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M (1931)
Directed by Fritz Lang.
Starring Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 3/10. Average bitrate: 5.6
Comment: One of my best looking DVDs, an incredible picture for a 1931 film! And what a great thriller, too.
 

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M (1931)
Directed by Fritz Lang.
Starring Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.41
Comment: Simply an electrifying film, one of the most engrossing thrillers ever made.
 

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Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Directed by Charles Lamont.
Starring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.3
Comment: One of the most entertaining of the Ma & Pa Kettle films.
 

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Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Directed by Charles Lamont.
Starring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.58
Comment: One of the best of the Kettle films.
 

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Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
Directed by Charles Barton.
Starring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.78
Comment: Oops! Wrong contest!
 

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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
Directed by Lee Sholem.
Starring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.46
Comment: Wacky in Waikiki. Pineapple juice anyone?
 

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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Directed by Edward Sedgwick.
Starring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.61
Comment: Back on the farm where they belong. Kilbride is in particularly fine form here.
 

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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
Directed by Charles Lamont.
Starring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.62
Comment: Love the gag with the water thrown off the roof of the building.
 

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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Directed by Charles Lamont.
Starring Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.69
Comment: More fun from the Kettle family.
 

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Macbeth (1971)
Directed by Roman Polanski.
Starring Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.98
Comment: Not yet watched. It'll be a nice change after my cropped VHS tape.
 

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Madame Curie (1943)
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54
Comment: Not yet watched. Unique and interesting true story.
 

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Madame X (1966)
Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Starring Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.74
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Madhouse (1974)
Directed by Jim Clark.
Starring Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mad Love (1935)
Directed by Karl Freund.
Starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.27
Comment: Not yet watched. Outstanding film through and through. One of the best. Don't miss it.
 

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Mad Max (1979)
Directed by George Miller.
Starring Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.59
Comment: Not as big a deal for me because I've always had a copy with the original audio, but it's about time everyone else could have it too.
 

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Directed by George Miller.
Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.35
Comment: My least favorite of the three. Has some good bits, but too many bad bits.
 

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The Madmen of Mandoras (1963)
Directed by David Bradley.
Starring Walter Stocker, Audrey Caire, Carlos Rivas.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.92
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. New transfer from the original negative.
 

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Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Directed by Jules Bass.
Starring Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.34
Comment: Should be fun, but difficult to watch for some reason these days.
 

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The Maggie (1954)
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
Starring Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.2
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Magic (1978)
Directed by Richard Attenborough.
Starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.31
Comment: The trailer might be more memorable than the film, but that doesn't mean the film isn't any good. :)
 

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The Magic Box (1951)
Directed by John Boulting.
Starring Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.96
Comment: Not yet watched. I love this movie.
 

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The Magic Cloak (1914)
Directed by J Farrell MacDonald.
Starring Mildred Harris, Violet MacMillan, Fred Woodward.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.56
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Magic Sword (1962)
Directed by Bert I Gordon.
Starring Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Gary Lockwood.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.64
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Magnolia (1999)
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Starring John C Reilly, Melora Walters, Julianne Moore.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 8/10. Average bitrate: 4.92
Comment: An exhilirating and emotional movie experience, never boring. If you were bored, the problem is you, not the film.
 

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The Major and the Minor (1942)
Directed by Billy Wilder.
Starring Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.64
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Major Dundee (1965)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.9
Comment: I liked it.
 

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Malibu Beach (1978)
Directed by Robert J Rosenthal.
Starring Kim Lankford, James Daughton, Susan Player.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.91
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Malibu High (1979)
Directed by Irvin Berwick.
Starring Jill Lansing, Stuart Taylor, Katie Johnson.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 2.94
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth.
Starring Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.55
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Directed by John Huston.
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.2
Comment: Not yet watched. Very disappointing - just not as good as its reputation.
 

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The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
Directed by Felix Feist.
Starring Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.24
Comment: Good western, nice story with some complexity.
 

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The Man Between (1953)
Directed by Carol Reed.
Starring James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.53
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
Directed by William Hanna.
Starring Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54
Comment: Childhood sentiment makes it good.
 

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Mandy (1952)
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
Starring Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.35
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man from Laramie (1955)
Directed by Anthony Mann.
Starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.34
Comment: Another great James Stewart role.
 

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The Man from Monterey (1933)
Directed by Mack V Wright.
Starring John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Luis Alberni.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.55
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man from Planet X (1951)
Directed by Edgar G Ulmer.
Starring Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, William Schallert.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 6.52
Comment: A favorite of mine. Watch out for Schallert's goatee.
 

