December 2007


1 Bambi (1942, USA) Fawn, Forest Animals Buy
2 Ratatouille (2007, USA) Rat Buy
3 Finding Nemo (2003, USA) Clown Fish Buy
4 Bee Movie (2007, USA) Bees  
5 Madagascar (2005, USA) Zoo Animals Buy
6 The Lion King (1994, USA) Lions  
7 Chicken Run (2000, UK) Chickens  
8 Animal Farm (1954, UK) Pig, Farm Animals  
9 Dumbo (1941, USA) Elephant, Circus Animals  
10 101 Dalmatians (1961, USA) Dalmatians Dogs  
11 Lady And The Tramp (1955, USA, Australia) Cocker Spaniel Dog Buy
12 Stuart Little (1999, Germany, USA) Mouse Buy
13 Stuart Little  2 (2002, USA) Mouse Buy
14 The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride (1998, USA, Australia) Lions  
15 Shark Tale (2004, USA) Sharks, Sea Fishes Buy
16 The Little Polar Bear (2001, Germany) Polar Bear Buy
17 Brother Bear (2003, USA) Bears, Forest Animals Buy
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1 Jaws (1975, USA) Great White Shark Buy
2 Old Yeller (1957, USA) Labrodor Dog  
3 King Kong (1933, USA) Gorilla  
4 Moby Dick (1956, USA) Albino Whale  
5 Lassie Come Home (1943, USA) Collie Dog  
6 Benji (1974, USA) Mut Dog  
7 National Velvet (1944, USA) Horse  
8 Babe (1995, Australia, USA) Pig  
9 Gorillas In The Mist (1988, USA) Silverback Gorillas  
10 The Bear (1988, France, USA) Bear  
11 My Friend Flicka(1943, USA) Horse  
12 The Yearling(1946, USA) Deer  
13 Sounder (1972, USA) Dog  
14 Born Free (1966, UK, USA) Lion  
15 Harry And Tonto (1974, USA) Cat  
16 Cujo (1983, USA) St. Bernard Dog  
17 Turner and Hooch (1989, USA) Mastiff Dog  
18 The Black Stallion (1979, USA) Horse  
19 Seabiscuit (2003, USA) Race Horse  
20 The Ghost and the Darkness (1996, USA) Lions  
21 The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986, Japan) Cat, Dog  
22 The Shaggy Dog (2006, USA) English Sheep Dog Buy
23 The Incredible Journey (1963, Canada, USA) Cat, 2 Dogs  
24 The Adventures of Rin Tin-Tin (1947, USA) German Shepherd Dog  
25 That Darn Cat (1965, USA) Siamese Cat  
26 The Birds (1963, USA) Birds Buy
27 Free Willy (1993, France, USA) Killer Whale  
28 Black Beauty (1971, UK, West Germany) Horse  
29 Salty (1973, USA) Sea Lion  
30 Flipper (1963, USA) Bottlenose Dolphin  
31 Andre (1994, USA) Seal  
32 101 Dalmatians (1996) Dalmatians  
33 March of the Penguins (2005, France) Emperor Penguins  
34 Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993, USA) Cat, Golden Retriever, Bulldog  
35 Dr. Doolittle (1967, USA) Various animals  
36 Zeus And Roxanne (1997, USA) Dog, Dolphin  
37 Oh Heavenly Dog - (1980, USA) Dog  
38 Babe: Pig In the City (1998, Australia) Pig  
39 Lad, A Dog (1962, USA) Collie Dog  
40 International Velvet (1978, USA) Horse  
41 Willard (1971, USA) Rat  
