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Stars: 2.5 / 5

Recommendation: Disconnected plot; mismatch or miscast actors for their roles; mediocre acting by supporting cast; and a melodrama that solely survived on the chemistry between the lead cast even though it failed to hold the movie high. ( Read more... )

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Stars: 5 / 5

Recommendation: It's a powerful socially conscious crime drama; a graphic study of meaningless violence. The movie certainly sends a strong message that pertains to any era this world lives in. A very hard-hitting drama.

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Stars: 5 / 5

Recommendation: An emotionally intense film with gorgeous locations and outfits, all the while showcasing the hardships of a widowed single mother. Certainly the movie hits upon several controversial topics of the time.

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Stars: 3 / 5

Recommendation: It is a story of a family who survive and try to move on from a loss which parallels the life of the Trumpeter Swans very closely. Photography is amazing and brings you the green and lush forest to life in front of your eyes. But ( Read more... )

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Stars: 4 / 5

Recommendation: Better than any B-Movie, with such a low budget the director and the cast pulled it off. Definitely worth your time to watch this ( Read more... )

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Stars: 4 / 5

Recommendation: Overall while the 1931 version was filled with sexual references and scenes making it much lighter in tone; the 1941 version was much more darker and more suspenseful. I must say that both Cortez and Bogart stayed true to their version of The Maltese Falcon, making both movies iconic ( Read more... )

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Stars: 4 / 5

Recommendation: All in all playing two contrasting roles in these two films, Hale proved why she became a successful Della Street 13 years later in ( Read more... )

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Stars: 4 / 5

Recommendation: Despite inferior to the Japanese original version, Raymond Burr made it one of the greatest monster American movies of the 1950s.

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Stars: 4.5 / 5

Recommendation: A sweet, poignant and heartfelt Christmas movie with an incredible cast makes this a gem of a movie in Hallmark's hat.

Christmas with Holly is a 2012 America made-for-TV romantic drama released as part of Hallmark Hall of Fame ( Read more... )

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Stars: 4.5 / 5

Recommendation:  An unquestionable Hitchcock movie with suspense and thrills that begs the user to be patient with the frames as they progress. An important moment in the history of film making everywhere where Hitchcock knocks his mystery thriller out of the park in ( Read more... )