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Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller | Actors: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, Adam Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paul Guilfoyle, Paolo Seganti, Graham Beckel, Sandra Taylor, Steve Rankin, Elisabeth Granli, Directors: Curtis Hanson,  Plot Summary: 1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

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Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Actors: Steve Martin, Richard E. Grant, Kevin Pollak, Sam McMurray, Patrick Stewart, Andrew Amador, Eddie De Harp, M.C. Shan, Tommy Hinkley, Larry Miller, Thornton Simmons, Dennis Dragon, Richard Stahl, Aaron Lustig, Time Winters, Directors: Plot Summary: In this spin on the traditional romantic comedy, Harris K. Tellemacher, a Shakespeare-quoting, Los Angeles TV weatherman is looking for something meaningful for his life. The Los Angeles Freeway sign informs him that the weather will change his life in two ways, and Harris begins to search for the meaning behind that message.

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Genres: Action | Adventure | Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Michael York, Nastassja Kinski, Susie Amy, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Cazenove, Casper Zafer, Allan Corduner, Freddie Sayers, Marcus J. Pirae, Clemency Burton-Hill, Directors: Steve Boyum,  Plot Summary: 1660. The France is being lacerated by the struggle between the king and the cardinal, each of them is having its own army: cardinal controls guardians, and the musketeers are loyal to the king. Legendary swordsman Jacques D'Artagnan's best days may be well behind him, he has schooled his daughter Valentine (Susie Amy) well in the way of the sword. Now it's time for Valentine to strike out on her own. With her father's sword and a letter of introduction to Commander Flint (Roy Dotrice), the eager young novice sets out to seek her fortune in Paris.

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Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Actors: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm, Natalie Finland, Shari Weiser, Brian Henson, Brian Henson, Ron Mueck, Ron Mueck, Ron Mueck, Rob Mills, Rob Mills, Dave Goelz, Directors: Jim Henson,  Plot Summary: Sarah, a teen, summons the goblins from her fave book, the Labyrinth, to steal her baby 1/2 bro Toby. When they actually do, she must solve the Goblin King's (Bowie) Labyrinth in 13 hours or else Toby will become a goblin.

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Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller | Actors: Jay Hernandez, Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Morris Chestnut, Billy Burke, Balthazar Getty, Tim Guinee, Kevin Chapman, Kevin Daniels, Steve Maye, Robert Patrick, Brooke Hamlin, Spencer Berglund, Directors: Jay Russell,  Plot Summary: Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy (Travolta), probationary firefighter Jack Morrison (Phoenix) matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted his relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Assistant Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him.

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Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Actors: Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano, Chazz Palminteri, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Bill Fagerbakke, Mickey Rooney, Bronson Pinchot, Cathy Moriarty, Mary Kay Bergman, Debi Derryberry, Barbara Goodson, Nick Jameson, Tress MacNeille, Andrew McDonough, Directors: Darrell Rooney,  Plot Summary:

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Genres: Drama | Romance | Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay, Ann Mitchell, Elizabeth Spriggs, Pascale Rivault, Peter Bennett, Anthony Head, Frank Moorey, Bessie Love, John Tynan, Michael Huston, Fran Hunter, Ryan Michael, Mark Colleano, Directors: Just Jaeckin,  Plot Summary: A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

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Genres: Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller | Actors: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, M. Night Shyamalan, Freddy Rodríguez, Bill Irwin, Mary Beth Hurt, Noah Gray-Cabey, Joseph D. Reitman, Jared Harris, Grant Monohon, John Boyd, Directors: M. Night Shyamalan,  Plot Summary: The super Cleveland Heep finds a woman swimming in the swimming pool of the condominium during the night; he slips, hits his head on the floor and faints in the water, and she rescues him. He discloses that she is a "Narf" called Story, a character of bedtime stories, that is chased by a "Scrunt" and she needs to return to her Blue World with an eagle. Cleveland convinces the tenants to help and protect Story.

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Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Actors: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Yvonne Fair, Isabel Sanford, Tracee Lyles, Ned Glass, Milton Selzer, Norman Bartold, Clay Tanner, Jester Hairston, Directors: Sidney J. Furie,  Plot Summary: Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.

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Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller | Actors: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst, Diane Delano, George Wallace, John McConnell, Jason Weaver, Stephen Root, Lyne Odums, Walter K. Jordan, George Anthony Bell, Greg Grunberg, Directors: Ethan Coen,  Plot Summary: A remake of the 1955 comedy, the story revolves around a Southern professor who puts together a group of thieves to rob a casino. They rent a room in an old woman's house, but soon she discovers the plot and they must kill her, a task that is more difficult than it seems.

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Genres: Horror | Actors: Bobbi Sue Luther, Lena Headey, Kevin Gage, Sean Whalen, Thomas Dekker, Richard Lynch, Nick Principe, Lucas Till, Anthony Fitzgerald, Seraphine DeYoung, Johnathon Schaech, Jana Kramer, Directors: Robert Hall,  Plot Summary: A terrifying story of a young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a Deranged Serial Murderer and in an isolated rural town she must survive the night and outsmart the technologically inclined killer who is hellbent on finishing what he started.