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The Man from the Alamo (1953)
Directed by Budd Boetticher.
Starring Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.8
Comment: Excellent western with a more complex story than usual.
 

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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Directed by W S Van Dyke.
Starring Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54
Comment: Not yet watched. Decent but predictable.
 

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The Manhattan Project (1986)
Directed by Marshall Brickman.
Starring John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.5
Comment: A very well-done and scarily plausible thriller.
 

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Man Hunt (1941)
Directed by Fritz Lang.
Starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate:
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Manhunter (1986)
Directed by Michael Mann.
Starring William L Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.8
Comment: Engaging and tense but perhaps a bit too much Michael Mann in it.
 

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The Man in Grey (1943)
Directed by Leslie Arliss.
Starring Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.3
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Man in the Attic (1953)
Directed by Hugo Fregonese.
Starring Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.9
Comment: It's decent.
 

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Man in the Attic (1953)
Directed by Hugo Fregonese.
Starring Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.94
Comment: Decent quiet thriller.
 

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Man in the Vault (1956)
Directed by Andrew V McLaglen.
Starring William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.15
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
Starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.2
Comment: Quite good movie, somehow expected it to be better though.
 

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The Manitou (1978)
Directed by William Girdler.
Starring Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.93
Comment: Not yet watched. Getting there is sometimes hit or miss, but the later scenes in the hospital are really cool.
 

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The Manitou (1978)
Directed by William Girdler.
Starring Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.76
Comment: Not yet watched. Getting there is sometimes hit or miss, but the later scenes in the hospital are really cool.
 

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Man Made Monster (1941)
Directed by George Waggner.
Starring Lon Chaney Jr, Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.26
Comment: Not yet watched. One of the best Universal B thrillers.
 

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Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Directed by Joseph Pevney.
Starring James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.66
Comment: The man deserved a tribute, and this is okay; I only wish it could have been better.
 

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Man of La Mancha (1972)
Directed by Arthur Hiller.
Starring Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.58
Comment: Quite poor, very disappointing.
 

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Man of the World (1931)
Directed by Edward Goodman.
Starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.49
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Man on Fire (2004)
Directed by Tony Scott.
Starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.92
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)
Directed by Burgess Meredith.
Starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.83
Comment: Might be a somewhat interesting movie if a clearer video edition was available.
 

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Manos the Hands of Fate (1966)
Directed by Hal Warren.
Starring Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Mahree.
shill's Movie Rating: 1.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.5
Comment: Not yet watched. Just had to have the worst movie ever in my collection!
 

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The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Directed by Nick Grinde.
Starring Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.11
Comment: Not yet watched. Interesting if predictable, at least it's got Karloff.
 

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A Man to Remember (1938)
Directed by Garson Kanin.
Starring Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis, Lee Bowman.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.1
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Directed by Robert Stevenson.
Starring Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.39
Comment: Another high caliber Karloff performance carries a decent film.
 

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The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
Directed by Terence Fisher.
Starring Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.74
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. This DVD is a Best Buy exclusive at the time of this writing.
 
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
Directed by Basil Dearden.
Starring Roger Moore, Hildegarde Neil, Alastair Mackenzie.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.9
Comment: An intriguing little thriller, if somewhat predictable. Freddie Jones steals the show.
 

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.28
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.28
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.89
Comment: Not yet watched. Engaging and well performed.
 

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The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Directed by Paul Leni.
Starring Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.96
Comment: Exceptional production of a very melodramatic Victor Hugo story.
 

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The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Directed by Ronald Neame.
Starring Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.28
Comment: A good, little-known war film - though not an action film.
 

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Directed by John Ford.
Starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.76
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man With Nine Lives (1940)
Directed by Nick Grinde.
Starring Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.1
Comment: Really liked this one, Karloff is great.
 

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The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)
Directed by Guy Hamilton.
Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.12
Comment: Not yet watched. Seen once a long time ago.
 

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Man With the Screaming Brain (2005)
Directed by Bruce Campbell.
Starring Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Antoinette Byron.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.67
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Man With Two Brains (1983)
Directed by Carl Reiner.
Starring Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.53
Comment: Not yet watched. This movie is silly and very funny, especially for B-movie fans.
 

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The Manxman (1929)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.12
Comment: Another melodrama that doesn't translate well to modern viewers.
 

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The Manxman (1929)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.85
Comment: Another melodrama that doesn't translate well to modern viewers.
 

