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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2-Disc Collector's Edition)Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Jim Carrey plays the semi-serious one while the beautiful Kate Winslet plays the off-the-wall zany one in a romantic tale that toys with the time-space continuum.
Hideous KinkyHideous Kinky
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Kate Winslet in a spiritual journey in Morrocco looking quite ravishing.
Holy Smoke!Holy Smoke!
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This time, Kate's spiritual journey is in India but her Aussie family doesn't like it. When they hire Harvey Kietel to "normalize" her, she vacilates between being highly seductive and flat out raunchy. The stunning visuals aren't limited to Kate's lack of a wardrobe.
QuillsQuills
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Kate Winslet in a corset, Michael Caine as a dirty old man, (yet again), Geoffrey Rush isn't a pirate captain, Joaqin Phoenix is a priest with ambiguous tendencies and a cute little nobody plays a not so innocent ingenue straight out of a convent in a sypathetic portrayal of the Marquis de Sade's attempt to write his masterpiece, Justine, while behind bars.
Rock My WorldRock My World
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Wonderful performances by Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, and Alicia Silverstone in a clash of cultures when a rock band seeks refuge in the house of a down on his luck aristocrat.
Blast From the PastBlast From the Past
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An exaggeration of the 1960s meets an exaggeration of the 1990s while Alicia Silverstone is at the height of her beauty.
Excess BaggageExcess Baggage
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Alicia kidnaps herself on purpose to get daddy's attention, then gets kidnapped accidentally by Benicio Del Torro.
HideawayHideaway
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Before she did Clueless, Alicia was in a psychological thriller with Jeff Goldblum where he's brought back to life after an accident that should have killed him, but he doesn't come back from the beyond alone.
ScorchedScorched
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Three bank tellers, (including Woody Harrelson and a ravishing Alicia), unbeknownst to each other, choose the same weekend to rob their bank for their own seperate reasons, while Rachael Leigh Cook, (looking so adorable that boxes filled with puppies are jealous of her cuteness), seeks revenge on John Cleese for being an upper class twit.
11:1411:14
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Two years before Crash was released to great critical acclaim, a less convoluted, and more concise version of the story, (minus the racism), had an extremely limited release starring Rachael being a sex kitten, Hilary Swank being less of an annoying talentless ham than usual, and Henry Thomas not playing with E.T. Unlike Crash, the storylines come together without a sledgehammer approach.
The Big EmptyThe Big Empty
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Rachel being drop dead gorgeous while surrounded by a good cast in the middle of the desert in a bizzare story that may or may not involve aliens, anal probes, an actor from Cheers that we meet in a bar, and a flying Winnebago.
S.F.W.S.F.W.
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Highly underrated commentary on fleeting celebrity and the media culture. An early role for Reese Witherspoon.
FreewayFreeway
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Reese plays an illiterate girl from the trailer park who won't take crap from anybody, including a serial killer who thinks she's going to be his next victim.
Interstate 60Interstate 60
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A journey down a road that doesn't exist going to a town that doesn't either, and the interesting set of characters we meet along the way. Amy Smart plays a dream girl.
Scotland, PAScotland, PA
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MacBeth, (yes, the one Shakespeare wrote for that company Cliff's Notes), is set in the 1970s at a fast food restaurant. Amy plays a hippie with visions that are herbally enhanced.
Bigger Than the SkyBigger Than the Sky
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A guy that can't act is tapped to play the lead in a community theater production of Cyrano. When it's discovered that a hobbit might be better for the role, the cast does everything in their power to find an alternative. Amy plays an actress that can act.
Danny DeckchairDanny Deckchair
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Cute little Aussie film about a guy who accidentally flies away from a witch and towards an adorable Miranda Otto while she's not being hounded by pesky little hobbits.
HeavyHeavy
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Eccentric tale about a pizza chef whose life gets turned upside down when Liv Tyler shows up to be a waitress at his mother's restaurant to escape her life among the hobbits.
Stealing BeautyStealing Beauty
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Liv Tyler looking ravishing in the Italian countryside in an artistic piece that also doesn't involve hobbits. She does keep her clothes on for at least half of the movie.
