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Menace II Society
(1993) [R]
Directed by twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes, this critically acclaimed cinematic masterpiece brilliantly details real life in today's tough inner city. With powerhouse performances by Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate and Jada Pinkett, the film also features dynamite supporting roles by Charles S.... More
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Band Of Outsiders (Bande a part)
(1964) [PG]
Two small-time, self-conscious toughs Franz (Frey) and Arthur (Brasseur) begin a dalliance with local girl Odile (Karina) whose Aunt (Colpeyn) just happens to have a large pile of banknotes lying in a cupboard at home. Gently coerced into taking part in the robbery - largely because she has... More
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True Romance
(1993) [R]
Clarence Worley (Slater) is a loner who has little experience in the ways of love until he meets Alabama Whitman (Arquette), a sex kitten with an irresistible innocence. The day she enters his life his world changes for the better - and the worst. After a whirlwind courtship Clarence commits a... More
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Lady From Shanghai
(1947) [PG]
Baffling murders, fascinating plot twists and remarkable camera work contribute to this time-honoured film noir written and directed by and starring Orson Welles. Hired to work on a yacht belonging to the crippled husband of femme fatale Rita Hayworth, Welles plays an innocent man drawn into a... More
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Niagara
(1953) [PG]
A vacationing couple, George and Rose Loomis (Joseph Cotton and Marilyn Monroe), rent a quaint bungalow at romantic Niagara Falls. But Rose and her lover plan to murder the unsuspecting George - in the falls! A dramatic departure from her more upbeat roles, Monroe's fascinating performance as the... More
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Bad Lieutenant
(1993) [R]
He's the kind of cop who steals drugs off a dead man's body, the kind of father who'd rather feed his drug habit than his family... His badge means nothing to him other than the right to act like the very criminals he's supposed to be chasing and the fierce anger beneath his personality is only... More
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Dressed To Kill
(1980) [R]
In this film that combines Hitchcock's slick premises with modern-day gore, a lonely wife follows her shrink's advice and seeks comfort in a stranger. After a seductive, dangerous encounter, the wife meets a homicidal maniac. The prostitute who discovers the body and the victim's son must track... More
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Angel
(1982) [R]
Angel was the debut of writer/director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Michael Collins) and it stars Stephen Rea as Danny, a young and talented saxaphone player. Danny witnesses the killing of his band manager when three masked terrorists bomb a dance-hall where his band had been playing. A young... More
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Mad Dog And Glory
(1993) [M]
Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro stars with Uma Thurman and Bill Murray in a totally offbeat love story that Vincent Canby of The New York Times calls "full of rewards." Chicago evidence detective Wayne Dobie (DeNiro) is a shy, soft-spoken man who hasn't drawn his gun in fifteen years. His... More
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Reservoir Dogs (2 Disc Set)
(1992) [R]
Critically acclaimed for its raw power and breathtaking ferocity, it's the brilliant American gangster movie classic from writer-director Quentin Tarantino. They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless... More
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A Few Good Men
(1992) [M]
Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore star in Rob Reiner's unanimously acclaimed drama about the dangerous difference between following orders and following one's conscience. A brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with... More
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One False Move
(1992) [R]
With the assistance of two Los Angeles Police Department detectives, Star City, Arkansas Police Chief Dale "Hurricane" Dixon prepares to take on several criminals heading to his small town after a crime-filled road trip from California. More
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Once Upon A Time In America (2 Disc Set)
(1984) [R]
Epic, episodic, tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. Told mostly in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the movie centers on small-time hood David 'Noodles' Aaronson and his lifelong partners in crime; Max, Cockeye and Patsy and their friends... More
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Dog Day Afternoon (2 disc set)
(1975) [M]
On a hot Brooklyn afternoon, two optimistic losers set out to rob a bank. Sonny (Al Pacino) is the mastermind, Sal (John Cazale) is the follower, and disaster is the result. The robbery should have taken ten minutes. Four hours later, the bank was like a circus sideshow. Eight hours later, it was... More
