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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 78 min.
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Plot: An unemployed resident of a Sydney apartment complex finds an ad promising the meaning of life for just $9.99.
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Cast: Josef Ber, Roy Billing, Joel Edgerton, Leon Ford, Claudia Karvan. Directed by Tatia Rosenthal.
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Categories: Unemployment ∙ Drama ∙ Animation |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A young man falls for a woman who doesn't believe true love exists.
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Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg. Directed by Marc Webb.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A middle aged mans unassuming demeanor masks the fact that he is a serial killer.
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Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Trial |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A prehistoric hunter sets out on a epic trek to rescue his beloved and secure the future of his tribe.
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Cast: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis. Directed by Roland Emmerich.
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Categories: History ∙ Action ∙ Human Rights |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: An 100-year-old nursing home resident leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
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Cast: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, Mia Skäringer. Directed by Felix Herngren.
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Categories: Action ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: Returning to his hometown, US Marine Nelson Sanchez finds himself trapped by the violent past he had tried to escape.
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Cast: Victor Almanzar, Shirley Rumierk, Elizabeth Rodriguez. Directed by Ari Issler & Ben Snyder.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Military ∙ Domestic Relations |
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12 (2007)
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 159 min.
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Plot: Twelve men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murder. In Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sergey Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Valentin Gaft. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Trial ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 95 min. B&W
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Plot: A deadlocked jury struggles to a verdict in the murder trial of a young man accused of killing his father.
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Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Sr., E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, George Voskovec, Edward Binns, Joseph Sweeney. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 134 min.
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Plot: Solomon Northup, a free black man, is abducted and sold into slavery in the antebellum South.
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Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Brad Pitt. Directed by Steve McQueen.
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Categories: Racism ∙ History |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: True story of a thrill-seeker's adventure in a remote Utah canyon becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
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Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Treat Williams, Kate Burton. Directed by Danny Boyle.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Health ∙ Biography |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 144 min.
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Plot: During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
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Cast: James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini. Directed by Michael Bay.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ History |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: An author who makes a living debunking supernatural phenomena checks into a haunted hotel room where no one has ever lived to check out in the morning.
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Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub. Directed by Mikael Håfström.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Contracts ∙ Disability |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: A homicide detective and a fire marshall must stop a pair of murderers who are videotaping their crimes hoping become media darlings.
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Cast: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes, Karel Roden. Directed by John Herzfeld.
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Categories: Action ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse.
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Cast: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse. Directed by Richard Donner.
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Categories: Action ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 142 min.
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Plot: A film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name, 1776 is a celebration of the founding of the United States of America.
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Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Roy Poole, David Ford. Directed by Peter H. Hunt.
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Categories: Musical ∙ History ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 119 min.
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Plot: Two soldiers are assigned to deliver a message that will stop hundreds of men from walking straight into a trap.
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Cast: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Sam Mendes.
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Categories: War ∙ History ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future in which a man, whose daily work is rewriting history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
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Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack. Directed by Michael Radford.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Politics ∙ Censorship |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: Explores the world of backup singers that live just beyond the spotlight.
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Cast: Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill. Directed by Morgan Neville.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Musical |
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Rated: G Stars: *****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 148 min.
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Plot: Mankind finds a mysterious artifact buried on the moon and, with the aid of an intelligent computer, sets off on a quest to find its origin.
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Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Computer ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 119 min.
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Plot: The story of three women who explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970s.
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Cast: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig. Directed by Mike Mills.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Drama ∙ Women |
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21 (2008)
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: Based on the true story of six MIT students who trained to become experts in card counting in a plot to beat the Las Vegas casinos.
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Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey. Directed by Robert Luketic.
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Categories: Education ∙ Corporations ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.
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Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: 24 hours before he goes to prison, a Manhattan man struggles to redeem himself as he says goodbye to the life he knew.
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Cast: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson,
Anna Paquin. Directed by Spike Lee.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man with whom she's secretly in love.
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Cast: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Judy Greer. Directed by Anne Fletcher.
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Categories: Women ∙ Comedy ∙ Romance |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: A shy, reclusive girl starts work at a solarium and becomes emotionally attached to her fellow worker whom she appears to swap personalities with after an accident.
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Cast: Sissy Spacek, Shelley Duvall, Janice Rule. Directed by Robert Altman.
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Categories: Women ∙ Medical |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: As an Alaskan town begins its annual month of darkness, it is attacked by a blood-thirsty band of vampires.
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Cast: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior. Directed by David Slade.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Law Enforcement |
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300 (2006)
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: An interpretation of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC in which the king of Sparta leads his army against the invading Persians.
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Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West. Directed by Zack Snyder.
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Categories: History ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 86 min. B&W
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Plot: A man is wanted simultaneously by the police, for a murder of a young woman, and by the agents of an international espionage ring because the woman, a government agent, told him about their activities.
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Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 92 min. B&W
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Plot: In an attempt to prevent an outlaw gang from breaking their leader out of jail, local authorities hire a guard to escort him to the nearest train station.
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Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicie Farr. Directed by Delmer Daves.
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Categories: Western ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma.
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Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster. Directed by James Mangold.
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Categories: Western ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Spike Lee.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Civil Rights |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.
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Cast: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov. Directed by Christian Mungiu.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Health |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min. B&W
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Plot: A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
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Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier , Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay. Directed by François Truffaut.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Foreign ∙ Education |
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41 (2012)
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: Explores the life and careers of George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Jeffrey Roth.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ History |
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42 (2013)
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: The life story of Jackie Robinson.
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Cast: Harrison Ford, Ryan Merriman, Lucas Black, Hamish Linklater, Chadwick Boseman. Directed by Brian Helgeland.
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Categories: Biography ∙ Drama ∙ Sports |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
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Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Dolly Wells, Geraldine James. Directed by Andrew Haigh.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 191 min.
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Plot: A hard-nosed cop teams up with a wise-cracking criminal to track down a killer and a drug lord.
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Cast: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte. Directed by Walter Hill.
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Categories: Action ∙ Comedy ∙ Organized Crime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 123 min.
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Plot: A Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II.
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Cast: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook, Eric Portman. Directed by Michael Powell.
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Categories: Drama ∙ War ∙ International |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A personal documentary that explores a universal human question: how much about your parents do you really want to know?
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Cast: Doug Block, Mike Block, Mina Block. Directed by Doug Block.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Biography ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 91 min.
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Plot: An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.
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Cast: Filmmakers, critics, and fans of Alfred Hitchcock. Directed by Alexander O. Philippe.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ History ∙ Entertainment |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 124 min. B&W/Color
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Plot: A naive orphan travels to NYC to search for her missing sister/Documentary of 1940's horror movie producer Val Lewton
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Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, James Cromwell, William Franklin, Steve Jones. Directed by Mark Robson/Constantine Nasr.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Documentary |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: Highlights the construction of the new border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border as well as the effect on migrants trying to cross into the U.S.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by John Carlos Frey.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Immigration ∙ Government |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: While moonlighting as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, a college professor receives a death threat telling him that he has only 88 minutes to live.
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Cast: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman. Directed by Jon Avnet.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Sentencing ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
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Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Clancy Brown, Tim Guinee. Directed by Ramin Bahrani.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Family ∙ Debtor-Creditor |
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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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