42 Call Of The Wild, Dog of the Yukon (1997, Canada) Husky Dog  
43 Mighty Joe Young(1949, USA) Gorilla  
44 Napoleon And Samantha (1972, USA) Lion  
45 Beethoven (1992, USA) St. Bernard Dog Buy
46 Living Free (1972, UK) Lion  
47 Sammy The Way Out Seal (1962, USA) Seal  
48 Dr. Doolittle (1998, USA) Various animals  
49 Shiloh (1996, USA) Beagle Dog  
50 It’s A Dogs Life(1955, USA) Bull Terrier Dog  
51 Orca, The Killer Whale (1977, USA) Killer Whale  
52 Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998, USA, Canada) Golden Retriever Dog  
53 White Fang (1991, USA) Husky Dog  
54 Paulie (1998, USA) Parrot  
55 Project X (1987, USA) Chimpanzee  
56 The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995, USA) Panda  
57 Buddy (1997, USA) Gorilla  
58 The Cat From Outer Space (1978, USA) Cat  
59 Fly Away Home (1996, USA) Geese  
60 Larger Than Life - (1996, USA) Elephant  
61 Flipper (1996, USA) Bottlenose Dolphin  
62 Operation Dumbo Drop (1995, USA) Elephant  
63 Joey (1997, Australia) Kangaroo  
64 That Darn Cat (1997, USA) Siamese Cat  
65 Ring Of Bright Water (1969, ) Otter  
66 Mighty Joe Young (1998, USA) Gorilla  
67 Harry And The Hendersons (1987, USA) Bigfoot  
68 King Kong (1976, USA) Gorilla  
69 Best In Show (2000, USA) Dogs  
70 Francis (1950, USA) Mule  
71 The Red Pony (1949, USA) Pony  
72 Dunston Checks In (1996, USA) Orangutan  
73 Jumanji (1995, USA) Various animals Buy
74 Never Cry Wolf (1983, USA) Wolves  
75 Jungle Book (1942, USA) Various animals  
76 A Dog of Flanders (1999, USA) Dog  
77 The Doberman Gang (1972, USA) Doberman Dog  
78 My Dog Skip (2000, USA) Dog  
79 Cats & Dogs (2001, USA, Australia) Beagle Dog, Persian Cat Buy
80 Fluke (1995, USA) Irish Setter Dog  
81 Legend Of The White Horse (1987, Poland, USA) Horse  
82 K-9 (1989, USA) German Shepherd  
83 Snow Dogs (2002, Canada, USA) Huskies  
84 Wishbone: Dog Days West (1998, USA) Dog  
85 Running Free (2000, USA) Horse  
86 Racing Stripes (2005, South Africa, USA) Zebra,farm animals Buy
87 Top Dog (1995, USA) German Shepherd  
88 Run for the Roses (1978, USA) Race Horse  
89 Gus (1976, USA) Mule  
90 Monkey Trouble (1994, USA, Japan) Capuchin Monkey  
91 Phar Lap (1983, Australia) Race Horse  
92 Ben (1972, USA) Rat  
93 Good Boy! (2003, USA) Dogs Buy
94 C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979, USA) Dog Robot  
95 Salt Water Moose (1996, Canada) Moose  
96 Zebra In The Kitchen (1965, USA) Various animals  
97 Congo (1995, USA) Gorillas  
98 Johnny & Clyde (1995, USA) Dog  
99 My Magic Dog (1997, USA) Dog  
100 Bedtime For Bonzo(1951, USA) Chimpanzee  
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  1. Superbad (2007, USA)

