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Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
(1997) [M]
Welcome to Savannah, Georgia. A city of hot nights and cold-blooded murder. The most important party of the Savannah Christmas season ends with a bang! When affable host Jim Williams (Kevin Spacey) shoots a man to death. The party is over, the mystery begins. Director Clint Eastwood weaves... More
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Twilight (1998)
(1998) [M]
Some people can buy their way out of anything. Except the past. Paul Newman plays Harry Ross, a burned-out private eye who's plunged into a murder mystery tied to a long-unsolved case of Hollywood dreams, schemes and cover-ups. Susan Sarandon and Gene Hackman are among the locals who inhabit a... More
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The Big Lebowski
(1998) [MA]
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the... More
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Grosse Pointe Blank
(1997) [M]
GROSSE POINTE BLANK is the witty, dark comedy starring John Cusack (Con Air; The Grifters) that's being hailed by both critics and audiences for its outlandish plot and irreverent humour! Unlike his High School friends who became respected professionals, Martin Blank (Cusack) found a lucrative... More
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Chungking Express
(1995) [PG]
This astonishing feature from acclaimed director Wong Kar Wai is a double tale of two cops, two girls, and a neon city. Ditched by a girl he can’t forget, Cop No 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) picks up a be-wigged and mysterious woman (Brigitte Lin) in a late night bar, little dreaming she’s a... More
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The Birds
(1963) [PG]
Nothing equals "The Birds" for sheer terror when Alfred Hitchcock unleashes his fowl friends in one of his most shocking and memorable masterpieces. As beautiful blonde melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), she is... More
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L.A. Confidential
(1997) [MA]
L.A. Confidential is "tough, gorgeous and vastly entertaining", "a genuine masterpiece that will knock your socks off" and won the 1997 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Director Curtis Hanson and a terrific cast serve up a "ravishing, thrilling tale of... More
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Rope
(1948) [PG]
James Stewart stars with Farley Granger and John Dall in a highly-charged thriller inspired by the real-life Leopold-Loeb murder case. Granger and Dall give riveting performances as two friends who strangle a classmate for intellectual thrills, then proceed to throw a party for the victim's... More
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Les Diaboliques
(1955) [M]
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques is a brilliant suspense film that set a standard rarely reached by contemporary movies. A blueprint for Psycho among many others, it has many imitators but few peers. Both frightening and intoxicating in equal measure this film stands the test of time and... More
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Kiss Me Deadly
(1955) [M]
When callous thugs beat Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) senseless and viciously murder the gorgeous blonde he’s been trying to help, the hard-boiled detective retaliates the only way he can: by hitting first and asking questions later. Cutting a brutal swathe through the city’s sleazy underside,... More
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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
(1940) [PG]
The wind blows one way but the windmill turns another. To a group of fifth Columnists, it's a signal. It also signals to an intrepid American reporter that he's stumbled across the biggest story in prewar Europe. Foreign Correspondent is prime Alfred Hitchcock, a showcase of the director's best... More
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Mr. Klein
(1976) [M]
Set in Paris, 1942. Catholic antique dealer Klein is making large profits from Jews fleeing the country who are forced to sell their works of art. Somehow his identity becomes confused with that of a Jew of the same name. Although acutely aware of the danger, Klein is compelled to assume the... More
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Finally Sunday
(1983) [PG]
This Hitchcock-style thriller studies an estate agent who becomes the prime suspect when his wife and his friend are found murdered. French dialogue with English subtitles. More
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The Game
(1997) [M]
Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a shrewdly successful businessman who is accustomed to being in control of each facet of his investments and relationships. His well-ordered life undergoes a profound change, however, when his brother Conrad (Sean Penn) gives him an unexpected birthday gift... More
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The Apartment (L'Appartement)
(1995)
Max is planning a marriage, investigating a murder, chasing a lost love, and getting bizarrely hooked up with a mystery girl. Fusing atmospheric street scenes, a beautiful Parisian appartment, and chic cafes with unpredictable plot twists and pungent symbolism, 'L'Appartement' glides through... More
