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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 142 min.
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Plot: A film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name, 1776 is a celebration of the founding of the United States of America.
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Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Roy Poole, David Ford. Directed by Peter H. Hunt.
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Categories: Musical ∙ History ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: Highlights the construction of the new border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border as well as the effect on migrants trying to cross into the U.S.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by John Carlos Frey.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Immigration ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min. B&W
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Plot: A chronicle of Lincoln's childhood in the backwoods of Illinois all the way to his phenomenal rise to prominence as President Elect.
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Cast: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard. Directed by John Cromwell.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 140 min.
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Plot: This adaptation of Allen Drurey's bestseller examines the U.S. Senate as it is called upon to confirm a controversial nominee for Secretary of State.
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Cast: Henry Fonda, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayers, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Paul Ford, Burgess Meredith. Directed by Otto Preminger.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Testimony |
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Rated: G Stars: ***
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 75 min.
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Plot: A young lady tumbles down a rabbit hole and finds herself in a different world.
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Cast: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton, J. Pat O'Malley, Bill Thompson. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Lus.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Family ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: Two Washington Post reporters reconstruct the connection between the White House and the Watergate affair.
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Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards Jr., Jane Alexander, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam. Directed by Alan J. Pakula.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 138 min.
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Plot: A con man and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
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Cast: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence. Directed by David O. Russell.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 115 min.
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Plot: The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.
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Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright. Directed by Doug Liman.
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Categories: Action ∙ Biography ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 72 min.
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Plot: A successful farmyard revolution by the resident animals vs. the farmer goes horribly wrong when corrupt pigs hijack it for their personal gain.
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Cast: Gordan Heath, Maurice Denham. Directed by Joy Batchelor, John Halas.
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Categories: Civil Rights ∙ Government ∙ Animation |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 153 min.
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Plot: In this bold rethinking of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a US Army operative in 1970s Vietnam undertakes a mission to assassinate an AWOL Colonel who has become a Cambodian warlord.
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Cast: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Harrison Ford, Laurence Fishburne. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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Categories: War ∙ Government ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A NASA astronaut forced to retire early looks to build his own rocket, despite government threats to stop him.
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Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Time Blake Nelson. Directed by Michael Polish.
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Categories: Family ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 86 min.
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Plot: Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s government issued propaganda films designed to reassure the atomic bomb was not a threat.
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Cast: . Directed by Jayne Loader.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ War |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 82 min.
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Plot: A neurotic New Yorker tries to regain the affections of his politically radical ex-girlfriend by running off to a banana republic, where he joins up with revolutionaries and later becomes the country's president.
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Cast: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban, Howard Cosell. Directed by Woody Allen.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ War ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a Army Ranger drill sergeant and company during a training exercise.
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Cast: John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Timothy Daly, Giovanni Ribisi. Directed by John McTiernan.
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Categories: War ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 121 min. B&W
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Plot: A film commissioned by the Algerian government chronicling the Algerian revolution, 1954-62, from both sides. In Arabic, French, and Italian, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader. Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
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Categories: History ∙ Government ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 135 min.
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Plot: The government's black ops agency tries to erase all evidence of their top secret programs, even their own agents.
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Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, Oscar Isaac, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn. Directed by Tony Gilroy.
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Categories: Action ∙ Government ∙ International |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 70 min.
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Plot: Heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona.
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Cast: Narration by Martin Sheen. Directed by Victor Mudd.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters.
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Cast: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle. Directed by Warren Beatty.
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Categories: Government ∙ Comedy ∙ Romance |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A group of college friends steal away for a weekend in an isolated country cabin; only for a night of endless terror.
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Cast: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson, Amy Acker. Directed by Drew Goddard.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Government ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: A California lawyer gets noticed by the Democratic Party machine and he is persuaded to run for the Senate against an apparently unassailable incumbent.
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Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter, Karen Carlson. Directed by Michael Ritchie.
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Categories: Government ∙ Ethics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.
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Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renne, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp. Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo.
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Categories: Action ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray 124 min.
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Plot: A member of the Starforce elite begins to discover there's more to her past.
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Cast: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn , Jude Law, Annette Bening, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Clark Gregg . Directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Government ∙ Military |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 82 min.
