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The Wire - The Complete Fourth Season 123 reviews
Dominic West, Wendell Pierce
Hbo Home Video, 2007
Great stuff
+ "Life" isn't fair...it's "life"...
+ The Best season of the best series ever made.
+ Continues to Impress
+ The Best Season!!
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Advise and Consent 36 reviews
Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton
Warner Home Video, 2005
OTTO PREMINGER, OPUS 28
+ A Stalemate of Conscience
+ Advise and Consent
+ Worth Seeing More Than Once
+ Great political movie that hasn't dated one iota...spoilers...
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The Contender 169 reviews
Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges
Dreamworks Video, 2001
The Contender
+ Rich Cast and Story
This is the most amazing movie. Barack Obama was recently asked which movie he felt had the best presidential performance. He responded, "Jeff Bridges in The Contender". A must see movie. Love the price and I received it timely.
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Stranger in Town 3 reviews
Frank Morgan
Alpha Video, 2004
1940's Movie
+ drama-comedy
this is an excellent movie made during WW2. It shows the good vs evil and good won.
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Bulworth 160 reviews
Warren Beatty, Halle Berre
20th Century Fox, 1999
A flawed gem
+ standing on the doorstep of a new millennium
Warren Beatty's Bulworth is an ambitious, slightly muddled satire that bears the earmarks of a labor of love. Beatty co-wrote, directed, co-scored, produced, and starred in this 1998 Twentieth-Century Fox film about a disillusioned, Democratic California senator who puts out a hit on his own life. ...
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All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition)150 reviews
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
Warner Home Video, 2006
Buy This Even If You Have An Older Version.
+ THE WATERGATE SCANDAL
+ Good Movie
This DVD is worth buying for the voice-over commentary by Robert Redford alone. You will not be disappointed.
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Hail the Conquering Hero11 reviews
Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines
Universal Studios, 1992
Perhaps Sturges most neglected masterpiece
+ "Opportunity has only one hair on its head - Grab it!"
+ "What are you nuts or something!?" "Maybe."
+ The Best of Sturges
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Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition)517 reviews
Lynn Ahrens, Joshie Armstead
Walt Disney Video, 2002
School House Rock
+ Schoolhouse Rock Rocks!
+ great for use in the classroom
+ School House Rocks
+ Great Video
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Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)697 reviews
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Turner Home Ent, 2001
Great--not the best
+ The Power of Loss
+ Freakin Sick!!
+ Citizen Kane -- two disc edition
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The West Wing - The Complete Series Collection140 reviews
Martin Sheen, Allison Janney
Warner Home Video, 2006
Amazing series, awesome deal
+ EXCELLENT - 6 stars!
+ Excellent Television Series
+ Alan's critique
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State of the Union26 reviews
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
Universal Studios, 2006
WHERE IS GRANT MATTHEWS TODAY WHEN WE NEED HIM??
+ State of the Union DVD
+ surprisingly relevent
+ State of the Union
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The Last Hurrah17 reviews
Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter
Sony Pictures, 1999
IF ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, THIS IS CLASSIC POLITICS
+ Hollywood's Mayoral Politics
+ Great film with one "flaw"
The films begins with Mayor Frank Skeffington (Tracy) coming down the staircase of his large home and stopping to put a fresh flower in the vase under the picture of his deceased wife. He is soon joined in his large home office by his loyal staff who prepare him for the day's activities and getting ...
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Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister 2-Pak35 reviews
Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne
BBC Warner, 2003
Compulsory viewing !!!
+ BBC comedy at its best!
+ Greatest Britcom (or sitcom) EVER
+ The political will vs the adminstrative won't
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The Parallax View56 reviews
Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn
Paramount, 1999
"Extermination Incorporated"
+ Remains Topical
+ RELAX WITH PARALLAX ?
A good retro movie to watch if you like conspiracy theories as a storyline. The Parallax Corporation is a fictional organization that trains assassins. Warren Beatty as Frady, (as in Fraidy-Cat, maybe?) seemingly paranoid journalistic investigator, gets on to their schemes, putting himself in ...
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The Candidate30 reviews
Robert Redford, Peter Boyle
Warner Home Video, 1997
That's my Stepdad!!!
+ Thought-Provoking
+ Imagine this - if you can...
+ History Repeats
+ MITT ROMNEY?
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Peanuts - This Is America, Charlie Brown18 reviews
Marie Cole
Paramount, 2006
What a fun educational way to teach US history!
+ My 7 year old has been watching it with enthousiasm for 2 years!
+ This is America, Charlie Brown
+ Worth my every penny
+ Peanuts rule!
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Secret Honor - Criterion Collection15 reviews
Philip Baker Hall
Criterion, 2004
An Extraordinary Performance By Philip Baker Hall
+ Testing 1, 2, 3, uh, 4
+ Secret Honor
+ Robert Altman's "Sympathy for the Devil"
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Best Man (1964)16 reviews
Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson
MGM/UA Home Video, 1998
Welcome to the Political Snake Pit
+ Literate and sophisticated political drama
+ In this corner ...
+ Top-notch political drama
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The Farmer's Daughter17 reviews
Loretta Young
KATIE FOR CONGRESS - an Honest Politician and a Great Movie
+ The Farmer's Daughter
+ a must for those who like romance and revenge
+ tape
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Tanner '88 - Criterion Collection7 reviews
Stephen Altman, Bruce Babbitt
Criterion, 2004
Robert Altman's Mockumentary MASTERPIECE
+ Predicted fate in 08
+ Cool mini-series
+ Tanner is for real
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