Arnon Milchan
Series
Criterion collection volume 700
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English
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Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this...
43) Devil's advocate
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English
Description
"Hotshot attorney Kevin Lomax's 64-0 case record has brought him a tempting offer from an elite New York firm. But the job Lomax accepts isn't what it seems. The Devil is in the details. In this gleeful, modern gothic fable, the charismatic firm founder [knows] there are cases to be won -- and souls to be lost. Lomax's life, wife and soul are on the line. He's landed a job that's Heaven on Earth which can lead him straight to Hell"--Container.
44) Brazil
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English
Description
A comedy/romance about a surreal world in which terrorists scare the citizens, and where nothing can be accomplished without paperwork. Highly critically acclaimed.
45) Brazil
Series
Criterion collection volume 51
Language
English
Description
In this surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme, a daydreaming bureaucrat who is involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. This is the original 142 minute director's cut edition of the film assembled from both the European and American versions.
46) The Medusa touch
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English
Description
Novelist John Morlar claims to possess a terrifying power. When Morlar is savagely attacked in his London flat, Detective Brunel investigates and the trail leads him to Morlar's psychiatrist for answers. He learns that Morlar believes that he has telekinetic power, including the ability to make planes crash and buildings crumble. As Brunel digs into the case his worst fear may soon be realized: that Morlar's power is real and that he can wreak havoc...
47) Made in America
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English
Description
An inquisitive young black woman discovers her biological father is an anonymous sperm-bank donor, a white used-car salesman whose cornball commercials blanket cable TV.
48) Empire records
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English
Description
A manager of a struggling record store is desperately trying to avoid a corporate takeover, while handling the problems of his teenage workers.
49) Empire records
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English
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Crank it up another notch as a young group of misfits tackles another eventful day at their favorite indie record store. As they each cope with life's challenges, confront their fears, and learn what friendship is all about, they also must fight to save the Empire from being taken over by a soulless corporation.
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English
Description
"Lanie is a beautiful, ambitious newscaster who thinks that having the perfect hair, perfect boyfriend and perfect apartment adds up to the perfect life, until an encounter with a street psychic throws her world into chaos. With the help of her handsome, wise-cracking co-worker Pete, Lainie must face a destiny as hilarious as it is romantic"--Container.
51) The negotiator
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English
Description
Danny Roman, a cop who, anxious to clear himself of false accusations, takes a group of people hostage and requests the presence of a fellow officer from another precinct. A hostage specialist, the Negotiator, who comes in to try and defuse the situation and bring Roman in.
52) Tigerland
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English
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"Just released from the base stockade, recruit Roland Bozz joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. Bozz's independence and outright defiance draws fire from his own men as well as commanding officers. But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground, Bozz's leadership and loyalty bring his men together, triggering extraordinary consequences"--Container.
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English
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A renegade electronics wiz and his mercenary army have commandeered a passenger train and transformed it into a rolling command unit for a weapons satellite. One passenger, ex-Navy SEAL Casey Ryback, eludes capture and fights against the clock to rescue the train from disaster.
54) A time to kill
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English
Description
A small-town lawyer is hired to defend an African American man who is accused of killing the white men who raped his young daughter.
55) Black knight
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English
Description
Jamal is an employee at Medieval World amusement park when he is magically transported back to 14th century England. Now he must do battle with an evil king, deadly assassins - and really bad plumbing.
56) Copycat
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English
Description
Features the desperate hunt for a mass murderer with an elusive m.o.: he copies serial killers of the recent past.
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English
Description
Rose, a literature professor who lives with her mother, is in search of passion. Gregory, a mathematics professor who has been hurt in the past, is afraid to start a new relationship. Fate brings the two together and they soon agree to a marriage of convenience, built on intellectual passion instead of sexual heat. Then they fall in love.
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English
Description
The revenant: Inspired by true events, during an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find...
59) The sunchaser
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English
Description
An oncologist in the professional fast lane hits a detour when a desperately ill patient kidnaps him at gunpoint. Across highways and backroads, kidnapper and hostage seek a fabled Navajo healing place while a manhunt closes in on them. Miles roll by quickly, but the distance between the men is not so easily bridged. At the same time, the doctor starts recovering something lost during his grab for wealth and status: his humanity. Through narrow escapes...
Language
English
Description
The devil's advocate: Hotshot attorney Kevin Lomax's 64-0 case record has brought him a tempting offer from an elite New York firm. But the job Lomax accepts isn't what it seems. The Devil is in the details.
Insomnia: Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving...