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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush.
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Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss. Directed by Oliver Stone.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Politics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 98 min.
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Plot: An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for a recitation competition as a way to raise funds for a bicycle. In Arabic with English subtitles.
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Cast: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Ahd, Abdullrahman Al Gohani. Directed by Hifaa Al-Mansour.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Gender ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: When the president of the United States is about to get caught in a sex scandal 14 days from the election it must be time to invent a war.
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Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Woody Harrelson, Kirsten Dunst, William H. Macy. Directed by Barry Levinson.
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Categories: Politics ∙ War ∙ Sexuality |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 148 min. B&W
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Plot: In a decrepit South American village, men are hired to transport an urgent explosives shipment without the equipment that would make it safe. In French, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
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Categories: Employment ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 156 min.
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Plot: Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
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Cast: Jun Kunimura, Jung-min Hwang, Woo-hee Chun. Directed by Hong-jin Na.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.
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Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna. Directed by Terence Young.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 84 min.
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Plot: A small town in Missouri puts on a pageant, despite a lack of theatrical ability obvious to everyone but themselves
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Cast: Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Matt Keeslar. Directed by Christopher Guest.
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Categories: Entertainment ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: Follows a handful of promising kids through a public education system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth.
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Cast: Bill Strickland, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, Randi Weingarten. Directed by Davis Guggenheim.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Education ∙ Children |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: An unhappily married waitress finds out she is pregnant and becomes determined to win the cash prize from a pie contest so she can leave her husband.
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Cast: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Shelly, Eddia Jemison. Directed by Adrienne Shelly.
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Categories: Family ∙ Marital Relations ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
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Cast: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt, Paul Vaughan. Directed by Kirk Jones.
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Categories: Elder ∙ Ethics ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
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Cast: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh. Directed by Keith Gordon.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves.. Directed by Robert Greenwald.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Business ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 96 min.
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Plot: Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
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Cast: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale. Directed by Jake Kasdan.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Comedy ∙ Musical |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life.
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Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick. Directed by James Mangold.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Entertainment ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A Tennessee sheriff almost single-handily cleans up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost to his family life and nearly his own life.
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Cast: Joe Don Baker, Noah Berry Jr., Elizabeth Hartman, Felton Perry. Directed by Phil Karlson.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Biography |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 126 min.
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Plot: An ambitious young Wall Street broker is lured into the illegal but lucrative world of corporate espionage and insider trading.
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Cast: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook. Directed by Oliver Stone.
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Categories: Corporations ∙ Drama ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: An ex convict master manipulator stops at nothing to reclaim his rightful place at the top of Wall Street.
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Cast: Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Shia Labeouf. Directed by Oliver Stone.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Securities ∙ Family |
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Rated: G Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
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Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, . Directed by Andrew Stanton.
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Categories: Animation ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 62 min.
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Plot: Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.
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Cast: Peter Sallis. Directed by Nick Park.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Comedy ∙ Patent |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
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Cast: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi. Directed by Ari Folman.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Biography ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
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Cast: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terrence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Angelina Jolie. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov.
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Categories: Action ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ War ∙ Art |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 83 min.
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Plot: Documents the trial of Issa Sesay, former general of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), accused of war crimes in the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves.. Directed by Rebecca Richman Cohen.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ War ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 140 min.
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Plot: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
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Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn. Directed by Matt Reeves.
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Categories: Action ∙ Drama ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 146 min.
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Plot: The extraordinary journey of a horse as he moves through the World War I.
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Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Animal ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min. B&W
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Plot: A Spanish revolutionary maintains his ideals even though he is warned he will be sold out. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté. Directed by Alain Resnais.
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Categories: War ∙ Politics ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: Told from the lawyer's perspective, this dark comedy follows a divorcing couple's battle over their house.
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Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sagebrecht, Sean Astin, G.D. Spradlin, Peter Donat. Directed by Danny DeVito.
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Categories: Mediation ∙ Property |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
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Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Family ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: Exposes the many ways the public school system has failed children and our future by robbing students of all freedoms due largely to irrational fears.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves.. Directed by Cevin Soling.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Children ∙ Education |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 66 min.
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Plot: Highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse.
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Cast: . Directed by Robert Greenwald.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Free Speech ∙ National Security |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda. Directed by Kim Nguyen.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: During a routine mission, in order to save his men, a company commander in an Afghan province makes a decision that has grave consequences for him - and his family back home.