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Plot: Hard times lie ahead for a family when their house is "compulsorily acquired" to allow for an expansion of the airport.
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Cast: Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry. Directed by Rob Sitch.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Land Use ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: Using an experimental technique, a therapist enters the mind of a serial killer to save a child's life.
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Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio. Directed by Tarsem Singh.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Government ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 106 min.
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Plot: The infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge.
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Cast: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan, Kate Mara, Bruce Dern, John Fiore, Gillian Mariner Gordon, Olivia Thirlby, Katie Henoch. Directed by John Curran.
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Categories: History ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: In a dystopian near-future, the human race has lost the ability to reproduce.
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Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
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Categories: Medical ∙ Government ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: A look at the career of Roy Cohn, the lawyer that successfully tried the Rosenberg case, destroyed Senator Joe McCarthy's right-hand man during the Red Scare, and tried to undermine the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Cast: James Woods, Joe Don Barker, Joseph Bologna, Ed Flanders, Frederic Forrest, Lee Grant, Pat Hingle, John McMartin. Directed by Frank Pierson.
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Categories: Television ∙ Ethics ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 141 min.
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Plot: A close friend of the President and his family are murdered aboard their yacht in the Caribbean, setting off a chain of events that leads the Deputy Director of the C.I.A. into a dangerous confrontation with the Columbian drug cartel.
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Cast: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida. Directed by Phillip Noyce.
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Categories: Action ∙ Government ∙ National Security |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A self-made tycoon is kidnapped by an employee and it's up to his wife to deliver the ransom.
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Cast: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe. Directed by Pieter Jan Brugge.
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Categories: Action ∙ Family ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: **** 1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: In a futuristic Britain, a violent juvenile joins his gang in nightly joyrides, rapes and murders.
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Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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Categories: Government ∙ Sentencing ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 132 min.
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Plot: An electric lineman has an encounter with something he can't quite explain.
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Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Aviation ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A retired elite commando must rescue his daughter from an exiled dictator.
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Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, James Olson, David Patrick Kelly, Alyssa Milano, Bill Duke. Directed by Mark L. Lester.
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Categories: Military ∙ Action ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: The maverick creator of a television gameshow is drawn into a shadowy world of danger as a covert government operative.
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Cast: Sam Rockwell, Chuck Barris, Drew Barrymore, Michelle Sweeney, George Clooney. Directed by George Clooney.
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Categories: Government ∙ Entertainment ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
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Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clementi. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Government ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: A man who sees conspiracies everywhere publishes his theories on the internet. Trouble follows when one of his theories proves correct.
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Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts. Directed by Richard Donner.
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Categories: Government ∙ Evidence ∙ Action |
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Rated: G Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 140 min.
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Plot: A man on the eve of leaving for the new world is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the British Civil War.
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Cast: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin. Directed by Ken Hughes.
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Categories: International ∙ Government ∙ Religion |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 157 min.
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Plot: A White South African journalist must escape the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, a black activist.
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton. Directed by Richard Attenborough.
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Categories: Racism ∙ Government ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 100 min. B&W
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Plot: In apartheid South Africa, two fathers, one black and one white, are drawn together through one father's search for his lost son.
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Cast: Sidney Poitier, Canada Lee, Charles Carson. Directed by Zolton Korda.
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Categories: Racism ∙ Government ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 300 min.
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Plot: Daily Show coverage of the 2004 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, the first Bush-Kerry debate, and election night.
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Cast: Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Samantha Bee. Directed by Chuck O'Neill.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Government ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s.
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Cast: Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: When the President of the United States lapses into a coma, the Secret Service recruits an uncanny Presidential lookalike to stand in for him.
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Cast: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin. Directed by Ivan Reitman.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Romance ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: Fifteen years ago, a woman was taken prisoner and tortured by a sadistic doctor working for the government. Through a chance encounter, she meets the man she thinks is responsible.
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Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson II, Krystia Mova, Jonathan Vega, Rodolphe Vega. Directed by Roman Polanski.
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Categories: War ∙ Government ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: This is the fictional account of two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon.
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Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell, Bruce McCulloch. Directed by Andrew Fleming.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Government ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 87 min.
