Jodie Foster
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Two young children suddenly find themselves in charge of a gentle, aging circus lion. However, when the authorities threaten to split them up, the trio embarks on a perilous journey across the American Northwest. During their adventure-filled odyssey, they seek help from a sympathetic, free-spirited mountain man.
83) Maverick
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Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a river boat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
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After 40 years, Tom Cruise's exuberance for creating films remains buoyant. A dedicated actor of immeasurable talent, Cruise has overcome overwhelming odds and personal conflict to continue to push the envelope in filmmaking. Exposing ones' heart to the world through their work is not only risky business, as far as Cruise is concerned, it is the only way to achieve an end that feels complete.
85) Stealing home
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For ex-ballplayer Billy Wyatt, whose drive never matched his big-league prospects, the high point of his life was the summer of 1964. Decades later, Billy returns home to recall the past, and the person who made it special.
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"When Alice Guy-Blaché completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. [The documentary] follows her rise from Gaumont secretary to her appointment as head of production in 1897, and her subsequent illustrious 20-year career in France and in the United States, as the founder of her own studio and as writer, director, and/or producer of 1,000 films --...
88) Five Corners
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The film is set in 1964 in a Bronx neighborhood called Five Corners, where a group of lower-middle-class young people is trying to deal with changing times. The incident that catalyzes the film's action is the return of Heinz, a psychotic bully who's been in prison for his attempted rape of Linda. Heinz carries a scar inflicted by Harry smashing during the rape attempt. Now, he wants to get even.
89) Svengali
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Peter O'Toole goes over-the-top as a has-been rocker who mentors a young female singer.
90) The brave one
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Erica Bain is a popular New York radio host who watched her fiancé die and nearly lost her own life to a vicious, random attack. Now she is unable to move past the tragedy and discovers a stranger within herself. She prowls the streets, an armed wanderer in the urban night, out for vengeance, looking for the men she hold responsible and at war with her own soul. A determined homicide detective is hot on the trail of the vigilante that is Erica Bain....
92) Sommersby
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When Jack Sommersby, known as a brutish lout, returns home after the Civil War, he is not the man anyone remembers, including his wife. The real test of their newfound love and his identity comes when he stands trial for his life.
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American Gangster: "Harlem crime boss Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) and outcast cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) are plunged into a legendary confrontation when Roberts sets out to bring down Lucas's multimillion-dollar empire."--Back of case.
The hurricane: "Denzel Washington plays Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a man who, in the prime of his boxing career, finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder and later joins forces with activists to prove...
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A tiny baby girl is snatched from her adopted family by an ugly toad but escapes to find happiness with the king of the flower angels. (1st tale) The story of Ruby Rouge, her mysterious friend Conjure Woman and the two baskets of talking eggs with very different yolks. (2nd tale) A simple fisherman catches a magical fish who promises to grant his wishes... but when the man's wife start making outlandish demands the flounder fulfills a wish of his...
95) Panic room
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Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg and her daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
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Big eyes: Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
The brave one: New York radio...
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Shout select volume 32
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Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore the...
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Silence of the lambs: A young female FBI agent is sent to interview notorious killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, in hope of obtaining information that will help the Bureau catch another killer.
Hannibal: It has been seven years since Hannibal Lecter escaped, and when one of his victims seeks revenge on him FBI agent Clarice Starling is used as bait.
Manhunter: A retired detective enters the dreams of a serial killer in order to catch him and almost loses...