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March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
Directed by Gus Meins.
Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.75
Comment: A favorite of mine, and the colourisation isn't bad.
 

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Marked Men (1940)
Directed by Sam Newfield.
Starring Warren Hull, Isabel Jewell, John Dilson.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.31
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Marked Woman (1937)
Directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Starring Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.55
Comment: Not yet watched. Good flick.
 

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Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Directed by Frantisek Vlácil.
Starring Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.74
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Directed by Tod Browning.
Starring Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi.
shill's Movie Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.25
Comment: Not yet watched. Not really a favorite, because it's such a mess, but still somewhat entertaining.
 

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The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
Starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 6/10. Average bitrate: 6.59
Comment: Dashing Tyrone Power does well as Zorro, the duel between Power and Rathbone is excellent.
 

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Marnie (1964)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.62
Comment: One of the weaker Hitchcock films.
 

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Mars Attacks! (1996)
Directed by Tim Burton.
Starring Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening.
shill's Movie Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.23
Comment: Pretty funny, great cast.
 

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Mars Needs Women (1967)
Directed by Larry Buchanan.
Starring Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Warren Hammack.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.51
Comment: Silly, and probably the very definition of camp.
 

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The Martian Chronicles (1980)
Directed by Michael Anderson.
Starring Rock Hudson, Gayle Hunnicutt, Darren McGavin.
shill's Movie Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.79
Comment: Fairly uneven - some of it is VERY good, but then along comes something that lets it down.
 

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Mary of Scotland (1936)
Directed by John Ford.
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Starring Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 3/10. Average bitrate: 4.37
Comment: A favorite of mine, an exercise in trauma layered upon trauma, and how much one man can take before cracking.
 

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Masada (1981)
Directed by Boris Sagal.
Starring Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.26
Comment: Not yet watched. This is an excellent miniseries, sadly widely overlooked.
 

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Mash (1970)
Directed by Robert Altman.
Starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.22
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Have it as disc 36 of the "Martinis and Medicine" complete MASH collection.
 

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The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Directed by Charles Brabin.
Starring Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.24
Comment: Not yet watched. Karloff is a blast, and the movie is startlingly subversive and offensive.
 

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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Directed by Roger Corman.
Starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.94
Comment: Not yet watched. My favorite Corman film, just a wonderful adaptation of two Poe stories, excellence throughout.
 

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Master and Commander The Far Side of the World (2003)
Directed by Peter Weir.
Starring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.95
Comment: Exciting and big, yet intimate and very satisfying.
 

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The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Directed by William Keighley.
Starring Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73
Comment: Just couldn't get into this one, but it sure looks gorgeous.
 

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Masters of the Universe (1987)
Directed by Gary Goddard.
Starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.27
Comment: Not yet watched. Actually, not bad.
 

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The Matinee Idol (1928)
Directed by Frank Capra.
Starring Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.1
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Matrix (1999)
Directed by Andy Wachowski.
Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss.
shill's Movie Rating: 4.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.49
Comment: Extremely derivative, wildly overrated, way too much "style" over substance, or at the very least, what substance there is is pretentious philosophical twaddle. Still, Hugo Weaving is good.
 

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Directed by Michael Powell.
Starring David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.61
Comment: What a lovely fantasy film.
 

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Directed by Michael Powell.
Starring David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5
Comment: What a lovely fantasy film.
 

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Maverick (1994)
Directed by Richard Donner.
Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 4.51
Comment: A very fun and funny movie, I love the scenes with Graham Greene.
 

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May (2002)
Directed by Lucky McKee.
Starring Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.58
Comment: An excellent movie about a seriously disturbed young woman.
 

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The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Directed by Archie Mayo.
Starring James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.72
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Meatballs (1979)
Directed by Ivan Reitman.
Starring Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.75
Comment: A lot of fun, classic Bill Murray. Special edition.
 

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Meatballs (1979)
Directed by Ivan Reitman.
Starring Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.15
Comment: A lot of fun, classic Bill Murray. Surprisingly good picture too!
 

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The Mechanical Man (1921)
Directed by André Deed.
Starring André Deed, Mathilde Lambert, Gabriel Moreau.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.69
Comment: Pretty dull, but interesting to see.
 

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Meeting at Midnight (1944)
Directed by Phil Rosen.
Starring Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Frances Chan.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.98
Comment: Fairly good Chan entry.
 

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Meet Joe Black (1998)
Directed by Martin Brest.
Starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.85
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Bought it for "Death Takes a Holiday".
 

