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Rosenstrasse
(2003) [M]
In Berlin in 1943, on a street called Rosenstrasse, Jewish men were rounded up for deportation to concentration camps and certain death. Their Aryan wives fought to save their lives. Based on a true story, this little known and powerful struggle of their ultimate success is both moving and... More
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The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
(2005) [PG]
Coming of Age Adventure based on Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about a special 16th summer in the lives of four lifelong friends who are separated for the first time. On a shopping trip, the girls find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that fits each of them perfectly and they decide to use these... More
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Psych-Out
(1968) [M]
Tune in. turn on. Psych out! Take the ultimate in psychedelic trips with Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern. When a deaf runaway (Strasberg) visits swinging San Francisco in search of her brother, she teams up with the aptly named Stoney (Jack Nicholson complete with... More
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Land of Plenty
(2004) [M]
Lana (Michelle Williams) returns to a hypersensitive, paranoid America from a life abroad. She is in search of her mother's estranged brother, a deeply-scarred Vietnam vet. Before they really even know each other, Lana—a returned emigre with a social conscious—and her Uncle Paul—a... More
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Walk on Water
(2004) [M]
Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi) is a hitman who is on a mission to track down the very old Alfred Himmelman - an ex-Nazi officer who might be still alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, Eyal befriends Himmelman's grandson Axel (Knut Berger), who is in Israel to visit his sister. Axel wants to convince... More
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Red Lights (Feux Rouges)
(2004) [M]
Heading for the south of France, the heavy traffic and sweltering heat overtakes Antoine & Helene and they start to bicker. But when Helene goes missing, Antoine starts a desperate search where events spiral beyond his control with horrifying consequences. More
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Layer Cake
(2004) [MA]
Based upon JJ Connelly's London crime novel, 'Layer Cake' is about a successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham) hands down a tough... More
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Taste of Cherry
(1997) [PG]
A beautiful meditation on life and existence, THE TASTE OF CHERRY follows a day in the life of Badii (Homayoun Ershadi), an affluent middle-aged man who has lost his instinct for living. Surrounded by the bustling vitality of Iranian working life, Badii approaches several people with a request to... More
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The Wind Will Carry Us
(1999) [PG]
A visually-stunning masterpiece from Iran's most critically acclaimed director, The Wind Will Carry Us follows a group of engineers' intrusion into a remote Kurdish village to document the mourning ritual practiced by its local inhabitants. Awaiting the death of an old woman, they are continually... More
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Sanshiro Sugata 2
(1945) [PG]
In 1887, the Japanese culture is insulted by American military imperialists. Against this backdrop of hostility to the Japanese population, a frail rickshaw driver being assaulted by an American sailor is saved when Judo master Sanshiro steps in. In response, the embassy decides that a boxing... More
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Head On
(2004) [R]
A sexually-explicit drama about second-generation Turkish immigrants in Germany, HEAD ON is an exploration of love and anguish in culturally-repressive worlds. Numbed by drugs, alcohol and a deep depression, Cahit drives his car into a wall, but he survives. In the hospital he meets Sibel, a... More
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Since Otar Left
(2003) [M]
This acclaimed first feature from director Julie Bertuccelli is a charming tale of three generations of Georgian women: elderly matriarch Eka (Esther Gorintin), her long-suffering daughter Marina (Nino Khomassouridze) and young student Ada (Dinara Droukarova). Living in the capital Tbilisi, the... More
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Ae Fond Kiss
(2004) [MA]
In Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss, Casim Khan (Atta Yaqub) is the beloved only son of first generation Pakistani immigrants. His parents Tariq and Sadia are devout Muslims and plan for him to marry his beautiful cousin Jasmine, who is soon to arrive in the UK. Plans go awry when Casim meets the... More
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The Upside of Anger
(2005) [M]
In life, sometimes the very things that pull us apart can also bring us back together. Joan Allen and Kevin Costner lead a stellar ensemble cast in the moving story of a bright, witty suburban housewife (Allen) whose world comes crashing down when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Left to... More
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The Longest Yard
(2005) [M]
One-time American football superstar Paul 'Wrecking' Crewe (Adam Sandler) goes off the rails and ends up in jail on a drink drive conviction. The prison warden assigns him the task of putting together a motley crew of inmates to take on the prison guards for a showcase football game. Paul enlists... More