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Plot: Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
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Cast: Narrated by Jeremy Scahill. Directed by Rick Rowley.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: The personal, political, and just plain surreal story of Fox News Chairman and CEO, Roger Ailes.
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Cast: Roger Ailes, Glenn Beck, Babette Bombshell, Catherine Corcoran, Mitch McConnell, Richard Nixon, Austin Pendleton, Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan . Directed by Alexis Bloom.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Media |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 132 min.
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Plot: A successful lawyer finds himself the target of a treacherous NSA official and his goons after receiving evidence to a politically motivated murder, the only man that can help him is a former government operative turned surveillance expert.
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Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King, Loren Dean, Jake Bussey. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: Privacy ∙ National Security ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: Explains how United States government policy has contributed to a gap between what scientists know about global warming and what the general public understands.
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Cast: Narration by Daniel B. Gold. Directed by Daniel Gold and Judith Helfand.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Environmental ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: Michael Moore's scathing documentary look into the policies of the Bush administration following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.
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Cast: Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ National Security |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 134 min.
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Plot: The second installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series featuring the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander.
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Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler. Directed by David Yates.
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Categories: Animal ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: The front man for a group of black listed writers comes under scrutiny during the McCarthy era.
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Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Joshua Shelley, Andrea Marcovicci. Directed by Martin Ritt.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Civil Rights ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 187 min.
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Plot: The biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, who rose from a small-time lawyer to India's spiritual leader through his philosophy of non-violent protest. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen. Directed by Richard Attenborough.
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Categories: Civil Rights ∙ Drama ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.
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Cast: Yuval Diskin, Carmi Gillon, Yaakov Peri. Directed by Dror Moreh.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Politics ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: A memoir ghost writer uncovers secrets that put his life in jeopardy.
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Cast: Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, James Belushi, Timothy Hutton. Directed by Roman Polanski.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ International |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 121 min.
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Plot: A young man tries to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma by keeping her in the dark about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of East Germany as she knew it. In German with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas. Directed by Wolfgang Becker.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Government ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: When a corrupt corporate developer buys out their neighborhood and plans to flatten all their homes, a gang of kids stumbles onto a treasure map and searches out the treasure in the hopes of buying back their houses.
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Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Richard Donner.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Property ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: Fifty years after the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, their granddaughter reflects on their lives, principles, and ultimate sacrifice.
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Cast: Ivy Meeropol, Michael Meeropol, Robert Meeropol, Ethel Rosenberg, Julius Rosenberg. Directed by Ivy Meeropol.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ National Security |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend and a police detective to find the truth.
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Cast: Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling. Directed by Ken Loach.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 225 min.
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Plot: The Chief Whip in the House of Parliament manipulates his way to the top but a young reporter may be his downfall.
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Cast: Ian Richardson, Susannah Harker, Miles Anderson, David Lyon, Malcolm Tierney. Directed by Paul Seen.
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Categories: Government ∙ Politics ∙ Media |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: *** 1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 142 min.
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Plot: In a dystopian near-future, children are chosen to fight to the death on live television.
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Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutchinson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland. Directed by Gary Ross.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Children ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 146 min.
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Plot: Katniss and Peeta become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
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Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks. Directed by Francis Lawrence.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Family ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 137 min.
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Plot: As the war escalates the reluctant leader of the rebellion must bring together an army, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance.
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Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson. Directed by Francis Lawrence.
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Categories: Action ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: Katniss is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin she spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.
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Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson. Directed by Francis Lawrence.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Drama ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (5 disc set) 650 min.
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Plot: The history of the Roman Empire as experienced by one of its rulers.
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Cast: Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker. Directed by Herbert Wise.
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Categories: History ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: After having suffered a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.
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Cast: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy. Directed by Ken Loach.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Welfare |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: Explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.
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Cast: Actors portraying themselves and archival film footage. Directed by Patrick Creadon.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Social Security |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 87 min.
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Plot: An average guy placed in suspended animation wakes up 500 years in the future to a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
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Cast: Luke Wilson, Maya Randolph, Dax Shepard. Directed by Mike Judge.
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Categories: Government ∙ Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Explores the controversy and potential abuse of justice surrounding the1975 incident where armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Cast: Narration by Robert Redford. Directed by Michael Apted.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: Al Gore's campaign to raise awareness for the crisis of global warming.
