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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 123 min. B&W
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Plot: Rock Spectacular featuring some of the greatest pop performers of the 60s.
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Cast: Chuck Berry, The Pacemakers, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, James Brown, The Rolling Stones. Directed by Steve Binder.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Musical |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: After 20 years abroad, Mark returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie.
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Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller. Directed by Danny Boyle.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 148 min.
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Plot: Two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War. In Korean with English subtitles.
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Cast: Dong-Kun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Yeong-ran Lee. Directed by Je-gyu Kang.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Military ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a family man questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
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Cast: Jessica Chastain, Katy Mixon, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart. Directed by Jeff Nichols.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mental Health ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: A failed musician is incarcerated for bank robbery.
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Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, Jacquelyn Hyde. Directed by Woody Allen.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Jurisprudence ∙ Sentencing |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: A retired CIA agent must rescue his kidnapped daughter from sex traffickers.
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Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshovsky, Katie Cassidy, Holly Valance, Famke Janssen. Directed by Pierre Morel.
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Categories: Action ∙ International ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: An FBI profiler is called in to catch a serial killer who assumes the identities of the victims.
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Cast: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Martinez, Tcheky Karyo, Jean-Hughes Anglade, Gena Rowlands. Directed by D.J. Caruso.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom.
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Cast: John Travolta, Denzel Washington, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, Michael Rispoli, James Gandolfini. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Action |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers.
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Cast: Walter matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo. Directed by Joseph Sargent.
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Categories: Action ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 139 min.
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Plot: Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes its better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
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Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Anthony Minghella.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 118 min. B&W
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Plot: A suspected murderer hides out with an unsuspecting and conservative law professor and tries to convince him that there is a human side to all laws.
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Cast: Ronald Coleman, Carey Grant, Jean Arthur. Directed by George Stevens.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: Story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
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Cast: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee. Directed by Kasi Lemons.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 87 min.
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Plot: During the war in Georgia an Estonian man stays behind to harvest his crops of tangerines and ends up forced to care for a wounded man left behind.
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Cast: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi. Directed by Zaza Urushadze.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ History |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 110 min.
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Plot: The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
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Cast: Voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett. Directed by Nathan Greno.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Family ∙ Comedy |
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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: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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Cast: George C. Scott, Tom Cruise, Timothy Hutton. Directed by Harold Becker.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Drama ∙ Education |
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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 113 min.
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Plot: A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out.
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Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Cybil Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Drama |
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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: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Marionette superheroes fight to end terrorism and put tired celebrities out of their misery.
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Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa. Directed by Trey Parker.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Action |
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Ted (2012)
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 107 min.
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Plot: A teddy bear becomes his lifelong companion after a childhood wish brings the toy to life.
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Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale, Giovanni Ribisi. Directed by Seth MacFarlane.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Animation ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
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Cast: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Lenny Von Dohlen. Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Comedy ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 131 min.
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Plot: A two time murder suspect goes on the run, fighting to save his own life. In French with English subtitles or English track.
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Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Francois Cruzet, Marie Josee Croze, Andrea Dussollier, Giles, Lellouche. Directed by Guillaume Canet.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: Story of an autistic young woman who became one of America's most remarkable success stories.
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Cast: Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, David Strathairn, Julia Ormond. Directed by Mick Jackson.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Health |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 220 min.
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Plot: Egyptian Prince learns his true heritage and mission as deliverer of his people.
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Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner, Anne Baxter, Edwrds G. Robinson, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Religion ∙ Advocacy |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner meets up with a local slacker and they form the rock band Tenacious D.
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Cast: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed, Troy Gentile, Paul F. Tompkins, David Groh. Directed by Liam Lynch.
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Categories: Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: A French lawyer, taken hostage by the Nazis during WWII, makes a deal with another man willing to swap his life for the lawyer's fortune.
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Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi. Directed by Jack Gold.
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Categories: War ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: An Eastern European visitor becomes a resident of JFK airport when a war breaks out and erases his country from the map, voiding his passport.
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Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Immigration ∙ International |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 152 min.
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Plot: A shape-shifting cyborg is sent back from the future to kill John Connor before he can grow up to lead the resistance, it however, must contend with the protector sent back in time by the resistance.