    Superbad

  2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007, USA)

    Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End

  3. Live Free or Die Hard (2007, USA)

    Live Free or Die Hard

  4. The Nanny Diaries (2007, USA)

    The Nanny Diaries

  5. Waitress (2007, USA)

    Waitress

  6. Shrek the Third (2007, USA)

    Shrek the Third

  7. Hairspray (2007, USA)

    Hairspray

  8. Rescue Dawn (2006, USA)

    Rescue Dawn

  9. Ocean’s Thirteen (2007, USA)

    Ocean Thirteen

  10. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007, USA)

    I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

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Bad Santa (2003, Germany, USA)

Bad SantaGenres: Comedy | Crime

Directors: Terry Zwigoff

Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac, John Ritter, Ajay Naidu, Lorna Scott, Harrison Bieker, Alex Borstein, Dylan Charles, Billy Gardell, Lisa Ross, Bryan Callen

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Plot Summary:
"Bad Santa" is the story of two conmen who go on a road trip to malls dressed as Santa and his elf. Rather than spreading good cheer, the duo’s motive is to rob each establishment, a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter an 8-year-old who teaches them the true meaning of Christmas.

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Christmas with the Kranks (2004, USA)

Christmas with the Kranks Genres: Comedy | Family

Actors: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per, Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Austin Pendleton, Tom Poston, Julie Gonzalo, René Lavan, Caroline Rhea, Felicity Huffman, Patrick Breen

Directors: Joe Roth

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Plot Summary: Allen portrays Luther Krank who, fed up with the commerciality of Christmas, decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.

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The Santa Clause 2 (2002, USA)

 

The Santa Clause 2 Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Actors:    Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Danielle Woodman, Art LaFleur, Aisha Tyler, Kevin Pollak, Jay Thomas, Michael Dorn, Christopher Attadia

Directors: Michael Lembeck

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Plot Summary: Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa’s got problems (he’s even mysteriously losing weight) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year’s "naughty" list. Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice, putting Christmas at risk, it’s up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas.

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Christmas in South Park (2000, USA)

Christmas in South Park Genres: Animation

Actors: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman

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Plot Summary: Howdy Ho! Mr. Hankey, everybody’s favorite piece of poo, is here to show us his line up of holly jolly Christmas songs! There’s S.D. Kluger singing the Mr. Hankey theme, then we’ve got Mr. Mackey singing Carol of the Bells, Eric Cartman singing "O Holy Night", Jesus Christ and Santa Claus singing a medley of Christmas jingles, and even Mr. Garrison wishes all the religions of the world a Merry fucking Christmas! It really is a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Krazy Kwanza, and all the rest!

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Deck the Halls (2006, USA)

Deck the Halls Genres: Comedy | Family

Actors: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Dylan Blue, Sabrina Aldridge, Kelly Aldridge, Jorge Garcia, Fred Armisen, Gillian Vigman, Ryan Devlin, Sean O’Bryan, SuChin Pak, Jackie Burroughs

Directors: John Whitesell

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Plot Summary: This holiday comedy is centered around two neighbors in a small New England town who go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.

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Black Christmas (2006, Canada, USA)

 

Black Christmas Genres: Horror | Thriller

Actors: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Crystal Lowe, Oliver Hudson, Jessica Harmon, Leela Savasta, Kathleen Kole, Karin Konoval, Robert Mann, Dean Friss, Cainan Wiebe

Directors: Glen Morgan

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Plot Summary: Not all Christmas stories are full of cheer - take the disturbing childhood of Billy Lenz, for example. Born during Christmas, little Billy Lenz suffered from Jaundice because of a liver defect, and was unwanted by his cruel mother (who only saw the husband she’d come to despise when she looked at her son). While she let her true feelings be known to him with beatings and abuse, only his father showed him compassion like a parent should. But on Christmas Eve in 1975, his unfaithful mother gave him one of the most cruelest gifts of all, as she made five-year-old Billy observe his beloved father’s brutal murder at her own hands and those of her lover with a claw hammer. Before burying him under the house, she locked Billy in the attic for good, to hold his silence of what he’d witnessed that night. His only contact from then on was when she came to punish him for making a noise or other such trivial nuisances, while she was with her lover and starting a "new" family. As Billy’s mother fell pregnant with a daughter and treated her with love, which Billy had never experienced with his mother, Billy came out of the attic on Christmas Eve 1991, taking a rolling pin to his mother’s head, and a pointed tree ornament to her lovers eye before leaving his sister as disfigured as he was by blinding her. Before he could finish the job police forced there way in and dragged him off to mental institution and his sister a foster home, whose eye sight was saved in one eye… but not the other. Cut to the present where a security guard has been monitoring Billy’s progress since he came into his care, back in 1991. Knowing full well that during this time for fifteen years, Billy has made a break from this asylum, but never succeeding… until now. Far away, his childhood home is now a sorority house, where nine sisters and their house-mother are celebrating the holiday season together …but tonight they’re about to get a surprise visitor… and it’s not Santa.

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White Christmas (1954, USA)

 

White Christmas Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance

Actors: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes, John Brascia, Anne Whitfield, Tony Butala, Glen Cargyle, George Chakiris, Les Clark, Robert Crosson, Marcel De la Brosse, Sayre Dearing

Directors: Michael Curtiz

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Plot Summary: After leaving the Army after W.W.II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, is the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.

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It was in the year 1898 that Thomas Edison produced the first baseball movie ever made. He also featured two amateur New Jersey ball clubs that played their hearts out in a nine inning game.

