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The Young Philadelphians
(1959) [PG]
Up and coming, young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to... More
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1945)
Handsome, young, but morally corrupt Dorian Gray has his portrait made. As the years pass, he does not age, but evidence of his sins are apparent in his portrait, which grows uglier with each transgression. He keeps it safely hidden in the attic. But his mysterious behavior and ageless appearance... More
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The Woman in the Window
(1944) [PG]
Richard Wanley (Robinson) is no criminal, at least he wasn’t until he met “the woman in the window” (Bennet). From seeing her portrait in a storefront window to running into her in person, what begins as an innocent flirtation grows into something much more dangerous. More
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Cold Sweat
(1970) [M]
Charles Bronson stars as Joe Moran in this action-packed drama about the bitterness of revenge. Having left his former life as a U.S. Army sergeant behind, Moran has settled into a new existence in France as Joe Martin, with a new wife, and her daughter.
The past returns to haunt him... More
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Paris Blues
(1961) [M]
Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian (Joanne Woodward) and Connie... More
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The Brink's Job
(1978) [PG]
William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) established his reputation making masterpieces of what would have been mere "genre films" in the hands of a lesser director. With The Brink's Job he turns his hand to that much-loved cinematic staple, the heist film.
Based on a... More
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Five miles to Midnight (Le couteau dans la plaie)
(1962) [PG]
Robert, in a last effort to keep his wife Lisa from leaving him, flies from Paris to Casablanca for a job interview. The plane crashes en route and all on board are reported dead. A few nights later, a ragged, battered Robert arrives home. His was literally a miracle escape.
Now, he... More
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Charlie and Boots
(2009) [M]
When Charlie McFarlane (Paul Hogan) withdraws from his life after a family tragedy, his estranged son, “Boots” (Shane Jacobson) decides to drag his reluctant father on a trip to fulfil their lifelong ambition to fish off Australia's northern tip in Cape York. The feisty Charlie wants no part... More
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Cheri
(2009) [M]
Cheri is the sensual story of an extraordinary love affair between beautiful retired courtesan Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) and exquisitely handsome and cheeky Cheri (Rupert Friend). the spoilt son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates), Lea sets out to educate the boy in the... More
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Coco avant Chanel
(2009) [M]
From rags to riches to Haute-Couture: the incredible story of Coco Chanel.
In a remarkable tour de force portrayal, the lovely Audrey Tautou (Hunting and Gathering, Priceless, The Da Vinci Code and Amelie) becomes the legendary style icon Coco Chanel. From her humble beginnings at a... More
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Julie and Julia
(2009) [PG]
A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the... More
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(500) Days of Summer
(2009) [M]
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman (Zooey Deschanel) who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who falls for her. More
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Inglourious Basterds
(2009) [MA]
Once upon a time in German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. She narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine... More
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The Battle of Red Cliff
(2008) [MA]
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the... More
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The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
(2009) [MA]
A New York City subway dispatcher draws on his extensive knowledge of the subway system in order to outsmart a dangerous criminal mastermind who's hijacked a subway train in this remake of the 1974 thriller inspired by John Godey's best-selling book.
Walter Garber (Denzel Washington)... More
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The Soloist
(2009) [M]
In The Soloist, an emotionally soaring drama about the redemptive power of music, journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers (Oscar winner Jamie Foxx), a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavours to help the... More
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Beautiful Kate
(2009) [MA]
Set against the backdrop of isolated beauty in South Australia's majestic Flinders Ranges, Rachel Ward's directorial debut is a new landmark in Australian film-making... This emotionally raw, gothic love story reveals a family bound by lies and torn apart by the truth.
Ned (Ben... More
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Gray Lady Down
(1978) [PG]
After a homeward bound nuclear submarine is accidently struck by a tanker, all hands on board appear doomed as it crashes to the ocean floor with only two days air supply left. Stars Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty and Christopher Reeve. More
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Not as a Stranger
(1955) [PG]
Acclaimed director Stanley Kramer directs an all-star cast in this compelling drama. Heartless medical student Lucas Marsh (Robert Mitchum), who marries a nurse Kristina Hedvigson, (Olivia de Havilland) for her savings account until an operating room tragedy changes him forever. Also starring... More
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Up (Disney-Pixar)
(2009) [PG]
A comedy adventure about 78 year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfils his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed... More
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Last Ride (2 disc set)
(2009) [M]
When his father bundles him into the car in the middle of the night, ten-year-old Chook knows something is wrong.
As the two escape into the desert facing an unknown future, their troubled relationship and the need to survive sees them battling the elements, and each other.
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Katyn
(2007) [MA]
Directed by multi-award winning veteran Polish director Andrzej Wajda and nominated for Best Foreign Film at this years Academy Awards, Katyń investigates the murder of thousands of Polish officers by the Soviet Secret Police during World War II. Among those killed was Wajda’s own father.... More
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Quiet Chaos (Caos calmo)
(2008) [MA]
Successful media exec Pietro has a beautiful wife and a lively young daughter, Claudia. When his wife suddenly dies, he is shell-shocked with grief and anxiety for Claudia. And so, career forgotten, Pietro chooses to sit in the park near Claudia's school everyday, tenderly and patiently waiting... More
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Samson and Delilah (2 disc set)
(2009) [M]
The world is a small place when you're Samson and Delilah - an isolated community in the Australian desert.
Their silent love for each other takes them on a journey of survival.
Lost, unwanted and alone, they discover that life isn't always fair but love never judges.... More
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My Sister's Keeper
(2009) [M]
What keeps a family together? Nick Cassavetes, the director of The Notebook and John Q, again demonstrates his sure hand with tales of deep human emotion in this inspiring film about a loving family challenged - and united - by a child's illness. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin and... More
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Public Enemies
(2009) [MA]
From visionary director Michael Mann (Heat Collateral) comes the film inspired by one of the most captivating and infamous outlaws - John Dillinger. Johnny Depp stars as the charismatic and elusive bank robber marked by the FBI as America's "Public Enemy Number One." Academy Award winner Marion... More
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Balibo (2 disc set)
(2009) [M]
East Timor, 1975: Five Journalists are Missing
One Man Searches For The Truth...
One Man Fights For Justice
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian-based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger... More
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Before the Rains
(2007) [M]
From the Oscar-winning studios of Merchant Ivory. Beautiful, provocative and unforgettable. Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, Before the Rains is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director and cinematographer Santosh Sivan (THE... More
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Adoration
(2008) [M]
What would you do if you found out your father may have been a terrorist? A high school boy writes a story for class that makes this claim. Is it true? Friends, family, teachers and Internet chat room partners start to wonder and worry. Now he must journey through a maze of family secrets to find... More
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Revolver
(2005) [MA]
Revolver is populated with Guy Ritchie's (Snatch; Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) classic breed of fast-talking, sharp-suited gangsters but with a psychological twist that your mind may not be able to handle. Jason Statham (Crank) is Jake Green, a con-artist who vows revenge against Macha (Ray... More
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