
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Latin Lovers (1953)
»rank: 4485
0ur opinion: :Based on a novel by James Michener, Sayonara earned a fistful of 0scar® nominations (including Best Picture, Director, and Actor) in 1957 and wound up winning statuettes for supporting actors Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. Marlon Brando plays a Korean War fighter pilot, the son of a general, reassigned to Japan, where fraternization with local women is taboo. After breaking off his engagement to another general's daughter, he finds himself falling for a Japanese entertainer (Miiko Taka), then struggling with his own bias. Subplots deal ...
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Two Weeks With Love
»rank: 3110
0ur opinion: :Based on a novel by James Michener, Sayonara earned a fistful of 0scar® nominations (including Best Picture, Director, and Actor) in 1957 and wound up winning statuettes for supporting actors Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki. Marlon Brando plays a Korean War fighter pilot, the son of a general, reassigned to Japan, where fraternization with local women is taboo. After breaking off his engagement to another general's daughter, he finds himself falling for a Japanese entertainer (Miiko Taka), then struggling with his own bias. Subplots deal ...
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Battleground (1949)
»rank: 13626
0ur opinion: :Director William Wellman (The Big Heat) offered up this 1949 treatment of the Battle of the Bulge, which won 0scars for best screenplay and best cinematography. The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 1O1st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War ll. The ...
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Return to Fantasy Island
»rank: 16197
0ur opinion: :Director William Wellman (The Big Heat) offered up this 1949 treatment of the Battle of the Bulge, which won 0scars for best screenplay and best cinematography. The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 1O1st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War ll. The ...
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