Paul Giamatti
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"Academy Award nominees Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn star in Norman Corwin's electrifying dramatization of the history-making Lincoln-Douglas debates. This fierce rivalry between rising legislator Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Senator Stephen A. Douglas tackled some of the day's most passionate and controversial issues -- above all, those of slavery and the American concept of freedom. As seen through the eyes of Douglas' young wife Adele (Lily...
122) The congress
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Drafthouse Films volume no. 24
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English
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More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions.
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In this outrageously funny trilogy, Martin Lawrence plays Malcolm Turner, an undercover FBI agent who's concealing way more than a weapon. Turner poses as a robust Southern lady to protect a witness in Big Momma's House and to solve a murder in Big Momma's House 2. Then in Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son, Turner and his stepson go undercover as an all-girl performing arts school.
124) Safe men
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"An offbeat tale of inept lounge singers Sam and Eddie, who find themselves breaking into the burglary biz when they're mistaken by a low-level mobster for the best safecrackers in town. Now two guys who can't carry a tune are carrying off a series of hysterical heists"--Container.
126) Big momma's house
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English
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A tough-talking FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a single mom and her son from an escaped convict. He goes incognito by disguising himself as the woman's grandma.
127) Trumbo
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English
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Documents the rise of Dalton Trumbo's career in Hollywood and his subsequent public humiliation for being among the 'Hollywood Ten' blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1940s for communist associations. Exiled and penniless, he wrote under various pseudonyms, and even won an Academy Award. Dalton stood for the American value and right of free expression.
128) Ironclad
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A ragtag group of Knights Templar hold out for months against the hard-fought siege of Rochester Castle in the thirteenth Century. Set in the time of King John's signing of the Magna Carta treaty, the group struggles against the king to defend the freedom of their country.
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Bobby Axelrod and Chuck Rhoades see their vicious rivalry reignited, while new enemies rise and take aim. Social impact pioneer Mike Prince poses a true threat to Axe's dominance, and Chuck feuds with a formidable district attorney. Taylor Mason is forced back to Axe Capital, where Taylor must fight to protect their employees and their assets. Wendy Rhoades reevaluates her loyalties and forges surprising new alliances that put her at odds with both...
130) Paycheck
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Jennings is the best reverse-engineer in the business. He is hired by his friend Rethrick to do a special job, with the promise of a multi-million dollar paycheck when successfully completed. When he is finished, all memory of what he had been working on is erased from his mind. That's when his problems really begin. He is hunted by the FBI for something he has no recollection of doing and has little time to work it out. Before his memory wipe, he...
131) The hangover trilogy
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Hangover: They planned a Vegas bachelor party that they would never forget. Now they really need to remember what exactly went down.
Hangover Part II: Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.
Hangover Part III: The continuing misadventures of the Wolfpack. After the death of his father, Alan turns to the...
132) Cinderella Man
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When a nation was on its knees, a courageous underdog brought them to their feet, overcoming incredible odds to become a legendary champion and an American hero. The inspiring true story of boxer Jim Braddock.
135) 4 Film favorites: Family fun collection : Kangaroo Jack ; Ant Bully ; Racing stripes ; Iron giant
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Kangaroo Jack : Charlie and Louis are from Brooklyn. Charlie's stepfather, Sal, is a crime kingpin who has loaned Charlie a lot of money. Sal sends Charlie and Lewis to Australia, where they're to meet and deliver a large amount of cash to a mysterious Mr. Smith. En route to the outback, Charlie and Louis accidentally run over a kangaroo, and they decide to dress the marsupial in sunglasses and Louis' favorite jacket for snapshots. Since the animal...
136) Elf: Fred Claus
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Elf: A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working....
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Set in different decades in the same house, these stories of three lesbian couples each reflect a specific concern. In 1961, Abby and Edith, two retired schoolteachers, lead a quiet life. Abby has a stroke and dies, and her nephew and his wife come for the funeral and to sort and sell Abby's things, unaware that she and Edith were a lifelong couple. In 1972, four college-age lesbians share the house. They have problems with the campus feminism group,...
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Fight club: A man sets up a fight club in which young men are paired off in bloody no-holds-barred bouts until one drops.
The usual suspects: A $91 million cocaine heist. A devastating boat explosion. Two survivors. U.S. Customs special agent David Kujan is determined to find out who and what's behind the melee. As he pieces together clues with the help of a half-charred...
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The amazing Spider-man: In this original story high school student Peter Parker stumbles across a clue as to why his parents vanished when he was young, and soon finds himself on a collision course with his dad's former partner, Dr. Curt Connors who can transform into a humanoid lizard.
The amazing Spider-man 2: It's great to be Spider-Man, but being Spider-Man comes at a price: Peter in love with Gwen Stacy struggles with the responsibilities of...
140) Cali comedies
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Sideways: Jack and Miles were college roommates, and despite their differences, they have been friends ever since. Jack is an actor, whose career high point is a stint as a soap opera regular. English teacher and oenophile Miles would much rather be a published novelist. Jack is about to get married, so depressed, divorced Miles suggests they hit the road for a week-long bachelor party amidst the rolling hillsides and gorgeous sunsets of wine country...