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Melody for Three (1941)
Directed by Erle C Kenton.
Starring Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.4
Comment: Not yet watched. Always good to have another Fay Wray film on DVD, even if it is a public domain title.
 

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Melvin and Howard (1980)
Directed by Jonathan Demme.
Starring Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Cheshire.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.88
Comment: An unusual but memorable film.
 

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The Member of the Wedding (1952)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Starring Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde.
shill's Movie Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.29
Comment: Not yet watched. Pretty good film version of the play.
 
Memento (2000)
Directed by Christopher Nolan.
Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.7
Comment: Severely overrated thriller is GOOD but, geez, people, it isn't THAT good!
 

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Directed by John Carpenter.
Starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.35
Comment: Not yet watched. Even Carpenter's low point is at least entertaining.
 

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Menace From Outer Space (1956)
Directed by Hollingsworth Morse.
Starring Richard Crane, Sally Mansfield, Scotty Beckett.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 2/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Men in Black (1997)
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 10/10. Average bitrate: 5.32
Comment: I love it, my favorite scene is when they go visit Edgar's wife - she's hilarious!
 

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Men in Black II (2002)
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.77
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
Directed by Paul Wendkos.
Starring Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.22
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mercury Rising (1998)
Directed by Harold Becker.
Starring Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.87
Comment: I like this one.
 

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Merlin (1998)
Directed by Steve Barron.
Starring Sam Neill, Martin Short, Miranda Richardson.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 5/10. Average bitrate: 5.64
Comment: Immensely watchable, good special effects, good adventure, good music, good comedy, just good.
 

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Merlin (1998)
Directed by Steve Barron.
Starring Sam Neill, Martin Short, Miranda Richardson.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.7
Comment: Immensely watchable, good special effects, good adventure, good music, good comedy, just good.
 

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Merrily We Go To Hell (1932)
Directed by Dorothy Arzner.
Starring Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.56
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983)
Directed by Nagisa Oshima.
Starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.56
Comment: Good drama but doesn't have a lot of point to it.
 

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Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Directed by Ron Ormond.
Starring Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis.
shill's Movie Rating: 2.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.2
Comment: Nice giant spider. Heheh. A little odd, but not good.
 

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Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Directed by Ron Ormond.
Starring Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis.
shill's Movie Rating: 2.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.13
Comment: Not yet watched. Nice giant spider. Heheh. A little odd, but not good.
 

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Meteor (1979)
Directed by Ronald Neame.
Starring Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden.
shill's Movie Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.97
Comment: Ridiculous but compelling.
 

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Metropolis (1926)
Directed by Fritz Lang.
Starring Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm.
shill's Movie Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.22
Comment: Not yet watched. New restoration.
 

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Metropolis (1926)
Directed by Fritz Lang.
Starring Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm.
shill's Movie Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 2/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 3.53
Comment: Awful transfer, but it was cheap.
 

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Mexican Hayride (1948)
Directed by Charles Barton.
Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.79
Comment:
 

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M Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Directed by Jacques Tati.
Starring Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Michèle Rolla.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.56
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Michael Clayton (2007)
Directed by Tony Gilroy.
Starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.36
Comment: Excellent film superbly acted.
 

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Midnight (1934)
Directed by Chester Erskine.
Starring Sidney Fox, O P Heggie, Henry Hull.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.75
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Midnight (1939)
Directed by Mitchell Leisen.
Starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.73
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Midnight Mary (1933)
Directed by William A Wellman.
Starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Directed by William Dieterle.
Starring James Cagney, Joe E Brown, Dick Powell.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.24
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Midway (1976)
Directed by Jack Smight.
Starring Charlton Heston, Edward Albert, Henry Fonda.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 4.24
Comment: So-so, packed with stock footage. Not the special edition.
 

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Midway (1976)
Directed by Jack Smight.
Starring Charlton Heston, Edward Albert, Henry Fonda.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.8
Comment: So-so, packed with stock footage.
 

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Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Directed by Ernest B Schoedsack.
Starring Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.72
Comment: Not yet watched. I don't seem to like this one as much as other genre fans.
 

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Millennium (1989)
Directed by Michael Anderson.
Starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J Travanti.
shill's Movie Rating: 4.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.67
Comment: Not a bad idea really, but it is a bit of a mess. Starts fairly well and goes downhill at the end.
 

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Millie (1931)
Directed by John Francis Dillon.
Starring Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.85
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Mind Benders (1963)
Directed by Basil Dearden.
Starring Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.84
Comment: Unusual and sometimes disturbing story about the effects of isolation experiments.
 

