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Classic western with a powerful performance by John Wayne. Directed by ace John Ford, this film has Wayne as Ethan Edwards, a returning soldier who visits his brother and his family. While out one morning looking for signs of a Comanche marauding party, the family is slaughtered and the young girl Debbie (played by Natalie Wood) is abducted. So begins a quest by Wayne and family friend Martin, who is part Cherokee (played by Jeffrey Hunter) to find Debbie. As Ethan, Wayne hates Indians with a vengeance. He comes across as a bit of a racist. But you will notice changes in him as the film progresses. It's one hell of a performance. I would have given him the Oscar for this role instead of the one for which he won in True Grit. The Searchers is a beautifully filmed movie with several exciting action scenes. Definitely on that list of great westerns ever made.

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Ethan: Well Reverend, looks like you've got yourself surrounded.
Reverend Clayton: Yeah and I figure on getting myself unsurrounded.

I remembering seeing this movie in 11th grade in English class and I thought it was one of the best movies I had ever seen. One of Hitchcock's best films he ever did. A classic suspenseful mystery with solid performances by Olivier and Fontaine. But the standout is Judith Anderson as the housekeeper Mrs. Danvers. She is the definition of creepy.

Classic comedy with a dream team of Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and Katherine Hepburn. Kate is Tracy, a wealthy woman who is about to remarry. Grant is her ex-husband who pops by the weekend of the wedding. And Jimmy is a reporter trying to get an exclusive for the wedding event of the year. They all converge at Tracy's huge estate and the fireworks soon begin. This is classic golden age comedy right here. Kate is simply amazing. Jimmy Stewart is really funny. And Mr. Grant is kinda laid back in this one, but he is still very good. This is one for the ages.

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Macaulay Connor: I would sell my grandmother for a drink - and you know how I love my grandmother.

Totally entertaining movie. Harrison Ford is perfect as Indiana and Karen Allen has her best role as Marion. One of Spielberg's best films. Top notch all the way around.

Indiana:"You want to talk to God? Let's go see him together. I've got nothing better to do".

An epic movie that continues director Mel Gibson's assault on a film goer's senses. Set during ancient times and focusing on the Mayan culture, Apocalypto is a relentless and bloody story about one man's battle to save his wife and young son. Jaguar Paw is the hero and when his village is attacked by savage marauders, he and the others are captured and taken to the invaders temple miles away. Meanwhile his expectant wife and son are hidden in a cave awaiting his return. As with Passion of the Christ, this film has some unbelievable and graphic action scenes that Gibson doesn't even try to hold back with. This is definetly not one for the kiddies. But it is an amazing story how one man will fight against all odds to save his loved ones. A must see.

Awesome sci-fi film. I loved it from the first time I ever saw it. The plot has our hero Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, as a policeman who hunts down replicants in the year 2019. Replicants are human clones used to work in conditions too dangerous for normal people. Well, a crew of replicants escape from their ship and hide out in LA wanting to meet their creator to give them more life. Replicants are built with a specific time span of only 4 years. So Deckard is called back in to track them down. He's the best blade runner there is. This film will blow you away with innovative special effects, a great storyline, and terrific characters. Ford is solid as usual. But Rutger Hauer as head replicant Roy Batty is phenomenal. Check out this movie if you haven't seen it. The new DVD just came out and I hear it's the final cut, so I may have to go and buy it, even though I have the original version. Yes, it's that good.

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Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

I was not expecting this movie to be this good. I kept putting off seeing until a friend finally convinced me to see it. Thanks Melissa. This movie is solid from the get go. The songs and dance numbers are sensational. Renee Zellweger is awesome and she got robbed of an Oscar. She was funny, emotional, sexy, and manipulative. Catherine Zeta Jones is just as good. Even Richard Gere gets into the act with a good tap dance number. Also solid support from Queen Latifah and John C. Reilly (who nails the Mr. Cellophane number). A truly great musical and great film with several showstopping moments.

Velma:"You wanted advice? Well here it is...straight from me to you...keep your paws off my underwear".

Classic film noir about a writer who goes looking for his old childhood buddy and becomes entangled in a mystery. Top notch suspense with a great cast led by Joseph Cotten as the writer and Orson Welles as his missing friend-Harry Lime. Definetly a must see film. You won't be disappointed. Features one of the most memorable lines in movie history. Harry:"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love- they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock".

Excellent film from Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot) about a struggling young screenwriter (Holden) who runs into former silent film star Norma Desmond (Swanson) who is dreaming of a comeback. She hires him to patch up her script so Cecil B. DeMille can direct her. The lady is a little around the bend, but the writer needs money so he takes the job. This is a marvelous film with great performances. And it holds up today beautifully. William Holden is great as Joe, the writer. It's one of his best parts ever. But it's Gloria Swanson who owns this picture. She is simply amazing. And the dialogue in this film is some of the best you will ever hear in a movie. Great stuff.

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Joe Gillis: There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.

This is where it started. I mean Kevin Costner's version was a good entertaining film, but for me, Errol Flynn is the Robin Hood. No question about it. One of the best looking and best sounding movies you will ever see. Lots of action and witty dialogue plus great villians in Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy and Claude Rains as Prince John. Plus Olivia deHavilland is terrific as Maid Marian. A winner any way you look at it.


Lady Marian:"Why, you speak treason!"

Robin:"Fluently".

Marilyn's best role and best film has the gorgeous one playing a young woman living in the upstairs apartment of a married man. The man is prone to daydreaming about being a real ladies man but when he finally meets Marilyn, comedic results happen quickly and often. A hilarious film that shot Monroe to stardom. You can't go wrong with this one.

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The Girl: When it gets hot like this, you know what I do. I keep my undies in the icebox!

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The Girl: I think it's just elegant to have an imagination. I just have no imagination at all. I have lots of other things, but I have no imagination.