John Heard
41) "O"
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A provacative tale of jealousy, seduction and betrayal. A controversial modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic "Othello". "O" is the schools' best basketball player and NBA hopeful. He is adored by all including his coach and a beautiful classmate. "O" has a troubled friend, who is the coaches' son and he is deeply resentful of his fathers preference to "O" on and off the court. The seeds of mistrust are sown and it sets into motion a disturbing...
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Peter had the perfect life until an urgent letter summoned him to meet his brothers Rick and Norman at their remote cabin in the woods. After Rick makes a shocking confession concerning their father, Peter eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that the lies of the past won't stay buried any longer.
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After his relationship hits the skids and his mother recieves a dire medical diagnosis, Philip Stalworth goes home to the Gulf coast of Alabama. Working through his past with his complicated family, some old high school chums, and the hilarious Southern characters who grace his home town, Philip learns more about his mother than he ever bargained for, and more about himself than he ever guessed possible.
45) Dead Lenny
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Mobster Tony Thick is expecting $5 million in cash to be delivered by Lenny Long from Los Angeles. Lenny is a mule for the mob and he's gone missing with the cash. Is he dead? No one knows. When Lenny is a no show, Thick sends Shady to L.A. to look for the missing cash. Shady has no idea of the crazies he's going to run into-- Lenny's baby-desperate wife, his ditzy mistress, his muscle-headed brother, his quirky neurosurgeon, and a crew of other nut...
47) Heaven help us
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Set in a Catholic school in Brooklyn in the 1960's, the film tells the story of 16-year-old Michael Dunn who arrives at St. Basil's school in 1965 and immediately befriends all of the misfits in his class. What unfolds is the hilarious and moving story of boys growing up during a tumultuous, important year in their lives.
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"When Kevin McCallister's family leaves for Christmas vacation, they forget one thing: Kevin! So the eight-year-old starts decorating for the holidays. But when two bumbling burglars try to break in, Kevin rigs an array of booby traps for them"--Container.
"This year, Kevin is spending the holidays in New York City. Unfortunately, his parents are spending them in Florida! Accidentally separated from his parents once again, Kevin manages to find food,...
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Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
50) Awakenings
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Dr. Oliver Sacks experiments with the drug L-dopa, which inspires the 'awakening' of a number of catatonic patients, some of whom had been sleeping for as long as 30 years.
51) 187
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Dedicated science instructor Trevor Garfield is a man with a passion for learning. Garfield is skilled, smart, committed: the total package as a teacher. But he's also human. And what he confronts in a school turned increasingly into a battlefield may be more than he can bear. Maybe he'll quit teaching. Or caring. Or maybe he'll take justice into his own hands.
52) The package
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When Sgt. Johnny Gallagher is assigned the task of delivering a military prisoner to the U.S. for court martial, little does he know that they will be assaulted, and his prisoner will disappear. Gallagher soon finds a trail of clues leading to an international conspiracy -- one that will change the course of mankind.
53) Tracks
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The true story of a suburban teenager whose one mistake leads to a life changing punishment. Peter Madigan, a 15-year-old from the suburbs commits a senseless act, causing a commuter train to derail killing the engineer. In a controversial decision, Peter becomes the first juvenile in New Jersey state history to be sentenced to serve time in a maximum security adult prison. While in prison becomes interdependent with correction officer Clark (Ice-T)....
54) Mindwalk
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A US politician visits his poet friend in Mont. St. Michael, France. While walking through the medieval island discussing their philosophies of life they happen upon Sonja, a scientist in recluse, who joins in their conversation. The two men listen to the ideas of this brilliant woman and discuss how her ideas can work in their own politician and poet lives.
55) Cat people
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Criterion collection volume 833
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A Serbian immigrant living in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
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Criterion collection volume 1176
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The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver one of only five women to direct a film for a Hollywood studio in the 1970s digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti-romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie's best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles and his married-but-separated coworker Laura. Months after their affair has ended, Charles is haunted by memories as he desperately attempts to rekindle a love that perhaps...
59) C.H.U.D
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In downtown Manhattan, a police captain's hunt for his missing wife uncovers a series of mysterious disapperances in the area. Extending his search into the tunnels and sewers below, it soon becomes clear that something monstrous lurks beneath city streets, and it's not staying down there much longer! Includes limited edition special features such as interviews, commentaries, and a bonus scene.
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Unfolds over 60 years and 18 holes of golf per year. John, Ben, Hank and Charlie are the four Musketeers. After sneaking into the elite Sunset ridge Country Club, the childhood friends make a pact to meet each year to play a round of golf. As the years pass, their lives take different paths and dramatic turns. Through it all, the golf games continue, testing and strengthening their cherished friendships.