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Genres: Drama | Actors: Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity, Rebecca Romijn, Dave Matthews, Drea de Matteo, Colin Ford, Keith Carradine, Barry Corbin, Allison Sarofim, Pete Burris, Jason Davis, Justin Dray, Eric Evans, James Green, Kenny Hinkle, Directors: Hunter Hill,  Plot Summary: In this searing Southern drama, a mother and son reunite under desperate circumstances years after a family tragedy drove them far apart.

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Genres: Horror | Actors: Cyrus Alexander, James C. Burns, Ryan Coughlin, Edwin Craig, Jim Devoti, Alex A. Quinn, Christian Stokes, Trevor Torseth, Dan Woods, Kelsey Crane, Tara Gerard, Lydia Hyslop, Pat McNeely, Malea Richardson, Carmen Thompson, Directors: George Bessudo,  Plot Summary: Three sisters and a group of their friends take a trip to the home of the recently deceased grandfather — who died a particularly grisly death — to learn more about the promise of an inheritance, only to encounter a family of psychos who have taken up residence in the old man's cabin.

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Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Actors: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dylan Walsh, Lynn Collins, Mike Bacarella, Kevin Brennan, Frank Caeti, Scott Elias, Lori Ann Gerdisch, Michael Andrew Gorman, Jennifer Kern, Directors: Alejandro Agresti,  Plot Summary: In Chicago, the lonely architect Alex Wyler has a troubled relationship with his father Simon Wyler. In 2004, he buys an old glass house in a lake, designed and built by his father, and he finds a message in his mailbox from the former tenant, the also lonely Dr. Kate Forster, asking to deliver her correspondence in an address downtown. Alex meets his brother Henry in Chicago and when they go to the address with Dr. Forster's correspondence, they find a building of luxury apartments under construction to be delivered eighteen months later. After some messages, Alex and Kate disclose that she is living in 2006 and Alex in 2004, they fall in love for each other and they try to find means to meet each other.

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Genres: Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller | Actors: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, David Lewis, Tim Dixon, Natassia Malthe, Mariska Hargitay, Meredith Salenger, Jed Rees, Richard Leacock, Jake T. Roberts, Warren Takeuchi, Ty Olsson, Directors: Steve Miner,  Plot Summary: Lake Placid - Well it would be, but; "somebody said that name was taken." At least according to the local Sheriff. When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden (Pullman) teams up with a paleontologist (Fonda) from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs" (Platt), and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

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Genres: Drama | Thriller | Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Regine Nehy, Jaishon Fisher, Jay Hernandez, Keith Loneker, Robert Dahey, Mel Rodriguez, Ho-Jung, Bitsie Tulloch, Dale Godboldo, Lynn Chen, Cassius Willis, Paul Terrell Clayton, Directors: Neil LaBute,  Plot Summary: An LAPD officer will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door.

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Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Actors: Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan, Jeff Bennett, Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, Rob Paulsen, Rob Paulsen, Linda Gary, Kenneth Mars, John Ingle, John Ingle, Tress MacNeille, Directors: Roy Allen Smith,  Plot Summary: In search of some adventure in their safe and peaceful valley, the five dinosaur friends make a hideaway. From there, they spot two thieves in action, stealing an egg from one of their broods. They chase them down and manage to recover the egg without its parents noticing, but in the process, accidentally create an opening into the valley, allowing two dreaded Sharptooths in. Everyone must fight them off together to preserve their peaceful way of life.

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Genres: Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Actors: Judith Barsi, Burke Byrnes, Gabriel Damon, Bill Erwin, Pat Hingle, Pat Hingle, Candace Hutson, Will Ryan, Helen Shaver, Directors: Don Bluth,  Plot Summary: An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each onea different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to worktogether in order to survive.

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Genres: Drama | Actors: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce, Richard Edson, Burt Young, Yuri Elvin, Jeris Poindexter, Rhonda Stubbins White, Victoria Thomas, Matthew Kimbrough, Paul West, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Christa Lang, Warren Stearns, Directors: Wim Wenders,  Plot Summary: The Gospels, preached at a Skid-Row mission, contrast with images of LA's homeless, post-9/11 mistrust, and anti-Muslim violence. Lana cares about the poor - she's just come to LA from the West Bank, staying at a mission. She seeks her uncle Paul, a burned out Agent-Orange-addled Vietnam War vet, now a vigilante security cop, watching for terrorists two years after 9/11, suspicious of everything, including a Muslim carrying boxes of Borax. Lana and Paul drive to Death Valley, Lana to take the body of a murdered homeless Muslim to his brother, Paul to follow the Borax trail. Does family reconciliation resemble something larger?

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Genres: Action | Horror | Thriller | Actors: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene Clark, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, Jasmin Geljo, Max McCabe, Tony Munch, Shawn Roberts, Pedro Miguel Arce, Directors: George A. Romero,  Plot Summary: The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.

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