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Rated: PG Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A middle aged mans unassuming demeanor masks the fact that he is a serial killer.
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Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Trial |
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Rated: NR Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by an enigmatic scientist.
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Cast: Greg Stuhr, Alijca Bachleda, Camilla Belle. Directed by Jenna Ricker.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 12 hours, 58 min.
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Plot: Investigates the high-profile thefts of some of the world's greatest pieces of art.
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Cast: Narration by Dion Graham and Eric Myers. Directed by Boise Vincent.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Art ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A mortician goes to great lengths to create the illusion that a wealthy widow, that he befriended and killed, is still alive.
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Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black. Directed by Richard Linklater.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Axel returns to Beverly Hills to help investigate a near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.
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Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: VHS 94 min. B&W
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Plot: A newly qualified barrister joins his flatmate as a trainee at a London law firm.
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Cast: Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry Thomas. Directed by Ray Boulting.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Civil Procedure ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 81 min.
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Plot: A videotaped production of Henry Fonda's stage performance as Clarence Darrow, one of the 20th century's foremost trial lawyers, in the one-man play.
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Cast: Henry Fonda. Directed by John Houseman.
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Categories: Television ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Advocacy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: When an aging activist is arrested, the lives of the accused, the lawyers, and the judge intertwine to reveal bigotry that underscores the judicial system.
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Cast: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gamber, Geetanjli Kulkarini. Directed by Chaitanya Tamhane.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Racism ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A compelling look inside America's prisons, highlighting one man's unlikely and historic actions against the system.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Katy Chevigny and Kerstin Johnson.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Death Penalty ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 138 min.
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Plot: An airline pilot saves lives during a crash, but an investigation into the malfunction reveals something more troubling.
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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Categories: Transportation ∙ Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A renowned Harvard psychiatrist with a paralyzing fear of heights becomes head of the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very Very Nervous.
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Cast: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris, Dick Van Patten. Directed by Mel Brooks.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Mental Health ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: An immortal swordsman confronts the last of his immortal opponents, in a contest for a fabled "Prize." Soundtrack by Queen.
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Cast: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Beatie Edney, Alan North, Jon Polito, Sheila Gish, Hugh Quarshie, Christopher Malcolm, Peter Diamond. Directed by Russell Mulcahy.
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Categories: Action ∙ Estates ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 7 hours, 11 min. B&W
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Plot: Classic thrillers include Suspicion, Strangers On a Train, I Confess, and The Wrong Man.
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Cast: Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant, Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Henry Fonda, Vera Miles. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 82 min. B&W
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Plot: Why is an inspector trying to railroad a man for the murder of a model?
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Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar. Directed by Bruce Humberstone.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Women ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 119 min.
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Plot: A young woman in Harlem struggles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime.
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Cast: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo . Directed by Barry Jenkins.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Racism ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: Two homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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Cast: Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, Robin Williams. Directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Mental Health ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
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Cast: Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery. Directed by Craig Monahan.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 4 hours, 39 min.
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Plot: A groundbreaking documentary series sheds new light on real-estate icon, Robert Durst, while unraveling one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in New York history.
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Cast: Robert Durst, Gary Napoli, Debra Kay Anderson. Directed by Andrew Jarecki.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 88 min. B&W
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Plot: A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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Cast: Vincent Price, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney. Directed by Otto Preminger.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 150 min.
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Plot: A young woman witnesses a bus accident and gets caught up in the aftermath.
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Cast: Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jean Reno, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Matt Damon. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Children ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 118 min.
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Plot: Story of future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and one of his landmark cases.
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Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson. Directed by Reginald Hudlin.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: Documents a murder trial in which a 15-year-old African-American is wrongfully accused of a 2000 murder in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Cast: Ann Finnell, Patrick McGuinness, James Williamsb. Directed by Jean-Xaxier de Lestrade.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Media |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 157 min.
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Plot: A police commissioner, a prosecuter, a doctor, and a murder suspect search for a corpse. In Turkish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Firat Tanis. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: Bumbling and conceited French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom, a daring jewel thief whose identity and features are unknown - and is acting right under his nose.
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Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine. Directed by Blake Edwards.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 153 min.
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Plot: A man takes matters into his own hands when his daughter and her friend go missing.
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Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello. Directed by Denis Villeneuve.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: A police detective discovers a killer's methods mirror the twisted writings of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Cast: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Evans, Kevin R. McNally. Directed by James McTeigue.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Art |
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Rated: G Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: Inspector Clouseau is put on the case when the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, with the Phantom's trademark glove the only clue.
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Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom. Directed by Blake Edwards.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Desire and a series of deadly double-crosses erupt between a voyeuristic cop and a violent woman gangster.
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Cast: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider. Directed by Peter Medak.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: Explores how modern police interrogation tactics (including lies, threats and false evidence) place extraordinary pressures on suspects.
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Cast: . Directed by Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.
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Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris. Directed by Guy Ritchie.
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Categories: Action ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: As murder follows murder and Maria is the obvious suspect; bumbling Inspector Clouseau drives his boss mad by seeing her as plainly innocent.
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Cast: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommers, George Sanders, Herbert Lom. Directed by Blake Edwards.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
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Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell. Directed by Martin McDonagh.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
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Cast: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Miskelly. Directed by Amy Berg.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Justice |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
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