Warner Bros. (Firm)
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It's fun and sexy, unscripted and uncensored, but more than anything, it's THE REAL CANCUN. Each year, over 40,000 college students travel to Cancun, Mexico, for spring break. But this year, for the first time, sixteen people will come together for eight days in a beachfront Cancun villa for the ultimate spring break vacation. Bonds will be forged, romances sparked, friendships tested and hearts broken, all amidst a backdrop of non-stop partying....
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Beneath a land of wealth and beauty hides a secret that could kill millions. Steven Seagal stars as Federal Environmental Protection Agency Marshal Jack Taggart, who struggles to avenge a colleague's death and prevent an ecological catastrophe in this action thriller set in a tiny Appalachian hamlet where deserted mining shafts harbor a deadly threat--and in which townspeople remain bound by a code of silence.
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An extraordinary journey to the top of the world, the documentary adventure "TO THE ARCTIC" reveals a compelling tale of survival. Narrated by Oscar® winner Meryl Streep, the film takes audiences into the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin seven-month-old cubs as never before captured on film, as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Captivating and intimate IMAX® footage brings moviegoers up-close and personal with...
4) Native Son
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In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
5) Outland
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Sean Connery stars as Federal District Marshal William T. O'Niel, assigned to a mining outpost on the Jovian moon Io. The highly productive titanium mine seems to be the backwater of the universe, but the miners are killing each other in strangely psychotic ways. Now, hired assassins are trying to kill O'Niel to bury the secret his investigation has revealed ... and there's no one he can call for help in this far end of the solar system.
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From Academy Award-nominated director Ridley Scott, Academy Award-winning executive producer Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Ted Griffin comes this dramatic comedy based on the novel by acclaimed author Eric Garcia. Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage stars with Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman in this comedy about a con man with an obsessive-compulsive disorder whose orderly life and latest lucrative scam are threatened by the reappearance of a teenage...
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Brooklyn, New York City, 1953. Four regular guys, the Stompers, try to grow up in a loony, impulsive, yearning, yacking world. Car cruises, the search for easy girls, street brawls, rock 'n' roll, steamy beach nights ... the growing into love. But their world is suddenly menaced by a big gang fight--the Stompers vs. the Black Chaplains--in this part animated/part live action slice of 1950s life.
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In one tragic moment, two lives are destroyed in this riveting, true exploration of a dark moment in the British legal system--Let Him Have It. With those words uttered by a friend, a mentally handicapped young man shoots a policeman. But did the friend mean for him to hand over the gun or commit murder? This drama reveals the controversial postwar London murder trial that sent a mentally handicapped young man to the gallows for a murder he did not...
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Acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa tells a vivid story of life, loss and renewal through a series of eight dreams—from a young boy's dream of a wedding procession of fox spirits, through dreams of himself as an artist to dreams of a nuclear-poisoned future to a final dream of an old man at peace in a beautiful village.
10) Fearless
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San Francisco architect Max Klein can see clearly now. He's been transformed ever since he stared death in the face—and discovered he was unafraid. Peter Weir (Witness) directs Fearless, the vivid story of how a near-death experience impacts the lives of three people. Jeff Bridges plays Max, more wildly alive and taking more risks than ever since surviving a plane crash. Isabella Rossellini is Laura, struggling to find in Max the man she married....
11) Ushpizin
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You see a lemon ...they see a Miracle! Moshe and Malli are the picture perfect models of a happy, loving, devoted, married Jewish couple. One problem, they are dead broke! Diving deep into their Orthodox faith, they pray for help. But instead of a miracle, they are sent two devious escaped convicts. Seeing this as a test, Moshe and Malli make it their task to turn these strangers from unwelcome visitors into honored guests. "Gentle and affecting,...
12) Spies Like Us
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Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd star in this Cold War farce as two complete misfits who aspire to spy for the CIA. Much to their surprise, they are trained as operatives and sent to Central Asia. But the biggest secret of their covert operation is that they are expendable decoys--for another team of agents sent on the real mission--and no one expects them to survive.
13) True Stories
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David Byrne, leader of the innovative rock group Talking Heads, whimsically pays homage to the mythical small Texas town of Virgil, a town populated by honest, sometimes slightly askew, people living out their lives and dreams in innocent dignity.
14) In Country
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Bruce Willis stars as a Vietnam War veteran and uncle of a 19-year-old Kentucky girl trying to learn about her father, who was killed in the war before she was born, in this gentle, but probing story of overcoming loss, grief and the horror of war.
15) First Strike
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The story of a police officer who is contracted by the CIA and a Russian intelligence organization to retrieve a stolen Ukrainian nuclear warhead.
16) Around the Bend
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The skeletons in the family closet just came out to play. Jason Lair is a simple man with a simple wish: a normal life. But when his wife leaves him with his son to paint in Nepal; his father gets paroled from prison, and his grandfather explores alternative rituals for his coming funeral, Jason may just lose his tenuous grasp on his sanity … and go AROUND THE BEND. Brought together by chance and forced to uncover the truth about their past, the...
17) Home Fries
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Desperate to discover the identity of her husband Henry's mistress, Mrs. Lever (Catherine O'Hara) orders her sons, Dorian (Luke Wilson) and Angus (Jake Busey), to scare their stepfather into telling the truth. But instead of merely frightening Henry, Dorian and Angus give the man a heart attack. Even worse, the brothers soon discover that Sally Jackson (Barrymore), the very beautiful—and very pregnant—drive-through cashier at Burger-Matic, hears...
18) Paradise Now
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Palestine: Analysis, Fiction, Film, Poetry, and Children's Literature
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Filmed entirely on location in the West Bank during the current Intifada, PARADISE NOW chronicles the last 28 hours in the lives of two Palestinian suicide bombers as they prepare for and embark on a deadly operation against Israel, revealing once again just how tragic and perplexing the consequences of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East are.
19) Zero Effect
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The world's most ingenious, but socially inept, private investigator tackles his toughest assignment yet--falling in love--in this comic murder mystery. With his unparalleled intuition, Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) can solve most of his high-profile cases without leaving the house. In fact, Daryl can't leave the house. Masterfully cunning, but emotionally damaged, Zero must conduct all his business through Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller), a loyal assistant...
20) Criminal
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Ever get the feeling you're being played? After a veteran hustler steps in to rescue a small-time grifter who's been caught red-handed, the pair teams up for a series of lucrative cons. But their big break comes when an aging swindler asks the pair to broker the sale of a forged stamp—the Nine Queens—to a desperate millionaire about to be deported. Now, as the scent of money attracts thieves, mobsters and murderers, has the pair really stumbled...