Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Sexy Beast (2000)
IMDB rating: 7.00
Plot: Spain. Gal has retired from the gangster life, and is sunning himself placidly beside the pool at his villa when a boulder comes crashing by, barely missing him. Soon, he and his pal Aitch, together with their wives Deedee and Jackie, are being threatened by ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Wild at Heart (1990)
IMDB rating: 7.00
Plot: Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Bee Season (2005)
IMDB rating: 5.50
Plot: 11-year-old Eliza Naumann comes from an odd family; they all divert their emotional frustrations into secret channels. When Eliza unexpectedly begins winning spelling bees, what had been a stable dynamic within the family becomes disrupted; long held secrets emerge, and a latent spiritual yearning is ...
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Brubaker (1980)
IMDB rating: 6.90
Plot: Henry Brubaker is the new warden at Wakefield prison. He makes his entrance as a prisoner in order to get a convict's-eye-view of the real state of the institution. To his horror he finds all manner of abuse and corruption which, after disclosing his real identity, ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Fugitive, The (1993)
IMDB rating: 7.80
Plot: Based off of a one time 1960's Mini-Series. (This is not correct. It was a full-blown TV series that ran for four years.) A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Kids in America (2005)
IMDB rating: 5.60
Plot: In this comedy drama is based on the true story, a group of teenager students stand up for their rights against the Principal Weller (Julie Bowien), who is an ambitious but hard-headed leader of Booker High school. She is going to run for the ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
IMDB rating: 6.50
Plot: A Christmas themed, three-part anthology-style video. The first part, "Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas", is essentially a retelling of _Groundhog Day (1993)_ (qv), with Huey, Dewey, and Louie reliving Christmas ad infinitum. Next is "A Very Goofy Christmas", in which Goofy tries ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Family Stone, The (2005)
IMDB rating: 6.30
Plot: The Stone family unites in common cause when their favorite son brings his uptight girlfriend home for the Christmas holiday, with plans of proposing. Overwhelmed by the hostile reception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications.
Directors: Bezucha Thomas
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Dark Water (2005)
IMDB rating: 5.50
Plot: Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci. But when the strained separation disintegrates into a ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Ms .45 (1981)
IMDB rating: 6.70
Plot: A mute woman gets raped twice coming home from work and decides to take matters into her own hands. She dresses suggestively and roams the streets alone, reaking vengeance upon anyone who tries to take advantage of her. Eventually her secret life spills over into ...
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