(0)Jason Schwartzman
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Criterion collection volume 700
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English
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Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this...
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Dash and his best friend Assaf are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti. But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys' friendship, Dash learns of the administration's cover-up that puts all the students in danger.
43) S1m0ne
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English
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Critically acclaimed director Viktor Taransky has discovered the perfect actress. She is beautiful, talented, and virtually perfect in every way ... She is Simone, a digitally constructed, computer generated actress.
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English
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A young man who is living in the past tries to convince his old music teacher to help make his recording dreams come true. When he revisits his high school on opening night of the school's production of The Wiz, chaos erupts after he learns that his old flame is in a secret romance with his former mentor.
45) Slackers
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English
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Roommates Dave, Sam & Jeff will do anything to get through college without studying. But when class nerd Ethan catches them stealing test answers, he threatens to turn them in - unless they hook him up the beautiful Angela, the object of Ethan's unhealthy obsession. But when Dave and Angela start to fall in love instead, all bets are off. That's when Ethan's antics turn hilariously psychotic.
46) Rushmore
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English
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A gifted, rebellious teenager finds himself in competition with a wealthy older man for a favorite teacher's affections.
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English
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Larry, an inebriated sad sack who rides a tide of booze onto the shores of an undiscriminating quick-lube. The only bright spot is his boss, Lupe. Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for his French bulldog, laze about with his friend major, and do his cantankerous grandmother proud?
48) Spun
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English
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When college drop-out, Ross, becomes the local crystal meth cook's personal driver in exchange for free drugs, he has no idea what he's in for as he bounces from one bizarre situation to the next and ends up slipping deeper and deeper into the amoral world of speed freaks.
Series
Criterion collection volume 540
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English
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Having not spoken to each other in a year, three American brothers set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other. The brothers wanted to regain their friendship of each other. Their "spiritual quest," however, veers rapidly off-course -- thanks in part to over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray. Eventually the three find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert...
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Little women: With her husband off at war, Marmee is left alone to raise her four daughters: spirited Jo, conservative Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth, and romantic Amy. Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their most cherished and painful moments of self-discovery as their mother's pride and strength guide them through questions of independence, romance and virtue.
Marie Antoinette: Tells the story of the ill-fated child princess...
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English
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A collection of DVDs featuring five royal-themed films into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The King's speech: This is the story of King George VI of Britian, his impromptu ascension to the throne, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
Victoria & Abdul: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Mary Queen of Scots: Queen of France at sixteen,...
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English
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St. Vincent: Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily...
53) Moonrise kingdom
Series
Criterion collection volume 776
Language
English
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On an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, two twelve-year-olds fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore, and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.