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1) The exorcist
Pub. Date
1998
Description
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Formats
Description
A Civil War spectacular. Portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade Negroes, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man's honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.
4) The hours
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Description
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it....
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Full of melody! Full of young love! On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protegee Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade. Starring: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Peter Lawford, Ann Mille,r Jules Munshin, Clinton Sundberg.
7) Frost/Nixon
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
Series
Pub. Date
copyright 1999.
Description
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
"A raisin in the sun is a groundbreaking drama celebrating the human spirit ... the Younger family, frustrated with living in their crowded Chicago apartment, sees the arrival of a $10,000 insurance...
9) Reds
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
The true story of the love affair of John Reed, American Communist, journalist and activist and Louise Bryant, writer and feminist.
Series
Hailey Dean Mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2018
Description
2+2=Murder: Hailey attends her niece's school recital only to learn that the beloved music teacher has vanished. -- A marriage made for murder: Hailey's professional code of ethics prevents her from going to the police about a client's confession, so she must find another way to bring the killer to justice -- A will to kill: Emotionally ready to confront her fiance's 15-year-old murder, Hailey finds herself caught up in the case of a missing college...
11) Bonnie and Clyde
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Bonnie and Clyde rob banks and go on a violent bloody spree through the Depression-era Southwest.
12) Shattered glass
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the well respected current events and policy magazine 'The new republic'. He was also a freelance writer featured in 'Rolling Stone', 'Harper's Bazaar' and 'George'. By the mid 1990's, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington. That is until a bizarre chain of events suddenly stopped his career right in its tracks.
13) Ace in the hole
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Chuck Tatum is an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead -end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime. He will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop.
14) Sleeper
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
When Miles Monroe (Allen) suffers complications during a simple operation, he is put into suspended animation for 200 years. He then awakens to a world very changed from that of today.
15) Touch of evil
Description
A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town. See all three versions of the film: the theatrical version, the preview version, and the restored version. Features include commentaries and featurettes.