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Minority Report (2002)
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.96
Comment: I like it, and it's very entertaining, but it has a LOT of flaws nonetheless.
 

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Miracle Mile (1989)
Directed by Steve De Jarnatt.
Starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.82
Comment: Not yet watched. I'm pissed off that this isn't widescreen. But it still beats the laserdisc, which was also full frame.
 

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The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Directed by John Brahm.
Starring Susan Whitney, Sherry Jackson, Carl Milletaire.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.49
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Directed by George Seaton.
Starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.79
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Mirror (1976)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
Starring Margarita Terekhova, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 3/10. Average bitrate: 5.34
Comment: Tarkovsky's most personal film, and sometimes most difficult.
 

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Mirrormask (2005)
Directed by Dave McKean.
Starring Stephanie Leonidas, Gina McKee, Rob Brydon.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.95
Comment: Visually amazing drama/fantasy from my favorite artist Dave McKean.
 

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Les Misérables (1934)
Directed by Raymond Bernard.
Starring Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.84
Comment: Outstanding; Harry Baur is magnificent.
 

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Les Misérables (1935)
Directed by Richard Boleslawsky.
Starring Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.4
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Les Miserables (1952)
Directed by Lewis Milestone.
Starring Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.42
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Misery (1990)
Directed by Rob Reiner.
Starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.68
Comment: Good one. Kathy Bates is just phenomenal in the role and deserved every bit of her Academy Award.
 

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The Missiles of October (1974)
Directed by Anthony Page.
Starring William Devane, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 3.64
Comment: Very intense and realistic talking-heads movie retelling the events of the Cuban missile crisis. Slightly better overall than 'Thirteen Days'. (qv)
 

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Missile to the Moon (1958)
Directed by Richard E Cunha.
Starring Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K T Stevens.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.4
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Missing (1982)
Directed by Costa-Gavras.
Starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.65
Comment: Not as involving as it should be. This kind of movie might have been a bit earth-shaking in 1982 but today it's been done many times, far better.
 

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The Missing (2003)
Directed by Ron Howard.
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.41
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Mist (2007)
Directed by Frank Darabont.
Starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden.
shill's Movie Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.22
Comment: I hated that audio adaptation they did years ago. The movie is good but the ending - although I admire it for being a great idea - is not keeping in character.
 

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Mogambo (1953)
Directed by John Ford.
Starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Warner DVD available exclusively at Target stores.
 

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The Mole People (1956)
Directed by Virgil Vogel.
Starring John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont.
shill's Movie Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.63
Comment: Cool, I like the lost civilization stuff.
 

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Monkeybone (2001)
Directed by Henry Selick.
Starring Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.13
Comment: Funny, very very strange, wildly imaginative, and Brendan Fraser is great.
 

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Monkey Business (1931)
Directed by Norman Z McLeod.
Starring Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.5
Comment: Silly fun.
 

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The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Directed by John Sherwood.
Starring Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.63
Comment: Superb overlooked Universal science fiction.
 

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Mon Oncle (1958)
Directed by Jacques Tati.
Starring Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.22
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Monster from Green Hell (1958)
Directed by Kenneth G Crane.
Starring Jim Davis, Robert Griffin, Joel Fluellen.
shill's Movie Rating: 4.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.18
Comment: Not very good, even for a b-movie. The wasps are cool.
 

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Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
Directed by Wyott Ordung.
Starring Anne Kimbell, Stuart Wade, Dick Pinner.
shill's Movie Rating: 2.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.49
Comment: Very slight and unmemorable, but it's not terrible.
 

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The Monster Maker (1944)
Directed by Sam Newfield.
Starring J Carrol Naish, Wanda McKay, Ralph Morgan.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.77
Comment: Not yet watched. A good word to describe this movie is 'unsettling'.
 

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Monster on the Campus (1958)
Directed by Jack Arnold.
Starring Arthur Franz, Joanna Cook Moore, Judson Pratt.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.49
Comment: Cool stuff.
 

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Monster's Ball (2001)
Directed by Marc Forster.
Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.33
Comment: Why do I want to compare this to American Beauty? This movie doesn't pretend to have deep layers, but it does. American Beauty pretends, desperately so, but doesn't. Thank goodness this was critically acclaimed too.
 

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Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Directed by Peter Docter.
Starring John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.31
Comment: An excellent, magnificently realized fantasy about monsters in the closet.
 