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Stephen King's The Shining (2 Disc Set)
(1997) [M]
Jack Torrance and his family move into the sprawling, vacant Overlook Hotel to get away from it all. Away from the alcoholism that derails Jack's writing career. Away from the violent outbursts that mar Jack's past. But Jack's young son Danny knows better. He possesses a psychic gift called The... More
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Marathon Man
(1976) [M]
Oscar® winner Dustin Hoffman plays a likeable graduate student and marathon runner who unwittingly is trapped in a killing game of intrigue involving Nazi fugitive Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier). Laurence Olivier received an Academy Award® nomination for his chilling portrayal of the... More
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Diva
(1981) [M]
Modern noir meets high opera in the French suspense flick Diva. Delivery boy Jules has an opera obsession. He spends his small disposable income on sophisticated sound equipment and manages to bootleg a live performance of his favorite diva, Cynthia Hawkins (played by real-life opera singer... More
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A Judgement In Stone (La Ceremonie)
(1995) [M]
A nanny and a postmistress forge a friendship on past secrets. The nanny is subsequently fired from her job for strange behaviour. In retaliation the two friends exact their own kind of revenge. Based on the bestseller by Ruth Rendell. French dialogue with subtitles More
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Topaz
(1969) [PG]
The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, brought a best-selling spy novel to the screen with riveting results in this spellbinding espionage thriller. John Forsythe stars as an American CIA agent who hires a French operative named Devereaux (Freddrick Stafford) to go to Cuba and check out rumors... More
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The Trigger Effect
(1996) [M]
How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. Matthew's long-time friend, Joe, happens by on the second day and a... More
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The Boys From Brazil
(1978) [M]
Dr. Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck), alive and living in South America gathers a group of former Nazis to work on a mysterious project. Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier), begins to unravel the conspiracy and discovers that Mengele has cloned 94 young Hitlers. Suddenly the terrifying extent of... More
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Haunted
(1995) [M]
David Ash, Professor of Para-Psychology, is called in to investigate the strange hauntings at Edbrook House and there meets the beautiful Christina and immediately falls in love. As he begins his investigation he becomes aware of a presence in the house which slowly but surely starts to wear him... More
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Murder!
(1930) [PG]
One of Hitchcock’s most frequent techniques was to have his characters get caught up in a web of confusion and chaos that is totally beyond their control. That concept works so very well because most people can readily identify with it. In Murder, Norah Baring is an actress who is caught... More
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D.O.A.
(1950) [PG]
Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week's fun prior to settling down with fiance Paula. After a night on the town, he wakes up with more than just a hangover; doctors tell him he's been given a "luminous toxin" with no antidote and has, at most, a week to live! Not... More
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Shadow Of A Doubt
(1943) [M]
When Uncle Charlie comes to visit his relatives in the sleepy town of Santa Rosa, the foundation is laid for one of his most engaging and suspenseful excursions. Joseph Cotton stars as the charming Uncle Charlie, a beguiling killer who travels from Philadelphia to California just one step ahead... More
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The Confessional
(1995) [M]
After three years in China, Pierre Lamontagne, has returned to Quebec. He meets up with Marc, his adopted brother. Feeling lost and adrift, Marc has begun to question his identity and is searching for his roots. The brothers embark on a quest to find Marc's unknown father, a quest that will lead... More
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A Time To Kill
(1996) [M]
John Grisham's bestseller A Time to Kill hits the screen with incendiary force, directed by Joel Schumacher. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey portray the principals in a murder trial that brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint.... More
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The Crossing Guard
(1995) [M]
Jack Nicholson and an outstanding star–packed cast power this suspenseful, critically acclaimed drama about a man with a vengeful obsession. For six long years, Freddy Gale (Nicholson) has waited to take his revenge on John Booth (David Morse), the man jailed for a crime that stripped Freddy's... More
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Strange Days
(1995) [R]
Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millenium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates... More
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