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Winona Ryder
Winona Laura Horowitz - born October 29, 1971 in Minnesota, adopted the name Ryder for her first screen appearance in " Lucas" in 1986. She came into her own in Tim Burton's " Beetlejuice" (1988) playing a disaffected teenager and further cemented this reputation in " Heathers" (1989).
Working with Burton again she found great acclaim with " Edward Scissorhands" (1990) and while filming this she got together with co-star Johnny Depp to whom she was engaged until 1993. Her next big success was working with Francis Ford Coppola in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992).
Her portrayal of Mary Welland in " The Age of Innocence" (1993) earned her an Oscar nomination and that same year she helped to publicise the plight of the Klaas family whose 12 year old daughter Polly had been kidnapped. Sadly, Polly was found murdered and, in memoriam, Ryder brought an adaptation of Polly's favourite book " Little Women" to the screen in 1994, gaining a second Oscar nomination. 1994 also saw Ryder film the more contemporary " Reality Bites" and the beginning of her relationship with Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner. 1996 saw Ryder getting back into the corset for " The Crucible".
It was after her ill advised casting in " Alien Resurrection" (1997) where things took a turn for the worse. Despite a very credible performance, she failed to be Oscar nominated for her portrayal of Susanna Kaysen in "Girl Interrupted" (1999) and went on to appear in " Lost Souls" (2000) and " Autumn In New York" (2000) which were universally panned, the latter being nominated for a Razzie. At 30 it seemed that Winona had lost her way and when she was arrested for shoplifting and being in possession of unprescribed medication in the winter of 2001 it appeared that her professional failures had spilled into her private life with media speculation that she had a painkiller addiction. In November 2002 Winona was found guilty of theft and vandalism. She was fined and ordered to undertake community service.
Ryder kept a very low profile for four years after her conviction with both " Mr Deeds" (2002) and "S1m0ne" (2002) appearing before the guilty verdict. She did not return to the Screen until 2006 where she played the role of Donna Hawthorne in " A Scanner Darkly" to favourable reviews. However, subsequent films " The Ten" (2007) and " Sex and Death 101" (2007) both failed to impress the critics.
In 2008 she broke up with Blake Sennett, the lead guitarist from Rilo Kiley, and filming wrapped on "The Last Word". 2009 will see her take the role of Spock's mother in the new Star Trek movie, " Star Trek".
Wise Words: "I've learned that it's OK to be flawed, that life can be messy, that some days you glide and some days you fall, but most important, that there are no secret answers out there."
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Ryder worries about turning 40 -
20 December 2010
-Winona Ryder is dreading her upcoming 40th birthday - because she has been "warned" about reaching the milestone age throughout her Hollywood career.-
-The Edward Scissorhands star, who has been making movies since the 1980s, will celebrate the landmark next October
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Ryder mistrusts 'normal' men -
12 December 2010
-Winona Ryder refuses to date anyone outside of the movie industry because she mistrusts "normal" guys.-
-The Edward Scissorhands beauty has been linked to a number of famous hunks over the years and was engaged to Johnny Depp in the early 1990s.-
- And Ryder admits
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Ryder felt pain through Age of Innocence corset -
27 November 2010
-Winona Ryder has credited her tight corsets with fuelling her performance in The Age Of Innocence by allowing her to channel her character's emotional turmoil.-
-The actress insists her restrictive costume allowed her to give an authentic performance as a socialite e
Winona Ryder - what members say
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Winona Ryder - filmography
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Frankenweenie
(2012)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau
Director: Tim Burton
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When Victor, a young boy who enjoys making monster movies, learns that his dog Sparky has been hit by a car he sets out to bring the dog back to life the only way he knows how. With Frankenstein-like features, Sparky frightens the whole neighbourhood and is eventually rejected by them. Victor must ..read more »
 
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from 10 members
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The Dilemma
(2011)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Channing Tatum
Director: Ron Howard
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Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer about a man who finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do. Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum and Queen Latifah join them in The Dilemma, ..read more »
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from 374 members
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The Dilemma - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Channing Tatum
Director: Ron Howard
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Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer about a man who finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do. Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum and Queen Latifah join them in The Dilemma, ..read more »
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from 67 members
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Black Swan
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (..read more »
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from 48,662 members
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Black Swan - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (..read more »
73%
from 751 members
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Star Trek - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Ben Cross, Jimmy Bennet, Chris Pine
Director: J.J. Abrams
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Director J.J. Abrams (Alias) re-teams with his MI: III screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to bring a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time. Featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, Star Trek depicts Romulan time traveller Nero's bloody ..read more »
82%
from 18,178 members
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The Informers
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder
Director: Gregor Jordan
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Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all these ..read more »
41%
from 3,266 members
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Blake Lively, Alan Arkin
Director: Rebecca Miller
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From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher 30 years her senior, the proud mother of two grown children, and a trusted friend and confidant to all who cross her path. But as Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life ..read more »
60%
from 6,475 members
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Stay Cool
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Mark Polish, Winona Ryder, Hilary Duff
Director: Michael Polish
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An author who returns to his hometown to deliver a commencement address to a class of graduating high school students has to deal with his feelings for an old flame as well as the advances of a student who has the hots for him.
