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Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
1 recommendation
"The cast alone sold me on Cold Mountain, but what unfolded was a cast of characters, not actors. This film takes you on a journey with Jude Law, as a Civil War soldier making his way through the U.S. It's not the most action-packed war movie, but that is not what this film is about. It's about people - determination, love, and strength."
The English Patient (Miramax Collector's Edition)
3 recommendations
"Winner of 9 Academy Awards, Anthony Minghella's biggest Blockbuster to date is The English Patient. The glorious period piece of love and war captured the hearts of many and will live on in our DVD collections forever."
The Lion in Winter
1 recommendation
"A stunning period piece, about the original odd couple, King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. These two go at each other like Bogie and Bacall, but with tarnished love rather than seething lust as the undercurrent. A beautiful movie and a stunning screenplay. Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole are an army to be reckoned with."
Tipping the Velvet (2002) [DVD]
2 recommendations
"We saw this series on the BBC recently and it was just wonderful. Smitten by music hall life, and by the beautiful male impersonator Kitty Butler (Keeley Hawes), Nan Astley (Rachael Stirling) leaves her family’s Whitstable oyster parlor and follows her heart to London. There she finds unimaginable joy—and misery—as she explores the secret side of fin de siècle life. This is one of the best BBC ..."
The Triplets of Bellville Movie
1 recommendation
"The music is the main reason I was drawn to this movie, but it's a really good story told through singing only...there's no talking only music!"
Last Days of Disco DVD
1 recommendation
"This is a perfect Whit Stillman movie - serious, stilted, with its own moral universe, and funny in a self-conscious WASPy way."