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The Monster Squad (1987)
Directed by Fred Dekker.
Starring Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.75
Comment: I liked it.
 

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The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)
Directed by Arnold Laven.
Starring Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.23
Comment: This one's pretty good, consistent thrills throughout.
 

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
Directed by Terry Jones.
Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.99
Comment: Not yet watched. I stopped quoting it years ago, thank goodness.
 

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Directed by Terry Jones.
Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.89
Comment: Not yet watched. An unforgettable film, thanks especially to a couple of messy scenes.
 

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Directed by Terry Jones.
Starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.34
Comment: Not yet watched. An unforgettable film, thanks especially to a couple of messy scenes.
 

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The Moon and Sixpence (1943)
Directed by Albert Lewin.
Starring George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Doris Dudley.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.24
Comment: Another great Sanders performance.
 

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Moon Over Miami (1941)
Directed by Walter Lang.
Starring Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.39
Comment: Enjoyable musical, fun cast.
 

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Moonraker (1979)
Directed by Lewis Gilbert.
Starring Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 7/10. Average bitrate: 3.97
Comment: So there's just something I like about this ridiculous Bond film.
 

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The Moon-Spinners (1964)
Directed by James Neilson.
Starring Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 5.89
Comment: A very mixed bag of some fairly serious Disney drama and some bad whimsy.
 

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Moontide (1942)
Directed by Archie Mayo.
Starring Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.78
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Moon Zero Two (1969)
Directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Starring James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.86
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. This DVD is a Best Buy exclusive at the time of this writing.
 
Morituri (1965)
Directed by Bernhard Wicki.
Starring Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.34
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Directed by Ernest B Schoedsack.
Starring Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 2/10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 4.68
Comment: Bad print and transfer.
 

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Directed by Ernest B Schoedsack.
Starring Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 4/10. Average bitrate: 7.53
Comment: Some slight improvement over the Roan laserdisc, with a nice (different) commentary track.
 

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Motel Hell (1980)
Directed by Kevin Connor.
Starring Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.52
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)
Directed by Ishirô Honda.
Starring Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.25
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo.
shill's Movie Rating: 2.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 7/10. Average bitrate: 7.9
Comment: This movie is awful. The set design is terrific, but the story is hokey and the comedy is worse than anything on Three's Company. Bad, bad, bad steaming pile of crap with a cherry on top.
 

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The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
Directed by Richard Lester.
Starring Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.3
Comment: Slight comedy is pretty enjoyable. This sequel's underrated, whereas the original movie is a bit overrated.
 

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The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Directed by Jack Arnold.
Starring Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.2
Comment: Not yet watched. The movie is good, albeit with a weak ending. I loved the book.
 

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Mr & Mrs Smith (1941)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.87
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mr Arkadin (1955)
Directed by Orson Welles.
Starring Akim Tamiroff, Grégoire Aslan, Patricia Medina.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.2
Comment: Not yet watched. This is the "comprehensive" version assembled for the Criterion DVD.
 

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Confidential Report (1955)
Directed by Orson Welles.
Starring Akim Tamiroff, Grégoire Aslan, Patricia Medina.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.26
Comment: Not yet watched. An interesting movie, can't wait to watch the reconstructed Mr Arkadin.
 

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Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Directed by H C Potter.
Starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.54
Comment: Not yet watched. Grant and Loy (and Douglas) make this one especially good.
 

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Mr Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
Directed by Albert T Viola.
Starring John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.2/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.82
Comment: John Hurt is MUCH better as a ragged lone research scientist surviving in the harsh conditions of the Antarctic, than as an early Seventies swinging young scholar!
 

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Danger Island (1939)
Directed by Herbert I Leeds.
Starring Peter Lorre, Warren Hymer, Amanda Duff.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.58
Comment: One of the better Mr Moto films.
 

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Mr Moto's Gamble (1938)
Directed by James Tinling.
Starring Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin.
shill's Movie Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.3
Comment:
 

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Mr Moto's Last Warning (1939)
Directed by Norman Foster.
Starring Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.71
Comment: 20th Century Fox DVD version.
 

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Mr Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
Directed by Norman Foster.
Starring Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.49
Comment:
 

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Mr Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
Directed by Norman Foster.
Starring Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Lionel Atwill.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.34
Comment:
 

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Mr Sardonicus (1961)
Directed by William Castle.
Starring Oskar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton.
shill's Movie Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.6
Comment: I now think this is Castle's best film. Superb all-around.
 

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Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Directed by Frank Capra.
Starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.48
Comment: Not yet watched. A terrific movie, very engaging, almost impossible to dislike.
 

