House Of Wax
A group of friends experience car troubles on their way to a college football game, and so go for help. On their way, they come across the town’s museum, which houses a strange number of exhibits…the wax covered corpses of previous visitors!…
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Spartan
Acclaimed playwright David Mamet continues his movie-directing career with the noirish political thriller SPARTAN. Mamet clearly relishes a challenge, and by casting former Hollywood bad boy Val Kilmer in the lead role, this could be his biggest risk yet. Fortunately it’s one that pays off, as Kilmer excels throughout in his role as Robert Scott, a high ranking special operations agent. Scott’s expertise is called upon when the daughter of the U.S. President, Laura Newton (Kristen Bell), is kidn…
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Strangers On A Train (Special Edition)(2 Disc)
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular films. En route from Washington, D.C., champion tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) meets pushy playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker). What begins as a chance encounter turns into a series of morbid confrontations, as Bruno manipulates his way into Guy’s life. Bruno is eager to kill his father and knows Guy wants to marry a sena…
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Heat (Special Edition)(2 Disc)
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are finally together on screen in this riveting story about an intense rivalry between expert thief Neil McCauley (De Niro) and volatile cop Vincent Hanna (Pacino). McCauley will stop at nothing to do what he does best and neither will Hanna, even though it means destroying everything around them, including the people they love. With a solid supporting cast that includes Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Ashley Judd, and Natalie Portman, HEAT is a truly epic crime story….
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Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s final film is a mature, highly intelligent, thrilling masterpiece of sexual obsession and marital (in)fidelity. Tom Cruise stars as Bill Harford, a doctor who becomes obsessed with a sexual fantasy that his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confesses to him. Although the fantasy (involving a naval officer) occurred only in Alice’s mind, Bill can’t get it out of his own head; his obsession leads him through a series of potential sexual encounters, each one surrounded by the specter o…
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A Perfect Murder (Full And Wide Screen)
Emily Bradford (Paltrow) is a society daughter married to the successful Steven Taylor (Douglas). Heiress to a huge family fortune, Emily is due to inherit a one hundred million dollar trust fund much to the delight of her conniving husband. An adulterous transgression by Emily with the even more devious David (Mortenson) gives Steven a chance to try and outwit them both for the big prize. Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film Dial M for Murder….
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Devil’s Advocate (Wide Screen)
Promising young lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) has never lost a case–even when his client is guilty. When Kevin is seduced away from his sleepy hometown in Florida to work for a flashy, charming lawyer (Al Pacino, in a role he seems born to play), his mother (Judith Ivey) has reservations. But as he works his way up the corporate ladder, Kevin manages to put them aside, along with his wife’s (Charlize Theron) needs and the stirrings of his conscience over knowingly defending the guilty. Howe…
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Strangers On A Train
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular films. En route from Washington, D.C., champion tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) meets pushy playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker). What begins as a chance encounter turns into a series of morbid confrontations, as Bruno manipulates his way into Guy’s life. Bruno is eager to kill his father and knows Guy wants to marry a sena…
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Conspiracy Theory (Wide Screen)
A crackpot Big Apple cabbie finds himself in a heap of trouble after his self-published conspiracy ‘zine elicits the interest of some shady government heavies–and leads to the unexplained murders of all five subscribers. As the J. Edgars close in, he takes to the lam with the one person who may be able to help him–a Justice Department attorney with a mysterious murder of her own to solve….
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Disclosure (Wide Screen)
A thriller based around power, sex, ambition and corporate intrigue. An executive working for Digicom finds himself fighting for his career and his marriage when his female boss, a former lover, charges him with sexual harrassment. Based on a book by Michael Crichton….
