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The African Queen (1951)the simpsons dvds
Almost any of firebrand the simpsons seasons dvdKatharine Hepburn’s films could feature in this list,the simpsons complete dvd box set but her protracted onboard scrap with pickled old seadog Humphrey Bogart the simpsons complete seasons dvdas they float down the river in a battered old steamboat is a monument to feisty femininity.the simpsons complete season
I Want to Live! (1958)South park dvd box set
This is a long way from Carrie South park is on sale at www.cartoon77.com & co’s designer-label feelgood world, South park dvd but Susan Hayward is incandescent South park dvd seasonin her Oscar-winning performance as a killer South park dvdson death row. The build-up to her execution is almost unbearably painful to witness.South park seasons
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)South park complete dvd
Breast-obsessed Russ Meyer South park dvd setmay not have contributed much to the feminist cause, South park on dvdbut this early exploitation flick features a terrific performance South park box setfrom Tura Satana as the Amazon leader of a trio of strippers on a murderous rampage in the desert.
Alien (1979)Disney DVD Set
In the first and best of the space-horror franchiseDisney dvd, the most devilish creature in the galaxy, Disney dvd collectionwith acid for blood and vagina-dentata mouthDisney movies dvd, is no match for Sigourney Weaver’s Disney box set ferocious Ripley, a cat-lover and dab hand with a flame-thrower.Disney dvd
The Terminator (1984)Disney collection
Few mothers face a challengeDisney cartoons dvd as demanding as this: Sarah Connor, Disney animation dvd who will one day give birth to a son who holds the fate of mankind in his hands, is visited by a cyborg from the future on a mission to kill her. Disney on dvd Linda Hamilton is the waitress-warrior.
Nikita (1990)
Anne Parillaud plays a tough street kid who ends up a cop-killer. However, her death sentence is faked and she is enrolled in a secret government programme set up to trains super-assassins. Balletic mayhem ensues. She also learns how to be a woman.
The River Wild (1994)family guy dvd
Meryl Streep has played intense-and-emotional family guyin a vast range of movies from The French Lieutenant’s family guy dvd series Woman to The Bridges of Madison County, family guy dvd box set but here she gets impressively physical family guy dvd complete as she guides her imperilled family through the roaring rapids.family guy box set
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)looney tunes dvd
Dazzling and dizzying martial-arts Warner Bros Cartoons DVD epic with female characters as adept at the ancient skills as any man. Warner Bros DVD The gravity-defying fights are beautiful to behold, and the final scene in which Jen (Zhang Ziyi) leaps from a mountain top is heart-stopping. Warner Bros
Kill Bill (2003, 2004)Baby Einstein DVD Set
More martial arts in Quentin Tarantino’s two-parter, baby einstein dvd collectiona cornucopia of catfights. The Bride (Uma Thurman) wakes baby einstein dvd box setfrom a coma to seek revenge on the ladies of Deadly Viper Assassination Squad – Vivica A Fox, Lucy Liu and Daryl Hannah. Meeow.baby einstein dvds
The Queen (2006)baby einstein dvd
Her Majesty faces unprecedented challenges in the wake of the death of Diana, baby einstein Princess of Wales: Helen Mirren’s nuanced and rapturously received performance showed that a Real Chick Flick can embrace sensitivity, maturity and dignity.baby einstein collection
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