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Mr Wong Detective (1938)
Directed by William Nigh.
Starring Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.14
Comment: Karloff is pleasant as Mr Wong.
 

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Mr Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Directed by William Nigh.
Starring Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.12
Comment: Passable Mr Wong film.
 

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Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Starring Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 4/10. Average bitrate: 4.99
Comment: Irresistable fun. Check out that last camera shot at the end, whoa!
 

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Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Starring Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.18
Comment: Irresistable fun. Check out that last camera shot at the end, whoa!
 

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Mulholland Dr (2001)
Directed by David Lynch.
Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller.
shill's Movie Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.73
Comment: Not yet watched. Need to watch it a few more times.
 

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The Mummy (1932)
Directed by Karl Freund.
Starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.9
Comment: Not yet watched this edition. My favorite Universal horror classic, so I'm going to love it no matter what.
 

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The Mummy (1932)
Directed by Karl Freund.
Starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.19
Comment: My favorite Universal horror classic, so I'm going to love it no matter what.
 

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The Mummy (1932)
Directed by Karl Freund.
Starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 9/10. Average bitrate: 7.35
Comment: My favorite Universal horror classic, so I'm going to love it no matter what.
 

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The Mummy (1932)
Directed by Karl Freund.
Starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 3/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.58
Comment: My favorite Universal horror classic, so I'm going to love it no matter what.
 
The Mummy (1959)
Directed by Terence Fisher.
Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.97
Comment: Christopher Lee is quite threatening as the cloth-wrapped monster in this memorable Hammer classic.
 

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The Mummy (1999)
Directed by Stephen Sommers.
Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 9/10. Average bitrate: 5.12
Comment: Being so fond of the original, I was very reluctant to see this one, but I went on opening day, and I just loved it. Great fun indeed.
 

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The Mummy (1999)
Directed by Stephen Sommers.
Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 9/10. Average bitrate: 6.17
Comment: If you already have the first DVD, the "Ultimate Edition" is best purchased if you want the commentaries by Fraser, Fehr, O'Connor and Vosloo. I did.
 

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The Mummy Returns (2001)
Directed by Stephen Sommers.
Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.51
Comment: Yes, I really liked this sequel too.
 

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The Mummy's Curse (1944)
Directed by Leslie Goodwins.
Starring Lon Chaney Jr, Peter Coe, Virginia Christine.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.14
Comment: Ever so slightly better than the previous Kharis movie, but not close to the first two.
 

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The Mummy's Curse (1944)
Directed by Leslie Goodwins.
Starring Lon Chaney Jr, Peter Coe, Virginia Christine.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.18
Comment: Ever so slightly better than the previous Kharis movie, but not close to the first two.
 

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The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Directed by Reginald Le Borg.
Starring John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.59
Comment: Okay, now the Kharis series is showing its weakness. (Still fun though.)
 

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The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Directed by Reginald Le Borg.
Starring John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.18
Comment: Okay, now the Kharis series is showing its weakness. (Still fun though.)
 

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The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Directed by Christy Cabanne.
Starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.7
Comment: A great movie, enjoyable cast and script make this one a lot of fun.
 

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The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Directed by Christy Cabanne.
Starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.95
Comment: A great movie, enjoyable cast and script make this one a lot of fun.
 

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The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
Directed by John Gilling.
Starring André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck.
shill's Movie Rating: 3.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 4/10. Average bitrate: 7.95
Comment: Mostly dull but Roger Delgado gives an entertaining performance.
 

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The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Directed by Harold Young.
Starring Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.15
Comment: Still pretty decent because it still has ties to the first great Kharis movie.
 

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The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Directed by Harold Young.
Starring Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.21
Comment: Still pretty decent because it still has ties to the first great Kharis movie.
 

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Murder! (1930)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam.
shill's Movie Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.52
Comment: Not yet watched. Pretty good.
 

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Murder! (1930)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam.
shill's Movie Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.91
Comment: Not yet watched. Pretty good.
 

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Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
Directed by Frank Strayer.
Starring John Miljan, Irene Ware, Iris Adrian.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.5
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Directed by Mitchell Leisen.
Starring Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.81
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Murder By Death (1976)
Directed by Robert Moore.
Starring Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.96
Comment: Fun movie, exceedingly silly toward the conclusion. Good performances by all. Well, except for Capote.
 

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Murder by Decree (1979)
Directed by Bob Clark.
Starring Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.18
Comment: Pretty good stuff.
 

