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A-Z of Great Movies (219 titles)

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127 Hours - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara
Director: Danny Boyle
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127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover ..read more »
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28 Days Later - Blu-ray (2002)
Starring: Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Danny Boyle
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Danny Boyle ('Trainspotting' and 'The Beach') directs this look at what could happen after a viral attack, but this time the virus is so deadly that within seconds the infected person is taken over by a murderous rage, permanently. After 28 days there is only a handful of non-infected survivors, ..read more »
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28 Weeks Later - Blu-ray (2007)
Starring: Harold Perr, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
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Sequel to the 'what would happen if' premise of '28 Days Later' (2002) where Britain has been devastated by the release of a virus which turns the victim into a murderous rage. This time around, it's six months later and the US military have managed to restore order in the population. Unfortunately,..read more »
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300 - Blu-ray (2007)
Starring: Tom Wisdom, Rodrigo Santoro, Vincent Regan
Director: Zack Snyder
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Adapted from the book by Frank Miller, this is a modern retelling of the Battle Of Thermopylae of 480 BC, when the 100,000 strong invading Persian Army of King Xerxes was held back in a narrow mountain pass by 300 Spartans. King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) is given four days by Persia's King Xerxes (..read more »
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3:10 to Yuma - Blu-ray (2007)
Starring: Christian Bale, Chris Browning, Chad Brummett
Director: James Mangold
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A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
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40 Year Old Virgin - Blu-ray (2005)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Jane Lynch, Catherine Keener
Director: Judd Apatow
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Ribald comedy starring Steve Carell. Andy Stitzer (Carell) is a 40-year-old geek who works in an electronics store and seems content with his life and with his collection of comic books and action figures. But when his co-workers find out that Andy is still a virgin, they decide to set him up with ..read more »
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A Beautiful Mind - Blu-ray (2001)
Starring: Josh Lucas, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer
Director: Ron Howard
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Russell Crowe takes the lead role in this award-winning biopic based on the life of the groundbreaking mathematician and paranoid schizophrenic John Nash. Arriving at Princeton in 1947, Nash resolves to make an important new contribution to his field and begins developing his insights into game ..read more »
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A Bronx Tale - Blu-ray (1993)
Starring: Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Chazz Palminteri
Director: Robert De Niro
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Robert De Niro's directorial debut is the story of Calogero (Francis Capra), a nine-year-old boy caught between two opposing father figures. His dad, Lorenzo (De Niro), is a diligent bus driver who tries to instill in him the virtues of an honest day's work, while Sonny (Chazz Palminteri, whose ..read more »
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A Few Good Men - Blu-ray (1992)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore
Director: Rob Reiner
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Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is a Navy lawyer assigned to defend two men who accidentally killed a Private by asphyxiating him with a towel. Initially working out a quick and easy plea bargain with the prosecuting lawyer (Kevin Bacon), Kaffee is persuaded to investigate the case further by ..read more »
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A Perfect World on DVD (1993)
Starring: T.J. Lowther, Bradley Whitford, Keith Szarabajka
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Clint Eastwood, hot off of his Academy Award win for Unforgiven, directed this small character study, appearing in the guise of a cops-and-robbers action picture. The film takes place during the fall of 1963. Eight-year old Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther), the son of a devout Jehovah's Witness mother, ..read more »
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