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1.Hamlet [1997] starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu directed by: Kenneth Branagh October 20, 1997
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This is a very well-directed film. The great joy of watching a Branagh-directed Shakespeare is the effort put into ensuring that the diction is as clear and natural as possible without losing the strength of the text. The cast is excellent, Derek Jacobi and Kate Winslet in particular; even cameos for which you would perhaps have doubts - such as Robin Williams, who impresses with his characterisation of Osric, and Billy Crystal as the gravedigger - work. Indeed, the repartee between Billy Crystal and Simon Russell-Beale in the graveyard scene is the funniest I have ever witnessed. The colour and sets are spectacular, all filmed in 70mm, allowing for great richness and definition. Branagh says he wanted to escape the Gothic look ... Read More:

2.Thank Your Lucky Stars [1943] starring: Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland directed by: David Butler
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This is a very well-directed film. The great joy of watching a Branagh-directed Shakespeare is the effort put into ensuring that the diction is as clear and natural as possible without losing the strength of the text. The cast is excellent, Derek Jacobi and Kate Winslet in particular; even cameos for which you would perhaps have doubts - such as Robin Williams, who impresses with his characterisation of Osric, and Billy Crystal as the gravedigger - work. Indeed, the repartee between Billy Crystal and Simon Russell-Beale in the graveyard scene is the funniest I have ever witnessed. The colour and sets are spectacular, all filmed in 70mm, allowing for great richness and definition. Branagh says he wanted to escape the Gothic look ... Read More:

3.Rebecca [1940] starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson directed by: Alfred Hitchcock October 30, 2000
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This fine movie is worth watching just for Laurence Olivier at his sophisticated sexiest. He exudes British qualities of confidance, pragmatism and eccentricity. The enigma surrounding his dark moods unfolds as the story continues. There is however, a lot more than him that is good in this film. Beautiful, doe eyed Joan Fontaine is well cast as his un-named second wife. The character is overwhelmed and out of place as the lady of a great house. Director Alfred Hitchcock told Joan that the rest of the cast hated her, to get that awkward feeling from her acting. This was hardly true, although Laurence had wanted his wife Vivien Leigh for the role. Hitchcock shows his skill and mastery of suspense here. This is an early ... Read More:

4.Far From The Madding Crowd [1967] starring: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker directed by: John Schlesinger July 10, 2000
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One of Thomas Hardy's best-loved novels is sensitively and accurately dramatised in this 1967 classic. Upon inheriting her uncle's farm, the beautiful and assertive Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie) is the most sought after maiden in the whole of Weatherbury. She's forced to choose between the affections of three very different men; local shepherd Gabriel Oak, gentleman farmer Mr. Boldwood and the womanising Sargeant Frank Troy. Here, Hardy's classic tale of love, betrayal and tragedy is faithfully dramatised. Personally though, I think the 1998 Paloma Baeza version is even better!

5.A Streetcar Named Desire [1951] starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond directed by: Elia Kazan February 14, 2000
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As a playwright, Tennessee Williams was to the South what William Faulkner was as a fiction writer: a creative genius who revolutionized not only the region's arts scene and literature but that of 20th century America as a whole, bringing a Southern voice to the forefront while addressing universally important themes, and influencing and inspiring generations of later writers. Pulitzer-Prize-winning "A Streetcar Named Desire" dates from the peak of Williams's creativity, the period between 1944 ("A Glass Menagerie") and 1955 ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," his second Pulitzer-winner). After its successful 1947 run on Broadway, "Streetcar" was adapted into a screenplay by Williams himself for this movie produced and directed by Elia Kazan, starring the entire ... Read More:

6.Stella Dallas [1937] starring: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale directed by: King Vidor December 30, 1996
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Stella Dallas is a sad tale of a woman who wishes to get on in life but her working class background holds her back. However, the love she has for her only daughter is unrelenting until she finally realises the child will be best with the father. This is a heartbreaking moment and any mother will find it hard to hold back the tears. I love this movie and cry from beginning to end! Barbara Stanwyck is truly wonderful as the brash, no style, Stella!

7.The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie [1969] starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Celia Johnson directed by: Ronald Neame September 22, 1997
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This very rich confection is memorable and is more of a movie experience than a simple movie, because just as the all time great movies do, it grips you emotionally. There are faults you can find in it, certainly, but when it's finished you are still with it, and this has most to do with the affecting performance of Smith, which is intense, emotional and even a tad theatrical. It didn't follow the book very closely, its direction is quite stolid, you can't ignore the 'acting' of Maggie Smith, and some find the Rod McKewen song a bit intrusive and maybe even incongruous with the period of the film, but you remember this movie and remember the experience of watching it.

8.Waterloo Bridge [1940] starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria Ouspenskaya directed by: Mervyn LeRoy July 06, 1998
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Watched it quite by accident one Sunday morning. Found it so sad. Although I could half guess what was going to happen, I was wishing that Robert Taylor was going to save Vivian Leigh in time. Must admit it really upset me. Was really sad for her, but also for him in that he still loved her after all that time. Think I will stop now before I get upset all over again!

9.Dr Zhivago [1965] starring: David Lean\|Omar Sharif\|Julie Christie\|Geraldine Chaplin February 22, 1993
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I first saw this film 30 years ago and was bowled over by the scenery and the actors. Recently I decided to watch it with a more critical eye and found to my surprise that I was even more captivated by the vastness of the landscape which throughout the film forms the backdrop for the tragic love story that unfolds. At first I thought that Sharif's Zhivago was too "soft" but as the film unfolded I realised that he was "the poet". Christie was as always perfect as Lara and we shouldn't forget Chaplin as the dutiful and loving wife. She plays the role with just the right amount of pathos. However it is Steiger and Courtney who carry the film. The sight of Courtney standing at the front of a military train rushing past civilians that he neither sees or hears. Here is a man now utterly ... Read More:

10.The Thorn Birds - Vol. 4 [1983] starring: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons directed by: Daryl Duke March 03, 1997
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this mini seris was one off the best series i ever watched ,how maggie fell for a priest and was not allowed too have him , because he loved god more .i also found it capavating as more than maggie wanted him he was left a fortune when old mother clerey died,he went from a priest to a cardinal in the space of a few months . i just love this realy good .

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