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| After Hours |
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1985 Color |
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Griffin Dunne delivers an understated and humorous performance as Paul Hackett, a likable guy who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Stuck in SoHo, he gets involved with a cast of surreal characters who find every possible way to turn his evening into a bizarre adventure.
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| Cane Toads |
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1988 Color |
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A bizarre and hilarious docu-comedy about the Cane Toads that were imported from Hawaii to destroy the crop-damaging greyback beetle in Australia. But the huge toads multiplied at a shocking rate and became both friend and pest without accomplishing their intended goal.
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| The Trouble with Harry |
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1955 Color |
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The trouble is, they just can't seem to keep Harry in the ground. This little known film by Alfred Hitchcock is the story of a dead body found in a small New England town where everyone seems to think they had something to do with the murder.
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| Big Fish |
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2003 Color |
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Throughout his life, William Bloom has listened to his father's tall tales of amazing adventures. Now, before his father dies, he tries to piece together the stories and uncover the truth in the hopes of finally understanding the man who raised him.
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| Cocoon |
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1985 Color |
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A group of senior citizens trespass to use an alluring swimming pool. The pool contains alien eggs that energize them and the seniors soon realize they have found a fountain of youth. Performances by the incredible veteran cast, makes this a must see movie.
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Midnight in the Garden of
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1997 Color |
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A murder mystery of a high society man accused of killing his lover unforlds with the eccentric background of Savannah, Ga. This flick is full of wonderful southern creepy charm.
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| October Sky |
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1999 Color |
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An underlying metaphor of a boy's desire to improve upon his lot in life by "shooting high" with an interest in rocketry forms this plot. As much as this sounds corny, the movie works and is a very nice film. Strong performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Cooper.
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| Pay It Forward |
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2000 Color |
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A film with a great cast and a great concept that works well right up to the ending. Unfortunately the last few minutes are not up to the quality of the majority of the movie but it remains a rewarding view none the less. Just remember you will need to write your own ending.
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| The Count of Monte Cristo |
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2002 Drama |
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Edmond Dantes is imprisoned after his best friend betrays him. After his daring escape, he reinvents himself and sets out to seek revenge and to reclaim his lost love. Finally a good adaptation of an Alexandre Dumas novel!
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| The Ice Storm |
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1997 Color |
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Two years before the release of American Beauty, The Ice Storm made interesting comentary about American suburban lifestyles. Directed with characteristic style by Ang Lee with Kevin Kline and many familiar names, this film has a feeling that lingers.
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| The Legend of 1900 |
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1998 Color |
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A baby born and deserted on a luxury liner knows it as his only home. One great scene in this movie involves a wild ride on a piano during a storm at sea and is a very creative film moment. Keep in mind that in our time, it is ever more difficult to be sentimental and get away with it!
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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1993 Color |
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Gilbert, his retarded brother Arnie and his two sisters must cope with a dangerously overweight mother. Leonardo DiCaprio gives his best performance to date in this moving film.
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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2003 Color |
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This is a beautifull and pensive movie, filmed as if it were painted. It tells the story of a young peasant girl who works for the painter Johannes Vermeer. She has an unlikely appreciation of art and secretly becomes her master's muse, resulting in the famous Vermeer portrait.
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The Notebook
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2004 Color |
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Set against a beautiful South Carolina backdrop, this is a love story that overcomes disease, social pressures and war. Told through a notebook that was kept to remind and reunite two people destined to be together.
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Stage Beauty
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2004 Color |
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Set in the 1660's when women's acting roles were played only by men, this story focuses on Ned Kynaston who was the "leading lady" of his day. When Charles II decides to allow women back on the stage there is much personal turmoil.
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| Outbreak |
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1995 Color |
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A man trying to smuggle a monkey into the United States inedvertantly also introduces a deadly virus which begins to spread in a small American town. Col Sam Daniels must not only try to stop the virus, but also stop the destruction of the town.
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| The Butterfly Effect |
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2004 Color |
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Evan is troubled by gaps in his childhood memories. When he discovers he possesses the ability to go back in time, he tries to correct the path of his life and those around him but soon finds out that it's not that simple. Ultimately Evan must make the ultimate sacrifice.
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| The Usual Suspects |
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1995 Color |
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This Bryan Singer film has a great mysterious feel to it and the plot mystery holds for just about the full 106 minutes. The Usual Suspects won two academy awards in 1996, one for Kevin Spacey as best supporting actor, yet somehow this movie is not known very well.
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Sneakers
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1992 Color |
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A group of experts who specialise in testing security systems is blackmailed into stealing a code-breaking black box and inadvertantly uncovers a conspiracy.
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| 12 Monkeys |
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1995 Color |
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James Cole is a convict who is sent back in time to stop a deadly virus that wiped out most of the earth's population. After he is sent back to the wrong year, he joins up with his psychiatrist to find the source of the virus and prevent the future devastation.
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| Heat |
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1995 Color |
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This is the story of two men on opposite sides of the law who try to outsmart eachother and in so doing gain enormous respect for one another. Who wouldn't want to see Al Pacino and Robert De Niro facing off?
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