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Daisy Miller
(1974) [G]

Cybill Shepherd is Daisy Miller, a woman who did as she pleased, but seldom pleased anyone except herself. Peter Bogdanovich's Daisy Miller is adapted from Henry James’ classic novella about an expatriate American living abroad in Europe with her daffy mother and bratty kid brother. Daisy is...  More

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(1954) [PG]

The oceans during the late 1860-92s are no longer safe; many ships have been lost. Sailors have returned to port with stories of a vicious narwhal (a giant whale with a long horn) which sinks their ships. A naturalist, Professor (Pierre) Aronnax, his assistant, Conseil, and a professional whaler,...  More

A Farewell To Arms
(1957) [PG]

In the Winter of 1917 an American ambulance driver (Rock Hudson) enlists in the Italian army and is wounded in action. He is gradually restored to health by a beautiful young nurse (Jennifer Jones). When they find themselves falling in love, they try to escape the horrors of the war by fleeing to...  More

Lost in La Mancha (2 Disc Set)
(2002) [M]

In August 2000, master filmmaker Terry Gilliam finally got his oppurtunity to create his dream film he laboured for a decade, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Assembling his film crew, he prepares his production in what promises to be the biggest budgeted feature film using only European...  More

West Side Story
(1961) [PG]

Winner of no less than ten 1961 Academy Awards, including a special Oscar for Jerome Robbins for his choreography, West Side Story is Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' transported to the slums and racial tensions of contemporary New York. A tough and trenchant musical, its highlights include a...  More

West Side Story (Special Edition) (2 Disc Set)
(1961) [PG]

Winner of no less than ten 1961 Academy Awards, including a special Oscar for Jerome Robbins for his choreography, West Side Story is Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' transported to the slums and racial tensions of contemporary New York. A tough and trenchant musical, its highlights include a...  More

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian / The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
(1989) [G]

Adventures in the land of Narnia. 'Prince Caspian' finds the evil King Miraz and his Queen Prunaprisma making plans to take over the kingdom. Heir to the throne, Prince Caspian, is forced to flee to safety. In 'Voyage Of The Dawn Treader' Edmund, Lucy and Eustace travel to Narnia to help King...  More

Amadeus: The Director's Cut
(1984) [PG]

It's 1781 and Antonio Salieri is the competent court composer to Emperor Joseph II. When Mozart arrives at court, Salieri is horrified to discover that the godlike musical gifts he desires for himself have been bestowed on a bawdy, impish jokester. Maddened by envy, he plots to destroy Mozart by...  More

Nicholas Nickleby
(2002) [M]

Young Nicholas and his family enjoy a comfortable life, until Nicholas' father dies and the family is left penniless. Nicholas, his sister and mother venture to London to seek help from their Uncle Ralph, but Ralph's only intentions are to separate the family and exploit them. Nicholas is sent to...  More

Sylvia
(2003) [M]

In Sylvia, Gwyneth Paltrow plays Sylvia Plath, a Cambridge student with some poems already published when she meets Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig). Attracted to each other and full of mutual passion and fire the two quickly fall in love and marry. The film explores their troubled and ultimately tragic...  More