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Philip Seymour Hoffman: The Essential Performances -
2 November 2011
talked about as often. Unless they’re also really funny, dumpy guys don’t generally enjoy the kind of careers that Philip Seymour Hoffman has put together.-
-Once in a while Hollywood might throw an Academy Award at Ernest Borgnine (Marty, 1955), say, but consid
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De Niro & Hoffman's film company shuts down -
26 July 2010
-New films featuring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman have been caught up in the latest Hollywood studio crisis as the company behind the movies shuts down.-
-Bosses at indie studio Overture Films have failed to raise the necessary investment to continue business and w
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Hoffman a reluctant star -
14 April 2009
-Doubt star Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of Hollywood's most reluctant leading men - he just wanted to be a thespian who could cycle to work.-
-The Oscar winner admits he has been struggling to come to terms with life as a famous actor for years - and still can't handle awkwar
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Philip Seymour Hoffman - filmography
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The Ides of March
(2011)
Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei
Director: George Clooney
Certificate: 
During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.
 
68%
from 457 members
Due for release on 5th March 2012
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The Ides Of March - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei
Director: George Clooney
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An ambitious press secretary works overtime to land his candidate in office, but quickly becomes a victim of backroom politics in director George Clooney's adaptation of the play by Beau Willimon. Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, and Paul Giamatti co-star.
73%
from 103 members
Due for release on 5th March 2012
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Moneyball
(2011)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright
Director: Bennett Miller
Certificate: 
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
69%
from 214 members
Due for release on 16th April 2012
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Moneyball - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright
Director: Bennett Miller
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The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
80%
from 22 members
Due for release on 16th April 2012
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Doubt
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Director: John Patrick Shanley
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Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
67%
from 24,428 members
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Mary and Max
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana
Director: Adam Elliot
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A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
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from 3,851 members
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The Boat That Rocked
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost
Director: Richard Curtis
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Writer-turned-director Richard Curtis (LOVE ACTUALLY, NOTTING HILL) directs a cast comprising the cream of British acting talent - which includes Bill Nighy (NOTES ON A SCANDAL, LOVE ACTUALLY), Rhys Ifans (NOTTING HILL, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS), Nick Frost (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ) and ..read more »
68%
from 54,719 members
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Synecdoche, New York
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Dianne Wiest, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Watson
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Obsession and identity are recurring themes in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's work, and he draws on them again in his directorial debut, SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK. Kaufman's film focuses on the wiles of Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a regional theatre director who has won a MacArthur grant to ..read more »
57%
from 6,080 members
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Charlie Wilson's War - HD
(2007)
Starring: Amy Adams, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts
Director: Mike Nichols
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The first time the audience sees Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) in the early 1980s, he seems far from a model politician. Surrounded by strippers, a Playboy Playmate, and cocaine, the naked congressman lies in a hot tub at a party. Despite the distractions, the TV news catches Charlie'..read more »
70%
from 148 members
Currently unavailable
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Charlie Wilson's War - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Blunt, Denis O'Hare
Director: Mike Nichols
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The first time the audience sees Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) in the early 1980s, he seems far from a model politician. Surrounded by strippers, a Playboy Playmate, and cocaine, the naked congressman lies in a hot tub at a party. Despite the distractions, the TV news catches Charlie'..read more »
71%
from 38 members
Not available for rental
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Charlie Wilson's War
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Amy Adams, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts
Director: Mike Nichols
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A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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from 49,342 members
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Strangers With Candy
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Justin Theroux, Matthew Broderick, Allison Janney
Director: Paul Dinello
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Jerri Blank is fresh out of jail and she decides to start a new life as an over-age high school student. With Jerri's dad in a coma, she decides she has to excel in school in a desperate bid to awaken him, although Principal Blackman and science teacher Mr. Noblet frequently throw curveballs in her ..read more »
41%
from 998 members
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Capote
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.
