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The Fearless Vampire Killers
(1967) [PG]
The Fearless Vampire Killers is a clever comedy-horror directed by and starring Roman Polanski. An expert on bats, Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) and his dim-witted assistant, Alfred (Roman Polanski), travel to Transylvania to find and destroy vampires, where Alfred falls for the vampire's... More
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The Hot Spot
(1990) [M]
A loner (Johnson) drives into a small Texas town and gets himself a job at a used car dealership. He gets an idea for robbing a small local bank after he tries to open a new bank account at the same time a fire occurs nearby. The bank was left open while all of the employees went to fight the... More
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Naked Lunch
(1991) [M]
A tale of terror beyond your wildest screams, 'Naked Lunch' releases a new breed of fear as ex-writer turned exterminator William Lee (Peter Weller - 'Robocop'), takes a nightmare ride into Interzone - a warped world of sinister spies and deadly addiction where evil Mugwumps and giant centipedes... More
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Jungle Fever
(1991) [M]
Spike Lee's drama is a complex, multilayered, and volatile look at interracial romance in present-day New York City. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes), an up-and-coming African American architect, seems to have it all: a successful career, a nice apartment on a renovated street in Harlem, a... More
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A Zed And Two Noughts
(1985) [M]
Two women passengers die in a car crash as a result of which the female driver has a leg amputated. The zoologist twin husbands of the dead women are fascinated by the processes of decay, start an affair with the amputee and liberate animals from a zoo. Tirelessly provocative, sexy, funny and... More
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Matewan
(1987) [M]
A small town in 1920's West Virginia explodes when unionist miners clash with the owners of a tyrannical coal company in this critically acclaimed film from writer/ producer John Sayles (Lone Star). Earnest labor leader Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, A Time To Kill) arrives in Matewan to better the... More
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Crimes And Misdemeanors
(1990) [M]
Poignant, penetrating and scathingly hilarious, Crimes and Misdemeanors is a deftly rendered tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosm that they represent. Showcasing Allen’s brilliant grasp of the link between the funny and the fatal, his nineteenth movie, Crimes and... More
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O Lucky Man! (2 disc set)
(1973) [M]
This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone. Music by Alan Price. The second instalment in the "Mick Travers" trilogy with... More
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Confidential Report (Mr Arkadin)
(1955) [PG]
Guy Van Stratten, a convicted American smuggler, leaves an Italian prison term with one asset, a dying man's words about the wealthy, mysterious and elusive Gregory Arkadin. Guy sets out in search of the enigmatic Arkadin and starts to scrutinize him through his lovely daughter Raina. To thwart... More
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Dark Star (Director's Cut)
(1974) [G]
John Carpenter's low-budget debut feature is a hilarious romp set in the deepest reaches of outer space. The haggard crew of the dilapidated Dark Star spaceship--Doolittle (Brian Narelle), Boiler (Cal Kuniholm), Pinback (Dan O'Bannon), and Talby (Dre Pahich)--is on an extended mission to seek out... More
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JFK : Director's Cut (2 disc set)
(1991) [M]
Part fact and part opinion. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison is highly suspicious of the official story presented by the FBI to explain JFK's assassination. When he takes it upon himself to investigate, he unearths a deadly conspiracy that may go deeper than he could have ever imagined. More
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Pink Floyd ... The Wall
(1982) [M]
The story of The Wall is told simply with the music of Pink Floyd, images and natural effects. There is no conventional dialogue to progress the narrative. Our story is about Pink, a Rock and Roll performer, who sits locked in a hotel room, somewhere in Los Angeles. Too many shows, too much dope,... More
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Henry, Portrait Of A Serial Killer
(1986) [R]
Based on the life and killings of Henry Lee Lucas, famed American serial killer who now resides on death row in Texas.
“Its always the quiet ones”.
How many times have we heard this phrase used to describe a killer. Too often. Henry is the boy next door who just cant get that taste for... More
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Scenes From A Mall
(1991) [M]
On their 16th wedding anniversary, Deborah and Nick decided to work out all their differences ...in public. A hilarious view into marriage, infidelity and bargain shopping! More
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New York Stories
(1989) [PG]
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents to reconcile; third, by Allen, is a witty piece... More
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Radio Days
(1987) [PG]
Woody Allen's sentimental reminiscence about the golden age of radio. A series of vignettes involving radio personalities is intertwined with the life of a working class family in Rockaway Beach, NY circa 1942. More
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Torch Song Trilogy
(1988) [M]
Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love,... More
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The Comfort Of Strangers
(1990) [M]
Paul Schrader directs this stylish adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel scripted by Harold Pinter. Mary (Natasha Richardson) and Colin (Rupert Everett) first fell in love on a romantic holiday in Venice. Now, four years later, they have returned to rekindle their romance and determine where their... More
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The Good Woman Of Bangkok (2 disc set)
(1991) [MA]
This film is styled as a documentary, and concerns the world of Thai prostitution.
After the dissolution of his marriage, an Australian filmmaker becomes emotionally involved with a young female prostitute who works in the Patpong red light district of Bangkok.
Special bonus... More
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This Is Spinal Tap (2 Disc Set)
(1984) [M]
In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards... More
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Heat
(1972) [R]
Sylvia Miles is a star of yesteryear who puts in the odd stint on gameshows and TV movies. Joe Dallesandro is an unemployed one time child actor who moves into a shabby motel full of freaks and 279'ers where the landlady (Pat Ast) drops the rent on a quid pro quo basis. The star's wannabe lesbian... More
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Flesh
(1968) [R]
In a somewhat esoteric plot, Joe Dallesandro plays a heroin junkie who works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters with delusional and damaged clients, and dates with drag queens and hustlers are heavy on sex,... More
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Entertaining Mr Sloane
(1969) [M]
Featuring two of Britain's best character actors, the late Beryl Reid and the late Harry Andrews, this scintillating black comedy is based on Joe Orton's wonderful play of the same name. Reid is marvellous as aging nymphomaniac Kath and Harry Andrews provides a superb foil as her rogue brother... More
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The Servant
(1963) [M]
The Servent takes a sharp look at British class relations via a dramatic turning of the tables between a rich ineffectual Oxbridge bachelor (James Fox) who is gradually debased and overruled by his sinister manservant (Dirk Bogarde) and his sexy sister(Sarah Miles). Bogarde's servant slowly... More
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The Go-Between
(1970) [PG]
Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian, Marcus's twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh, a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a... More
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The Purple Rose Of Cairo
(1985) [PG]
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo." After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her... More
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Eating Raoul
(1982) [M]
A black comedy. Paul and Mary Bland are a charming middle-class couple who would like open a restaurant. But as Paul has lost his job and real estate is expensive it doesn't seem possible. When a swinger from an upstairs apartment makes a pass at Mary, Paul accidently kills him. They discover... More
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Broadway Danny Rose
(1984) [M]
Nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Director, Best Original Screenplay), Broadway Danny Rose is a wickedly funny and irreverent tribute to the zany world of the New York lounge acts. A delectable combination of dry wit, hilarious slapstick and biting philosophical subtext, Woody Allen's... More
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Wild At Heart
(1990) [R]
Wild at Heart follows a couple on the run in the deep south through a maze of twisted, frightening events. Just released from the Pee Dee Correctional facility, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) and his devoted lover, Lula Pace (Laura Dern), are fleeing her crazed mother Marietta (Diane Ladd) who... More
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