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Little Fish
(2005) [MA]
How do you learn to love again when the pain of the past won't let you go? When you're 32, with a troubled history and a doubtful future, it's a question that isn't so easy to answer. And for Tracy Heart (Cate Blanchett) it's a question she can no longer ignore. After four years of treading water... More
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Peaches
(2004) [MA]
Peaches is a warm, passionate and often funny portrayal of three intertwined love stories spanning two decades. Set in two time frames in the river town of Swanreach, Peaches tells the story of Stephanie (Emma Lung). Having survived the freak accident that killed her parents, Steph has been... More
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In My Country
(2004) [M]
From acclaimed director John Boorman comes this powerful and moving tale of truth, love and reconciliation in South Africa following the downfall of Apartheid. Featuring powerhouse performances from award-winning actors Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche and Brendan Gleeson, In My Country is a... More
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The Sea Inside
(2004) [M]
Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2005. Former ship's mechanic Ramon Sampedro (Javier Bardem) has been paralysed and bedridden for thirty years. Tenderly cared for by his family, Ramon remains upbeat; yet his sole wish has been to bring his life to... More
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Hostage
(2005) [MA]
Jeff Talley (Willis) is an LAPD hostage negotiator who is shattered when a situation he is trying to deal with goes tragically wrong. Talley resigns from his job and moves away from LA and his wife and daughter, taking a low-profile job as chief of police in a small town. After following a family... More
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Score
(1995) [MA]
A small time Yakuza thug is thrown into a bloody battle after a bank robbery he was forced into goes wrong when all the men begin to turn on each other, a hitch-hiking serial killing couple decide to steal their loot. More
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Permanent Vacation
(1980) [PG]
The film that defined Jarmusch’s unique style, Permanent Vacation is an intimate study in the search for meaning in life. Suffering a bout of insomnia, sixteen year old drifter, Aloysious (Chris Parker), wanders through downtown Manhattan in search of some kind of cure for his loneliness. A... More
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Ladies in Lavender
(2004) [M]
A gifted young Jewish violinist from Krakow is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a fierce storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome and mysterious stranger, they nurse him back to health. However, his presence disrupts their peaceful lives and the community in which... More
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Enduring Love
(2004) [MA]
An adaptation of the novel by Ian McEwan. On a picturesque summer’s day in a rolling green field in Oxford, Joe (Daniel Craig) and Claire (Samantha Morton) relish each other’s company in the afternoon sun. They are about to open a bottle of champagne, when Claire points transfixed at the... More
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The Cowra Breakout (2 Disc Set)
(1984) [M]
In August 1944, 1104 Japanese prisoners of war at the Australian POW camp at Cowra stage a mass breakout. Four guards are killed in the escape, and 231 prisoners die by wounds sustained or suicide, while 334 prisoners are recaptured over the subsequent nine days. More
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Young Adam
(2003) [MA]
nton, Peter Mullan and Emily Mortimer, Young Adam is a moody, sensual thriller that takes place on the canals between Glasgow and Edinburgh during the 1950s. Evocative of the ambience of the Hollywood film noirs of the 1940s and ‘50s, the movie is one of the most original British works of... More
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Old Boy
(2003) [R]
A man is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and his wife is brutally murdered. On his release, he is given a wallet full of money and a mobile phone. A stranger calls and asks him to try and figure out why he was imprisoned. A girl appears and promises to help him solve the enigma... More
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She Hate Me
(2004) [MA]
A Spike Lee joint. Wharton-educated biotech executive John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie) gets fired when he informs on his bosses launching an investigation into their business dealings by the Securities & Exchange Commission. Branded a whistle-blower and therefore unemployable, Jack... More
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McQ
(1974) [M]
Two slain officers lie in pools of blood on the street. There's no pattern to the killings and police are confused and scared. Only after gunshots splatter his partner across a back alley and Detective Lon McQ himself narrowly escapes death does the bloody rampage make sense. Now McQ knows whom... More
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Helter Skelter
(2004) [MA]
How did it happen? How did young people who had so much right going for them turn out so wrong? How could they become willing participants in a murder spree that still shocks the nation? Based on the book co-written by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi (also the source for a 1976 film centered on the... More
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