I rented this movie because I'm a fan of the Oscar-winning music by Vangelis. This film was one of the VHS tapes in my Alaskan grandparents collection, so I figured if they liked it, it's worth watching. Personally, I can't believe it beat its competition “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Reds”, and “On Golden Pond”-- I think we know which of the Best Picture 1981 nominees has gone down the road of immortality in pop culture and cinema history.
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Chariots of Fire 1981
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Death of a Unicorn 2025
My best friend and I have been wanting to watch this movie since we learned of its existence. Paul Rudd plays a lawyer working for a rich family who insists he brings his daughter played by Jenna Ortega to the contractual negotiations about the company's legacy once the terminal illness of the family's patriarch does him in.
The family is played by Richard E. Grant, Tea Leoni, and Will Poulter who all play their roles perfectly. Grant previously played the…Translated from by
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Adore 2013
There is so much non-verbal emotion conveyed in this movie. It is truly a masterwork of performance. Naomi Watts and Robin Wright are both alluring in the role of two mothers who have been friends since they are children. Their sons fall in love with the other mother which proves for some very interesting social contexts.
The whole film was shot on an extremely luscious beach. In a way, what is going on on-screen is immoral, but the way in…Translated from by -
Adventure Force 5 2019
This keeps popping up everytime I get on Vudu as an original film that they did. While it was family-friendly for some reason it struck me as a film which would have something in common with attack the block which is a movie I really liked when it came out. after watching this film I have decided that it is like stranger things if it was an original Disney channel movie made in the 90s.
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