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Take The Money And Run
(1969) [PG]
Woody Allen sends up criminals and gangster movies in his first comic masterpiece as writer, director and star. This is vintage Woody Allen and with his trademark visual gags and inspired one-liners, this hilarious comedy established him as a major force in filmmaking. Psychologically unfit for... More
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
(1946) [M]
When Nick Smith (Cecil Kellaway) hires drifter Frank (John Garfield) to work as a handyman at his roadside diner he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will lead to his own murder. Nick's beautiful wife Cora (Lana Turner) persuades her lover Frank to join her in a plot to kill her... More
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Frenzy
(1972) [M]
A rapist-murderer terrorizes London and remains on the loose due to the misguided suspicions of the police toward a more "obvious" suspect. After the unfortunate condemnation of the innocent man to life imprisonment, a police inspector (Alec McCowan) continues to have his doubts. Directed by... More
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Les Valseuses
(1974) [R]
Originally released in 1974, Les Valseuses(French slang for 'balls') was universally decreed as shocking and nothing short of scandalous. It is the tale of two aging juvenile delinquents, furious with the world, who take to the road and go on an orgy of petty thievery and much much worse.... More
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Mean Streets
(1973) [R]
This groundbreaking movie, with its sharp dialogue and bristling energy, brought together the incredible talents of Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese for the first time and launched Harvey Keitel's brilliant career. A small time hood's feelings of responsibility for his girlfriend's foolhardy... More
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Stormy Monday
(1988) [M]
Cosmo, a ruthless American businessman, arrives in Newcastle intent on buying up The Waterfront District for redevelopment. However, one property still eludes him – The Key Club owned by the tough and prosperous Finner. When Brendan, a new employee at the club meets Kate, Cosmo's former... 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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The Petrified Forest
(1936) [G]
A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. As trapped as his captives, Mantee admits: "It looks like I'll spend the rest of my life dead." The... More
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Rush
(1991) [R]
What happens when two cops stop loving their job... and start living it? Rush is an emotionally riveting, powerful and unsparing film (scripted by novelist Pete Dexter) exposing the plight of two narcotics officers who cross the line and become enmeshed in the dangerous but intoxicating... More
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High Sierra
(1941) [PG]
Prohibition era gangster Roy Earle (Humphrey Bogart) walks out of prison...and into two unfamiliar worlds: the jitterbugging 1940s and the towering majesty of High Sierra. This fast-paced, heist-gone-wrong manhunt movie is also a fascinating study of a man time has passed by. Earle identifies... More
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The Set-Up (1949)
(1949) [PG]
Boxing Wednesdays. Wrestling on Fridays. Stoker Thompson is on Paradise City's Wednesday card, fighting after the main event. He's been 20 years in the game and is sure he just one punch away from big paydays. But there's one thing Stoker doesn't yet know: his manager wants him to take a dive... More
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Peeping Tom
(1960) [M]
From Michael Powell, the brilliant and acclaimed director of A Matter of Life And Death and Black Narcissus, comes a controversial masterpiece now recognised as one of the supreme achievements of British horror cinema. By day, clean cut Mark Lewis is a focus-puller at a film studio, supplementing... More
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The Wrong Man (1956)
(1956) [PG]
From Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, a tense thriller based on the true tragedy of an honest man. When Christopher Balestrero decides to borrow money on his wife's insurance policy to pay urgent debts, a tragic chain of shattering events set in motion. Three insurance office clerks are... More
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1981) [M]
Drifter Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson), is headed nowhere. Then he drifts into a job at a roadside diner and sees his boss’ alluring young wife Cora (Jessica Lange). They are both compelled by agonising passions they can neither control or completely understand, to become lovers with savage... More
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Topkapi
(1964) [G]
A “skillful blend of romance and comedy” (The Hollywood Reporter), Topkapi shimmers with hilarity, action and great performances! Fun-filled and suspenseful, it’s “an incredibly ingenious affair [and] a considerable pleasure to watch” (Newsweek)! Trouble brews beneath the exotically... More
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