Director: Bennett Miller
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
In November 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote, famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee, writer of soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals ..read more »
66%
from 41,541 members
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Along Came Polly - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: John Hamburg
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Writer-director John Hamburg, (writer of ZOOLANDER and MEET THE PARENTS), teams once again with Ben Stiller to make an offbeat character study that is guaranteed to induce helpless laughter. Reuben, an overanxious insurance risk analyst (Stiller), weighs his every action by assessing pros and cons. ..read more »
61%
from 93 members
Not available for rental
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Owning Mahowny
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
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Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers another staggering performance in Richard Kwietniowski's follow-up to LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND. Dan Mahowney (Hoffman) is a well-respected assistant bank manager with a pretty fiancee, Belinda (Minnie Driver). But Dan also happens to be a compulsive gambler. One ..read more »
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from 1,056 member
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Cold Mountain
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left ..read more »
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from 47,938 members
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Cold Mountain - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left ..read more »
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from 91 members
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Love Liza
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Jack Kehler
Director: Todd Louiso
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Wilson Joel's (Philip Seymour Hoffman) wife Liza has committed suicide, leaving behind a note that he can't bear to read. He tries to go about his usual routine, but when his co-worker start to worry about his erratic behaviour, they convince him to take a leave of absence to deal with his loss. ..read more »
61%
from 1,228 member
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Punch-Drunk Love
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman comes into his life, his emotions go haywire, fluctuating between ..read more »
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from 14,792 members
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25th Hour
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper
Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee's bracing adaptation of David Benioff's novel is a vibrant, vital motion picture. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan, a harmless drug dealer who has 24 hours of freedom before serving a seven-year jail sentence. Nervous, confused, and terrified, Monty turns to his closest friends for ..read more »
64%
from 13,386 members
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Red Dragon
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Brett Ratner
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Ex-FBI agent Will Graham is an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter. Years later, after a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham reluctantly agrees to come out of retirement and assist in the case. But he soon ..read more »
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from 21,282 members
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Red Dragon - HD
(2002)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Brett Ratner
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The first chapter in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this is the story of FBI agent Will Graham who is assigned the task of catching 'The Tooth Fairy'. In order to do so he must try to persuade Lecter to advise him. Lecter knows who the murderer is and only feeds small scraps of information to Graham, ..read more »
68%
from 407 members
Not currently released
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Red Dragon
(2002)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Brett Ratner
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The first chapter in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this is the story of FBI agent Will Graham who is assigned the task of catching 'The Tooth Fairy'. In order to do so he must try to persuade Lecter to advise him. Lecter knows who the murderer is and only feeds small scraps of information to Graham, ..read more »
71%
from 831 members
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Almost Famous
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand
Director: Cameron Crowe
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Writer-director Cameron Crowe brings the 1970s music scene to life with his semiautobiographical story of a teen journalist who goes on the road with a rock band. Uncool 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is living every teenager's dream. He's touring with Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock ..read more »
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from 10,865 members
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Almost Famous - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand
Director: Cameron Crowe
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Writer-director Cameron Crowe brings the 1970s music scene to life with his semiautobiographical story of a teen journalist who goes on the road with a rock band. Uncool 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is living every teenager's dream. He's touring with Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock ..read more »
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from 1,353 member
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State And Main
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy
Director: David Mamet
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In the screwball comedy STATE AND MAIN, writer-director David Mamet reveals that the only thing more corrupt than Hollywood moviemaking is a small American town that is willing to stoop to any level to be a part of it. Marshalling an all-star ensemble, Mamet chronicles a movie production's arrival ..read more »
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from 2,970 members
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Magnolia
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Certificate: 
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story. Through a ..read more »
66%
from 23,699 members
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The Talented Mr Ripley
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, Minghella's moody follow-up to his Oscar-winning THE ENGLISH PATIENT concerns Tom Ripley, a poor New Yorker, who is sent to Italy by the wealthy Mr. Greenleaf in order to bring back his spoiled son, Dickie. Once in Italy, Tom charms his way into ..read more »
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from 14,658 members
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Magnolia - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know
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from 660 members
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Flawless
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Walter Koontz (De Niro) - once a hero cop, now a security guard - lives in a rundown Hell's kitchen tenement. One fateful night, after hearing the cries of a neighbour in trouble, his attempt to help turns into a nightmare when he suffers a stroke. Paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak ..read more »
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from 2,013 members
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The Talented Mr Ripley - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, Minghella's moody follow-up to his Oscar-winning THE ENGLISH PATIENT concerns Tom Ripley, a poor New Yorker, who is sent to Italy by the wealthy Mr. Greenleaf in order to bring back his spoiled son, Dickie. Once in Italy, Tom charms his way into ..read more »
74%
from 213 members
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Patch Adams
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Tom Shadyac
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Tom Shadyac's (ACE VENTURA) film tells the true story of Hunter "Patch" Adams (Robin Williams), an aspiring doctor in the 1970s who attempted to treat his patients with a medicine that modern science had totally disregarded: humor. After a stint in a mental hospital where he discovers his need to ..read more »
63%
from 5,692 members
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Happiness
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson
Director: Todd Solondz
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Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky ..read more »
66%
from 10,162 members
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The Big Lebowski - HD
(1998)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Director: Joel Coen
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The Coen brothers have done it again. Mixing in Leninist philosophy, mistaken identity, crazy characters, a kidnapping plot, and a deep love of bowling, they have unleashed upon an unsuspecting world the many glories of THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski, known as the Dude, a laid-..read more »
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from 868 members
Currently unavailable
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The Big Lebowski
(1997)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Director: Joel Coen
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When unemployed Dude is attacked in his apartment by two thugs who mistakenly think he is millionaire Jeff Lebowski, he decides to pay a visit to his namesake in the hope of receiving compensation.