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Cast: Pilou Asbaek, Tuva Novotny, Dar Salim, Søren Malling. Directed by Tobias Lindholm.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing and possibly starts World War III.
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Cast: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy. Directed by John Badham.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Military ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 140 min.
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Plot: Two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart.
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Cast: Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison. Directed by Gavin O'Connor.
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Categories: Action ∙ Sports ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: A gang is framed for killing the leader of another who was trying to unite all the gangs in the area.
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Cast: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler. Directed by Walter Hill.
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Categories: Organized Crime ∙ Action ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: An heiress must choose between love or money.
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Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith, Judith Ivey. Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Estates |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: Highlight the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit.
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Cast: Narration by Vik Muniz. Directed by Lucy Walker and Karen Harley.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Art ∙ Employment |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: Through the eyes of famous chefs, audiences will see how they make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system.
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Cast: Dan Barber, Mario Bstali, Massimo Bottura, Anthony Bourdain. Directed by Anna Chai & Nari Kye.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Consumer ∙ Environmental |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: Four modern stories of remarkable courage while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term 'genocide'.
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Cast: Samantha Power, Benjamin Ferencz, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Emmanuel Uwurukundo. Directed by Edet Belzberg.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 186 min.
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Plot: A group of masked heroes are called together once again, to investigate the murder of one of their own.
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Cast: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson. Directed by Zack Snyder.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: Widowed at age eight, a girl is sent to a temple for Hindu widows, where her presence affects all of its inhabitants. In Hindi, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham. Directed by Deepa Mehta.
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Categories: International ∙ Religion ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: A veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant.
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Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Hal Holbrook. Directed by Francis Lawrence.
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Categories: Romance ∙ History ∙ Animal |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 45 min.
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Plot: Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.
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Cast: Voices of James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega. Directed by Martin Rosen.
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Categories: Animal ∙ Animation ∙ Action |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: Covers a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival.
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Cast: Narrator for various performers is Richard Pryor. Directed by Mel Stuart.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Musical |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
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Cast: Barbara Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Politics |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
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Cast: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Donna Dixon. Directed by Penelope Spheeris.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Entertainment ∙ Contracts |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: The duo try to organize a rock concert while Wayne fends off a record producer who has an eye for his girlfriend.
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Cast: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken, Tia Carrere, Ralph Brown, Kim Basinger. Directed by Stephen Surjik .
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Entertainment ∙ Musical |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 131 min.
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Plot: When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
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Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara. Directed by McG.
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Categories: Sports ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band despite not having any instruments. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv Lemoyne, Johan Liljemark. Directed by Lukas Moodysson.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Musical ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: A mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
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Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller. Directed by Lynne Ramsay.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: Story of the radical activists of the 1970s and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
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Cast: Interviews with: Bernadine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan, and others. Directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Politics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: A pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when one of them falls in love.
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Cast: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour. Directed by David Dobkin.
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Categories: Mediation ∙ Ethics ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: A guy about to marry the perfect woman can't stop thinking about his very flawed first love.
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Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Cate Blanchett, Frances O'Connor. Directed by Amanda Jane.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: A British couple return to Paris many years after their honeymoon there in an attempt to rejuvenate their marriage.
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Cast: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum, Oliy Alexander, Judith Davis. Directed by Roger Michell.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: An unapologetic love story between two guys and a film about the universal struggle for an authentic life in all its forms.
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Cast: Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race. Directed by Andrew Haigh.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Gender |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: An examination of disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's disastrous 2013 mayoral campaign.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves.. Directed by Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Politics ∙ History |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: Two dateless teens stuck at home on a Friday night decide to create the perfect woman.
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Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock. Directed by John Hughes.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Women |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: A feature documentary chronicling the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Micheal Beach Nicoles and Christopher K. Walker.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Civil Rights ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 87 min.
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Plot: A misfit seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish classmates, her siblings, and her own insecurities.
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Cast: Heather Matarazzo, Brendan Sexton Jr., Eric Mabius, Matthew Faber. Directed by Todd Solondz.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Education ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: Offers an intimate view of life after war: the pride, isolation, fear, anger and pain of post-traumatic stress that affects vets and family members alike.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Kim Shelton.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Military ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 119 min.
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Plot: An in-depth look at the asylum process of the federal U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Immigration ∙ Politics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: A series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
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Cast: Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell. Directed by Kelly Reichardt.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Economics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
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Cast: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Miskelly. Directed by Amy Berg.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Justice |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 152 min.