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Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick. Directed by James Cameron.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ War ∙ Action |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 109 min.
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Plot: On the verge of Judgement Day, the most advanced Terminator unit ever arrives from the future to ensure the rise of the machines.
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Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristannia Loken. Directed by Jonathan Mostow.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ War ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job
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Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander. Directed by McG.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ War ∙ Action |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: In the year 2029 the rulers of Earth decide to reshape the future by changing the past.
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Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield. Directed by James Cameron.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Action ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: A thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown. In Danish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Lene Maria Christensen, Kim Bodnia. Directed by Henrik Ruben Ginz.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 81 min. B&W
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Plot: When a greedy oilman murders his father, a peace-loving sailor is forced to take on an entire frontier town.
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Cast: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Martin, Ned Young, Victor Millan. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
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Categories: Western ∙ Land Use ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 96 min. B&W
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Plot: A Dairyman's daughters marriage tests his loyalty to his faith and tradition. In Yiddish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Maurice Schwartz, Miriam Riselle, Rebecca Weintraub, Leon Liebgod, Paul Lubelski. Directed by Maurice Schwartz.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Family ∙ Religion |
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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: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 118 min.
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Plot: After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
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Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, John Kani, Alfre Woodard, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Penny Johnson Jerald, Keegan-Michael Key, Eric André, Florence Kasumba, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Amy Sedaris, Chance the Rapper. Directed by Jon Favreau.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Estates ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: 100 min.
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Plot: A young Bedouin boy comes of age in the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I. In Arabic, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh, Jack Fox . Directed by Naji Abu Nowar.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ War ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: Search for happiness leads a woman through several marriages, challenging the morals of her small town during the 1920's.
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Cast: Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Michael Ealy, Terrence Howard. Directed by Darnell Martin.
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Categories: Television ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.
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Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy. Directed by Lone Scherfig.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Romance |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird.
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Cast: Susan Saradon, Geena Davis, Brad Pitt. Directed by Ridley Scott.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min. B&W
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Plot: The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
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Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness. Directed by Gordon Douglas.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Horror ∙ National Security |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 123 min.
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Plot: The relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.
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Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney. Directed by James Marsh.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: R Stars:
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: A bank robber is sent to jail after stashing his loot away. He now must come up with an escape plan so he can recover his riches.
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Cast: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Western |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 158 min.
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Plot: Family, greed, religion, and oil are the center of a turn-of-the-century prospector's life in the early days of his business.
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Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Stringer, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jacob Stringer. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
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Categories: Business ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 71 min.
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Plot: The lives of a runaway boy and an ambulance driver in Karachi come together through a dying humanitarian. In Pashtoto with English subtitles.
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Cast: . Directed by Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Foreign ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
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Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, John Ritter, Colleen Camp, Patti Hansen, Dorothy Stratten, George Morfogen, Blaine Novak. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Romance ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 139 min. B&W
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Plot: A fictionalized story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point through the American Civil War and his death at Little Big Horn.
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Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin. Directed by Raoul Walsh.
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Categories: Biography ∙ War ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 177 min. B&W
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Plot: An escaped convict is injured and is helped by a woman with whom he has an ill-fated relationship/A struggling young father-to-be steals money from the office of a shady lawyer with catastrophic consequences.
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Cast: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard De Silva, James Craig, Paul Kelly. Directed by Nicholas Ray and Anthony Mann.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Ethics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 135 min. B&W
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Plot: The PT boat unit Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three defends the Philippines from Japanese invasion during World War II.
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Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, and Donna Reed. Directed by John Ford.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Military |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
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Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Dickenson, Edward Norris. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Politics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A master thief finds himself increasingly entangled with organized crime as he tries to make one last score before he retires.
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Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina. Directed by Michael Mann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 155 min. B&W
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Plot: A thief vies with a Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston. Directed by Raoul Walsh.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 106 min.
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Plot: A blinded prince is cast out of Baghdad, and joins forces with a thief to win back his throne and the love of a princess. Inspired by the The Arabian Nights.
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Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Morton Selten, Mary Morris, Bruce Winston, Hay Petrie. Directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Children ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: This documentary recounts the investigation of a criminal case of a man falsely accused of murdering a Dallas police officer.
