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Charlie Wilson's War (Widescreen)

starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date April 22, 2008
BEWARE SPOILERS!! (and pompous displays of semi-relevant erudition)

Director Mike Nichols is a past master of women's point of view films that go beyond the narrow confines of the "chick flick." Silkwood (1983); Heartburn (1986); Working Girl (1988); and the very fine Postcards from the Edge (1990) come to mind. His first feature was an adaptation of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor back in 1966. He followed the next year with the generation-defining The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman. His films feature fine satire played along the cutting edge of the popular culture.

Here he deviates slightly to celebrate Texas congressman Charlie Wilson who managed to persuade ... Read More:

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The Birdcage

starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date March 26, 1997
I love this movie. I was so happy to be able to order it at a good price and receive it in a timely manner. I recommend not only the dvd version but ordering it from this vendor.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Angels in America

starring: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Patrick Wilson, Mary-Louise Parker
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date September 14, 2004
If you are an adult Mormon in America, you will relate to ANGELS IN AMERICA. Tony Kushner has absorbed and filtered back more Mormon concepts and theology within the 6-hour boundaries of this film than any other Jewish American playwright. He is to be commended for the effort. He has done his homework. His personal interpretations of God (and/or the lack thereof) are not mine, nor need they be yours. But as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the past 50 years, I pronounce this film to be "virtuous, lovely and of good report". Do not get bogged down with the sex or language. See them for what they are: incidentals. Focus instead on the human (and spiritual) interaction in the face of AIDS, and by extension all disease. Add ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 4
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Two-Disc Special Edition)

starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis, Frank Flanagan
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date December 05, 2006
For fans of old Hollywood, you'll love this movie!
Burton and Taylor are just about at their best here.
The constant jab and poke that these two go for is amazing, both looking the vocabular knock out punch!
It remans one of my all time fav movies to watch.
I encourage everyone who has the slightest interest in how
great the old studios made movies to watch this film!

CD-Charts Position 5
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The Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)

starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date September 11, 2007
This film is about a guy name Benjamin who just gets home from a college. He is very worried about his future, and during a party that his parents for him, this makes him vulnerable to being seduced by Mrs. Robinson. She is married to Ben's father's business partner, and has known Ben for his whole life. Although, when she lures Ben into her home the first time, she is unsuccessful in seducing him. Eventually he gives into her, and they have affairs for many months. Elaine Robinson, Mrs. Robinson's daughter, comes back from school and Ben's parents set up a date between the two young adults. Ben ends up falling in love with Elaine, which makes Mrs. Robinson furious. Elaine then finds out about the affair and heads back to school. Knowing that Elaine is the one ... Read More:

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Wit

starring: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date September 11, 2001
There are no words that can express my feelings about this film, but having said that, this is one of the - maybe THE most moving films I have ever seen and definitely one of the most magnificent performances I have ever seen, Emma Thompson's. The spareness, the pace - both of which some other reviewers have commented on - seem to reflect, paradoxically, the experience of what is being faced - and as the character, Professor Bearing, comes to say: simplicity. Yet the story and the experience are anything but 'simplicity'. Profound, deeply thought provoking, comforting, rich, eloquent - and yet there are no words, as she also says at one point, even though words have meant so much to her. The comma in John Donne's poem - I think the lines that reflect on that are some of the ... Read More:

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Working Girl

starring: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date April 17, 2001
i wonder how anybody can give this flick more than a one star.
as the main chick looked pretty and hot and reviews again pretty and hot
i spent some cash hoping for a real hot kissing...yeahhh, sure; however
producer hoped to impress me with Harrison Ford but men dont watch movies because Harrison Ford moving across the screen--give me the message i can relate to that's the idea.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Closer (Superbit Edition)

starring: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Nick Hobbs
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date March 29, 2005
This was one of the most boring movies I ever saw! It makes the word love truly just a "four letter word".

I even brought it to work and let my coworkers borrow it to get their opinion. Only one out of six said it was worth watching. I gave the movie to them!

CD-Charts Position 9
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Regarding Henry

starring: Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Michael Haley, Stanley Swerdlow, Julie Follansbhee
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date September 09, 2003
I liked this movie as much now as I did when I originally watched it. I purchased it to watch with my daughter and she too enjoyed it. I think that Harrison Ford did an excellent job.

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The Graduate

starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton
directed by: Mike Nichols

Release Date April 05, 2005
This film is about a guy name Benjamin who just gets home from a college. He is very worried about his future, and during a party that his parents for him, this makes him vulnerable to being seduced by Mrs. Robinson. She is married to Ben's father's business partner, and has known Ben for his whole life. Although, when she lures Ben into her home the first time, she is unsuccessful in seducing him. Eventually he gives into her, and they have affairs for many months. Elaine Robinson, Mrs. Robinson's daughter, comes back from school and Ben's parents set up a date between the two young adults. Ben ends up falling in love with Elaine, which makes Mrs. Robinson furious. Elaine then finds out about the affair and heads back to school. Knowing that Elaine is the one for him, Ben goes ... Read More: