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Goodfellas on DVD (1990)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-..read more »
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Great story by Tennesee WIlliams, acted brilliantly by Ives, Newman and Taylor.

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof on DVD (1958)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Madeleine Sherwood, Paul Newman
Director: Richard Brooks
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This dynamic and commanding adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play focuses on a troubled Southern family and the discord over their dying father's millions. Wealthy plantation owner Big Daddy Pollitt (Burl Ives), celebrating his 65th birthday, is visited by his sons, Brick (..read more »
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JFK (1991)
Starring: Jay O. Sanders, Sissy Spacek, Sally Kirkland
Director: Oliver Stone
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Oliver Stone's detailed examination of possible answers to unsolved mysteries surrounding John F. Kennedy's assassination. Kevin Costner plays New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who remained unconvinced by the Warren Commission Report and launched his own investigation. This film was ..read more »
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The Usual Suspects on DVD (1995)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Pollak, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Bryan Singer
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When a truck loaded with stripped gun parts is hijacked outside of Queens, five notorious thieves become overnight guests of the NYPD, but that's all they need to hatch a plan that brings them to Los Angeles for the ultimate take, $91 million in hard cash. Roger "Verbal" Kint, an apparent victim of ..read more »
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The Way of the Gun on DVD (2000)
Starring: James Caan, Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillippe
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
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Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro) are two bungling crooks looking for the big score. They see their opportunity in Robin (Juliette Lewis), a surrogate mother who is carrying the baby of gangster boss Hale Chidduck (Scott Wilson), and kidnap her in the hope of getting some ..read more »
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Seven on DVD (1995)
Starring: Daniel Zacapa, Richard Portnow, Morgan Freeman
Director: David Fincher
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Director David Fincher's dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decade's most influential box-office successes. Set in a hellish vision of a New York-like city, where it is always raining and the air crackles with impending death, the film concerns Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a ..read more »
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Confidence on DVD (2003)
Starring: Robert Forster, Dustin Hoffman, Lel
Director: James Foley
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What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew: Insideman Gordo, Shills Miles, and Big Al--and two corrupt LAPD officers, Lloyd Whitworth and Omar Manzano. ..read more »
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V for Vendetta on DVD (2005)
Starring: Natalie Portman, John Hurt, Stephen Fry
Director: James McTeigue, Comic Book Classics
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Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, this tense thriller tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as 'V'. Incomparably charismatic and ferociously ..read more »
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A Good Year on DVD (2006)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Mitchell Mullen, Marion Cotillard
Director: Ridley Scott
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An Englishman (Crowe) inherits a vineyard in Provence. Upon arriving at his new property, he meets an American woman who claims that the land is hers.
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No Looking Back on DVD (1998)
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi, Lauren Holly, Edward Burns
Director: Edward Burns
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Claudia (Lauren Holly) entertains a humdrum existence in a backwater American town. Together with boyfriend Michael (Jon Bon Jovi), she is happy enough - working at the local diner and boozing at local bars - but she still feels emotionally unfulfilled. Her life is thrown into chaos with the return ..read more »
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