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And The Ship Sails On (2 disc set)
(1983) [PG]
In July 1914 a luxury liner leaves Italy with the ashes of the famous opera singer Tetua. The boat is filled with her friends, opera singers, actors and all kinds of exotic people. Life is sweet the first days, but on the third day the captain has to save a a large number of Serbian refugees from... More
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Les Comperes
(1983) [PG]
When her teenage son Tristan runs away, Christine gets in touch with two of her ex-boyfriends: François (Pierre Richard), a fragile neurotic, and Jean (Gérard Depardieu), a hard-edged journalist. Convincing both men that they are Tristan's true father, she sends these two incompatible... More
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
(1982) [M]
Teeming with all the beauty of an impressionist painting, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is one of Woody Allen's lightest and most sensual films. Starring Allen, Mia Farrow (here directed by Allen for the first time), Jose Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Tony Roberts and Mary Steenburgen, A Midsummer... More
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Zelig
(1983) [PG]
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
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Play It Again Sam
(1972) [M]
A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of his two married friends, he actually tries... More
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Mars Attacks
(1996) [M]
When the USA satellites photograph many flying saucers coming to Earth, the American President James Dale has a meeting with his advisors. He is convinced by Professor Donald Kessler (Pierce Brosnan) that Martians would be a developed culture and therefore peaceful by nature, in spite of the... More
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The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie
(1972) [M]
Directed by Bruce Beresford, back in 1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie shocked the Australian Government with its portrayal of Aussies as drinking, shagging, vomiting, urinating vulgarians. The Pommies meanwhile were equally horrified with being depicted as upper-class perverts, lezzas,... More
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Welcome To The Dollhouse
(1995) [M]
Insightful look at an unattractive 7th grader as she struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish classmates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister, and her own insecurities. More
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Fierce Creatures
(1997) [M]
Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Academy Award winner Kevin Kline - the stars of the smash hit comedy A Fish Called Wanda - return for another hysterically funny farce. The outrageous fun begins when ruthless media mogul Rod McCain (Kline) acquires England's Marwood Zoo.... More
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101 Dalmatians
(1996) [G]
In their small London flat, dalmatians Pongo and Perdy, and their human "pets" Roger (Jeff Daniels) and Anita (Joely Richardson), are overjoyed by the arrival of 15 puppies. But when the spotted-fur-loving Ms. Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) and her clumsy cohorts, Japser and Horace, dognap the... More
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Drowning By Numbers
(1988) [M]
3 generations of women share a name and an aversion to marriage. 3 husbands have reason to be afraid of water. Add to the equation 1 amorous coroner and 1 inventive little boy, and so begins the game. Drowning By Numbers is a sharp and witty tale of female camaraderie with Joan Plowright, Juliet... More
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The Nutty Professor
(1999) [M]
Eddie Murphy gives the "performances" of his career playing no less than seven roles in the comedy. Murphy stars as Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, "calorically challenged" genetics professor who longs to shed his 400-pound frame in order to win the heart of beautiful Jada Pinkett. So, with one swig... More
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The Lost Boys
(1987) [M]
Sam and his older brother Michael are all-American teens with all-American interests. But after they move with their mother to peaceful Santa Carla, California, things mysteriously begin to change. Michael's not himself lately. And Mom's not going to like what he's turning into.
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Palookaville
(1995) [M]
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelery store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them... More
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Withnail And I
(1987) [M]
London. The 60s. Two unemployed actors - acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E Grant) and the anxiety-ridden I (Paul McGann) drown their frustrations in booze, pills and lighter fluid. When Withnail`s Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers them his country cottage for a week, they escape... More
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Mr. Reliable
(1996) [M]
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their... More
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A Wedding
(1978) [M]
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the... More
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Flirt
(1995) [M]
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Japan). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do ? More
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
(1980) [R]
A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds." Silly... More
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How To Get Ahead In Advertising
(1989) [M]
This advertising executive is the best. He can sell anything to any-body. Along comes a pimple cream that promises to put a real blemish on his career.....he can't think of anything. His anxiety takes the form of a growing boil on his neck. When the boil begins to speak he is beyond help. It... More
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Allegro Non Troppo
(1977) [PG]
Allegro Non Troppo is an incredibly imaginative and hilarious parody of Disney's classic Fantasia. It transcends the genre of parody to become a delightful and beautiful film in its own right, and one of the high points in the history of animation. It's Italian creator, Bruno Bozzetto, is one of... More
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Cold Comfort Farm
(1995) [G]
Starring Kate Beckinsale as Flora Poste, a London society girl, and Joanna Lumley as Flora's friend and mentor, this adaptation of Stella Gibbon's novel comes from director John Schlesinger (Billy Liar, Midnight Cowboy). This heart-warming comedy is full of charm and clever satire. Recently... More
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Underground (1995)
(1995) [M]
The story starts from an underground manufacture of weapons of Belgrade, during the WWII, and evolves into fairly surreal situations. The black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans forgets to mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. 50 years later, they... More
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Striptease
(1996) [MA]
Erin Grant (Demi Moore) must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she must first take it off. Bounced from her job, she needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. The pulsating gentlemen's-club world of exotic dreamgirls and whooping patrons is... More
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Muppet Treasure Island
(1996) [G]
The muppets are back into action in another movie based on a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Kermit the Frog and his colleagues go on a warfare against ruthless pirates. They also share their problem-solving journey on sea to rescue a treasure. More
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The Doom Generation
(1995) [R]
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts. More
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Trainspotting
(1995) [R]
"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family..." This is the story of Mark Renton and his so-called friends - a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of their friendship as they proceed seemingly towards... More
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Chasing Amy
(1997) [MA]
It's a case of BOY MEETS GIRL, BOY LIKES GIRL AND GIRL ALSO LIKES GIRLS...? For Holden, love isn't blind, it just needs corrective eye wear. One night, while out on the town Holden meets Alyssa, he finds that she is very beautiful, has a razor sharp humour, is very intelligent and is very gay!... More
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Toy Story
(1995) [G]
A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named "Woody". But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy's family moving, and what Woody... More
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Living In Oblivion
(1995) [M]
Following up his debut, Johnny Suede, director Tom DiCillo presented this filmmaking comedy that allegedly draws much from DiCillo's experiences on the set of the 1991 Brad Pitt vehicle. Steve Buscemi stars as Nick Reve, the long-suffering director of a no-budget independent film. If he's not... More
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