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Plot: The leader of an NYC gang falls in love with the sister of the leader of his rival gang.
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Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris. Directed by Robert Wise.
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Categories: Musical ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 15 hours, 46 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Lily Tomlin. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 15 hours, 56 min.
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Plot: An inside look at the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 16 hours, 40 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 16 hours, 30 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 15 hours, 57 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Lily Tomlin, Alan Alda. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (6 disc Set) 15 hours, 49 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Lily Tomlin, Jimmy Smits, Alan Alda. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 16 hours, 8 min.
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Plot: A continuing drama of the day-to-day activities of the President of the United States and the staff of the west wing of the White House.
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Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Government ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 100 min. B&W
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Plot: A tough, straight-shooting cowboy encounters the colorful and dangerously unpredicable judge.
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Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Dana Andrews. Directed by William Wyier.
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Categories: Western ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 88 min.
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Plot: A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
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Cast: Yul Brenner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin. Directed by Michael Crichton.
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Categories: Action ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A small New Zealand village faces a crisis when the chiefdom, bound by tradition to go to a male heir, falls to a twelve-year old girl.
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Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa. Directed by Niki Caro.
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Categories: Women ∙ Discrimination ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 82 min.
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Plot: Even though wealthy nations have sent vast amounts of assistance to Africa much of the continent remains mired in poverty, famine, and bloodshed.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Brandon Kline and Daniel Kline.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Government ∙ Economics |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and friendship.
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Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet. Directed by Brian Goodman.
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Categories: Family ∙ Drama ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 133 min. B&W
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Plot: In a decaying Hollywood mansion a former child star, and her sister, a movie queen forced into retirement after a crippling accident, live in virtual isolation.
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Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono. Directed by Robert Aldrich.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Disability ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A young woman returns home to deal with her ailing mother and her father's reluctance to let go of their life together.
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Cast: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster. Directed by Elizabeth Chomko.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Health |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 86 min.
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Plot: A documentary team films the lives of a group of vampires in New Zealand. Turns out vampires have their own domestic problems too.
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Cast: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer. Directed by Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Horror ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 126 min.
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Plot: After an accident, a chauvenistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are thinking.
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Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda. Directed by Nancy Meyers.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: A teacher meets a woman who turns out to be a thief and they introduce each other to new things.
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Cast: Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery. Directed by Keiran Walsh.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: Two friends in New York debate the differences between men and women while searching for their perfect mate.
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Cast: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby, Carrie Fisher. Directed by Rob Reiner.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Romance ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (3 disc set) 4 hours, 15 min.
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Plot: Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans.
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Cast: . Directed by Darleen Asevedo and Jay Asevedo.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Economics ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A look at the rock band The Doors, with rare exclusive footage.
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Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison. Directed by Tom DiCillo.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Musical ∙ Trial |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 171 min. B&W
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Plot: A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, is involved in her husband's death, and flees with her to the Mexican border/A pharmacist creates an alter ego under which he plans to murder his wife's lover.
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Cast: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains, Richard Basehart, Anthony Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan. Directed by John Farrow and John Berry.
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Categories: Marital Relations ∙ Medical ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 155 min.
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Plot: Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner
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Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure. Directed by Brian G. Hutton.
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Categories: War ∙ International ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world - a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures who crown Max as their ruler.
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Cast: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose. Directed by Spike Jonze.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Children ∙ Action |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.
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Cast: Narration by Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Education ∙ Economics |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: A crush on a commuter leads to an extraordinary sequence of events.
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Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle. Directed by Jon Turteltaub.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Health ∙ Family |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: An indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in a nearby city.
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Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern. Directed by Drew Barrymore.
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Categories: Sports ∙ Women ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: A young drummer enrolls at a music conservatory where his dreams are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
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Cast: Performers include Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang. Directed by Damien Chazelle.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Musical ∙ Education |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: When Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac accepts a U.N. peacekeeper position in postwar Bosnia, she discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring.
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Cast: Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Anna Anissimova. Directed by Larysa Kondracki.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 113 min. B&W
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Plot: A psychopathic criminal makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
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Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo. Directed by Louis F. Edelman.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Drama ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life. In French with English subtitles.
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Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankole. Directed by Claire Danis.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
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Cast: Amy Aquino, Alison Lohman, John Billingsley, Michelle Pfeiffer. Directed by Peter Kosminsky.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Welfare ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: Number 2 on America's Most Wanted list, James 'Whitey' Bulger terrorized the city of Boston for years without ever being charged with so much as a misdemeanor.
