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Great Literature on Film
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The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey (CLONE)
(2012) [M]
The first in a trilogy of films based on the enduring masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.... More
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The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey
(2012) [M]
The first in a trilogy of films based on the enduring masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.... More
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On the Road
(2012) [MA]
Just after his father's death, Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean Moriarty, a devastatingly charming ex-con, married to the very liberated and seductive Marylou. Sal and Dean bond instantly. Determined not to get locked in to a constricted life, the two friends cut their ties... More
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The Heiress
(1949) [G]
Olivia De Havilland is Catherine Sloper, an aristocratic young woman living under the scrutiny of her malevolent father. When a handsome but penniless suitor proposes, her father believes he could only be after her vast estate and threatens disinheritance. Can she be rich in both love and money?... 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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Coriolanus (Blu-Ray)
(2011) [M]
War hero General Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes) is poised to become a powerful leader within the republic, but is out-manoeuvered by political opponents and banished. Bitter and vengeful, Coriolanus swears allegiance to the enemy Aufidius (Gerard Butler) and returns to Rome at the head of an invading... More
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Coriolanus
(2011) [M]
War hero General Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes) is poised to become a powerful leader within the republic, but is out-manoeuvered by political opponents and banished. Bitter and vengeful, Coriolanus swears allegiance to the enemy Aufidius (Gerard Butler) and returns to Rome at the head of an invading... More
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Jo Nesbo's Headhunters (Hodejegerne) (Blu-Ray)
(2011) [MA]
Intense and entertaining thriller packed with twists and based on award winning mystery writer Jo Nesbo's novel, Headhunters' stars Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as an elite headhunter who finances his lavish lifestyle by stealing art from his own clients. More
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Jo Nesbo's Headhunters (Hodejegerne)
(2011) [MA]
Intense and entertaining thriller packed with twists and based on award winning mystery writer Jo Nesbo's novel, Headhunters' stars Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as an elite headhunter who finances his lavish lifestyle by stealing art from his own clients. More
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The Deep Blue Sea
(2011) [M]
Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), a forty-year old woman, has left a privileged life with her husband, Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale) in order to live with a young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston). But Hester and Freddie's relationship is characterised by drunken rows; though... 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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La Fille du Puisier (The Well-Digger's Daughter)
(2011) [PG]
In the great tradition of other Marcel Pagnol classics like Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle, acclaimed French icon Daniel Auteuil steps behind the camera to bring the latest Pagnol classic to film.
It s the beginning of the Second World... More
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2012) (Blu-Ray)
(2012) [MA]
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) accepts an invitation to surreptitiously investigate a forty year old unsolved murder on behalf of the victim's uncle, Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer). Meanwhile, tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), hired... More
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The Three Musketeers (2011)
(2011) [M]
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war. More
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The Eye of the Storm
(2011) [MA]
In the Sydney suburb of Centennial Park, two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son and daughter convene at her deathbed. But in dying, as in living, Mrs Hunter remains a powerful force on those who surround her. Based on the novel by Nobel Prize... More
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Norwegian Wood
(2010) [MA]
First love is never forgotten. For Toru, a student in the turbulent 1960s, he is coming to terms with the suicide of his best friend Kizuki whose grief-stricken girlfriend, Naoko, he has since formed a complex bond. But Naoki's reclusive lifestyle and melancholic envelopment make it tough for... More
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
[M]
Inspired by the bestselling novel by Lisa See, SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN tells the story of seven-year-old girls Snow Flower and Lily, in 19th century China, who had their feet bound at the same age and on the same day, which sealed their fates together as laotongs bound together for... More
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2012)
(2012) [MA]
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) accepts an invitation to surreptitiously investigate a forty year old unsolved murder on behalf of the victim's uncle, Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer). Meanwhile, tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), hired... More
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Moneyball
(2011) [M]
Based on a true story and from the producers of The Social Network, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s, who has is forced to reinvent his baseball team on a very tight budget. He... More
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The Help
(2011) [M]
Based on one of the most talked about books in years and a #1 New York Times best-selling phenomenon, The Help stars Emma Stone (Easy A) as Skeeter, Academy Award®–nominated Viola Davis (Doubt) as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minnie—three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi... More
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Life Above All
(2010)
"Life, Above All" is a emotional and universal drama about a young girl (stunningly performed by first-time-actress Khomotso Manyaka) who fights the fear and shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by the heart. Directed by... More
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (Blu-Ray)
(2011) [MA]
Tilda Swinton turns in a critically acclaimed performance as Eva, a mother who puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. But when Kevin is 15, he does something truly evil and unforgivable and Eva... More
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
(2011) [MA]
Tilda Swinton turns in a critically acclaimed performance as Eva, a mother who puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. But when Kevin is 15, he does something truly evil and unforgivable and Eva... More
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The Tempest
(2010) [M]
Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Helen Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.
Based on William Shakespeare's play. More
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Jane Eyre (2011) (Blu-Ray)
(2011) [M]
Running from a life of orphaned destitution, governess Jane Eyre succumbs to the unyielding desire that consumes both her and the brooding Mr. Rochester, owner of the isolated and imposing estate on which she works.
Yet all is not as it seems on the wild moors of Thornfield where the... More
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