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Cast: Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson. Directed by Errol Morris.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 91 min. B&W
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Plot: A former detective and his rich, playful wife solve a murder case for the fun of it.
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Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ceasar Romaro, Nat Pendleton. Directed by W. W. Van Dyke.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Intellectual Property ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 170 min.
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Plot: An adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
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Cast: Sean Penn, George Clooney, Woody Harrelson, Nick Nolte. Directed by Terrence Mallick.
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Categories: War ∙ History ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 87 min. B&W
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Plot: Scientists and American Air Force officials at a remote arctic outpost must fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism.
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Cast: Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, James Arness. Directed by Christian Nyby.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Military ∙ Horror |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.
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Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter. Directed by John Carpenter.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Horror |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.
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Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka. Directed by Mia Hansen-Love.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 104 min. B&W
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Plot: An out of work pulp fiction novelist arrives in post war Vienna at the invitation of a childhood friend, only to discover that this friend has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident.
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Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles. Directed by Carol Reed.
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Categories: Organized Crime ∙ International ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Anxiously trying to fit into the peer-pressure cooker environment of junior high, a thirteen-year-old goes to shocking lengths in order to befriend the most popular girl in school.
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Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Vanessa Anne Hudgens. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
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Categories: Family ∙ Juvenile ∙ Education |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: The film is set during the two-week Cuban missile crisis in October of 1962, and it centers on how President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, and others handled the explosive situation.
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Cast: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood. Directed by Roger Donaldson.
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Categories: International ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: A look into the American movies rating board.
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Cast: Kirby Dick, Becky Altringer, Allison Anders, David Ansen, Darren Aronofsky. Directed by Kirby Dick.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Censorship ∙ Entertainment |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 81 min. B&W
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Plot: A hired-gun seeks revenge from a client that betrayed him.
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Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar. Directed by Frank Tuttle.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Organized Crime ∙ National Security |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 82 min.
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Plot: Spinal Tap, the world's loudest heavy metal band, has their fateful tour chronicled in this "mock-umentary."
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Cast: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer. Directed by Rob Reiner.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Comedy ∙ Entertainment |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: A railroad official comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the town's main source of income, its railway, and unexpectedly finds love.
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Cast: Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Natalie Woods. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Commercial |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A wealthy businessman masterminds the perfect crime, but meets his match in the insurance investigator sent in to solve the crime.
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Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston. Directed by Norman Jewison.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Insurance ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.
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Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary. Directed by John McTiernan.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Insurance ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 114 min.
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Plot: The mighty God of Thunder is banished to Earth, where he must fight to regain his powers.
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Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 130 min.
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Plot: Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok.
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Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Taika Waititi.
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Categories: Action ∙ Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: Worlds collide when a powerful ancient enemy threatens to plunge the cosmos into eternal darkness.
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Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Alan Taylor.
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Categories: Action ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
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Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell. Directed by Martin McDonagh.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Criminal Procedure |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 121 min.
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Plot: A Ranch hand looks to fulfill a promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
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Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cesar Cedillo. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones.
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Categories: Western ∙ Action |
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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: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 91 min. B&W
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Plot: A psychiatrist diagnoses a young housewife with multiple personalities disorder.
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Cast: Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Nunnally Johnson.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mental Health ∙ Women |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth.
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Cast: Eddy Galland, Natasha Josefowitz, David Kellman, Robert Shafran . Directed by Tim Wardle.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Family ∙ Children |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 180 min.
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Plot: Three sisters who were accused of witchcraft in the "witch hysteria" of 1692, two of whom were executed. Several year later the youngest tries to clear her sister's names.
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Cast: Kim Hunter, Vanessa Redgrave, Phyllis Thaxter. Directed by Philip Leacock.
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Categories: History ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.
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Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis. Directed by Michael Cimino.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: An FBI man with a Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage.
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Cast: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, Fred Dalton Thompson. Directed by Michael Apted.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the people that influenced him.
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Cast: Laurence Fishburne. Directed by Michael Stevens.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Drama ∙ Supreme Court |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: VHS/DVD 94 min.
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Plot: Based on a true story, in the late 19th century, the ninth richest nobleman in England disappears after a South American shipwreck.
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Cast: Robert Pugh, John Kani, Stephen Fry, John Gielgud, Robert Hardy. Directed by David Yates.
