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"A mammoth selection of some of the most provocative independent documentaries from the PBS series P.O.V., the 15 disc, 15 film P.O.V.: 20th Anniversary Collection box set isn't gathered together to make you feel comfortable -- it wants to you to re"
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(1963) |
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"Palm Springs Weekend is a big come-down from the hefty, expensive Delmer Daves epics Donahue was fronting prior to this A.I.P.-inspired knock-off."
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(1948) |
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"Stylishly directed by old pro Lesley Selander, Panhandle now has the added interest of not only for being co-written by Blake Edwards (along with John C. Champion), but also for featuring the future director in a co-starring role."
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(1966) |
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"Paradise, Hawaiian Style is a sad exercise for Presley fans. Not only is he definitely off his game, the film itself is so starved for inspiration and originality, that its funereal pace and deadening tone eventually depress you beyond all enduranc"
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(1956) |
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"Pardners can't rise above its deadly pace, lack of real laughs, and its sloppy production."
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(1961) |
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"If you like big, sprawling, picturesque, glossy dramas from this time period, you really have to admire Parrish, even it frequently gyrates all over the place in terms of its confused plotline and its myriad romantic tensions."
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(1973-1974) |
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"'Ricky.' You don't need to say much more than that to sum up this final go-around for The Partridge Family."
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(1972) |
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"The Partridge Family in decline. Characters are significantly altered, episodes leave behind the problematic nature of the "world-famous-touring-band-still-living-in-suburbia" central premise, and the radio hits stopped coming."
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(2007) |
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"I suppose Patrick Henry: Quest for Freedom may be of some use in a classroom, but I suspect there are other biographies and documentaries on Henry out there that would work just as well, and probably better."
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"The Paul Lynde Halloween Special isn't the greatest venue for his talents - I'm not sure Lynde ever had a proper vehicle that correctly showcased what he was probably capable of - but there is a train-wreck fascination with this 1976 TV special."
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(1976) |
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"The Paul Lynde Halloween Special isn't the greatest venue for his talents - I'm not sure Lynde ever had a proper vehicle that correctly showcased what he was probably capable of - but there is a train-wreck fascination with this 1976 TV special."
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(1972) |
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"It stands with works like Fat City and Two-Lane Blacktop in depicting a seamy underbelly of America that most of us wouldn't care to know about or see. It's one of the most effective, searing dramas of the 1970s."
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"It's certainly not a classic, and not in the same league as its illustrious predecessor, but it's bright and colorful and cute (especially after what looks like some restoration), with some surprisingly funny lines and situations at times."
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(1975) |
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"Peeper has many of the superficial physical trappings of film noir, without any of the metaphysical underpinnings of film noir. And if the jokes aren't funny, you don't have a spoof."
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"With emotions boiled down to their most essential, the fever-dream intensity of Persuasion is boldly represented by Shergold's unabashed directorial choices."
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(2007) |
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"So much of The Best Of... The Rest Of... Not Only... But Also... is so hilariously funny (perhaps a bit blunted by now because of constant airings of the later Monty Python, which borrowed heavily from Not Only... But Also...), that i"
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"Melodrama to be sure -- but expertly-crafted melodrama, with at times poetic, lyrical scripting, and sensational performances."
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"Events are unfolding rapidly in the small, quaint New England town of Peyton Place, and anyone interested in superior night-time dramas will not want to miss a moment of them."
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"The Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face collection is a marvelous introduction to the innovative, groundbreaking comedy of Phyllis Diller."
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(1975) |
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"Hippie tedium and nudity -- not to mention cracker-barrel Freudian clichés -- almost win out when the director of Pick-Up pulls out a near-brilliant finale. Unfortunately, he blows even that ending."
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(1933) |
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"Picture Snatcher is a breathless, breezy comedy/gangster/newspaper thriller genre concoction that showcases Cagney at his earliest, gutsiest best."
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3/5 |
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(1936) |
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"Lightweight, entertaining college football musical, with old pros Haley and Kelly, and new future superstar Judy Garland."