"Right off the Bat" was the first actual baseball movie featured in the year 1915. Since then, as many as 250 baseball movies have been released in America.

Are you among those who love both, baseball and movies? If you do not get time for both, you can watch some baseball movies. Here is a list of the top baseball movies.

long_gone Long Gone (1987, USA)

Cast: William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney, Larry Riley, Katy Boyer, Henry Gibson

This short movie was made over twenty years ago. Virginia Madsen, William Petersen, and Dermot Mulroney who acted in this movie were not very well known at that time. But, today, everyone is aware of these famous personalities. "Long Gone" is the most authentic snapshot that was ever taken about the Minor Leagues. This movie looks into the heart of Petersen’s character, Stud Cantrell, who headed for a great Major League career till he took a blast of shrapnel to his knee in World War II. It is worth watching.

bull_durham Bull Durham (1988, USA)

Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, William O’Leary, David Neidorf

"Bull Durham" has portrayed the game very well, both on and off the field. It conveys the message that baseball is a great game but it is just a game. In this movie, Costner is at his best as a veteran catcher. Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon have also acted really well. This movie was written and directed by former minor league baseball player Ron Shelton.

thenatural The Natural (1984)

Cast: Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, John Finnegan

This sentimental movie was successful in dividing peoples’ views. It reflects the flaws in the economic and gambling systems that often plot to corrupt the game. "The Natural" is based on a novel by Bernard Malamud and features Robert Redford, Kim Basinger, Robert Duvall, Michael Madsen and the late Darrin McGavin. It is, no doubt, on number one.

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There have been some bad movies in various places those in the music industry  (Glitter unexpectedly comes to mind). But, in that place have also been some price not only watching, but hearing to, over and over again. The following is our list of the best band-related movies. Sit back, relax, and, for principle sake, turn up the volume.

Eddie and the Cruisers Eddie and the Cruisers (1983): This early 1980’s film told the tale of a 1960’s rock band who becomes famous after playing gigs throughout New Jersey. After this band, aptly named Eddie and the Cruisers, makes an album that is everything Eddie hoped it would be, the album is rejected by the head of the record company. Devastated, Eddie drives his car off a bridge and Eddie, as well as his reject album, disappears. Twenty years later, a television producer decides to do a documentary on Eddie and the Cruisers and reconnects with many of the band mates, all of whom have moved on. It is during this time that an older looking Eddie resurfaces, thus setting up the sequel: Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives.

Not only did this movie touch on the disappointment and sacrifices of the music industry, but it also put an unknown band on the map: John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. Performing the soundtrack to the original and the sequel, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown band released the theme song of the movie, “On the Dark Side;” it was a hit single and can still be heard on present-day radio stations.

This is Spinal Tap This is Spinal Tap (1984): A Rob Reiner directed mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap features a heavy metal rock band and its wild behavior. A film that pokes fun at the music industry, certain scenes offended some musicians, at least initially, hitting rather close to home. However, once people realized they shouldn’t take themselves so seriously, the intention of the movie - to be satirical and make fun of pretentiousness - was made more obvious.

Many of the scenes were improvised and ad-libbed, leaving the outcome very funny to many viewers. This is Spinal Tap was listed as 64 on Bravo’s 100 Funniest Movies and climbed to 29 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs. It was also quickly made into a cult classic and deemed, in 2002, as culturally significant by the Library of Congress. From here, it was chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry.

That Thing You Do That Thing You Do (1996): Any film that is written by, directed by, and stars Tom Hanks has got to be good: this film was just that. Taking place in the 1960’s, this film features Hanks as a manager of the Wonders, a one-hit wonder with Beatles-like undertones. As the Wonders climb their way to fame, getting on the radio and eventually gaining a record contract and touring nationally, the foundations within the band begin to unravel. The band soon follows.

Made up of an all-star cast, including Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Rita Wilson, and Giovanni Ribisi, That Thing You Do also features all-star music with a soundtrack that includes music by Rick Elias, Scott Rogness, and Howard Shore. The movie’s most memorable song, "That Thing you Do," mirrored fiction when it became a hit and helped launch the career of Fountains of Wayne.

