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Argo (Blu-Ray)
(2012) [M]
Based on real events, the dramatic thriller "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until... More
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Argo
(2012) [M]
Based on real events, the dramatic thriller "Argo" chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until... More
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The Round Up
(2010) [M]
1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sewn on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of life in an occupied Paris, on the Butte... More
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A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære) (Blu-Ray)
(2012) [M]
Winner of the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and written and directed by Nikolaj Arcel (co-writer of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) A ROYAL AFFAIR is an epic tale of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.
Denmark, 1766,... More
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A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære)
(2012) [M]
Winner of the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and written and directed by Nikolaj Arcel (co-writer of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) A ROYAL AFFAIR is an epic tale of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.
Denmark, 1766,... More
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The Lady (Blu-Ray)
(2012) [MA]
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause.... More
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The Lady
(2012) [MA]
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause.... More
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The Mission (Blu-Ray)
(1986) [PG]
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to... More
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Gone With the Wind (Blu-Ray) (2 disc set)
(1939) [PG]
David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winner Gone with the Wind is "the pinnacle of Hollywood moviemaking," Leonard Maltin of Entertainment Tonight said: "it looks better than it has in years." This sweeping Civil War-era romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards... More
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Titanic (Blu-Ray) 2 disc set
(1997) [M]
Nothing on earth can rival the epic spectacle and breathtaking grandeur of Titanic. Winner of eleven Academy Awards including Best Picture, this sweeping love story sailed into the hearts of moviegoers around the globe, ultimately emerging as the most popular motion picture of all-time. Leonardo... More
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J. Edgar (Blu-Ray)
(2011) [M]
Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception, Blood Diamond ) stars as J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with... More
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J. Edgar
(2011) [M]
Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception, Blood Diamond ) stars as J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with... More
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I Claudius: Disc 5 of 5 (Special Features)
(1976)
Special Features include:
*A 70 minute documentary "The Epic That Never Was" narrated by Dirk Bogarde.
*"I Claudius - A Television Epic" featuring exclusive interviews with cast and director.
*Alternative Scenes
*Family Tree
*Scene Selection More
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Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta
(2012) [M]
"Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta" is the untold story of how the Vietnamese community overcame the odds and found their place in multicultural Australia. The story begins with the landmark decision of Prime Minister Fraser to open Australia's doors to thousands of refugees at the end of the... More
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The Leopard: Director's Suite (Blu-Ray)
(1963) [PG]
Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is an epic on the grandest possible scale. The film recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy's Risorgimento—when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a unified, democratic... More
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Underbelly Razor (Disc 4 of 4)
(2011) [MA]
Set during the Roaring Twenties and 1930s in Sydney when organised crime in Australia began. The series details the story of the bloody battle between the era's most feared "vice queens", Tilly Devine and her rival Kate Leigh, plus the "razor gangs" that controlled the Sydney underworld during... More
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Underbelly Razor (Disc 3 of 4)
(2011) [MA]
Set during the Roaring Twenties and 1930s in Sydney when organised crime in Australia began. The series details the story of the bloody battle between the era's most feared "vice queens", Tilly Devine and her rival Kate Leigh, plus the "razor gangs" that controlled the Sydney underworld during... More
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Underbelly Razor (Disc 2 of 4)
(2011) [MA]
Set during the Roaring Twenties and 1930s in Sydney when organised crime in Australia began. The series details the story of the bloody battle between the era's most feared "vice queens", Tilly Devine and her rival Kate Leigh, plus the "razor gangs" that controlled the Sydney underworld during... More
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Underbelly Razor (Disc 1 of 4)
(2011) [MA]
Set during the Roaring Twenties and 1930s in Sydney when organised crime in Australia began. The series details the story of the bloody battle between the era's most feared "vice queens", Tilly Devine and her rival Kate Leigh, plus the "razor gangs" that controlled the Sydney underworld during... More
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Dance With a Stranger
(1985) [M]
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Newell (Donnie Brasco), Dance With A Stranger is based on the haunting true story of the last woman to be hanged in England and her fateful journey to the gallows.
When Ruth Ellis (Miranda Richardson, The Crying Game) meets handsome young racing... More
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Anonymous
(2011) [M]
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. More
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Mozart's Sister
[PG]
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. More
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Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich
(2004) [MA]
Called "dramatic, accurate and harrowing" by the San Francisco Chronicle and nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, DOWNFALL takes you into Hitler's bunker during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Traudl Junge,... More
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A Film Unfinished
(2010) [M]
Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an... More
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Winter in Wartime
(2008) [M]
January 1945. Nazi-occupied Holland is blanketed in snow. A young man Michiel inadvertently receives a map of the hiding place of a crashed RAF pilot and sets off to prove his worth. But when a dead Nazi trooper is found... a hunt for the killer begins. Unaware of the terrible consequences for... More
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Carlos The Jackal : Miniseries (Disc 3 of 3)
(2010) [MA]
Carlos is a 3-part French television drama mini-series, first broadcast on Canal+ in 2010. Produced by Film En Stock's Daniel Leconte in coproduction with Jens Meuer in association with Canal +, Studio Canal, ARTE, the Sundance Channel, it was created by Daniel Leconte and written by Dan Franck... More
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Carlos The Jackal : Miniseries (Disc 2 of 3)
(2010) [MA]
Carlos is a 3-part French television drama mini-series, first broadcast on Canal+ in 2010. Produced by Film En Stock's Daniel Leconte in coproduction with Jens Meuer in association with Canal +, Studio Canal, ARTE, the Sundance Channel, it was created by Daniel Leconte and written by Dan Franck... More
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Carlos The Jackal : Miniseries (Disc 1 of 3)
(2010) [MA]
Carlos is a 3-part French television drama mini-series, first broadcast on Canal+ in 2010. Produced by Film En Stock's Daniel Leconte in coproduction with Jens Meuer in association with Canal +, Studio Canal, ARTE, the Sundance Channel, it was created by Daniel Leconte and written by Dan Franck... More
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The Princess of Montpensier
(2010) [M]
Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century. Based on a novella by the celebrated Madame de Lafayette, the action centers on the love of Marie de Mezières for her dashing... More
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A Dry White Season
(1989) [M]
Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a... More
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