One Night at McCool'sOne Night at McCool's
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Liv Tyler wrapping non-hobbits around her little finger while looking ravishing. Actually, a very good comedy about how easily men can be manipulated by a sexy woman.
The Trouble with HarryThe Trouble with Harry
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My favorite Hitchcock comedy about a dead body with a knack for causing trouble.
UncoveredUncovered
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An excellent and thoughtful indie mystery movie with fantastic performances by the whole cast, with just a splash of Brit naughty bits.
Haunted (Full Screen)Haunted (Full Screen)
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Kate Beckinsale is an exhibitionist whose brother is VERY fond of her. When a man brought from London to investigate ghosts, his attraction to her helps to ratchet up the tension in a story where everything is not as it seems.
Cold Comfort FarmCold Comfort Farm
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Something happened in the woodshed, and as a result, Kate's family is seriously deranged. You need a major willingness to embrace the strange to enjoy this movie.
I Heart HuckabeesI Heart Huckabees
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A comedy about the interrealation, (or not), of the lives of off-beat characters whose lives are examined by existential detectives Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman and Isabelle Huppert.
MirandaMiranda
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Little Wednesday Addams has turned into a woman, and boy is she cruel.
JawbreakerJawbreaker
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Dark humor in the tradition of Heathers with better looking girls, (Rose McGowan and Rebecca Gayheart.)
Shaun of the DeadShaun of the Dead
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The British version of slackers encounter zombies that interrupt their tellie viewing.
OtisOtis
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A dark comedy about a serial killer who dismembers teenaged girls, and the family that tries to get revenge on him. You may feel guilty about some of the laughs, but hey, it's just a movie.
State and MainState and Main
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Hollywood invades small town Vermont to make a movie on a shoe-string budget while Sarah Jessica Parker wants to keep her breasts covered, and Julia Stiles doesn't.
Fargo (Special Edition)Fargo (Special Edition)
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The highly acclaimed film that made people in Hollywood realize that the area on the ground that they fly over on their way to New York might actually be populated. It also made them very afraid of that population.
Drowning MonaDrowning Mona
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In small-town suburban NY, someone killed Bette Midler, and most of the town is OK with it. But police chief Danny DeVito needs to get to the bottom of it. Excellent performances by Bette, Danny, Jamie Lee Curtus, Neve Campbell, Casey Affleck, Marcus Thomas, and Kathleen Wilhoite.
Relative StrangersRelative Strangers
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Neve Campbell plays the only sane person with insanity swirling all around her, in the forms of Kathy Bates, Danny DeVito, Beverly D'Angelo, the guy from Office Space, and a few others. An uptight psychologist looks for his biological parents on the eve of his wedding, only to find out they're rejects from the carnival.
Lost JunctionLost Junction
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A very good character development movie starring Neve Campbell and Gary Busey's kid, (in a more subdued and nuanced role than he usually plays.) Some definite dark comedy elements to it.
EulogyEulogy
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A family filled with unique characters that gets together for the funeral of their patriarch is seen through the eyes of Zooey Deschanel. Lot's of laughs and well developed characters.
MumfordMumford
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A young, vaguely nymphomaniacal Zooey plays one of several patients to an apparently excellent psychologist in a charming little indie movie about new beginnings.
FlakesFlakes
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Zooey, Christopher Lloyd, and some young slacker dude star in a decent comedy about a musician working his day job at a cereal bar, and the evil capitalist who steals the cereal bar idea.
He Loves Me, He Loves Me NotHe Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
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What starts out as a fluffy French romance starring Audrey Tautou gets a fantastic second perspective. Magnificent movie.
AmélieAmélie
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A charming and visually stunning film with an absolutely adorable performance by Audrey Tautou.
The Edge of LoveThe Edge of Love
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A highly stylized fictional account of Dylan Thomas, his wife, one of his lovers and her husband in WWII London and Wales. What really holds the story together is the relationship between Kiera Knightly and Sienna Miller, (lover & wife.)