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The Pelican Brief (Wide Screen)
Julia Roberts (ERIN BROCKOVICH) stars in THE PELICAN BRIEF as sharp law student Darby Shaw whose querying mind gets her into trouble. A faithful adaptation of John Grisham’s (THE FIRM) best-selling novel, this taut thriller follows the travails that beset Shaw when her theory on the cause of the deaths of two Supreme Court Justices lands her name on the conspirators’ hit list. When Shaw teams up with reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington–THE HURRICANE) they find themselves dodging deadly as…
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Presumed Innocent (Wide Screen)
PRESUMED INNOCENT, like most of director Alan J. Pakula’s films is also a complex character study. Based on a best-selling novel by Scott Turrow, the courtroom murder mystery tells the story of prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) who is accused of murdering his former mistress, the beautiful and ambitious Carolyn Polhemus (Greta Scacchi). All the physical evidence points to him, and Sabich’s golden child character is in deep trouble. His marriage, too, is in jeopardy as new twists of events…
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Dead Calm (Wide Screen)
Returning from duty with the Australian navy, John Ingram (Sam Neill) is surprised to be met by two policemen, who inform him of a car accident that has left his son dead and his wife, Rae (Nicole Kidman), injured. The grieving couple seeks refuge on their yacht, the Saracen. Out on the boat, the skies are sunny, the sea calm–but on the horizon is another vessel, the Orpheus. As John and Rae approach the ship, they find a lone survivor, Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane), who tells them that the othe…
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Taking Lives (Wide Screen) (Director’s Cut) )
With superb investigative skills heightened by uncanny natural instincts, Iliana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is not a typical FBI profiler. This beautiful, no-nonsense Special Agent is a cut above the rest, which is why her old friend Captain Le Claire (Tcheky Karyo) calls her to assist his detectives in Montreal when a brutalized body is discovered in a construction site. A murder the next night provides proof of a serial killer, but this time, there is a witness. Artist James Costa (Ethan Hawke) no…
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Single White Female (Wide Screen)
Traumatized by the discovery that her live-in fiance has cheated on her with his ex-wife, Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) decides to find a roommate to share her apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. After interviewing candidates, beautiful, sophisticated career woman Allison settles on Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a shy, mousy woman who has a hopeless fashion sense, and seemingly, a heart of gold. At first she’s an ideal roommate, asking Allison for advice and attempting to emulate h…
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Stone Cold
Tom Selleck stars in this television movie adaptation of Robert B. Parker’s novel as New England police chief Jesse Stone. After a serious gig as a top homicide detective in Los Angeles, Stone settles in a small town along the coast of Maine where he leads a relatively simple life. In the predominantly crime-free town of Paradise, Stone tries to minimise the drama in his life by drinking heavily, avoiding his bitter ex-wife, and keeping his new, younger girlfriend at a safe distance. But things…
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Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse
French filmmaker Olivier Dahan directs this sequel to international hit CRIMSON RIVERS; the script, based on a novel by Jean-Christophe Grange, was adapted by Luc Besson (THE FIFTH ELEMENT). The creepy, fast-paced narrative follows police detective Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno), who this time undertakes an investigation of a monastery in the Lorraine. His team uncovers a corpse hidden in the wall, and this raises suspicions of ritual murders. Meanwhile, police captain Reda (Beno??t Magimel) has pic…
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Wild Things 3 - Diamonds In The Rough
Loosely inspired by the popular 1998 film WILD THINGS, and its sequel WILD THINGS 2, this film explores similar themes of sex, deception, and blackmail. Set in Blue Bay, Florida, the film stars Dina Meyers, Linden Ashby, and Sandra McCoy. When 17-year-old Marie is drawn in by newcomer Elena’s mesmerising spell, she finds herself caught in the middle of a criminal web….
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Gothika
GOTHIKA stars Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey’s only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a rain-soaked road. The incarcerated and medicated Grey is now haunted by the same apparition, and she must convince her former colleague Pete Graham (Robert Downey Jr.) that she is not insane or guilty of…
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Wild Things 2 (Wide Screen)
A heady combination of sex, money and rivalry in this erotic thriller based on WILD THINGS. Starring Susan Ward (SHALLOW HAL) and Leila Arcieri (BEVERLY HOOD) as the competitive vixens who battle it out for a huge inheritance….
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