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180 reviews
Ringo Starr, Paul Frees

RCA, 2004

THE POINT
Greatest animated movie for children to learn from. Teaches them that everyone can be different. Ringo Starr narrates beautifully. Purchased for my children on tape and years later purchased for grandson. EXCELLENT

Hook

164 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams

Sony Pictures Home Ent, 2000

I believe in you, Peter Pan.
Without a doubt 1991's HOOK is my favorite movie of all time. Granted, if you are a 40-something year old about to view Hook for the very first time you may have trouble truly enjoying, or even understanding it. The tale of Peter Pan(Robin Williams), the boy who ran away to Neverland; always wanted to have fun and never wanted to grow-up! But what happens when indeed he has grown and he's ...

Rain Man (Special Edition)

127 reviews
Tom Cruise, Andrew Dougherty

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

SUNNY AND WARMER
Name a Hollywood actor who would have accepted the role of Rainman and then turned it into an Academy Award performance over 20 years ago. I can't. Hoffman's performance is consistent with the inconsistencies of autism, a disease still unfamiliar to most. The plot is simple. Cruise is all but ignored in his father's will, with 3 million dollars set aside in an anonymous trust.He soon learns that ...

All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition)

148 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford

Warner Home Video, 2006

Buy This Even If You Have An Older Version.
This DVD is worth buying for the voice-over commentary by Robert Redford alone. You will not be disappointed.

Kung Fu Panda (Widescreen Edition)

7 reviews
David Cross, Angelina Jolie

Dreamworks Animated, 2008

Delightful yet amazingly faithful!
With deep foreboding, I walked into this movie braced for second rate animation (at least compared to Pixar), endless fights between cartoons (as in the CGI "Clone Wars"), and a cultural sensitivity that was either painfully preachy (like "Mulan") or outright insulting (like "Aladdin"). At first, my dread seemed confirmed. Poor Dustin Hoffman mangles Chinese names without mercy - so much so ...

Outbreak

64 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo

Warner Home Video, 1997

Outbreak
This is a great movie, very well done. It's so realalistic that it is scarey. Makes you really wonder and pray this will never happen in our lifetime.

Kung Fu Panda [Blu-ray]

42 reviews
David Cross, Angelina Jolie

Paramount

Skadoosh!
I was on a long flight back from California when I had the choice between watching Kung Fu Panda on a tiny television screen four feet away from me, or read the SkyMall catalog. I wisely chose to watch Kung Fu Panda. I was curious as to how Kung Fu Panda would present itself: as a Lion King-style retelling of ancient Chinese myth, or as a love note to kung fu films from an American ...

Outbreak [Blu-ray]

64 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo

Warner Home Video, 2008

Outbreak
This is a great movie, very well done. It's so realalistic that it is scarey. Makes you really wonder and pray this will never happen in our lifetime.

Kung Fu Panda (Full Screen Edition)

7 reviews
David Cross, Angelina Jolie

Dreamworks Animated, 2008

Kung Fu Panda is Awsome!!! Plain and Simple!
Kung Fu Panda is one of the greatest CGI animated movies that has ever been created. The movie has lots of action and humor, plus there is many memorable and likable characters. Po the panda (voiced by Jack Black), is just downright funny and entertaining. The other characters are also very amusing and are fun to watch. Do you want my opinion? Then buy this movie when it is released. Its a ...

Wag the Dog (New Line Platinum Series)

146 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro

New Line, 1998

The Truth is Something Else"
"Wag the Dog" should become an essential and enduring commentary about the influential role of broadcast media in modern life. Though comedic on the surface, it has a dark undercurrent. A U. S. President (modeled after Bill Clinton?) has a sexual impropriety in the Whitehouse two weeks before the election which would give to him a second term. "Media Fixer" Robert De Niro links up with film ...

Marathon Man

63 reviews
Laurence Olivier, Everett Creach

Paramount, 2001

A Classic
It is almost a cliche - the line "Is it safe?" and the related fear of dentists that everyone seems to have from this movie. A wonderful thriller with outstanding performances by Dustin Hoffman and Lawrence Olivier plus numerous others. Hoffman gets mixed up with some rather unsavory characters who think that he has information and he is pursued relentlessly for something he cannot ...