47%
from 174 members
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Star Trek
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg
Director: J.J. Abrams
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Director J.J. Abrams (Alias) re-teams with his MI: III screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to bring a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time. Featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, Star Trek depicts Romulan time traveller Nero's bloody ..read more »
81%
from 69,804 members
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The Informers - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Chris Isaak, Mickey Rourke, Lou Taylor Pucci
Director: Gregor Jordan
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The first film based on a book by postmodern transgressor Bret Easton Ellis to also count the author's name among its screenwriting credits, THE INFORMERS is lit with a cold, cologne-commercial sheen not unlike the one that charged AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) with a sensation of sharp disconnect. But ..read more »
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from 528 members
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Sex and Death 101
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Leslie Bibb
Director: Daniel Waters
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Just before he's to marry Fiona, Roderick Blank receives an anonymous e-mail with 101 names on it; Fiona's is the 29th, the first 28 are women Rod has slept with, and the 30th turns out to be the stripper at his bachelor party. The notion that he will have sex with 70 more people sends Rod into ..read more »
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from 1,933 member
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The Ten
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Adam Brody, Jon Hamm
Director: David Wain
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This fast paced comedy features a great star cast and is a hilarious modern re-telling of the ten commandants. Paul Rudd stars as Jeff Reigert who is caught up in love triangle and is trying to make sense of it all. The complicated and interconnected stories of the people around him begin to come ..read more »
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from 577 members
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A Scanner Darkly
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson
Director: Richard Linklater
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Richard Linklater's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's classic novel is a challenging, mind-bending experience that cautions about the dangers of excessive drug use as well as the government's capacity to abuse and manipulate power. Using the same interpolated rotoscoping technique that Linklater ..read more »
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from 24,576 members
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Mr Deeds
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher
Director: Steven Brill
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Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is content to run his pizzeria in the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a greeting card. Deeds is awarded much more when he inherits the $40 billion empire of a media tycoon, a ..read more »
65%
from 16,941 members
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Simone
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Al Pacino, Benjamin Salisbury, Winona Ryder
Director: Andrew Niccol
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A showbiz satire with a science fiction feel, Simone is also a post-modern stab at the Frankenstein story. When a temperamental A-list star (Winona Ryder, in a canny cameo) walks off the set of his new movie because her contractually stipulated "longest trailer on the lot" isn't also the tallest, ..read more »
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from 2,145 members
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Zoolander - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell
Director: Ben Stiller
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Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) isn't smart, but he looks "really, really good." An empty-headed yet kindhearted male model, the self-absorbed Derek becomes an unwitting pawn in a international assassination plot masterminded by oddball fashion dictator Jacobim Mugatu (Will Ferrell). Meanwhile, the ..read more »
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from 22 members
Due for release on 2nd July 2012
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Autumn In New York
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Elaine Stritch
Director: Joan Chen
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Following in a long tradition of Hollywood May-December romances, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK is the story of a pair who finds love when each least expects it. Will Keane (Richard Gere) is a successful restaurant owner and bachelor playboy with more "girlfriends" than he knows what to do with but no serious ..read more »
54%
from 2,022 members
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Lost Souls
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wynter
Director: Janusz Kaminski
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Years ago, priests exorcised a demon out of young Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder). Now she uses her unusual sensitivity to the same demons who once came after her to help the priests in other exorcisms. In one such case, a serial killer named Henry Birdson (John Diehl) claims to know the name of a man ..read more »
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from 703 members
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Girl, Interrupted
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea Duvall
Director: James Mangold
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Adapted from Kaysen's popular memoir, GIRL, INTERRUPTED is handled with extreme sensitivity by director James Mangold (HEAVY, COPLAND.) Winona Ryder stars as Susana, a troubled teenager whose confused attempt at suicide lands her in a mental hospital. Once there, she meets an odd assortment of ..read more »
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from 11,398 members
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Celebrity
(1998)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Judy Davis
Director: Woody Allen
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Woody Allen's star-studded CELEBRITY skewers America's fascination with fame and glamour. Kenneth Branagh stars as Lee Simon, a travel writer who also interviews celebrities when he's not working on his novel and screenplay-or at least talking about writing them. As he hangs out more and more with ..read more »
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from 2,605 members
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Alien Resurrection - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Two hundred years after Ripley, a group of scientists clone her and the parasitic alien... Anxious to test out their new weapon the scientists abduct a crew.... The alien escapes and takes control of the spacecraft with only 'Ripley' and a team of smugglers standing between it and Earth.
65%
from 61 members
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Alien Resurrection
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Two hundred years after Ripley, a group of scientists clone her and the parasitic alien... Anxious to test out their new weapon the scientists abduct a crew.... The alien escapes and takes control of the spacecraft with only 'Ripley' and a team of smugglers standing between it and Earth.