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from 49,856 members
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Boogie Nights - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Certificate:
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It's Los Angeles, 1977, and adult film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) meets Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), a well-endowed dishwasher in a nightclub. Jack recruits Eddie to be his newest star and Eddie, hungry for fame, quickly agrees, changing his name to Dirk Diggler. Soon Dirk is the hottest ..read more »
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from 903 members
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Montana
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci
Director: Jennifer Leitzes
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Claire (Kyra Sedgewick) is a mob hit woman who finds herself in hot water after her boss's (Robbie Coletrane) accountant (Philip Seymour Hoffman) turns the boss against her. With the help of her terminally ill counterpart, Nick (Stanley Tucci), she weathers a series of violent encounters with the ..read more »
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from 122 members
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Boogie Nights
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Certificate:
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While set within the milieu of the Los Angeles adult film industry, Boogie Nights is less a film about pornography than the serio-comic story of a group of misfits, losers, and lost souls who are embraced by Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), a director who makes adult films, exotic motion pictures. In ..read more »
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from 16,677 members
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Twister
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz
Director: Jan De Bont
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Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt and Carey Elwes may be billed as the stars of Twister, but the film's real attractions are the cyclones themselves. Best experienced in a theater, the nail-biting, blow-the-audience-out-of-their-seats computer generated graphics, cutting edge sound and other special effects ..read more »
63%
from 14,452 members
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Twister - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz
Director: Jan De Bont
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The largest storm to hit Oklahoma in more than half a century is brewing, and it promises to drop multiple twisters into Tornado Alley. It''s the storm that two rival groups of scientists--Jo Harding and her band of brash university students, and corporate-sponsored Dr. Jonas Miller and his sleek, ..read more »
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from 1,359 member
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The Getaway
(1994)
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen
Director: Roger Donaldson
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Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star in the highly charged remake of Sam Peckinpah's classic action-thriller. In a world where dishonour is commonplace, master thief Doc McCoy (Baldwin) is the exception. He lives by a code of ethics and stands by his word. His wife and partner in crime, Carol (..read more »
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from 189 members
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Nobody's Fool
(1994)
Starring: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith
Director: Robert Benton
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Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination plus Best Actor honors from the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle for his portrayal of Sully, a likeable working stiff who's made a lifetime of bad decisions. But he unexpectedly has a chance to make right on some of them when ..read more »
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from 110 members
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When A Man Loves A Woman
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Luis Mandoki
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A dramatic treatment of a family torn apart by alcoholism and recovering from it, this was a star vehicle for popular actress Meg Ryan, who plays Alice Green, a school counselor who has a serious drinking problem. Her husband is Michael (Andy Garcia), an airline pilot. Though she's lighthearted and ..read more »
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from 2,773 members
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Scent Of A Woman
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn
Director: Martin Brest
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Before Al Pacino ever picked up a blind man's cane in the 1992 production of Scent of A Woman, Vittorio Gassman played a blind army captain in the 1974 Italian film Profumo di Donna, based on a novel by Giovanni Arpino. The earlier film unquestionably inspired the later one, though they differ ..read more »
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from 10,168 members
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Leap Of Faith
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich
Director: Richard Pearce
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Fast-talking preacherman Jonas Nightengale trades salvation in return for donations to his touring ministry. When his bus breaks down in a poor area he learns a lesson about real miracles. Soundtrack includes: Patti La Belle, Don Henley, Elton John and Meatloaf.
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from 816 members
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My New Gun
(1992)
Starring: Diane Lane, James Le Gros, Tess Harper
Director: Stacy Cochran
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Debbie is less than pleased when her husband presents her with a handgun for her personal protection but in an unpredictable neighbourhood, she soon founds out that small arms can have their uses! A wry study of how everyday passions are punctuated by the possession of a gun.
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from 67 members
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Law And Order - First Series
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Dann Florek, Steven Hill, Chris Noth
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The entire first season of the Emmy Award winning series Law And Order.
Episode titles: Prescription for Death, Subterranean Homeboy Blues, The Reaper's Helper, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, Happily Ever After, Everybody's Favorite Bagman, By Hooker By Crook, Poison Ivy, Indifference, Prisoner ..read more »
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from 1,498 member
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My Boyfriend's Back
on DVD
Starring: Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Bob Balaban
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Teenager Johnny Dingle will do anything to keep his date with the hottest girl in school -- even come back from the grave! You see, Johnny had the perfect scheme to win the heart of Missy McCloud, the town beauty. Unfortunately, Johnny's scam goes sour and he winds up dead! Even so, Johnny's ..read more »
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Philip Seymour Hoffman facts
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...turro bags the most memorable scene (although there are many) and John Goodman, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Steve Buscemi turn spectacular and hilarious performances....