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Cast: Al Gore. Directed by Davis Guggenheim.
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Categories: Environmental ∙ Documentary ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: Examines economics professor and Clinton Administration cabinet member Robert Reich's crusade to expose the problem of income inequality.
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Cast: Robert B. Reich. Directed by Jacon Kornbluth.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: A U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
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Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
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Categories: International ∙ Government ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: When a tabloid show lands an interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
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Cast: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park, Timothy Simons. Directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Media ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 80 min. B&W
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Plot: A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan. Directed by Don Siegel.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Medical ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
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Cast: Voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman. Directed by Brad Bird.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Action ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Iain Glen, John Sessions, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
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Categories: Biography ∙ History ∙ Government |
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JFK (1991)
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 206 min.
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Plot: A New Orleans District Attorney takes it upon himself to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, 1963.
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Cast: Kevin Costner, Sally Kirkland, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek. Directed by Oliver Stone.
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Categories: Government ∙ Evidence ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 88 min.
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Plot: A young man discovers he has the ability to transport himself instantaneously to anyplace on Earth.
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Cast: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Michael Rooker, Annasophia Robb, Max Thieriot, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Doug Liman.
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Categories: Action ∙ Transportation ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 142 min.
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Plot: An aide, translator, and friend of a NY Times journalist covering the war in Cambodia sends his family with American forces when they pull out, but stays behind to help his journalist friend cover the event.
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Cast: Sam Waterson, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson. Directed by Roland Joffe.
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Categories: International ∙ Government ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 132 min.
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Plot: The extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the woman at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
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Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett. Directed by Luc Besson.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Government ∙ Politics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A sassy Harvard law grad is all about animal rights. In fact, she puts her nuptial plans on hold to head to Washington D.C. to get an anti-animal testing bill passed. Her building's doorman quickly shows her the ways and workings of our nation's capital.
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Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge. Directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Government ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 116 min. B&W
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Plot: The bio-epic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Cast: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden. Directed by William Dieterle.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Government ∙ Discrimination |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
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Cast: Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley. Directed by Drake Doremus.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Education ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 190 min.
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Plot: Miniseries depicting Abraham Lincoln's struggles with personal and political problems during his Presidency. Based on the novel by Gore Vidal. With the TV episode, "Appointment with Destiny: Surrender at Appomattox."
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Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Sam Waterston, Richard Mulligan. Directed by Lamont Johnson.
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Categories: History ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice so they plot with his wife to force him choose.
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Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow, John Castle, Timothy Dalton, Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Anthony Harvey.
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Categories: Government ∙ Family ∙ International |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: A wiretapping expert with the East German Secret Police becomes disillusioned with his career when his latest assignment, a playwright, challenges his beliefs. In German, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup. Directed by Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Privacy ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 125 min.
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Plot: A journalist reunites with his childhood crush, now a presidential candidate.
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Cast: Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Randall Park, Tristan D. Lalla, Alexander Skarsgård. Directed by Jonathan Levine.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Romance ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: Shipwrecked on an island, a group of castaway boys eventually revert to savagery despite attempts to prevent it.
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Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman. Directed by Peter Brook.
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Categories: Children ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives.
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Cast: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson. Directed by Richard Curtis.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Marital Relations ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 120 min.
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Plot: A group of searchers rebel against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia.
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Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne. Directed by George Miller.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Drama ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: As King George III of England's slides into insanity, political and royal back stabbing ensue as a result of his incapacitation.
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Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm. Directed by Nicholas Hytner.
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Categories: Government ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumble on to an assassination plot.
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Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Government ∙ Witness |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: Two ex-soldiers in India head off to Kafiristan in order to become kings in their own right.
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Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer. Directed by John Huston.
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Categories: Government ∙ Military |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: A graduate student gets caught in an international conspiracy.
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Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivia, Roy Scheider, William Devane. Directed by John Schlesinger.
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Categories: Drama ∙ International ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: Presents the life of an Irish man whose dreams inspired hope and whose courage forged a nation's destiny.
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Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts. Directed by Neil Jordan.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
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Cast: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Vanessa Redgrave, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott-Thomas. Directed by Brian De Palma.
