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The Sea Hawk
(1940) [G]
Cannons thunder, blades clatter and Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s incomparable music swirls and flourishes in The Sea Hawk. In one of his best roles, Errol Flynn plays Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe, who commandeers a 40-gun galleon, endures captivity, and then boldly escapes to warn England of Spain’s... More
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Papillon
(1973) [M]
They called him Papillon, meaning "butterfly." If only he had wings to go with the name. Unable to fly, Henri Charriere virtually willed himself free. He persisted until he did the impossible: escape Devil's Island. Based on Charriere's bestseller and shot in Spain and Jamaica, Franklin J.... More
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The Sound Barrier
(1952) [G]
The true story of the jet plane's early days and the committed men who risked all to test the danger levels. An air-craft manufacturer is driven to design the first supersonic aeroplane even if his obsession to break the sound barrier costs him his humanity, the love of his family and the... More
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Charade
(1963) [PG]
Audrey Hepburn plays a Parisienne whose husband is murdered and who finds she is being followed by four men seeking the fortune her late spouse had hidden away. Cary Grant is the stranger who comes to her aid, but his real motives aren't entirely clear--could he even be the killer? The 1963 film... More
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Escape From New York
(1981) [M]
Another John Carpenter cult classic, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was one of the best entries in the once popular post-apocalyptic genre which included ROAD WARRIOR and THE TERMINATOR. In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into the world's largest maximum security prison, a place where the... More
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King Kong (1933)
(1933) [PG]
'The Most Awesome Thriller Of All Time!' When a film crew pays a visit to a remote tropical island, they discover that its inhabitants are worshippers of a colossal ape called Kong More
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White Hunter, Black Heart
(1990) [PG]
For a film of "excitement, wit and intelligence" (Rex Reed, New York Observer), your hunt is over. As star and director of White Hunter, Black Heart Clint Eastwood crafts one of the most acclaimed movies of his enduring career. He plays brilliant, driven filmmaker John Wilson (loosely based on... More
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The African Queen
(1951) [G]
Adapted from a novel by C.S. Forester, The African Queen stars Humphrey Bogart in his Oscar-winning portrayal of Charlie Aunt - the slovenly, gin-swilling captain of a tramp steamer called The African Queen, which ships supplies to small East African villages during World War I. Katharine Hepburn... More
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The Crimson Pirate
(1952) [G]
Notorious raider of the eighteenth century sea lanes, Captain Vallo, a.k.a. The Crimson Pirate, and his band of buccaneers overtake a Spanish galleon filled with guns and ammunition. When he decides to sell the stolen arsenal to rebel leader El Libre on the island of Cobra, the representative of... More
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The Cruel Sea
(1953) [PG]
Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott and Virginia McKenna star in a powerful and moving documentary-style account of life on board a British warship during World War 11. Directed by Charles Frend, it is the courageous story of the Battle of the Atlantic – a story of an ocean, a ship and... More
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The Thing
(1982) [M]
John Carpenter's The Thing is both a remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 film of the same name and a re-adaptation of the John W. Campbell Jr. story "Who Goes There?" on which it was based. Carpenter's film is more faithful to Campbell's story than Hawks' version and also substantially more reliant on... More
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Apocalypse Now
(1979) [R]
Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Willard receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz, and to "terminate his command with extreme prejudice". Willard's mission becomes an... More
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The Purple Plain
(1954) [PG]
Set during the Burma Campaign, Peck stars as a pilot whose life has already been shattered by the loss of his wife during an air raid on London. Shot down after a dogfight with a Japanese fighter, he finds himself marooned in the Burmese jungle with a badly-injured navigator and a traumatised... More
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The Court Jester
(1955) [G]
This spectacular production features the tremendous pageantry and color of 12th-century England and the considerable talents of Danny Kaye. Kaye plays a court jester who becomes involved with outlaws trying to overthrow the king. In between singing, dancing and clowning, he still finds time for... More
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Aliens
(1986) [M]
Sigourney Weaver reprised her role as Ellen Ripley for James Cameron's exciting, adrenaline-fuelled sequel. The only survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the alien, Ripley's escape pod floats in space for 57 years. After being rescued, Ripley is stunned when her story is met with... More
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Dr Who: The Tomb Of Cybermen
(1967) [G]
The once-feared Cybermen have disappeared from the Universe without trace. An expedition form Earth arrives on Telos--homeworld of the Cybermen--to try and discover exactly what has become of the silver giants. Soon after the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria join the archaeological party, the first... More
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The Wooden Horse
(1950) [G]
In a POW camp, the Nazis have placed the huts far from the boundary so that any escape tunnel would have to be a long one. One British officer has the idea of starting a daily gynmastics routine using a vaulting horse: they can place it near the boundary and start a tunnel from under it. He and... More
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To Have And Have Not
(1944) [PG]
Help the Free French? Not world-weary Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart). But he changes his mind when a sultry siren named Marie asks, "Anybody got a match?" That red-hot match is Bogart and 19-year-old Lauren Bacall in her acting debut. Full of intrigue and racy banter (certain whistling... More
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Star Trek 3: The Search For Spock
(1984) [PG]
In space, a battle is about to begin. A battle between good and evil. A battle between justice and vengeance. A battle between the Starship Enterprise and the wrath of Khan. For some it will be their first mission, for others it will be their last. More
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Star Trek 2: The Wrath Of Khan
(1982) [PG]
It is the twenty-third century. Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise--now a Starfleet Academy training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when Khan... More
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The Adventures Of Robin Hood (2 disc set)
(1938) [G]
"One of the few great adventure movies that you can pretend you are treating the kids to when you are really treating yourself. The stuff of which Saturday matinee dreams were made." -Scott Meek, Time Out Film Guide A forest full of bountiful bonuses for this winner of 4 Academy Awards! *MR More
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Les Fugitifs
(1986) [M]
Pierre Richard returns as Francis Veber's walking accident, Francois Pignon, alongside Gerard Depardieu's straight-guy, Jean Lucas, in the huge international hit, Les Fugitifs.
On release from prison, reformed bank-robber Lucas visits a bank-only to be taken hostage by bumbling would-be-bank... More
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Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (2 disc set)
(2007) [M]
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the cyborg from the future in one of the most successful sequels of all time. Almost ten years have passed since Sarah Connor's ordeal began, and her son John, the future leader of the resistance, is now a healthy young boy. However, the nightmare begins again... More
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Scott Of The Antarctic
(1948) [G]
John Mills stars as Commander Scott, the leader of the ill-fated and famed 1911 expedition to be the first to discover the South Pole. The British were up against the Norwegians in the Arctic quest for fame and honor which was won by Norway. More
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Cleopatra (Special Edition) (2 Disc Set)
(1963) [M]
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison star in this sweeping tale of power and betrayal - the legendary story of the Queen of the Nile and her conquest of Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. Here is the truly unforgettable portrayal of the beguiling beauty who seduced two of Rome's... More
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Robin And Marian
(1976) [PG]
Many years have passed since Robin led the fight for the poor people of Nottingham. Now, he and Little John return from the crusades under the command of King Richard the Lion Heart. But Robin regroups the members of his old Sherwood Forest band when the King orders the Sheriff of Nottingham,... More
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Stalag 17
(1953) [PG]
During World War II, a group of G.I.s are thrown together in the notorious German prison camp Stalag 17. For the most part, they spend their time scheming ways to help each other escape. But when two prisoners are killed in an escape attempt, it becomes obvious that there is a spy among them.... More
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