Almost Famous Almost Famous (2000): Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous was just that - almost famous - when it came to its less than block bluster performance at the box office. Critically, however, it received high acclaim including four Academy Award nominations. Renowned film critic Roger Ebert called it the "best movie of the year."

Following the journey of William Miller, Almost Famous tells the tale of a young man caught in a whirlwind of madness, excitement, and lust when he tours with a rock band. A semi-autographical story, this movie is based on Crowe’s experience as a young writer touring with Led Zeppelin.

Musically, Almost Famous won the Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The film featured songs from Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Thunderclap Newman, Peter Frampton, and Nancy Wilson.

Dreamgirls Dreamgirls (2006): Released nationally on Christmas Day 2006, Dreamgirls became a hit, winning three Golden Globes and two Oscars. Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical, Dreamgirls is set in the 1960’s and 1970’s; it follows the careers of The Dreamettes, a Detroit group with a strong resemblance to The Supremes. Dreamgirls takes us into the world of R&B and the Motown movement that changed our nation.

Dreamgirls may be best remembered as launching the film career of Jennifer Hudson, a former American Idol contestant. But, it is likely it will also be remembered for its music. The soundtrack is filled with music that is more present day than the score of the 1981 Broadway play, but still pays homage to R&B roots. Among the singers featured are Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, and Jamie Foxx.

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By James Christopher from The Times

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Anton Ego, the restaurant critic of The Grim Eater, is one of the greatest performances of Peter O’Toole’s career. We don’t actually see the 108-year-old Oscar hopeful in the flesh. But we luxuriate in his withering voice. And what a tool that is when it is coupled to the creep he possesses in Brad Bird’s marvellous cartoon Ratatouille. Ego is the most feared food critic in Paris. His office is shaped like a coffin. In fact he’s shaped like a coffin, and his deadly words drive chefs to their graves. I haven’t enjoyed a painted villain this much since George Sanders’s Shere Khan.

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It takes a lifetime to learn how to deliver a fatal insult, and O’Toole has had at least three. He is the wicked spice in a film with the most implausible brief since Elvis returned from Mars. The real hero of this preposterous kitchen fable is a cashmere-blue rodent called Rémy, who has the culinary genius of Raymond Blanc, and the misfortune to look like a rat. He is a rat, but he walks on his hind legs and speaks with a neurotic Woody Allen twang. He is horrified by the junk that his friends and family scavenge from dustbins, and he would doubtless campaign for the abolition of rat poison in junk food if he was 5ft 2in taller and called Shamus Oliver. This Pixar fairytale is so brilliantly painted that you give up caring whether it makes the slightest bit of sense. This is the wonderful point of Bird’s film. Ratatouille is an extraordinary demonstration of just how close animation can get to touch, smell, taste, and what the world might look like through a pair of rat’s eyeballs.

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Rémy (plaintively voiced by Patton Oswalt) is obviously not a bog-standard representative of vermin. He doesn’t understand why humans shriek at the sight of him. And he has an insane dream – augmented by the ghost of a fat chef (skewered by one of Ego’s reviews) – that he can become a cook in a prestigious restaurant. But Rémy’s 2in-tall views of cobblestones, puddles, gutters, drainpipes and rooftops are the real miracles in Ratatouille. I’ve never experienced a film that could evoke flavour. This reeks of Paris.

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The plot doesn’t flatter the sensational art. It does at least have the grace to send up its own utter silliness. Rémy befriends a clumsy and gawky kitchen boy, Linguini (Lou Romano), who hides the rat under his chef’s hat. The unlikely duo devise a string of winning dishes, which puts them on a collision course with a jealous, pint-sized head chef (a Hispanic version of Shrek’s Lord Farquaad), the local health and safety inspector, and of course the dread critic of The Grim Eater.

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Well, Rotten Tomatoes made their Mid-Year Report of best and worst movies of 2007. Here they are:

 RatatouilleKnocked Up SickoThe Zodiac Waitress

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There have been thousands of sports movies throughout the years. Some have been absolute crap and most are mediocre at best, but there are that select few that remain deep-seated in our memories. Those movies not only invoke our passion of sports, they manage to cross over and teach us greater life lessons. They teach us the importance of hard work and learning from our mistakes. They teach us that the impossible can come true. Below are the Top 10 sports movies of all time.