63%
from 20,307 members
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Looking For Richard
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey
Director: Al Pacino
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A workshop of William Shakespeare's Richard III inspires actor-director Al Pacino's breezy documentary, which aims to make the playwright accessible to contemporary American audiences. Though a noteworthy cast of stage actors and Hollywood stars (including Kevin Spacey, Winona Ryder, and Alec ..read more »
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from 1,048 member
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The Crucible
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Scofield
Director: Nicholas Hytner
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The film adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic, fact-based play, which was a veiled metaphor for the "Red Scare" McCarthy Hearings of the 1950s. Set in 1690s Salem, Massachusetts, the story concerns Abigail (Ryder), a teenager who once had an affair with married farmer John Proctor (Day-Lewis). ..read more »
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from 4,129 members
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Boys
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Lukas Haas, John C. Reilly
Director: Stacy Cochran
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John Baker Jr.(Haas), a bored and awkward prep school senior, is jolted awake when he finds beautiful twentysomething Patty Vare (Ryder) lying unconscious near the academy. It soon becomes clear that she's harboring a terrible secret, involving her and a famous pitcher--who now happens to be ..read more »
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from 184 members
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The House of the Spirits
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons
Director: Billie August
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Based on Isabel Allende's novel and set in a South American country beset by constant turmoil and bloody power struggles, this film follows three generations of the Truebas family from the 1920s through the 1970s. Just as the nation around them is at odds with itself, the family painfully and ..read more »
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from 1,777 member
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Little Women
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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The fourth screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 novel, LITTLE WOMEN, is given a realistic and rounded treatment by screenwriter Jo Swicord and Australian director Gillian Armstrong, whose perspective emphasises a feminist tone. The story chronicles the lives of a mother and four ..read more »
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from 4,671 members
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Reality Bites
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke
Director: Ben Stiller
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Ben Stiller made his feature directing debut with Reality Bites, a fresh, irreverant romantic comedy about life and love for post-Baby-Boomers. It's graduation day, 1994, and Lelaina Pierce is taking her first, bold step into the final frontier - reality. Unfortunately, her future seems to have ..read more »
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from 3,556 members
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance ..read more »
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from 12,751 members
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Night On Earth
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Rosie Perez
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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Jim Jarmusch's deadpan comedy-of-the-night is a collection of five vignettes taking place in the enclosed space of a cab ride, each occurring simultaneously in five different cities and five different time zones -- Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki. The Los Angeles episode takes ..read more »
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from 4,478 members
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Edward Scissorhands
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Bryan Larkin, O-Lan Jones, Johnny Depp
Director: Tim Burton
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In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's ..read more »
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from 28,654 members
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
(1991)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Thomas Wilson Brown
Director: Jim Abrahams
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The small town of Clyde, Ohio is buzzing with excitement when it is said that the famous Roxy Carmichael is leaving her luxurious Hollywood life to return to her old hometown. Her return causes upheaval in the lives of family-man Denton Webb (Jeff Daniels), her old boyfriend, and an angst-ridden ..read more »
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from 185 members
Not available for rental
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Edward Scissorhands - Blu-ray
(1991)
Starring: Bryan Larkin, O-Lan Jones, Johnny Depp
Director: Tim Burton
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In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's ..read more »
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from 2,814 members
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Mermaids
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder
Director: Richard Benjamin
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MERMAIDS is the story of the turbulent relationship between a flamboyant, outrageous mom (Cher) and her two daughters (Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci) who just want a normal, stable life. Socially rebellious and provocative, the mother is reluctant to settle down, even at the request of her two ..read more »
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from 3,691 members
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Great Balls Of Fire
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Trey Wilson
Director: Jim McBride
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The explosive story of the meteoric rise of rock and roll's most daring living legend, Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid). Features the songs and escapades that catapulted him to the top of the charts, as well as his controversial third marriage to his 13-year-old cousin, which almost destroyed his career.
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from 733 members
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Heathers - Blu-ray
(1988)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
Director: Michael Lehmann
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The Westerburg High School has an elite quartet called the 'Heathers' which consists of three girls called Heather and one called Veronica who pick on the weak and less fortunate. One day Veronica becomes tired of the 'Heathers' and goes off with the male school bully Jason Dean and together they ..read more »
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from 151 members
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Heathers
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
Director: Michael Lehmann
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A deliciously nasty black comedy, Heathers is set at a cliquish high school in Ohio. The most exclusive of those cliques is the Heathers, comprised of the prettiest and most popular girls in town. The group's leader is the manipulative Kim Walker, who orchestrates the humiliation of anyone who ..read more »
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from 10,321 members
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Beetlejuice
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin
Director: Tim Burton
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In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the '..read more »
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from 21,305 members
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Beetlejuice - Blu-ray
(1988)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin
Director: Tim Burton
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the '..read more »
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from 2,241 members
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Lucas
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green
Director: David Seltzer
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Sixteen year old Lucas is more interested in the wonders of science and the beauty of insects than football and parties. His problems begin when he falls in love with a pretty cheerleader during the summer, but when school begins again she completely forgets him.
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Winona Ryder facts
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...ove story that I think most people can relate to. Acting from Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder really let it down - if you can ignore that, you should enjoy it. ...
