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100 Feisty Females
(109 titles)
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Silence Of The Lambs
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn
Director: Jonathan Demme
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An evil serial killer who skins his female victims is on the loose. FBI agent, Clarice Starling is assigned to the case. Desperate for any leads she seeks the help of psychiatrist-turned-psychopath, Dr Hannibal Lecter..... Winner of 5 Oscars. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.
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76%
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Million Dollar Baby
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature 'Mystic River', Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for 'Million Dollar Baby'. Eastwood also stars in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his ..read more »
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71%
from 95,292 members
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Memoirs Of A Geisha
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh
Director: Rob Marshall
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This epic motion picture from the director of Chicago is based on the international best-selling novel by Arthur Golden. Torn from her impoverished family before World War II and sent to work in a geisha house, a child will blossom into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, ..read more »
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from 58,819 members
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Bridget Jones's Diary
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Director: Sharon Maguire
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In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a ..read more »
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from 42,791 members
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Vera Drake
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Estelle Harris, Phil Davis
Director: Mike Leigh
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Mike Leigh produces another devastating masterpiece with the heartbreaking VERA DRAKE. Imelda Staunton is the title character, beloved wife of Stan (Phil Davis) and mother of Sid (Daniel Mays) and Ethel (Alex Kelly). Vera spends her days cleaning houses for money and looking in on elderly and sick ..read more »
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from 48,391 members
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Misery
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Frances Sternhagen
Director: Rob Reiner
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Romance author Paul Sheldon (James Caan) longs to be rid of Misery, his plucky heroine of seven novels. She has delivered him fame and fortune and recognition beyond the average writer's dreams, but she is also interminably linked to him. Determined to escape an eternal role as pulp novelist, he ..read more »
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from 16,482 members
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All About My Mother
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Cecilia Roth
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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A birthday treat for single mother Manuela turns to disaster when her teenage son is killed in a car crash. Consumed by grief she goes to Barcelona to tell his father about the son he never knew he had, but he is a transvestite dying from an AIDS related illness... Spanish dialogue with English ..read more »
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72%
from 18,587 members
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Alias - Season 2
(6 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Victor Garber
Director: J.J. Abrams
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After the epic cliffhanger of Season 1, Alias returns for more twist and turns, subplots and all-round action. Episodes include: 'The Enemy Walks In', 'Trust Me', 'Cipher', 'Dead Drop', 'The Indicator', 'Salvation', 'Counteragent', 'Passage Part 1 And 2', The Abduction', 'A Higher Echelon', 'The ..read more »
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78%
from 7,201 members
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Erin Brockovich
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Aaron Eckhart, Albert Finney
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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In a world where heroes are often in short supply, the story of Erin Brockovich is an inspirational reminder of the power of the human spirit. Her passion, tenacity and steadfast desire to fight for the rights of the underdog defied the odds, her victory made even more sweet by the fact that while ..read more »
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from 18,244 members
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Underworld: Evolution
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran
Director: Len Wiseman
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The Underworld saga continues as hunted Vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) seeks out Marcus (Tony Curran), king of the Vampires, in the hope of bargaining for her life. Hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) wants to join Selene in her quest but is unable to trust the werewolf raging uncontrolled inside him,..read more »
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from 50,801 members
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Thelma And Louise
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Director: Ridley Scott
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Fed up with her boyfriend (Michael Madsen), live-wire Arkansas waitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), a naive housewife burdened with a negligent, sexist husband (Christopher McDonald), to hit the road with her for a weekend of freedom. One of ..read more »
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69%
from 20,346 members
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Underworld
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly
Director: Len Wiseman
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In UNDERWORLD, a dark and Gothic monster action movie, vampires and lycans--an ancient form of werewolf--are at war. While the vampires inhabit a gigantic castle that houses their ancestors' tombs, the lycans live underground in a dilapidated sewer cave. Both teams are equipped with big guns, and ..read more »
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from 38,926 members
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Mr And Mrs Smith
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn
Director: Doug Liman
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John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with a lifeless suburban marriage. But they have a secret: both are legendary assassins working for competing organisations. It's just that neither knows about the other's extra-curricular activities. And then they receive their next assignments: ..read more »
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59%
from 108,001 members
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Monster
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern
Director: Patty Jenkins
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Charlize Theron delivers a knockout, cast-against-type performance in this gritty drama, based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a down and out prostitute who was sentenced to death after killing six men between 1989 and 1990. Christina Ricci co-stars as Selby Wall, a lesbian runaway who forms a ..read more »
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from 35,087 members
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All About Eve
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Given that she throws tantrums, gets intoxicated, and pushes people away when she needs them the most, it's a wonder New York theater star Margo Channing has any true friends. But when Eve, Margo's young and innocent-seeming protegee, schemes to gain both the affection of Margo's friends and a ..read more »
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