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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 137 min.
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Plot: Behind closed doors J. Edgar Hoover held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
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Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: A blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples.
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Cast: Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daphne Rubin-Vega. Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
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Cast: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brad Renfro. Directed by John Maybury.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Medical ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband's historic legacy.
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Cast: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig. Directed by Pablo Larrain.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 154 min.
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Plot: A flight attendant becomes the key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.
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Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 4 hours min.
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Plot: Details Jackie's rise from humble beginnings to an American hero and pivotal figure in history.
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Cast: Keith David, Jamie Foxx. Directed by Ken Burns.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Sports ∙ Biography |
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Rated: R Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A publisher is accused of brutally murdering his wife. He soon finds himself in love with his defense lawyer, who hasn't handled a criminal case for many years.
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Cast: Glen Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, Leigh Taylor-Young. Directed by Richard Marquand.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Ethics ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.
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Cast: Jane Goodall. Directed by Brett Morgen.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ Animal |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min. B&W
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Plot: Orphan Jane Eyre is hired by the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
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Cast: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: Documentary on rock singer Janis Joplin, with her own words telling much of the story through a series of letters she wrote home over the years.
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Cast: Interviews with musicians P!nk, Kris Kristofferson, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Weir, Juliette Lewis. Directed by Amy Borg.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Banking ∙ Musical |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 123 min.
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Plot: A marine's memoir of his experiences in boot camp through his combat in Desert Storm.
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Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper. Directed by Sam Mendes.
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Categories: Military ∙ International ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace an island community local authority set out to stop it.
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Cast: Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Categories: Animal ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Horror |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 88 min. B&W
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Plot: The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy his father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
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Cast: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Cantor Rosenblatt. Directed by Alan Crossland.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Musical ∙ Religion |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 155 min.
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Plot: Live performance in SoHo London.
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Cast: Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Joss Stone, Harvey Goldsmith. Directed by Stuart Watts.
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Categories: Musical ∙ Documentary |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 78 min.
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Plot: Three very different women living in Tel Aviv lives intersect and weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. In Hebrew, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller. Directed by Etgar Keret.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A mountain man becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors on the early frontier.
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Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
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Categories: Action ∙ Drama ∙ Western |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A complete imbecile struggles to make it through life on his own, until a strange invention makes him unbelievably wealthy.
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Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Jackie Mason. Directed by Carl Reiner.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Patent ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: When a sports agent has a moral ephiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent for the only athlete who stays with him.
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Cast: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renee Zellweger. Directed by Cameron Crowe.
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Categories: Sports ∙ Entertainment ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull. Directed by Henry King.
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Categories: Western ∙ Family ∙ Estates |
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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 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: A chronicle of the former president's tour for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
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Cast: Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter. Directed by Jonathan Demme.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: Four men on their annual fishing trip discover the body of a girl in the river, and to their wives' dismay do not report it immediately to the police.
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Cast: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard. Directed by Ray Lawrence.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Marital Relations |
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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: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: Live 2015 performance of celebrated blues rock master delivering a musical tribute at the legendary Greek Theatre.
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Cast: Joe Bonamassa. Directed by Joe Bonamassa.
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Categories: Musical |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 498 min.
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Plot: A miniseries on the life of John Adams and the first 50 years of the United States.
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Cast: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, Danny Huston, David Morse, Sarah Polley, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Tom Hooper.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
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Cast: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki. Directed by Chad Stahelski.
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Categories: Action ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 122 min.
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Plot: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
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Cast: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane. Directed by Chad Stahelski.
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Categories: Action ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: Super-assassin John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild.
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Cast: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Tobias Segal, Anjelica Huston. Directed by Chad Stahelski.
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Categories: Action ∙ International ∙ Animal |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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Cast: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle. Directed by Amy Heckerling.
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Categories: Family ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: On the outskirts of a small town sits an empty casino, waiting for the customers the constructing of the new railroad will bring. When a man is murdered the local officials come to run the casino owner out of town.
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Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine. Directed by Nicholas Ray.
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Categories: Western ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Death Penalty |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
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Cast: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson. Directed by Taika Waititi.
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Categories: History ∙ Comedy ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 122 min.
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Plot: n Gotham City, a mentally troubled comedian is disregarded and mistreated by society.
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Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy . Directed by Todd Phillips.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Drama ∙ Mental Health |
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Joy (2015)
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: The story of the title character who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
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Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez. Directed by David O. Russel.
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Categories: Consumer ∙ Family ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: In a dystopic future, all-powerful and coldly efficient "Judges" act with the supreme authority of both the police force and legal system.
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Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider, Joan Chen. Directed by Danny Cannon.
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Categories: Action ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 84 min. B&W
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Plot: A laid-back, widowed judge upholds the law in his toughest court case yet. In the meantime, he plays matchmaker for his young nephew.
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Cast: Will Rogers, Hattie McDaniel. Directed by John Ford.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Racism ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 69 min. B&W
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Plot: A hotshot criminal lawyer blackmails a client into participating in a plan to murder the lawyer's cheating wife and her lover.
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Cast: Milburn Stone, Katherine deMille, Paul Guilfoyle. Directed by Elmer Clifton.
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Categories: Justice ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Advocacy |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 141 min.
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Plot: A big city lawyer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
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Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton. Directed by David Dobkin.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Discovery |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 tape set) 178 min. B&W
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Plot: The Allied judge presiding over the trial of accused Nazi war criminals must not only deal with their guilt but with the guilt of a society that allowed such crimes to occur.
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Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximillian Schell, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland. Directed by Stanley Kramer.
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Categories: Jurisprudence ∙ International ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 105 min. B&W
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Plot: Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino. Directed by François Truffaut.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Drama ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: The 1930's memoirs of playwright Lillian Hellman.
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Cast: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Hal Holbrook, Meryl Streep. Directed by Fred Zinneman.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: Story of Julia Child's cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
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Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond. Directed by Nora Ephron.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Romance |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: When two kids play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.
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Cast: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt. Directed by Joe Johnston.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Family ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 119 min.
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Plot: Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game.
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Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart. Directed by Jake Kasdan.
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Categories: Action ∙ Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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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: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 78 min.
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Plot: Jungle animals have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
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Cast: Voices of Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 106 min.
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Plot: A man-cub embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of a panther and a free spirited bear.
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Cast: Neel Sethi, and voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Jon Favreau.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Family ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
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Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, . Directed by Jason Reitman.
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Categories: Children ∙ Family ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: Scientists clone dinosaurs to populate a theme park which suffers a major security breakdown which frees the dinosaurs from their enclosures.
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Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Ethics ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 124 min.
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Plot: Terror in a new theme park built on the original site of Jurassic Park when a killing machine escapes containment.
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Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, VIncent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins. Directed by Colin Trevorrow.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Action ∙ Horror |
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Rated: R Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: When a woman is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced to persuade the other jurors to vote "not guilty".
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Cast: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Heche, James Gandolfini. Directed by Brian Gibson.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Ethics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 30 min.
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Plot: A woman is jailed after her husband is found murdered in his sleep.
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Cast: Diane de Lorian, Dorothy Lancaster, Sheila Hinchliffe, Mark Margolis. Directed by Sally Heckel.
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Categories: Women ∙ Justice |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A prisoner facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl calls in a law professor to help prove his innocence.
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Cast: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ruby Dee, Ed Harris. Directed by Arne Glimcher.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Death Penalty ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 137 min.
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Plot: A renowned civil rights defense attorney works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.
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Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Brie Larsen. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.
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Categories: Death Penalty ∙ Drama ∙ Civil Rights |
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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.
You can view a list of all law library movies in the
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