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Cast: Characters portray themselves. Directed by Joe Berlinger.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Documentary ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 103 min.
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Plot: When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, his only hope to be proven innocent is a toon-hating private detective.
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Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Evidence ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: Investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.
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Cast: Narration by Martin Sheen. Directed by Chris Paine.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Energy ∙ Economics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 131 min. B&W
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Plot: A bitter aging couple use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
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Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, RIchard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis. Directed by Mike Nichols.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Marital Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
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Cast: Keanu Reeves, Renee Zellwenger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Directed by Courtney Hunt.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Explores a half-century of U.S. foreign policy from World War II to the Iraq War.
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Cast: Interviews with Senator John McCain, Gore Vidal, John S.D. Eisenhower, and Dan Rather. Directed by Eugene Jarecki.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Military ∙ Economics |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 88 min.
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Plot: A police sergeant is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed.
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Cast: Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, Christopher Lee. Directed by Robin Hardy.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Religion |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
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Cast: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki. Directed by Steve McQueen.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Price, Max Irons. Directed by Bjorne Runge.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Marital Relations ∙ Women |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.
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Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Keene McRae. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 145 min.
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Plot: An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the traditional American West disappears around them.
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Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmund O'Brien, Warren Oates. Directed by Paul Seydor.
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Categories: Western ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: Six short stories involving distressed people.
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Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Maria Marull, Monica Villa. Directed by Damian Szifron.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Marital Relations ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A detective and slick attorney trail a guidance counselor accused of raping two scheming high school vixens.
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Cast: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Denise Richards, Daphne Rubin-Vega. Directed by John McNaughton.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Women |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything.
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Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostram. Directed by Mel Stuart .
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Categories: Family ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Musical |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min. B&W
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Plot: The story of a rifle leads to a final showdown.
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Cast: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis
. Directed by Anthony Mann.
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Categories: Western ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Romance |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 126 min.
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Plot: A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
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Cast: Voices of John Krasinski, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Martin Short. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Biography ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-British rebellion.
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Cast: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald. Directed by Ken Loach.
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Categories: Conflict ∙ Family ∙ International |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: VHS 118 min. B&W
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Plot: A popular lawyer defends a naval cadet wrongly accused of stealing.
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Cast: Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford, Frank Lawton, Wilifrid Hyde-White, Neil North. Directed by Anthony Asquith.
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Categories: Maritime ∙ Education |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: In early 20th century England, a youngman is expelled from the royal naval academy and a legal battle to have him reinstated begins.
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Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon, Gemma Jones. Directed by David Mamet.
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Categories: Maritime ∙ Education |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
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Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt. Directed by Debra Granik.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 77 min. B&W
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Plot: After a father was falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery his son sets out to find the truth of the crime.
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Cast: Burgess Meredith, Margo, John Carradine, Paul guilfoyle, Edward Ellis, Eduardo Cianelli, Mischa Auer. Directed by Alfred Santell.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 630 min.
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Plot: This season parallels the struggles of the police department with those of The Baltimore Sun.
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Cast: Dominic West, Clark Johnson, Aidan Gillen, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce. Directed by Joe Chappelle and Ernest R. Dickerson.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD (5 disc set) 780 min.
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Plot: A sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore, told from the point of view of both the police and their targets.
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Cast: Jeffrey Lorenzo, Michael Stone Forrest, Steve Staiger, David Ehrman, Stephen Zaleski. Directed by Daniel Attias.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Drama ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 780 min.
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Plot: A shake up in the police department during a tight race for mayor allow a gang leader to make his way to the top of the drug trade.
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Cast: Dominic West, Wendell Pierce, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick, Aidan Gillen. Directed by Daniel Attias.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Politics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (5 disc set) 720 min.
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Plot: On the docks of Baltimore harbor, the rank and file scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business.
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Cast: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Aidan Gillen, Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters,Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick,
Andre Royo. Directed by David Simon and Robert Colesberry.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ International ∙ Television |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (5 disc set) 720 min.
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Plot: As political reform continues in Baltimore, the police continue their attempts to crack down on the drug suppliers in the city.
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Cast: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Aidan Gillen, Wood Harris. Directed by Tim Van Patten, Ernest Dickerson, and Agnieszka Ho.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Television |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.
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Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw. Directed by Robert Eggers.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: Explores the history and legacy of the Brown vs. Board of Education concept of "separate but equal" school segregation was unconstitutional.
