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Mona Lisa Smile
(2003) [PG]
Julia Roberts stars in Mona Lisa Smile as Katherine Watson, a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional... More
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The Blockhouse
(1973) [PG]
A group of slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom,... More
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House of Sand and Fog
(2003) [MA]
The humble house sits in a small yard but has views of the ocean, views to die for. More importantly, it is a house that represents the American dream: no more than to displaced Iranian Colonel, Massoud Amir Behrani (Ben Kingsley). Together with his family, he was forced to flee the life he once... More
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Irreversible
(2002) [R]
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex (Monica Bellucci) is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find... More
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Angel Heart
(1987) [R]
A journey of violence and murder that canvasses the desperate streets of Harlem, smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and ultimately to voodoo rituals in the sweltering swamps of Louisiana. More
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Laurel Canyon
(2002) [MA]
Laurel Canyon is a clever, humorous drama with knockout performances by a superb cast. Academy Award® Winner Frances McDormand delivers another perfectly etched performance as an LA record producer dealing with her conservative son (Christian Bale) and his girlfriend (Kate Beckinsale) who... More
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Lucia Lucia
(2003) [MA]
Mexican director Antonio Serrano fuses comedy and suspense in this tall tale of children's book author Lucia (Celia Roth, of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER fame), who becomes the center of a a big mess of intrigue when her husband mysteriously disappears. Coming to her aid are two neighbors in her Mexico... More
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Mystic River (2 Disc Set)
(2003) [MA]
When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle and Sean Devine spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood of East Buckingham. Nothing much out of the ordinary ever happened, until a... More
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Aguirre, Wrath Of God
(1972) [PG]
In the mid-16th century after annihilating the Incan empire, Gonzalo Pizarro (ALLEJANDRO REPULLES) leads his army of conquistadors over the Andes into the heart of the most savage environment on earth in search of the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the... More
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Ararat
(2002) [MA]
Directed by Atom Egoyan, Ararat explores how history, both personal and political, can inpsire a legacy of uncertainty and insecurity. Seamlessly shifting through time, Egoyan's film examines the quest for personal, sexual and cultural identity through the intimate moments shared by lovers,... More
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The Housekeeper (Une Femme De Menage)
(2002) [M]
A box office smash and critical favourite in France, The Housekeeper is a return to form for veteran director Claude Berri (Jean De Florette, Lucie Aubrac). In Berri's latest tale, set in Paris and the majestic beaches of Normandy, Jacques is a forlorn bachelor living alone after his wife has... More
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Dogville
(2003) [MA]
In Lars Von Trier's experimental Dogville, fugitive Grace (Nicole Kidman) arrives in the isolated township of Dogville pleading that she is on the run from a team of gangsters and desperately need their help. The kindly Tom (Paul Bettany), a self-appointed town spokesman encourages the little... More
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Shattered Glass
(2003) [M]
Hayden Christensen stars as Stephen Glass, a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for Rolling Stones Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after... More
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Thirteen
(2003) [MA]
"Brace yourself" (Rolling Stone) for a raw, revealing insight into urban adolescence that's so intense and realistic, "it's possible to turn away" (Interview Magazine). Anxiously trying to fit into the peer pressure cooker environment of junior high, thirteen-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood)... More
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The Man from Snowy River 2
(1988) [PG]
In this sequel to The Man From Snowy River, a frontiersman returns to the Australian highlands after a three-year absence to claim the girl he left behind. He soon discovers he has made an enemy in her father and a rival in an arrogant banker's son. After spending some time away from his... More
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21 Grams
(2003) [MA]
They say we all lose 21 grams at the exact moment of our death... everyone. The weight of a stack of nickels. The weight of a chocolate bar. The weight of a hummingbird... 21 Grams, written by Guillermo Arriaga (Academy Award nominated director 'Amores perros'), explores the emotionally and... More
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Veronica Guerin
(2003) [MA]
Golden Globe winner Cate Blanchett (The Lord Of The Rings, Elizabeth) stars in VERONICA GUERIN, the critically acclaimed, powerful and poignant true story about a journalist who risked her life in search of the truth. In the mid-1990s, Dublin was nothing short of a war zone, with a few powerful... More
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The Luzhin Defence
(2000) [M]
Alexander Luzhin is an eccentric chess master whose unstable childhood made him incapable of relating to others. The game of chess is his only escape and his only solace, until he meets and falls in love with the caring Natalia at the Italian resort where he's the favorite in the most prestiigous... More
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The Organization
(1971) [M]
Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier reprises his role as Lt. Virgil Tibbs in this taut drama that exposes the ruthless, high-stakes world of international drug trafficking. Co-starring Raul Julia this action-packed crime thriller is edge-of-the-seat entertainment. Under the cover of darkness, six... More
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Targets
(1968) [M]
In his directorial debut, Peter Bogdanovich weaves two disparate story lines into a terrifying moment of confrontation. In seemingly unrelated events, aging horror film star Orlok (Boris Karloff) announces his retirement,and an apparently average young man (Tim O’Kelly accumulates an arsenal of... More
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The Missing
(2003) [M]
Powerful and provocative, THE MISSING is another masterful production from the team behind such hits as A BEAUTIFUL MIND, RANSOM and APOLLO 13.Part western, part supernatural thriller and completely riveting, its story unfolds as a tragedy reunites a young woman with her estranged father…and... More
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Bright Young Things
(2003) [M]
Known to the press, who follow their every move, as the "Bright Young Things", Adam and his friends are eccentric, wild and entirely shocking to the older generation. They are young, party-going creatures embracing innovations like the gramophone record and the telephone as the self-consciously... More
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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
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Spartacus (Special Edition) (2 Disc Set)
(1960) [PG]
This presentation of the powerful film classic features an additional five minutes of footage cut from the film's original release, plus the original overture and extended soundtrack. Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean... More
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Big Fish
(2003) [PG]
An A-list cast headed EWAN McGREGOR, ALBERT FINNEY and JESSICA LANGE catch an adventure as big as life itself in visionary director TIM BURTON’s feel-good fable BIG FISH. Critics and audiences fell hook, line and sinker for this story of a man, who tries to separate fact from fiction and man... More
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In America
(2002) [M]
Johnny (Paddy Considine), his wife Sarah (Samantha Morton) and their two young daughters, Christy and Ariel (Sarah and Emma Bolger) arrive in Manhattan to make a new start in the land of dreams. Immigrants from Ireland, they have left behind everything they knew in their own country, including... More
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Fellini's Amarcord
(1973) [M]
In this movie Fellini portrays his home town of Rimini as he remembered it in '30s, during his young days. Many bizzare but very warm and human characters and specific Mediterranean humor made this movie the most popular of all Fellini's works. More
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Mr and Mrs Iyer
(2002) [M]
Two strangers...traveling on a short bus journey. One is married traditional south Indian Brahmin, Mrs Meenakshi Iyer. The other, a suave, single wildlife photographer and a Muslim - Raja Chaudhary. Calamity strikes in the form of a communal riot by Hindu extemists. For Raja to avoid persecution,... More
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Viva Zapata
(1952) [PG]
The life and times of the legendary Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata are brought to the screen in Darryl F. Zanuck's powerful production of John Steinbeck's screenplay. Marlon Brando (fresh from his success in A Streetcar Named Desire) gives a stunning portrayal of the outlaw turned... More
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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
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