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Categories: Action ∙ Government ∙ International |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 129 min. B&W
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Plot: A naive man is appointed to the U.S. Senate by a corrupt political boss, and thwarts the boss's efforts of manipulation.
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Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold. Directed by Frank Capra.
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Categories: Government ∙ Politics ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: Two former presidents become reluctant allies when they are framed in a scandal by the current President.
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Cast: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Ackroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Lauren Bacall. Directed by Peter Segal.
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Categories: Government ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 131 min.
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Plot: A treasure hunter in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure originally secreted away by the nation's Founding Fathers.
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Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voigt, Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha. Directed by Jon Turteltaub.
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Categories: History ∙ Government ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 117 min.
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Plot: A warrior and pacifist princess struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet. Japanese and English soundtrack.
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Cast: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, English voices: Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Alison Lohman, Edward James Olmos. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Government ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: An Iranian doctor convinces his American wife and daughter to go on vacation to Iran, but once there he refuses to return to America.
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Cast: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth. Directed by Brian Gilbert.
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Categories: Government ∙ Religion ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: A social worker holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunite the children involved with their families.
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Cast: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham. Directed by Jim Loach.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Children ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.
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Cast: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, David Morrisey. Directed by Justin Chadwick.
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Categories: History ∙ Romance ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: A compilation of TV coverage of the 1954 McCarthy-Army hearings.
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Cast: Roy M. Cohn, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph N. Welch. Directed by Emile de Antonio.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Politics ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A hard-headed cop goes up against an alien hunter wiping out drug lords in crime-ridden Los Angeles.
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Cast: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, Robert Davi. Directed by Stephen Hopkins.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: A grandfather comes to his grandson's bed to share with him a story of a classic tale of love and adventure complete with a beautiful, kidnapped princess who must be rescued before she is forced to marry an evil prince.
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Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant. Directed by Rob Reiner.
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Categories: International ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, struggles with Britain's demand for public mourning after the death of Princess Diana.
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Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell. Directed by Stephen Frears.
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Categories: Government ∙ Gender ∙ Privacy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
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Cast: Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Laura Dern, John Hunt, Denis Leary, Bruce McGill, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Jay Roach.
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Categories: Politics ∙ Government ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: Seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion to reminisce about the good old days.
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Cast: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, Karen Trott. Directed by John Sayles.
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Categories: Civil Rights ∙ Government ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 193 min.
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Plot: The true story of the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program.
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Cast: Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Quaid. Directed by Philip Kaufman.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 139 min.
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Plot: In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, a man tries to lead his small town to a better future by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to the market.
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Cast: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones.
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Categories: History ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: Amidst the American hunger for instantaneous news and up-to-date "facts," this film uncovers the vast and invisible world of government secrecy.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Peter Galison and Robb Moss.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Media |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president.
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Cast: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Martin Donovan, Ritchie Coster, Kim Basinger. Directed by Clark Johnson.
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Categories: Action ∙ Government ∙ National Security |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: U.S. military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
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Cast: Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
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Categories: International ∙ Government ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 123 min.
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Plot: A lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity at a top secret research facility in the 1960s.
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Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Zelda Fuller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones . Directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Disability ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A phantom sniper is methodically assassinating key figures in a South Korean intelligence investigation.
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Cast: Suk-kyu Han, Min-sik Choi, Yoon-jin Kim, Kang-ho Song, Derek Kim. Directed by Je-gyu Kang.
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Categories: Government ∙ Action ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 121 min.
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Plot: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted the government to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Cast: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal. Directed by Denis Villenewe.
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Categories: Government ∙ War ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of attacks in New York that in turn lead to the declaration of martial law.
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, David Proval. Directed by Edward Zwick.
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Categories: Government ∙ National Security ∙ Discrimination |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.
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Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, John McLiam, Bartlett Robinson, Don Keefer. Directed by Woody Allen.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: A raggedy group of corporate security experts get in over their heads when they accept an assignment poaching some hot hardware for the National Security Agency.
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Cast: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Ackroyd, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson.
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Categories: National Security ∙ Government ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.
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Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Paul Bettany. Directed by Ron Howard.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 96 min.
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Plot: A band of intergalactic freedom fighters faces off against the forces of darkness.