Major League 10. Major League - This one falls under the comedy category. Willie Mays Hays, Jake Taylor, Pedro Cerano, Rick Vaughn, and Jake Taylor somehow manage to band together to win the pennant in spite of their owner. It’s not the best comedy ever, but it’s certainly the best sports comedy ever. Major League 2 is equally as good. Let’s pretend that Major League 3 was never made. Find

 

Remember the Titans 9. Remember the Titans – The best part about this flick is that it shows how sports can transcend society. The unification of the black and white high school is successful only because of the bonds formed between the two schools on the football field. Find

 

 

Rudy 8. Rudy – How can you not be inspired watching this? No one believed in this kid and he not only got into ND, he made the football team. Most people would have given up long before Rudy, and it is a testament to his character for enduring and being able to live his dream. Find

 

Miracle 7. Miracle – I am a huge ‘Miracle on Ice’ fan so I was a bit skeptical about the movie. Usually they find a way to screw up history. But amazingly, Disney stuck to the story nearly perfectly. By involving everyone from the original team in the making of the movie, including the late Herb Brooks, they made sure the movie was accurate. I love having Al Michaels call the action; it feels like I’m actually watching the real game! Find

 

He Got Game 6. He Got Game – This film chronicles high school senior Jesus Shuttlesworth, the best college basketball prospect in the country, as he deals with pressures from his father and girlfriend who are trying to influence his decision for their own benefit. Ray Allen is the perfect choice for Shuttlesworth because Allen WAS Shuttlesworth in real life a few years before that. How many actors can make that claim? Find

 

Eight Men Out5. Eight Men Out – The best part of the movie was that they didn’t try to dumb it down for Hollywood - they made a point to follow the story as it was told in the book. This meant that it had the feel of a documentary, which is probably why this movie isn’t that popular, but true sports fans will appreciate that what they are getting is close to the truth. Find

 

Field of Dreams 4. Field of Dreams - This movie will appeal to sports fans and non sports fans alike. Sports fans will love how they work in Shoeless Joe and other classic greats. Non sports fans will appreciate the fantastic journey that Ray takes to build the field of his dreams. "If you build it, he will come" is one of the great movie quotes of all time. Find

 

When We Were Kings 3. When We Were Kings – This movie truly shows  Ali as a fighter greatness. Forman is the superior fighter, but Ali uses his wit to defeat Forman in "The Rumble in the Jungle", one of the greatest fights ever. Find

 

 

Hoosiers 2. Hoosiers – If you ever need to get pumped up, watch this movie. Nothing seems impossible after seeing Coach Norman Dale lead his team to the Indiana state championship. Find

 

 

The Natural1. The Natural – I own the DVD of The Natural and I’ve seen it more times than I can remember. Yet, anytime I see it on TV I immediately freeze and watch. It captivates me like few movies do. Roy Hobbs gets that second chance that we all want. He had the talent to be the best pitcher ever, but had it taken away by a mysterious shooter. Years later, he reappears as an outfielder and leads his team to the top of the league with his famous “Wonder Boy” bat. Find

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  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, Germany, New Zealand, USA)

    oscar Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers

    Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham

    Directors: Peter Jackson

    Plot: Sauron’s forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman’s army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron’s troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin.

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  2.  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Germany, New Zealand, USA)

    oscarGenres: Action | Adventure | FantasyThe Lord of the Rings The Return of the King

    Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Noel Appleby, Alexandra Astin, Sean Astin, David Aston, John Bach, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Sadwyn Brophy, Alistair Browning, Marton Csokas, Richard Edge, Jason Fitch, Bernard Hill

    Directors: Peter Jackson

    Plot: Gondor is overrun by the orcs of Mordor, and Gandalf rides to Minas Tirith to aid the humans in the war that is ahead. Aragorn must realize his true identity and purpose as the King of Men, and journey with Gimli and Legolas to summon the Army of the Dead so that the battle against evil can be won. Meanwhile, paranoia and suspicion rises between Frodo, Sam and Gollum as they continue their increasingly dark and dangerous travel to Mount Doom, the one place where The Ring can be destroyed once and for all.

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  3. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, USA)

    Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

    Actors: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Nora Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit, Michael Bollner, Diana Sowle, Aubrey Woods, David Battley, Günter Meisner

    Directors: Mel Stuart

    Plot: The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds and grab the brass ring?

