Joe Don Baker
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Ben Hamper vowed never to be an autoworker. Life had other plans. In the 1970s and '80s, the General Motors assembly plant in Flint, Michigan provided steady work for the town's citizens. But at what cost? The man the Detroit Free Press calls "a blue-collar Tom Wolfe" delivers a full-barreled blast of truth and gritty reality in Rivethead, a no-holds-barred journey through the belly of the American industrial beast. With the perspective of the blue-collar...
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Walking tall: Based on the true life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his life and his family's. Walking tall part II: Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife. Final Chapter: Walking Tall: The final years in the life of Pusser after his retirement from the police force where...
45) The underneath
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Michael Chambers returns home to celebrate his mother's remarriage. Michael had fled his hometown due to gambling indiscretions and had left his wife Rachel to deal with the mess he created. He must now reassimilate into the town, renew his relationships with his family and friends (and enemies) and, most of all, seek out his ex-wife to woo her again. Michael obtains a job working for his mother's new husband as an armored car driver. He almost seems...
46) Fletch (Blu-ray)
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Irwin Fletcher, a.k.a. Fletch, is an investigative reporter who changes his identity more often than his underwear. While working on a drug exposé, Fletch attracts the attention of a strange businessman who wants to be killed so his wife will inherit more insurance. The wily Fletch senses a scam, and soon he's up to his byline in frame-ups, murder, police corruption, and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year if he can stay alive to meet...
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Goldeneye (1995 ; 130 min.): "Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access code for an awesome space-based weapon of mass destruction, and squares off against his former compatriot Alec Trevelyan, a.k.a. 006, a mastermind who can anticipate Bond's every move"--Container.
Tomorrow never dies (1997 ; 119 min.): "When a ruthless media tycoon tries to destabilize the world economy by orchestrating a deadly standoff between world superpowers in...
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The Breakfast Club: "An iconic portrait of 1980s American high school life. When Saturday detention started, they were simply the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal and the Basket Case, but by that afternoon they had become closer than any of them could have imagined."--Amazon.com
The 'Burbs: "Ray Peterson would like nothing better than to spend a quiet week's vacation in his suburban home, drinking beer and watching TV. But, spurred on...