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Greyfriars Bobby - A dog is a friend forever.

Advantages: A simple heartwarming story
Disadvantages: ...

...a monument to Bobby in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh. He is buried close to his master. His master was named as John Gray. Bobby's collar is in a museum in Edinburgh it is not just any old collar it is special but you will have to watch the film to find out why. As is often with history the dates in the film, the age of Bobby and the occupation of John Gray (Old Jock) all seem to be slightly different in my research. I would suggest just watch ...

teacherofhooch 29.07.2005 · Read full review
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Slave to the System

Advantages: Shiny swords!
Disadvantages: There's no budget, no script editor and stunningly average acting.

...to have the story of Spartacus told to you with talking pictures, then it's the Kirk Douglas movie all the way. It's got a better script, bigger budget and far, far better actors. There really isn't the faintest need for a remake, especially such a poor one as this. If, however, you can be sold on a good-looking guy strutting about all oiled and not wearing many clothes, and some neat sword-fights (um, so if you're like me then) you might enjoy it, ...

Calapine 30.06.2006 · Read full review
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That's the way it crumbles... cookie-wise.

Advantages: Amusing feel-good film.
Disadvantages: Once you've seen it you've seen it.

The Apartment tells the story of C.C. Baxter otherwise known as Bud played by Jack Lemmon. Baxter narrates the opening for us giving us facts and trivial statistics about New York and about the office he works in. He’s an office worker in a large room full of office workers. He works extremely hard and seems to be very mathematically minded as he relates everything to different mathematical facts and statistics. He also works an extra hour everyday ...
...to wait around outside in the cold until they’re finished and when he is allowed in his boss admonishes him for not having enough liqueur and cheese crackers. Baxter being the push-over he is apologises and promises more. They leave and he is for going to bed but all of a sudden an other boss needs the flat pronto. Without much choice he has to let them in or risk loosing his job so spends the night on a park bench. Not all is bad for Baxter though, ...

Phelthew 29.03.2009 · Read full review
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Epic Film on the Birth of Israel

Advantages: Historical drama of the first order
Disadvantages: At 3 hr, 28 min, perhaps a tad too long

Exodus is Otto Preminger's epic movie based on Leon Uris's novel depicting the birth of the modern State of Israel. Released in 1960, while memories of the political and historical struggles surrounding this event were still fresh, Exodus has come to define the drama of Israel's War for Independence for generations of moviegoers. I'm not certain how often I've watched this film, but surely I've seen it at least 20 times during the past four-and-a-half ...
...a stereotypical Jewish "type." Exodus was so successful in all these areas that anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish groups in the United States and around the world concluded that it had been a calculated move to increase public sympathy for Israel. During my more recent viewings of Exodus, I've begun to notice ways in which the film is showing its age. Overall, the acting is less sophisticated than we've come to expect these days. Still, there are a number ...

BawBaw 26.03.2005 · Read full review
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Pollyanna - the queen of child actresses

Advantages: Feel good factor
Disadvantages: None!!!

...Pollyanna. The story of Pollyanna was originally an enormously succesful book released in 1913, due to the era the character was a little more intense, talking incessently and obviuosly the style of language needed to be updated. The name Pollyanna is by defenition Everlastingly optimistic, so when Walt Disney (in 1950), commisioned the making of the film he left his newly appointed director David Swift, with the unenviable task of finding the ...
...The plot - Pollyanna is an orphaned girl who goes to live with her rich well to do aunt Polly.The story is how Pollyanna brings joy and love back to a town that until her arrival, is more concerned with propriety, appearances and local politics. However the journey is not an easy one due to the fact aunt Polly is effectively town spokeswoman and is a strict and forboding character!!! It isn't until the town almost loses their "Glad Girl" (Pollyanna), ...

sarahbarrow 20.06.2007 · Read full review
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