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Categories: Wills ∙ Estates ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: A dectective is put on the case of a serial killer whose victims have a personal connection with the officer.
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Cast: Clint Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold. Directed by Richard Tuggle.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: A cattle herding family find their quiet lives disturbed by Jihadists determined to control their faith.
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Cast: Abel Jafri, Ibrahim Ahmed (aka Pino), Toulou Kiki, Mehdi AG Mohamed. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Religion ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 150 min.
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Plot: A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
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Cast: Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Joe Schumacher.
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Categories: Civil Rights ∙ Discrimination ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 122 min.
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Plot: A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay councilor.
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Cast: Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann, Tom Ammiano. Directed by Rob Epstein.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ History |
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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: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A young man must outsmart an enemy alien species in order to secure the survival of humanity.
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Cast: Voices: Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo, Drew Barrymore. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Family ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD (2 disc set) 194 min.
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Plot: A timeless love story born of tragedy that created an international phenomenon.
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Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates. Directed by James Cameron.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Maritime ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: Chronicles a year in the life of a one-room schoolhouse in rural France. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Nicholas Philibert.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Education ∙ Children |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 99 min. B&W
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Plot: A black humor balance of political satire, romance, slapstick, and wartime suspense.
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Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: A reformed cat burglar befriends a French heiress to help reveal the real thief to prevent a new string of robberies from being pinned on him.
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Cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Comedy ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: An aspiring TV personality will do anything to be in the spotlight - including enlisting three teenagers to kill her husband.
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Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix. Directed by Gus Van Sandt.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 76 min.
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Plot: This film explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the personal loss of two families and depicts the toll on human life and family ties exacted from suicide bombings in the Middle East.
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Cast: Avigail Levy, Khadra al-Akras. Directed by Hilla Medalia.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Conflict ∙ Biography |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 129 min. B&W
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Plot: Adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a six-year-old's perspective of how her father defends a young black man against a false rape charge in their small Southern town.
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Cast: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, John Megna, Brock Peters, Collin Wilcox, Robert Duvall. Directed by Robert Mulligan.
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Categories: Racism ∙ Discrimination ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: Three drag queens traveling cross-country are stranded in a small town after their car breaks down.
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Cast: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner. Directed by Beeban Kidron.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Gender |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: Three homeless friends discover a newborn in a trash heap and set off to discover the child's history. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto. Directed by Satoshi Kon.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Family ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 136 min. B&W
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Plot: When an aging couple visits with their adult children they find they are an intrusion on the younger generation's life style. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Cast: Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake. Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc) 239 min.
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Plot: A story that tracks the band from their Gainesville beginnings to their 30 anniversary celebration.
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Cast: Tom Petty, Ron Blair, Mike Campbell, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
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Categories: Musical ∙ History ∙ Documentary |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: A band of outlaws create a path of destruction to the mining town of Tombstone.
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Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlton Heston, Robert Mitchum. Directed by George P. Cosmatos.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Western |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 162 min.
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Plot: A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
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Cast: Sandra Huller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn. Directed by Maren Ade.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: NC-17 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Offers a look at the financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful people who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
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Cast: James Woods, William Hurt, Cynthia Nixon, Paul Giamatti, Edward Asner. Directed by Curtis Hanson.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Banking |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.
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Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Entertainment ∙ Employment |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.
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Cast: Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan. Directed by Chris Rock.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Entertainment ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc) 110 min.
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Plot: Macho students compete to be best in class of an elite flying school.
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Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: Action ∙ Military ∙ Aviation |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: An American musician becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.
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Cast: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge. Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ War ∙ National Security |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: When a man goes for virtual vacation to the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does it?
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Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox. Directed by Paul Verhoeven.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Action ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 118 min.
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Plot: A factory worker takes a mind-trip vacation with Rekall and ends up a hunted man when the procedure goes wrong.
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Cast: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, Bill Nighy. Directed by Len Wiseman.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Mental Health ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 111 min. B&W
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Plot: A Mexican government investigator and his young American wife put their honeymoon on hold in an American border town when they become embroiled in a frame-up planned by the town's chief investigator.