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(1959) |
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"Still dishy, delightful fun."
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(1971) |
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"The Pink Angels is fairly lame in its limp-wristed camp moments, with scenes such as the infamous hot-dog eating sequence and the boys shopping for appropriate dress shoes, potentially funny but nowhere nearly fully developed."
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(1969) |
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"While not as self-consciously surreal and hip as DePatie-Freleng's brilliant early Pink Panther cartoons, The Inspector shorts still have that beautifully impressionistic DFE house style, and some well worked-out gags."
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(1948) |
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"The Pirate may not have the best Cole Porter score, or the finest of the famed "Minnelli touch," but taken on its own without paying attention to its tortuous backstory, it can prove to be fun despite its fall-short artistic reach."
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(1990) |
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"Far too skimpy on the details of the machinations involved in the infamous July 20th, 1944 plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler, to be of much use as anything other than a brief introduction to the story."
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(1976) |
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"The Pom Pom Girls, which had an unreasonably "hot" reputation as a drive-in sex classic when I was a kid, is fun to watch now, primarily for spotting all the activities in the film that would land the participants with sexual offender raps if perfo"
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(1987) |
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"Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story would seem to be a natural for the miniseries genre. But this 5-hour film substitutes repetition for insight. It's interminable."
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(2005) |
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"Epic in scope, and tightly scripted by director John Kent Harrison, with two marvelous performances by both Cary Elwes and Jon Voight as John Paul II."
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(2007) |
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"Since it's from Popular Mechanics, the emphasis is on giving detailed explanations for all the items looked at, with those explanations given in a clear, concise, easily understood manner."
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"The old days of Japanese tokusatsu like Ultraman and Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot live on in the hyped-up adventures of Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Brownbeard's Pearl, Volume 1."
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"Plenty of explosions, cool morphin zords, weapons, gadgets, and kick-ass chop socky make Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Toru Diamond, Volume 2 an easy recommendation for the initiated."
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(2007) |
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"Plenty of explosions, cool morphin zords, weapons, gadgets, and kick-ass chop socky make Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Blue Sapphire, Volume 3 an easy recommendation for the initiated."
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(2007) |
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"Surprisingly, Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Star of Isis, Volume 4 takes a bit of turn towards the mildly serious, mildly emotional subtext of android identity crisis when Mack learns he's not human."
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(2008) |
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"The final battle is done, and the Power Rangers are victorious. Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Pink Emerald, Volume 5 winds up this 15th season of the popular franchise in fine fashion. Tons of cool vehicles, imaginative villains, and fun spe"
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"Jurassic Fight Club, Prehistoric Megastorms, Clash of the Cave Men, and Journey to 10,000 B.C. certainly aren't perfect, with sometimes shoddy CGI effects, questionable filmed re-creations, and good science that doesn't always"
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(2006) |
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"Morally compromised heroes, hysterically funny sociopaths, and a wild chase to find $5 million dollars and the cons who intend on grabbing it make Prison Break: Season 2 a sweeping action/thriller/espionage epic."
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(2007) |
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"Excitement on probation. Prison Break: Season Three is a big let-down after the exhilarating first two seasons of the cult Fox hit, but enough cheap-jack thrills common to the most base prison escape thrillers seep through, making it acceptable, if"
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(1931) |
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"The movie is terrific, but Warner Bros. online, "on-demand" Archive Collection edition is subpar."
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(1978) |
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"The Promise is an utter mess, with tone and tempo all over the place. But strangely, the movie does have a weird kind of pull to its scenes; it's single-minded, almost sepulchrial pacing is oddly hypnotic."
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"Too many limitations of what could actually be said or seen in Protecting the King seriously cripples the film's impact. And what remains is thoroughly routine and downright boring,"
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4/5 |
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(1972) |
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"Twisted film noir parody, and yet legitimate film noir mystery, Pulp pulls off the neat trick of being a perfect example of the kind of film it's also parodying."
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"Fans of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? may object to the changes in Freddy and Daphne's characterizations, but little viewers won't care; they'll find A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Volume 6 bright, funny, and fast-paced."
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