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Captain From Castile 31 reviews
Tyrone Power, Jean Peters
20th Century Fox, 2007
Captain from Castile is the best ever
+ Film even more entertaining than book
+ Good old fashioned romantic swashbuckling.
+ Smacks with Glory
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The History Channel Presents The Revolution 23 reviews
American Revolution, Revolutionary War
A&E Home Video, 2006
Best Historical Documentary I've Seen In Years
+ Excellent
+ A wonderful supplement for Colonial history/literature classes
+ Well Done, Engaging, Informative
+ A Primer On America
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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale19 reviews
Adam Beach, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild
Walt Disney Video, 2004
good movie
+ A great clean movie.
+ Excellent movie
My husband uses this movie for his Social Studies Class, it says what he needs it to say.
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Royal Hunt of the Sun 8 reviews
Robert Shaw; Christopher Plummer; Nigel Davenport
Trinity Entertainment, 2005
An absolutely astonishing Christopher Plummer
+ Only a fair print of a great film
If you have never had the privilege to admire Christopher Plummer performing on stage, and you know him only as the extraordinarily charming blue eyed Captain Von Trapp, then this film is a must see. You will soon realize what Christopher Plummer actually is: the most talented living player in the ...
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1492 - Conquest of Paradise (Widescreen Edition)106 reviews
Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante
Paramount, 1998
Moxica
+ The editorial reviewer has proven himself to be an idiot. Period.
+ Paradise Found
+ confusion on the product.amazing nevertheless
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Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower 12 reviews
Erin Raftery, Chris K. Layman
A&E Home Video, 2007
Excellent documentary
+ desperate crossing
+ Mayflower
+ Superb!!
+ The Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God119 reviews
Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo
Starz / Anchor Bay, 2000
"I am the great traitor!"
+ Poetical Fanaticism
+ Masterpiece
+ A true masterpiece
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The Patriot (Unrated Extended Cut) 879 reviews
Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger
Sony Pictures, 2006
I Enjoyed It
+ Could it be time for another revolution
+ Never get tired of this one!
+ Mel and co engage again with the British with blood & guts
+ Worth a watch
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The New World298 reviews
Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher
New Line Home Video, 2006
outstanding
+ The New World
+ A quick note
Without doubt, even the 135 min long version was already a masterpiece. The extended version of THE NEW WORLD is far beyound any description. Especially the now different structure of several chapters emphasizes now more the lyrical character of this outstanding film. Firts of all it is a quite ...
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Battle of The Brave 18 reviews
Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye
Sony Pictures, 2006
Wrong title, wrong expectations
The original version of this movie was titled "Nouvelle France". I do wonder sometimes who can came up with such a misleading title. The story, a battle of the spirit really, lacks cohesion and creates artificial drama. It seems the makers were not clear what to focus on - the love story or the ...
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Black Robe67 reviews
Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Blackrobe
+ Quebec, 1534
+ Wonderful movie
+ A true Priest trying to save the damned
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How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman5 reviews
ArduÃno Colassanti; Ana Maria Magalhães; Eduardo Imbassahy Filho; Manfredo Colassanti
New Yorker Video, 2007
Strange but good; a refreshing true-to-life movie.
+ Entertaining and Watchable
+ How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman: An Exposé of Civilization
+ One of best movies ever made, but then I have weird tastes
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New World (Nuevo Mundo)1 review
Elpidia Carrillo, Aaron Hernan
Vanguard Cinema, 2007
This is not the movie I expected
I saw a motion picture about "Nuevo Mundo' in the theatre that was about the Spaniards torturing the indigenous people to convert to their form of Christianity. Unfortunately this was not the same movie I saw in the Theatre
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Conquistadors6 reviews
Michael Wood, John Collee
PBS (Direct), 2006
Worth your attention
+ You feel this story
Some of the other reviewers have complained that this series doesn't match with the "classic" history authors on the subject. It's my opinion that this view fails to recognize how Michael Wood's documentaries usually operate. His research often has a revisionist ethic, and if you observe the ...
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Columbus - The Lost Voyage (History Channel)2 reviews
n/a
A&E HOME VIDEO, 2008
From Hero to Has-Been
"Columbus: The Lost Voyage" covers the little-known, or at least, little-discussed last of his four trips to North America. Everyone knows about the first, but he made three more, the final one resulting in utter failure.
Columbus encountered numerous problems, ranging from a hurricane to ...
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True Caribbean Pirates (History Channel)7 reviews
True Caribbean Pirates
A&E Home Video, 2006
read my review or walk the plank
+ A short life and a merry one
+ True Caribbean Pirates (History Channel) DVD
+ Informative AND Entertaining!
+ very good DVD on pirates
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Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (Widescreen Edition)507 reviews
Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone, 2007
Beauty And Violence
+ Despite Mel Gibson's possible insanity, this is a great film...
+ Movie: 4/5 Picture Quality: 4~5/5 Sound Quality: 4.75/5 Extras: 2/5
This film is almost surrealistic in its beauty- and vividly violent action, and the sets, cinematography, and costumes were incredible. I will not bother to comment on the accuracy/inaccuracy debates that seem to be such an issue with some viewer's, as this movie never pretended to be a ...
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Cabeza De Vaca25 reviews
Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho
New Concorde, 2001
Fascinating and Entertaining
+ This Film is a "must see"
+ See the New World through the eyes of ancient explorers
+ Brilliant art movie (in a terrible DVD rendering)
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The War That Made America: The Story of the French and Indian War17 reviews
Chad O. Allen, Chenoa Andon
PBS (Direct), 2006
one of my favorite history docs
+ A great documentary on an overlooked war.
+ Enjoyable to watch
I knew basically nothing about the F&I War before watching this... about 6 times so far. It's a really well done production, highly informative, and gives you a good feel for the eastern US as a wilderness in contention. Hard to imagine that where the Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh now stands ...
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Xica12 reviews
Zezé Motta, Walmor Chagas
New Yorker Video, 1998
Will You Be My Love Slave?
+ xica
This is one of those great movies that is extremely under-rated. Xica is an African slave in Brazil who overcomes her bonds of slavery and masters her master using her feminine wiles. This is definitely a must-see movie!
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