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Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh. Directed by Orson Welles.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Racism ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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Cast: Baoqiang Wang, Tao Zhao, Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo. Directed by Zhangke Jia.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Drama ∙ History |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: Animation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people.
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Cast: Violette Beane, Louie Arnette, Blair Jackson. Directed by Keith Maitland.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Animation ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min. B&W
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Plot: When four young American soldiers are accused of raping a girl from a German village near their camp, a lawyer is assigned the distasteful task of defending them.
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Cast: E.G. Marshall, Kirk Douglas, Robert Blake, Frank Sutton, Mal Sondock. Directed by Gottfried Reinhardt.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Military ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: A longtime thief plans a way out of a life of crime, while dodging an FBI agent looking to take him and his crew down.
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Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper. Directed by Ben Affleck.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: G Stars: *****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 81 min.
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Plot: A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
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Cast: Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Don Rickles, Jim Varney. Directed by John Lasseter.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Family |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 92 min.
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Plot: When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, his friends vow to rescue him. However, they first have to convince him that he doesn't want immortality in a museum.
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Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Jim Varney. Directed by John Lasseter.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Custody |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic just before Andy leaves for college.
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Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael Keaton, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Ned Beatty, . Directed by Lee Unkrich.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: G Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 100 min.
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Plot: A road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
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Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves . Directed by Josh Cooley.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Human Rights ∙ Property |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Discussion and photographs of life behind barbed wires in Manzanar War Relocation Center. In English and Japanese with subtitles.
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Cast: Narration by George Takei. Directed by Junichi Suzuki.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ War ∙ Biography |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: A young woman goes on a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with four camels and her faithful dog.
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Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Rainer Bock, Rolley Mintuma. Directed by John Curran.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Jamie Lee Curtis. Directed by John Landis.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Banking ∙ Ethics |
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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: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 5 hours, 41 min.
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Plot: The Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan.
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Cast: Bill Patterson, Lindsey Duncan, Jamal Shah. Directed by Alastair Reid.
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Categories: International ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: A stalwart member of the French Resistance tries to stop a fanatical German commander with a trainload of stolen art treasures bound for Berlin.
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Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Wolfgang Preiss, Richard Munch, Jeanne Moreau. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
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Categories: War ∙ History ∙ Art |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Dr. Dre. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Ethics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A man deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
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Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee, Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle. Directed by Danny Boyle.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Employment ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 125 min.
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Plot: Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.
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Cast: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, John Cena, Colin Quinn, Tilda Swinton. Directed by Judd Apatow.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Romance ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A conservative transsexual takes an unexpected journey across the country when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
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Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Burt Young. Directed by Duncan Tucker.
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Categories: Sexuality ∙ Comedy ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 144 min.
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Plot: A war erupts on Earth between two robotic clans, leaving the fate of mankind hanging in the balance.
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Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor. Directed by Michael Bay.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Action ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 126 min. B&W
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Plot: Three men prospecting for gold in the mountains of Mexico discover there's far more to contend with than just hardship and bandits.
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Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya. Directed by John Huston.
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Categories: Western ∙ Drama ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: A prep school teacher is at his wits end and in therapy with a maniacal psychiatrist when he meets an enigmatic and beautiful widow.
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Cast: Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, Famke Janssen. Directed by Oren Rudavsky.
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Categories: Mental Health ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 139 min.
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Plot: The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.
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Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain. Directed by Terrence Malick.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Children |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
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Cast: Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen. Directed by Jonathon Lynn.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Jury |
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Rated: R Stars: **
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: A juror in the trail of a mob boss has no option other than to see that justice isn't done when her young son's life is threatened.
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Cast: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assnte, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan. Directed by Heywood Gould.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: The restaging of the 1987 trial of Bernhard Goetz.
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Cast: Peter Crombie, Richard Libertini, Andrew Robinson, Dann Florek. Directed by Harry Moses.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Justice ∙ Trial |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 192 min.
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Plot: Postulates what would have happened if Lee Harvey Oswald had lived to stand trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Cast: Lorne Greene, Ben Gazzara, John Pleshette. Directed by David Green.
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Categories: History ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 118 min. B&W
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Plot: A young man is mysteriously arrested for an unspecified crime and is put on trial. Based on the novel by Franz Kafka.
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Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles, Elsa Martinelli, Akim Tamiroff. Directed by Orson Welles.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Evidence |
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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 86 min.
