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The Avenging Angel
: :Miles Utley (Tom Berenger) is a guerrilla for God, a gun-wielding member of the Danites, the militia wing of the Mormons during the late 19th century. Once the defensive arm of the besieged church, the Danites (dubbed 'the Avenging Angels') are now feared by the Utah congregation and Utley is too good at his job: he's become, one accuser says, 'A man who murders in the name of peace.' After stopping an assassination attempt on the life of Brigham Young (a quietly authoritative Charlton Heston, whose star presence makes the most ...
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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
: :A complete delight for fans of psychotronic cinema and the Saturday-afternoon creature feature. Writer-director Larry Blamire has distilled every cliché of the drive-in movie era of low-budget horror and put it into The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, 90 minutes of pitch-perfect spoofing. The dialogue is marvelously insipid, and the music (taken from a stock music library) cuts in and out of the action with breathtaking suddenness. It was even shot in Bronson Canyon, location of many a cheap B-picture (one knock: the black-and-white image, shot on video, wears the eye out ...
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The Man Without A Face
: :Making this movie represented a rather risky venture for Mel Gibson--it was his first effort at directing, and the role demanded that he deliberately obscure his sexy matinee-idol looks. Gibson seems to truly relish his Lon Chaney Jr.-esque turn as Justin McLeod, a reclusive former teacher with half his face and body badly scarred, and a dark, secret past. The folks in McLeod's postcard-pretty Maine town have dubbed him 'Hamburger Head' and exchange malicious gossip about him. But one boy is needy enough to dare to penetrate the fortress McLeod has ...
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The Apartment Complex
: :Making this movie represented a rather risky venture for Mel Gibson--it was his first effort at directing, and the role demanded that he deliberately obscure his sexy matinee-idol looks. Gibson seems to truly relish his Lon Chaney Jr.-esque turn as Justin McLeod, a reclusive former teacher with half his face and body badly scarred, and a dark, secret past. The folks in McLeod's postcard-pretty Maine town have dubbed him 'Hamburger Head' and exchange malicious gossip about him. But one boy is needy enough to dare to penetrate the fortress McLeod has ...
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Cops & Robbersons
: :Making this movie represented a rather risky venture for Mel Gibson--it was his first effort at directing, and the role demanded that he deliberately obscure his sexy matinee-idol looks. Gibson seems to truly relish his Lon Chaney Jr.-esque turn as Justin McLeod, a reclusive former teacher with half his face and body badly scarred, and a dark, secret past. The folks in McLeod's postcard-pretty Maine town have dubbed him 'Hamburger Head' and exchange malicious gossip about him. But one boy is needy enough to dare to penetrate the fortress McLeod has ...
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Jock of the Bushveld
: :Making this movie represented a rather risky venture for Mel Gibson--it was his first effort at directing, and the role demanded that he deliberately obscure his sexy matinee-idol looks. Gibson seems to truly relish his Lon Chaney Jr.-esque turn as Justin McLeod, a reclusive former teacher with half his face and body badly scarred, and a dark, secret past. The folks in McLeod's postcard-pretty Maine town have dubbed him 'Hamburger Head' and exchange malicious gossip about him. But one boy is needy enough to dare to penetrate the fortress McLeod has ...
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Johnson County War
: :In the tradition of Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo, this three-hour Hallmark miniseries ranks among the finest TV Westerns ever produced. With a deft balance of rugged action and richly drawn characters, Johnson County War captures the essence--if not the precise historical details--of the range wars that raged between Wyoming homesteaders and cattle barons in the early 1890s. Fighting for the legal settlers are the Hammett brothers Cain, Harry, and Dale (Tom Berenger, Luke Perry, Adam Storke), along with Dale's tough-as-leather wife (Michelle Forbes) and an ill-fated whore (Rachel Ward) ...
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Jock - A True Tale of Friendship
:Description:Based on the classic Jock of the Bushveld, this heart-warming program follows a young man living in the wilds of Africa. When news of the Eastern Transvaal gold rush hits during the late 1800s, he quits his job to seek his fortune. Instead, he finds and saves a runt puppy. Named Jock, the dog proves he is clever, courageous and loyal enough to be a good friend. Together they have exciting adventures and meet Rocky (Robert Urich), an American prospector who teaches them how to survive in the wild.
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Ardustry Home Entert
:Description:Based on the classic Jock of the Bushveld, this heart-warming program follows a young man living in the wilds of Africa. When news of the Eastern Transvaal gold rush hits during the late 1800s, he quits his job to seek his fortune. Instead, he finds and saves a runt puppy. Named Jock, the dog proves he is clever, courageous and loyal enough to be a good friend. Together they have exciting adventures and meet Rocky (Robert Urich), an American prospector who teaches them how to survive in the wild.
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The Quick and the Dead
: essential video:Director Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead) tries gamely to recapture the exotic mysteries of spaghetti Westerns in this stylish but empty film, which stars Sharon Stone as a stranger who comes to the town of Redemption in time for an annual shooting contest. Her real motivations for being there are the stuff that might have found their way into a film by Sergio Leone--in fact, much of this film is a pastiche of Leone's greatest hits, including A Fistful of Dollars and Once upon a Time in America--but one ...
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