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1) The Departed
Pub. Date
[2007]
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Description
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit....
3) Red eye
Pub. Date
[2006]
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Description
After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, Lisa Reisert boards the dreaded red eye for a flight back to Miami so she can make it to work the next day. On board, Lisa meets Jackson Ripner and their attraction grows. But moments after take-off, Jackson reveals that he has Lisa's father's wallet that he swiped off his desk and his real reason for being on board. Jackson needs Lisa's help to kill the deputy secretary of Homeland Security...
4) Trust
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
When a young girl is assaulted by an older man she meets on the Internet, her family's bonds are ripped apart as her father searches across the country in an effort to track down her attacker and exact revenge.
5) Home alone
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
An eight-year-old boy is left home alone on Christmas, and has to defend his home against two bumbling burglars.
When eight-year-old Kevin is inadvertently left at home when his family leaves for Paris, he does his best to defend the house against burglars.
8) Rendition
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born...
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"En un caluroso da de verano, Amy y Nick se disponen a celebrar su quinto aniversario de bodas en North Carthage, a orillas del ro Mississippi. Pero Amy desaparece esa misma maana sin dejar rastro. A medida que la investigacin policial avanza, las sospechas recaen sobre Nick. Sin embargo, Nick insiste en su inocencia. Es cierto que se muestra extraamente evasivo y fro, pero es un asesino?"--Book cover.
10) Tombstone
Series
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After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.
11) Breach
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
What starts out as a surveillance for a new agent on his boss quickly becomes one of the biggest security breaches in U.S. history. Based on actual events. Bonus features include alternate and deleted scenes, commentary, and documentary.
"...a crackling tale of real-life espionage that doubles as a compelling psychological drama."--Los Angeles Times.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Jerry is ecstatic that a woman he met on the road is coming to stay with him in New York. Jerry tries to break up with his obnoxious childhood friend. Jerry meets an attractive woman at a party but by the time she leaves, he has only learned where she works. Jerry is robbed after Kramer fails to close the apartment door. After George receives a stock tip, he and Jerry take the financial plunge.
Series
Jesse Stone movies volume 6
Description
Jesse starts moonlighting for one of his friends after he is suspended. He investigates a series of murders in Boston that he believes are all connected to a notorious mob boss.
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's...
17) We own the night
Pub. Date
2007.
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Description
New York City, November 1988. Bobby Green is the manager of a Russian nightclub owned by Marat Buzhayev. The club is frequented by gangsters like Buzhayev's nephew Vadim. Despite Bobby's hedonistic and amoral lifestyle, he is committed to his girlfriend Amada. Bobby has a secret, however, which he guards closely. His brother is Police Captain Joseph Grusinsky and his father, Bert, is a legendary Deputy Chief. Bobby's strained relationship with his...
18) NCIS: Season 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
An elite team of agents investigates crime within the Navy community outside the military chain of command.
19) NCIS: Season 4
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Season four continues the adventures of a cutting-edge crew of special agents who operate outside the government's chain of command. Led by Leroy Jethro Gibbs, this highly trained, tight-knit team travels the world investigating murder, espionage, and terrorism.
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