Sleepers

123 reviews
Kevin Bacon, Billy Crudup

Warner Home Video, 1997

EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND DISTURBING MOVIE
"Sleepers" is an exceptionally fine and disturbing movie. The cast is superb. Kevin Bacon does a fearsome job in a thoroughly repellent role. Robert De Niro plays a warmly sympathetic, street-knowledgable priest, and Brad Pitt does a very compelling job with his role as a prosecutor who sets up an important payback. Dustin Hoffman could not be better in his portrayal of a disgruntled, ...

The Graduate

224 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft

Embassy Pictures Corporation, 2005

Timeless Work of Art
1967 was a huge year for film. In my opinion, the best film of that year was Mike Nichols' "The Graduate". It was the most unique film of its time and is now considered a timeless classic. Aside from it's release date, costumes, props and the Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack place this film in the 60s. What makes it a timeless classic is that nothing dates it, we see no Vietnam War and no ...

Midnight Cowboy

159 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Midnight Cowboy gets better with age
I was a corporal in the US Army when this movie was released, and a bunch of us GIs saw it at the base theater at Fort Holabird, Maryland. There were a few scenes we weren't thrilled with, but overall we enjoyed the movie. Fast forward nearly forty years, and I can only say the movie has aged like a fine wine. Yeah, "that scene" is still a little controversial, but the acting, photography, and ...

The Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)

224 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft

Embassy Pictures Corporation, 2007

Timeless Work of Art
1967 was a huge year for film. In my opinion, the best film of that year was Mike Nichols' "The Graduate". It was the most unique film of its time and is now considered a timeless classic. Aside from it's release date, costumes, props and the Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack place this film in the 60s. What makes it a timeless classic is that nothing dates it, we see no Vietnam War and no ...

I Heart Huckabees

229 reviews
Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert

20th Century Fox, 2005

definitely for a certain kind of viewer
I was just glowing after seeing this movie and I definitely dropped about 30 bucks to buy this as soon as it came out, and I guess you could say it was well worth the money because I watch it so often. Jude Law and Mark Wahlberg are so funny in this! I will admit that it's very quirky and random; I would compare it's comedic and random aspects to The Science of Sleep, which I also loved, but it's ...

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Widescreen Edition)

76 reviews
Dustin Hoffman

20th Century Fox, 2008

Amazing that a film like this could be made today
The most magical thing about this film is that it was made. It is a movie that isn't about anything except the joys we all overlook. Yes there is death but that comes to us all, whether we are willing to admit it or not. But this had positive things to say about not only the end of stories but about how sometimes the begins are much more dificult than those ends. It was lovely and kind and ...

Finding Neverland (Widescreen Edition)

358 reviews
Julie Christie, Johnny Depp

Miramax, 2005

Classic, they don't make too many movies like this anymore.
Finding Neverland is a very emotional and inspiring movie that resonates the soul. I thoroughly enjoyed the story of the author who wrote Peter Pan and the imagination and artistic fortitude that existed in those times. I also enjoyed the underlying love story that focused on caring for people unconditionally. The cinemotagraphy, to the acting is all first class. Sorry, no violence in this one ...

Kramer vs. Kramer

58 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep

Sony Pictures, 2001

A poignant tale of growth and parenthood that still brings tears today...
There are many films about the deterioration of the marriage arrangement, but very few of them can reach the levels of emotional attachment that `Kramer vs. Kramer' manages to grasp hold of. To say that `Kramer vs. Kramer' doesn't still resonate today is a miscalculation if you ask me, for even if the eventual result is softer and or more delicate than is often the case in reality, there is so ...

Tootsie - 25th Anniversary Edition

100 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange

Columbia Pictures, 2008

A tomato doesn't have logic
The special edition of Tootsie is great! The making of - comprised of behind the scenes footage from the film shoot, make up tests, interviews with cast and crew, plus the history of how the film came to fruition - was great. I'm so glad there was an opportunity to conduct interviews with Sydney Pollack before passed away; what an amazing director and all around great guy. The interviews with ...