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Cast: Narrated by Jeffrey Wright. Directed by Peter Gilbert.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Civil Rights ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: Two down-on-their-luck actors find solace in drink and other substances and seek respite from their uneventful lives by escaping to an uncle's stone cottage.
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Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths. Directed by Bruce Robinson.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Employment ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: After an Amish boy witnesses the murder of an undercover narcotics agent, his mother and his community become enmeshed in the ensuing investigation by a Philadelphia detective.
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Cast: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover. Directed by Peter Weir.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 116 min. B&W
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Plot: This Agatha Christie mystery features a London barrister who returns from a long convalescence to defend a man accused of murdering a wealthy widow.
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Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lancaster, John Williams. Directed by Billy Wilder.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: The hunt to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse.
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Cast: Billy Howle, Kim Cattrall, Monica Dolan. Directed by Julian Jarrold.
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Categories: Television ∙ Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 103 min.
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Plot: A girl is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
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Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke. Directed by Jack Haley, Jr..
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Musical ∙ Children |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: The story of the Industrial Workers of the World, which in the early 20th century managed to organize various categories of unskilled workers into a single monolithic union.
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Cast: Narration by Roger Baldwin. Directed by Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Labor ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 180 min.
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Plot: Story of Jordan Belfort; from rise to wealthy stock-broker to his fall involving crime and corruption.
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Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.
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Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines. Directed by Michael Wadleigh.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A young lawyer is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client's papers.
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Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White. Directed by James Watkins.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Horror ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: An octogenarian Jewish refugee takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
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Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Helen Mirren, Daniel Brühl. Directed by Simon Curtis.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ Art |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: A blue collar man attempts to deal with his wife's mental instability.
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Cast: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk. Directed by John Cassavetes.
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Categories: Marital Relations ∙ Mental Health ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A TV actress wakes up to find her lover has left her, and she must contact his crazy ex-wife, son, a lawyer, and the son's fiance in order to track him down. in Spanish, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Fernando Guillén, Kiti Manver, Chus Lampeáve, María Barranco. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 133 min.
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Plot: A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.
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Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosiland Russell. Directed by George Cukor.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Women |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers.
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Cast: Joanne Rogers, Betty Aberlin, David Bianculli. Directed by Morgan Neville.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Documentary ∙ Entertainment |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 113 min.
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Plot: The incredibly inspiring story of a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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Cast: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay. Directed by Stephen Chbosky.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Children |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: An English professor deals with his wife leaving, his editor arriving after waiting seven years for his book, and attempts to pull his unraveling life together.
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Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Robert Downey Jr.. Directed by Curtis Hanson.
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Categories: Marital Relations ∙ Contracts ∙ Education |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 141 min.
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Plot: When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
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Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright. Directed by Patty Jenkins.
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Categories: Action ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ War |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 228 min.
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Plot: Film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival.
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Cast: Richie Havens, Joan Baez, The Who, Sha-Na-Na, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, Arlo Guthrie, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Ten Years After, John Sebastian, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Lawre. Directed by Michael Wadleigh.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Entertainment |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: Chronicles the life and times of a populist poet, balladeer, rabble-rouser, and prototypical ramblin' man.
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Cast: Narrated by Peter Coyote. Directed by Peter Fumkin.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ History |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: On September 11, 2001, two Port Authority police officers become trapped in the rubble of the collapsing World Trade Center.
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Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Jay Hernandez, Michael Shannon. Directed by Oliver Stone.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 109 min.
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Plot: Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
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Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike. Directed by Edgar Wright.
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Categories: Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 88 min.
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Plot: A lonely factory worker travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. In Xhosa with English subtitles.
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Cast: Nakhane Toure, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay. Directed by John Trengove.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream.
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Cast: Voices of Ed O'Neill, John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch. Directed by Rich Moore.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians that provided back-up instrumentals to legendary recording artists.
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Cast: Narration by Denny Tedesco. Directed by Denny Tedesco.
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Categories: Musical ∙ Biography ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
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Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood. Directed by Darren Aronofsky.
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Categories: Entertainment ∙ Sports ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 88 min.
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Plot: A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide.
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Cast: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham. Directed by Goran Dukic.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min. B&W
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Plot: An innocent man's life is ruined when he is arrested, jailed, and brought to trial for crimes committed by someone who resembles him.
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Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Evidence ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: When forces within and without tear a young couple apart, one them wreaks vengeance on those he holds responsible.
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Cast: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by Peter Kosminsky.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Family |
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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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