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Ice House (2012)
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Format: DVD
Publisher: BBC Warner (2012, Oct 16th).
Pages: 1
Years before he became James Bond, Daniel Craig played a cynical Scottish detective in this BBC adaptation of the Minette Walters bestseller. Craig's Sergeant McLoughlin is still smarting from the dissolution of his marriage when a handyman discovers a badly decomposed body in the Maybury family's abandoned ice house. McLoughlin's superior, Chief Inspector Walsh (Corin Redgrave with ever-present sneer), suspects it may be David Maybury, whose disappearance he investigated nine years ago. Now Maybury's wife, Phoebe (Penny Downie), shares their Hampshire mansion with two women who are believed to be lesbians, Diana Goode (Frances Barber) and Anne Cattrell (Kitty Aldridge), who takes an immediate dislike to McLoughlin, dismissing him as a "sanctimonious little git," but their encounters suggest a certain sexual attraction on his part. more
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Pitch Perfect (2012)
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Format: DVD
Publisher: Universal Studios (2012, Dec 18th).
Pages: 1
Everyone loves musical smackdowns--and Pitch Perfect is full of great ones. Pitch Perfect is like Bring It On crossed with the Step Up movies, flavored with a heavy dose of TV's Glee and the Straight No Chaser boys. All of this is set appealingly on a college campus, with charming actors and a very funny script that will entertain fans, truly, from 10 to 90. The plot in Pitch Perfect follows the character of college freshman Beca (a delightful Anna Kendrick) as she decides to join her school's a cappella women's singing group. (Unlike on Glee, where the glee club is populated with outcasts, college a cappella groups are prestigious--and hard to get into.) Fellow singers include Brittany Snow as Chloe and Alexis Knapp as Stacie, a student who's hilariously slutty and innocent at the same time. more
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Skyfall (2012)
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Format: DVD
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) (2000, Jan 1st).
Pages: 1
Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in SKYFALL, the 23rd installment of the longest-running film franchise in history. In SKYFALL, Bond's loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past returns to haunt her. 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves. more
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Steel Magnolias (2012)
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Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2013, May 7th).
Pages: 1
In this contemporary version of the beloved stage play and classic film, Steel Magnolias chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy's Beauty Spot to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands andchildren - all the important issues that truly unite and celebrate women. Funny, wise and richly human, this immensely moving film features a brilliant all-star cast, including Queen Latifah (Chicago), Phylicia Rashad (TV's The Cosby Show), Adepero Oduye (Pariah), Condola Rashad (TV's Smash), Jill Scott (TV's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) and Alfre Woodard (TV's True Blood). more
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Quest Beyond Time/ The Paper Boy
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Format: DVD
Publisher: Australian Children's Television Foundation (1985, Jan 1st).
Pages: 1
Double Feature. Quest Beyond Time: Mike loves hang-gliding! One day a freak wind strikes and he crash lands, finding himself surrounded by weird people in rags who call him the 'man from the sky'. They think he can cure 'The Sickness'. Mike has somehow flown to a post-nuclear holocaust Australia, 500 years in the future! He embarks on a dangerous mission to help a small community. The Paper Boy: It is 1932. Joe is 11 years old, and sells newspapers. When Joe's father loses his job, Joe's tiny wage is all the family has to live on. Not easy for Dad! Trouble brews and Joe runs away. But is living on the streets worse than living with the conflict and confrontation with your father? more
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Mighty Fine (2012)
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Publisher: Lions Gate (2013, May 7th).
Pages: 1
Set in the 1970's, Mighty Fine is the story of Joe Fine, a charismatic, high spirited man, who relocates his family - wife Stella, daughters Natalie and Maddie - from Brooklyn to New Orleans, in search of a better life. Joe's devotion to his family knows no bounds, and he seeks to provide them with the ultimate in the good life, from a palatial home to a steady string of extravagant gifts. Unfortunately, Joe's spending spree is wildly out of touch with reality, his apparel business is teetering on the brink of collapse, a fact he refuses to accept. His business woes fuel a growing rage that threatens the very fabric of the family. Mighty Fine ultimately shows how coming to terms with the past without judgment is the most fruitful way to move towards the future. more
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The Details (2011)
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Publisher: ANCHOR BAY (2013, Apr 30th).
Pages: 1
After 10 years of marriage, Jeff and Nealy Lang (Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks) have an idyllic suburban home and a relationship on the skids. But, when a family of hungry raccoons ransacks their perfectly manicured backyard, Jeff becomes obsessed with eradicating the pests by any means necessary. Soon, the relentless rodents lead way to a battle of wits with a very meddlesome neighbor (Laura Linney), and before he knows it, Jeff finds himself buried in an absurd mess of infidelity, extortion, organ donation and other assorted mayhem. Also starring Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysbert and Kerry Washington. more
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Broken City (2013)
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Publisher: 20th Century Fox (2013, Apr 30th).
Pages: 1
Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York police officer, private detective Billy Taggart (Wahlberg) takes on his toughest case yet: following the wife (Zeta-Jones) of the city's hard-nosed mayor (Crowe), who's convinced she's cheating on him. But by the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Billy is already in too deep. Now, with his freedom - and quite possibly his life - on the line, Billy will risk it all in a desperate bid to expose the truth, and seek redemption in a city where second chances don't come cheap. more
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Assassins Run (2012)
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Publisher: Lions Gate (2013, Apr 23rd).
Pages: 1
Maya a ballerina becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband a successful American businessman is killed. Refusing to disclose the location of her husband's financial documents Maya is framed by corrupt cops and thrown into prison. As she escapes from prison with her world turned upside down by the news of her daughter's kidnapping Maya takes her ballerina skills and uses them to get her back. Trusting no one a mother's love will turn deadly as she kills anyone who stands in the way of getting her daughter back more
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