China Seas DVD

Cruising has come a long way since 1935 when Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Rosalind Russell sailed from Hong Kong to Singapore on a ship crewed by drunks and incompetents in China Seas. The attire of the passengers is elegant, the ship's ameniti...

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Christmas in Connecticut

We forget that Christmas movies need not necessarily be all about Christmas. The genre tends to get a bum rap, the work of crass comedies filled with holiday hokum and phony sermons about the yuletide spirit. 1945's Christmas in Connecticut man...

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Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll

It's sad to see the definition of "rock 'n' roll" currently being stretched to the breaking point. In any retailer's electronics section are scores of albums by people who can  play instruments but who can  hardly be ...

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane (1941) is an enigma. Movie fans in general seem to ignore it when talking about their favorite films, yet it continually shows up as #1 or in the top five on TOP MOVIES OF ALL TIME lists. Clearly, it's not a warm and fuzzy film. Bu...

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Cowboy and the Lady, The

We've seen this plot before. Many times before. Pampered woman weds an ordinary man. Even the title, The Cowboy and the Lady, makes it clear what this film is about. However, this 1938 film, starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon, starts out wi...

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Cowboy and the Lady, The DVD

We've seen this plot before. Many times before. Pampered woman weds an ordinary man. Even the title, The Cowboy and the Lady, makes it clear what this film is about. However, this 1938 film starts out with a light-hearted flair that snares the ...

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Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron (1977) shows war at its most direct. No matter how much glory is wrought or how many medals are won, the battlefield is an ugly place to be. But who better a blunt instrument to deliver this point than Sam Peckinpah, a director who ma...

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Crossfire DVD

Crossfire (1947) is a landmark movie disguised as low-budget film noir that asks the question, ' Was it a hate crime or just a run-of-the mill murder?' In typical noir fashion, the story opens with a brutal beating death shown in shadows ca...

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Crossing Delancey

A HEARTWARMING ROMANCE - When a Jewish grandmother hires a matchmaker for her granddaughter, chaos ensues as the granddaughter tries to avoid the good-hearted but average Joe. Izzy has her sights on a much bigger target. The film stars Amy I...

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Crossing Delancey DVD

A HEARTWARMING ROMANCE - When a Jewish grandmother hires a matchmaker for her granddaughter, chaos ensues as the granddaughter tries to avoid the good-hearted but average Joe. Izzy has her sights on a much bigger target. The film stars Amy I...

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