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Cast: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Joan Rivers. Directed by Mel Brooks.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: A lone wolf secret agent, is assigned the task of rescuing the kidnapped daughter of a high ranking government figure, only to discover along the way a larger, more sinister plot.
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Cast: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill. Directed by David Mamet.
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Categories: Government ∙ International ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 126 min.
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Plot: A CIA operative is on the brink of retirement when he finds out that his protege has been arrested in China for espionage.
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Cast: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: National Security ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 112 min.
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Plot: A British agent refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
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Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner. Directed by Martin Ritt.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaine.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Business ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 353 min.
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Plot: An 11 part television series that is a satire of media-age politics in America.
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Cast: Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Daniel Jenkins, Cynthia Nixon. Directed by Robert Altman.
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Categories: Politics ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 56 min.
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Plot: The story of the 71-day occupation at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
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Cast: Narration by Bill Means and Floyd Red Crow Westerman. Directed by Charles Abourezk.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Health ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Alex Gibney .
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Categories: Documentary ∙ War ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: Follows the struggles of five grassroots individuals and their transformation into national activists in the 9/12 March on Washington.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Pritchett Cotton.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Politics ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: A spokesman for Big Tobacco has the difficult job of fighting for America's right to smoke while remaining a role model to his son.
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Cast: Aaron Eickhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliot, Katie Holmes, Rob Lowe, Robert Duvall. Directed by Jason Reitman.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Government ∙ Corporations |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
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Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Government ∙ Safety |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: At the height of the Cold War, a former agent for the British Secret Intelligence Service is called back to root out a Russian spy who has infiltrated the organization's highest levels.
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Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong. Directed by Tomas Alfredson.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a heroin addict.
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Cast: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Torro, Dennis Quaid. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
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Cast: Henry Kissinger, Brian Cox, Anna Chennault, Amy Goodman, Alexander Haig, Seymour Hersh. Directed by Eugen Jarecki.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Human Rights ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.
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Cast: Michael Brown, George W. Bush, Julie Chen. Directed by Carol Deal and Tia Lessin.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Safety |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: Chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.
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Cast: John Trudell, robert Redford, Jockson Browne, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Ray, Bonnie Raitt, Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard. Directed by Heather Rae.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Civil Rights ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 131 min.
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Plot: An account of the political life of Harry S. Truman
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Cast: Gary Sinese, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart. Directed by Frank Pierson.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Politics ∙ Government |
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Rated: G Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: A former Russian aristocrat struggling under the new Soviet regime sets off across country to find a hidden fortune.
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Cast: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks. Directed by Mel Brooks.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Government ∙ Estates |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: An attempted assassination on the President of the United States is told from several different perspectives.
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Cast: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Bruce McGill, Edgar Ramirez, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ayelet Zurer, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt. Directed by Pete Travis.
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Categories: Government ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ National Security |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 132 min.
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Plot: The story of Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush, from 2001 until 2009.
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Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Alison Pill, Eddie Marsan, Justin Kirk, LisaGay Hamilton . Directed by Adam McKay.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Biography |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 15 hours, 46 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Lily Tomlin. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 15 hours, 56 min.
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Plot: An inside look at the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 16 hours, 40 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 16 hours, 30 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 15 hours, 57 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Lily Tomlin, Alan Alda. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc Set) 15 hours, 49 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Lily Tomlin, Jimmy Smits, Alan Alda. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 16 hours, 8 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 82 min.
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Plot: Even though wealthy nations have sent vast amounts of assistance to Africa much of the continent remains mired in poverty, famine, and bloodshed.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Brandon Kline and Daniel Kline.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 4 hours, 15 min.
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Plot: Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans.
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Cast: . Directed by Darleen Asevedo and Jay Asevedo.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 180 min.
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Plot: Story of Jordan Belfort; from rise to wealthy stock-broker to his fall involving crime and corruption.
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Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Government |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 134 min.
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Plot: The X-Men band together to find a mutant assassin; meanwhile the Mutant Academy is attacked by military forces.
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Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian Mckellen, Halle Berry. Directed by Bryan Singer.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Military ∙ Government |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: Based on a 1956 novel, Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, awaiting his transfer to Buenos Aires. In Spanish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Lola Duenas, Matheus Nachtergaele. Directed by Lucrecia Martel.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Foreign |
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