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Plot: The legal battles of the great American boxer against being conscripted into the US military during the Vietnam War.
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Cast: Muhammad Ali, Rahaman, Ali, Louis Farrakhan ; with archival footage of Malcom X, Elijah Muhammad. Directed by Bill Siegel.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ Sports |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: Asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, Steve has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob.
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Cast: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Media ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min. B&W
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Plot: The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Leni Riefenstahl.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 96 min.
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Plot: A video game maker hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer and becomes part of the very game he is designing.
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Cast: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner. Directed by Steven Lisberger.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Computer ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 120 min.
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Plot: Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
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Cast: Ben Stiller, Jeff Kahn, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Ruivivar, Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson. Directed by Ben Stiller.
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Categories: Action ∙ Comedy ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 82 min. B&W
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Plot: A high class European thief Gaston meets his soul mate in a pickpocket masquerading as a countess, and puts their relationship to the test with his latest con.
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Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Comedy ∙ Criminal Law |
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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: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy For Girls keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.
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Cast: Rosiland Russell, Hayley Mills, Binnie Barns. Directed by Ida Lupino.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Family ∙ Education |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Trouble erupts in a small, quiet New England town when a man's body is found in the woods and almost everyone in town thinks that they had something to do with his death.
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Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 163 min.
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Plot: An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.
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Cast: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
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Categories: Action |
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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: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A former civil rights lawyer renews his commitment when he and an idealistic assistant defend a Korean inmate who was framed for a Chinatown murder eight years earlier.
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Cast: James Woods, Robert Downey, Jr., Margaret Colin, Kurtwood Smith. Directed by Joseph Ruben.
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Categories: Civil Rights ∙ Drama ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A Catholic Priest and a homicide detective are drawn together after many years apart, in the aftermath of the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
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Cast: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Burgess Meredeth. Directed by Ulu Grosbard.
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Categories: Religion ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: A reporter tries to save a convicted murderer from being put to death.
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Cast: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton, James Woods, Denis Leary, Bernard Hill, Diane Venora, Michael McKean. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Drama |
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Rated: G Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: A 14 year old is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold.
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Cast: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Alfred Ryder, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey. Directed by Henry Hathaway.
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Categories: Western ∙ Drama ∙ Justice |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: A 14 year old is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold.
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Cast: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Hailee Steinfeld. Directed by Ethan Coen.
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Categories: Western ∙ Drama ∙ Justice |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 121 min.
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Plot: Newlyweds steal a suitcase full of cocaine and try to sell it in Hollywood.
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Cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Romance |
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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: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: An insurance salesman discovers his entire life is actually a TV show.
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Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris. Directed by Peter Weir.
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Categories: Entertainment ∙ Drama ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: After being blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo finds a way to continue his work.
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Cast: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane, Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, David Strathairn, Donald Sutherland. Directed by Peter Askin.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Documentary ∙ Entertainment |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: In 1947, Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
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Cast: Bryan Cranston, Louis C.K., Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman. Directed by Jay Roach.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: Engagingly explores the history and cultural implications of Wikipedia.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves.. Directed by Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Media ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: Two friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies.
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Cast: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Jesse Moss, Katrina Bowden. Directed by Eli Craig.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Racism |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: A group of African American pilots overcome racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II.
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Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Chris McDonald. Directed by Robert Markowitz.
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Categories: Discrimination ∙ War ∙ Civil Rights |
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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: R Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: A San Francisco police inspector is searching for a serial killer whose victims all have one thing in common: her.
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Cast: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia. Directed by Philip Kaufman.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 95 min.
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Plot: A young woman has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up significant pay bonuses so that she can keep her job. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne, Simon Caudry, Catherine Salée. Directed by Jean-Pierie Dardenne.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: A romantic drama about a bachelor torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
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Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas. Directed by Donna Gigliotti.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.
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Cast: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Heather Burns. Directed by Marc Lawrence.
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Categories: Employment ∙ Women ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 102 min.
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Plot: Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy.
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Cast: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson. Directed by Monte Hall.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Automobile ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 81 min.
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Plot: Explores the ferocious political battle in the U.S. over equal marriage rights.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Jim deSeve.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Romance |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
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