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Murder by Television (1935)
Directed by Clifford Sanforth.
Starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon.
shill's Movie Rating: 4.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.5
Comment: An old movie curio.
 

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Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Directed by Edward Dmytryk.
Starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley.
shill's Movie Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.29
Comment: Scintillating dialogue in this near-great noir.
 

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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.84
Comment: Who done it? Watch and find out for yourself. Finney is great as Poirot.
 

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Murder Over New York (1940)
Directed by Harry Lachman.
Starring Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.22
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Directed by Robert Florey.
Starring Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.47
Comment: Has some real creepy moments.
 

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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
Directed by Gordon Hessler.
Starring Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.86
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Murphy's War (1971)
Directed by Peter Yates.
Starring Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.11
Comment: Nice idea for a movie, and well-done.
 

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The Mutations (1973)
Directed by Jack Cardiff.
Starring Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Julie Ege.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.83
Comment: Not yet watched. Mediocre but interesting.
 

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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Directed by Frank Lloyd.
Starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.73
Comment: Not yet watched. Lovely performances, terrific B&W cinematography.
 

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My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Directed by George Mihalka.
Starring Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.41
Comment: Decent slasher film.
 

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My Bodyguard (1980)
Directed by Tony Bill.
Starring Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.67
Comment: A truly excellent teen film.
 

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My Darling Clementine (1946)
Directed by John Ford.
Starring Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.47
Comment: Excellent reconstruction of the pre-release version (before Zanuck tampered with it) of this great O K Corral western.
 

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My Favorite Wife (1940)
Directed by Garson Kanin.
Starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 2/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.5
Comment: A fun Cary Grant comedy.
 
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Directed by Garson Kanin.
Starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.26
Comment: Not yet watched. A fun Cary Grant comedy.
 

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My Life Without Me (2003)
Directed by Isabel Coixet.
Starring Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.49
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen. Jill's collection.
 

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My Man Godfrey (1936)
Directed by Gregory La Cava.
Starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady.
shill's Movie Rating: 9.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 6/10. Average bitrate: 8.38
Comment: A terrific, funny movie, and AT LAST an excellent, crisp presentation with very good contrast and sound.
 

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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Starring Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Timothy Daly.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.7
Comment: Sweet natured fantasy.
 

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My Reputation (1946)
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt.
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.55
Comment: Very very very very very badly dated melodrama - from an intolerant and less enlightened time, y'know.
 

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My Science Project (1985)
Directed by Jonathan R Betuel.
Starring John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.47
Comment: 2004 Touchstone release, widescreen.
 

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My Science Project (1985)
Directed by Jonathan R Betuel.
Starring John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens.
shill's Movie Rating: 5.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras 1/10. Average bitrate: 5.87
Comment: Not yet watched. I bought this for the widescreen version - but this is a re-pressing, without a widescreen version. Which utterly sucks.
 

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The Mysterians (1957)
Directed by Ishirô Honda.
Starring Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kochi.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.36
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mysterious Island (1961)
Directed by Cy Endfield.
Starring Michael Craig, Beth Rogan, Michael Callan.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.4/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 4.29
Comment: A very memorable, imaginative film.
 

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Mysterious Mr Moto (1938)
Directed by Norman Foster.
Starring Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 6.32
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mystery Liner (1934)
Directed by William Nigh.
Starring Noah Beery, Astrid Allwyn, Edwin Maxwell.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 7.93
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mystery Men (1999)
Directed by Kinka Usher.
Starring Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, William H Macy.
shill's Movie Rating: 6.8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.58
Comment: Pretty entertaining, but not for everyone.
 

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The Mystery of Mr Wong (1939)
Directed by William Nigh.
Starring Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.3/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.13
Comment: Best of the Mr Wong films, in my opinion.
 

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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Directed by Michael Curtiz.
Starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell.
shill's Movie Rating: 7.1/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.57
Comment: A creepy classic.
 

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Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
Directed by Juan Piquer Simón.
Starring Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Sera.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.42
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Directed by Jim Mallon.
Starring Michael J Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 8.84
Comment: Too short, but very funny, especially the host segments. This is the re-release.
 

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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Directed by Jim Mallon.
Starring Michael J Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy.
shill's Movie Rating: 8.6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 2/10. Average bitrate: 6.37
Comment: Too short, but very funny, especially the host segments.
 

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Mystery Street (1950)
Directed by John Sturges.
Starring Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett.
shill's Movie Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10. Average bitrate: 5.53
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
 

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