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The Rev. Harry Powell is a religious fanatic and serial killer who targets women who use their sexuality to attract men. Serving time in prison for car theft, he meets condemned murderer Ben Harper, who confesses to hiding $10,000 in stolen loot. Released from jail, Powell is obsessed with finding the money, and he tracks down Harper's widow, Willa, and her two children, John and Pearl.
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Dragon Sound, the house band at Orlando's #1 nightclub is made up of five orphans and university classmates, all of whom are experts in Taekwondo, with a musical mission to share the importance of love and friendship. One of the band members, John, is engaged in a budding romance with Jane, sister of Jeff, a kingpin in one of Florida's toughest drug pushing gangs. A resentful rival band enlists the help of Jeff and his crew of violent, motorcycle...
3) Dynasties
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray [edition].
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays + 2 4K UltraHD Blu-rays (approximately 250 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Nature depicted as never seen before: high stakes drama that goes deeper into the lives of five of the world's most celebrated and endangered animals than ever before: Chimpanzee, Emperor Penguin, Lion, Painted Wolf and Tiger.
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Criterion collection volume 1180
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English
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Two women, a turquoise Thunderbird, the ride of a lifetime. With this pop-culture landmark, screenwriter Callie Khouri and action auteur Ridley Scott rewrote the rules of the road movie, telling the story of two best friends who find themselves transformed into accidental fugitives during a weekend getaway gone wrong leading them on a high-speed Southwest odyssey as they elude police and discover freedom on their terms.
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays + 2 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays (approximately 250 min., approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Planet Earth is perfect. It orbits at the perfect distance from the sun; it tilts at just the right angle, and it has a moon just large enough to hold it in place. On top of that, the day-to-day workings of the planet naturally serve to nurture its plants and animals. The five-part series will show how the forces of nature, weather, ocean currents, solar energy, and volcanoes, drive, shape, and support Earth's great diversity of life.
6) After hours
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English
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The twists and turns of one night in the life of a New York yuppie and the interesting people he comes in contact with from a sexy woman to a crazy ice cream dealer.
7) Cinderella
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English
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Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown, and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving only a single glass slipper, the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray [edition].
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray + 1 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to War World, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom.
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Down-and-out New York City boxer Davey Gordon strikes up a romance with nightclub dancer Gloria Price. Their budding relationship is violently interrupted by Gloria's boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for his employee. When Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows
10) Total recall
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Lionsgate
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English
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It's the year 2084, and construction worker Quaid is haunted by dreams of Mars, a place he's never been. Against his wife's wishes, Quaid goes to Rekall, a memory-implant company that promises a thrilling virtual trip to the red planet. But what Quaid "remembers" is that he's a secret agent whose cover has been blown--and that he must return to Mars at any cost.
11) Interstellar
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English
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With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
12) The longest yard
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English
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One-time pro quarterback Paul Crewe is now behind bars for leading the state police on a wild chase in a "borrowed" car. The sadistic, scheming warden recruits Crewe to form a team of convicts to go up against the warden's polished, semi-pro team of prison guards in a championship game. Crewe has agreed that his crew dubbed the "Mean Machine" will provide only passive resistance to the squad of brutal guards. But the gridiron showdown turns into a...
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English
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Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and in the ensuing cover-up enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter both decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the Colpitts women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.
14) Midnight run
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Jack Walsh is a tough ex-cop turned bounty hunter. Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas is a sensitive accountant who embezzled $15 million from the Mob, gave it to charity and then jumped bail. Jack's in for a cool $100,000 if he can deliver The Duke from New York to L.A. on time, and alive. Sounds like just another Midnight Run (a piece of cake in bounty hunter slang), but it turns into a cross-country chase. The FBI is after The Duke to testify. The Mob...
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English
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When long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, Gomez and Morticia plan a celebration to wake the dead. But Wednesday barely has time to warm up her electric chair before Thing points out Fester's uncommonly 'normal' behavior. Could this Fester be a fake, part of an evil scheme to raid the Addams fortune?
16) Brave
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English
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Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
17) Reservoir dogs
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray + 1 4K Blu-ray (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
18) The green planet
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays + 2 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays (approximately 247 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Plants live secret, unseen lives. They are capable of forming mutually beneficial relationships with animals. But they can also be as aggressive, competitive, and dramatic as any living thing on our planet. Using specialist cameras, this spectacular series allows us to travel beyond the power of the human eye, to look closer at their interconnected world. Each episode introduces a set of plants, reveals the battles they face, and the ingenious ways...
Series
Criterion collection volume 216
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
4K UHD + Blu-ray combo edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray + 1 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Français
Description
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis's country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. The film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the audience at its 1939 premiere, and the original negative was destroyed...
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