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61) The game
Series
Criterion collection volume 627
Language
English
Description
"In this thriller, Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control, has been enrolled by his brother in "The Game"--"a profound life experience" with no rules, which begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events. Terrorized by forces who seem intent on dismantling all that he has built, Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life."
63) The big Lebowski
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A lazy, unemployed Southern Californian stoner who loves bowling gets mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. He's beaten up by men looking for money from the rich man's wife and gets drawn into the kidnapping of the millionaire's wife.
64) Elizabeth
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16th century England. Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors. At the same time having to thwart her devious rivals and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
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With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered, pink tour bus "Priscilla," this wickedly funny and high-drama trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.
66) Body count
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When an art museum heist goes terribly wrong and one of their own ends up dead, a group of professional criminals are forced to head south with the law on their heels every step of the way. As the chase continues, they meet a seductive con artist who wants in on the action. With so much on the line, they must now decide if anyone can really be trusted.
67) Gridlock'd
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English
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"When a friend dies of a drug overdose, musicians Spoon and Stretch decide it's time to kick their drug habit by putting themselves into detox. But soon they discover that the road to rehab is paved with reams of social service red tape. Spoon and Stretche are just trying to stay alive until they can get treatment. But, between the angry drug dealers, the cops who have mistaken them for murderers, and the people with forms and clipboards, this turns...
69) The game
Series
Criterion collection volume 627
Language
English
Description
Enormously wealthy and emotionally remote investment banker Nicholas Van Orton receives a strange gift from his ne'er-do-well younger brother on his 48th birthday: A voucher for a game that will change his life. Thus begins a trip down a rabbit hole that is puzzling, terrifying, and exhilarating for Nicholas and viewer alike. This is a surreal multilayered, noirish descent into one man's personal hell.
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Two friends returning from World War II team up with an old rancher to raise cattle the cowboy way, in conflict with a corporate cattle rancher who employs half the town of Hi-Lo, New Mexico. When one of his friends has an affair with the wife of the corporate rancher's foreman, the conflict increases.
71) Kazaam
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English
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Kazaam is a larger-than-life genie with a magic touch for nonstop fun and laughter! After 5,000 long years of captivity, Kazaam is set free to grant three wishes to a new master. From then on, he's catapulted to one wild adventure after another...from becoming the latest rap sensation to untangling an outrageous mob scheme!
73) The game
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English
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"There are no rules in The Game which will make life very difficult for Nicholas Van Orton, a successful San Francisco businessman who is always in control. Van Orten lives a well ordered, wealthy lifestyle until an unexpected birthday gift from his wayward brother Conrad threatens to destroy it all. Against his will, Nicholas has been enrolled in a game -- a strange and 'profound life experience' that begins quietly, but soon erupts into a domino...
74) Eddie
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English
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"Eddie Franklin, a die hard basketball fan with a slammin' sense of humor, shocks everyone when she wins a half-time contest that leads to the head coaching job for the New York Knicks. Eddie sets out to turn the hapless Knicks back into championship contenders"--Container.
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Horse whisperer: After a devastating riding accident, a young girl and her beloved horse are both left with serious physical and emotional scars. Determined to help, the girl's desperate mother puts her busy, big-city life on hold and travels west to seek out the "Horse Whisperer." When she meets this rugged, down-to-earth rancher, she discovers his extraordinary gift with animals also touches the lives of the people around him--Container.
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76) Sleepers
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English
Description
Four young friends from Hell's Kitchen get into trouble and are sent to reform school, where they are sexually abused by guards. Years later, two of the boys are seeking revenge and rely on the other two boys to protect them.
77) Keys to Tulsa
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English
Description
The black sheep son of a wealthy Tulsa family returns to the world he'd renounced and is forced into a blackmail scheme with his high school sweetheart's menacing husband. When he helps the only eyewitness to a murder, he gets caught in a web of revenge, deceit and redemption.
Series
Shout select volume 32
Language
English
Description
Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore the...
Language
English
Description
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered, pink tour bus "Priscilla," this wickedly funny and high-drama trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.