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  4. The Neverending Story (1984, West Germany, USA)

    Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy

    The Neverending Story

    Actors: Barret Oliver | Gerald McRaney | Drum Garrett | Darryl Cooksey | Nicholas Gilbert | Thomas Hill | Deep Roy | Tilo Prückner | Moses Gunn | Noah Hathaway | Alan Oppenheimer | Sydney Bromley | Patricia Hayes | Tami Stronach

    Directors: Wolfgang Petersen

    Plot: Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.

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  5. Beetle Juice (1988, USA)

    oscar Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | HorrorBeetle Juice

    Actors: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Michael Keaton, Rachel Mittelman, Catherine O’Hara, J. Jay Saunders, Mark Ettlinger, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Glenn Shadix, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly

    Directors: Tim Burton

    Plot: After Barbara and Adam Maitland were killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful New England farmhouse. Their peace is disrupted when a yuppie family, the Deetzs, buy their house. The Maitlands are too nice and harmless as ghosts and all their efforts to scare the Deetzs away were unsuccessful. They eventually turn to another ghost ‘Beetlejuice’ for help

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  6. Groundhog Day (1993, USA)

    Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | RomanceGroundhog Day

    Actors: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Ducommun, Rick Overton, Robin Duke, Carol Bivins, Willie Garson, Ken Hudson Campbell, Les Podewell, Rod Sell

    Directors: Harold Ramis

    Plot: A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the ‘following’ day he discovers that it’s Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day.

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  7. Edward Scissorhands (1990, USA)

    Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | RomanceEdward Scissorhands

    Actors: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Robert Oliveri, Conchata Ferrell, Caroline Aaron, Dick Anthony Williams, O-Lan Jones, Vincent Price, Alan Arkin, Susan Blommaert, Linda Perri, John Davidson

    Directors: Tim Burton

    Plot: A modern day fairy tale which tells the story of Edward, the man created by an inventor, who died before finishing him and left Edward with scissors where he should have hands. One day when the local "Avon" representative calls at the historic mansion where Edward has been living alone, she takes him home to stay with her family. He has to adapt to the new life and environment that he isn’t used to. Soon he shows a talent in cutting hair and hedges, and wins every body’s heart. But life isn’t always so sweet

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  8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, USA)

    oscar Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-FiE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    Actors: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace-Stone, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, K.C. Martel, Sean Frye, C. Thomas Howell, David M. O’Dell, Richard Swingler, Frank Toth, Robert Barton, Michael Darrell, David Berkson, David Carlberg

    Directors: Steven Spielberg

    Plot: Elliot (Thomas) is your normal boy, until one day, when he meets a little lost alien. Elliot decides to keep the alien, in which he gives the name E.T. Elliot works with E.T. in trying to find him a way to get back home. Elliot must make the difficult sacrifice. Whether to help his new friend or to lose him? Whatever the decision is, Elliot must keep him hidden, as someone else is out to look for him.

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  9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, UK, USA)

    Genres: Adventure | Family | FantasyHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths, Pam Ferris, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Adrian Rawlins, Geraldine Somerville, Lee Ingleby, Lenny Henry, Jimmy Gardner, Gary Oldman, Jim Tavaré, Robert Hardy, Abby Ford

    Directors: Chris Columbus |  Alfonso Cuarón

    Plot: In the summer before his third year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter becomes fed up with his horrible aunt and uncle, and after accidentally inflating his visiting aunt Marge, he runs away. Unfortunately, there’s much more danger in the wizarding world than harry thought; convicted mass murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped from the wizarding prison Azkaban. Black is known as Lord Voldemort’s most devoted follower, and he’s after Harry to avenge Voldemort and finish the job. But not everything is what it seems, and inside of Hogwarts there may just be a traitor

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  10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, New Zealand, USA)

    oscar Genres: Action | Adventure | FantasyThe Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring

    Actors: Noel Appleby, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Sala Baker, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Marton Csokas, Megan Edwards, Michael Elsworth, Mark Ferguson, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Lawrence Makoare 

    Directors: Peter Jackson

    Plot: In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young nephew, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-Earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.

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