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Shackleton
(2002) [M]
The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his 28 man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice. More
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Secret Bridesmaids' Business
(2002) [M]
Chronicles the events of the day before a wedding, as disastrous secrets come out from both sides of the couple and a bizarre set of coincidences threaten to call off the wedding forever. More
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Mulholland Drive
(2001) [MA]
David Lynch's masterpiece Mullholland Drive is a slick, sinister, psycho-sexual thriller from the darkest recesses of Hollywood, a Los Angeles of strange dreams, unrequited love, and a jealous burning rage. As nightmarish as Lost Highway, as strange as Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive is Lynch at his... More
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Riding In Cars With Boys
(2001) [M]
From celebrated director Penny Marshall comes the true story of a girl who did everything wrong but got everything right. Make way for Beverly (Drew Barrymore), a smart, beautiful young woman who can't wait to grow up, much to the frustration of her police sergeant father (James Woods). Her life... More
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Intimacy
(2000) [R]
Jay (Mark Rylance) and Claire (Kerry Fox) are total strangers but every Wednesday they meet to have sex. Passionate, wordless, and until Jay begins to follow her home, seemingly meaningless sex. Being the manager of a trendy bar and recently split from his wife and young family, Jay's days are... More
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Vengo
(2000) [M]
The rich and passionate sounds of Spanish flamenco music provide the backdrop for this emotional drama of two families at war. Caco (Antonio Canales) is a man whose family has long been at odds with the Caravacas, a prominent family living in the same village. Mario, Caco's brother, murdered one... More
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The Last Castle
(2001) [M]
In The Last Castle Robert Redford plays disgraced Lieutenant General Eugene R. Irwin, a veteran of Vietnam, The Gulf and Bosnia, sentenced to ten years after eight of his men died when he ignored an executive command. On arrival at military prison "the Castle", Redford tells the warden Colonel... More
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The Deep End
(2001) [MA]
The Deep End delves into the psychology of deception and pushes back the boundaries of the classic suspense thriller. A woman (Tilda Swinton) covers up a murder in order to protect her teenage son from being implicated. But someone knows her secret. Information is worth money and the price of... More
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The Monkey's Mask
(2002) [R]
Jill Fitzpatrick is a 28-year old, street-smart, out-of-work private investigator wishing she wasn't celibate. Eager for the taste of adrenaline, she accepts a job investigating the disappearance of Mickey, a young female student. Jill quickly strikes a spark with the seductive Diana, Mickey's... More
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Training Day
(2001) [MA]
The only thing more dangerous than the line being crossed, is the cop who will cross it. Rookie cop Jake Hoyt wants to stop crooks, not become one. But staying on the right side of the line that separates cop from criminal will be more challenging than anything he's faced. Because Hoyt's senior... More
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The Others
(2001) [M]
A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They... More
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Lantana
(2001) [M]
Lantana is an intriguing psychological thriller about love, infidelity and mistrust. It's about the mistakes we make, the consequences we suffer and the attempts we make to fix things up. Detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia) moves through a dark labyrinth of human relationships on his journey to... More
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La Spagnola (The Spanish Woman)
(2002) [M]
This darkly comic story of love and revenge, set in a barren Australian industrial town, explores the tempestuous relationships, and sexual adventures, of Lola (Lola Marceli) and her family. The day that Lola's husband Ricardo (Simon Palomares) walks out on her to live with Wendy (Helen Thomson)... More
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Blow
(2001) [MA]
Blow is a fast-paced mix of Boogie Nights and Scarface set amid the glitz and glamour of the 1970s and the ruthless Colombian drug cartels. It chronicles the spectacular rise and fall of George Jung, a small-town American boy who became one of the most powerful cocaine importers in the USA. From... More
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Tigerland
(2000) [MA]
Just released from the base camp, brash, charismatic recruit Roland Bozz (an excellent Colin Farrell) joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. Bozz's independence and outright defiance draws fire from his own men as well as commanding officers who can't afford in the... More
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Artificial Intelligence: AI (2 Disc Set)
(2001) [M]
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to... More
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The Fast And The Furious
(2001) [M]
They've got the adrenaline rush and the mean machines, but most of all, they've got the extreme need for speed. On the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With nitro-boosted fury, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) rules the road turning all his challangers into... More
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The Bank
(2001) [M]
"I'm like God but with a better suit," declares Centabank CEO, Simon O'Reilly (Anthony LaPaglia) with pride. Welcome to the world of The Bank, ripe with avarice and corruption, where O'Reilly and his ilk can thrive and honest Aussie battlers lose everything. Jim Doyle (David Wenham) a maverick... More
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The Goddess Of 1967
(2000) [MA]
Two isolated souls from very different worlds, an Australian girl and a Japanese man on the run, meet and embark on a dark journey deep into the past. More
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The Pledge
(2001) [R]
The Pledge stars Jack Nicholson as Jerry Black, a homicide detective who undertakes one last case on the day of his retirement. An eight year old girl has been found murdered in the snow-covered mountains of Mexico and her mother begs Black to unravel the mystery of her daughter's death. With the... More
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Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her
(2000) [M]
Although "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" does bear some similarities to Short Cuts and Magnolia in its setting (Southern California) and mood (modern malaise), and its multiple story format, its focus is exclusively on female characters, and it's possible to view each story on its... More
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Yolngu Boy
(2001) [M]
Lorrpu, Botj and Milika are three Yolngu (Aboriginal) teenagers who once shared a childhood dream of becoming great hunters together. But as teenagers they have grown apart and changed: Botj has done some bad things resulting in jail time and Milika is more interested in being a good football... More
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Enemy At The Gates
(2001) [MA]
In the winter of 1942, the German and Russian Armies meet in the great Battle of the Stalingrad, one of the most vicious engagements of the Second World War. Enter into this horror a young Russian soldier, formerly a peasant boy with an extraordinary ability to sharpshoot a rifle from far... More
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The Yards
(2000) [M]
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm... More
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Along Came A Spider
(2001) [MA]
Morgan Freeman reprises his Kiss The Girls role as Alex Cross in this spellbinding psychological thriller. After the harrowing death of his partner, detective and best-selling author Alex Cross has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal (Michael Wincott) kidnaps a... More
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Purely Belter
(2000) [M]
At the center of this heart warming comedy are two young boys who won't give up on the pursuit of their dreams. Gerry and Sewell are broke. Owning season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost 1000 pounds and they're 1000 pounds short. More
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State And Main
(2000) [M]
A big-budget movie descends upon a quaint town, sowing a bumper crop of corruption, vanity and greed. Thrown out of his original location, director Walt Price (William H. Macy) certainly has his work cut out for him as he moves the production to a new town. The movie's star (Alec Baldwin), is a... More
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Thirteen Days (2 disc set)
(2000) [M]
These are the thirteen days that shook the world and put the United States and the USSR on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse. This gripping thriller takes you inside the White House to the seats of power, bringing to life how the Kennedy administration dealt with the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.... More
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The Man Who Cried
(2000) [M]
A young girl and her loving father (Oleg Yankovsky) are separated when he goes to America, intending to send for her. Shortly after his departure, their village goes up in flames, and the girl is forced to go to England, where she takes on the name Suzie, and finds that although she is... More
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Mullet
(2000) [MA]
Eddie (Ben Mendelsohn) – best known as Mullet ‘round these parts [like the fish, he is not entirely appealing] – returns to his home village of Coollawarra on the coast, after a three year absence. He left so abruptly and disappeared without trace so completely, his girl Tully (Susie... More
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