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Fifty Shades Of Grey DVD
[ Universal Pictures DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2015 ] Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) is a literature student on a mission for independence and recognition for her work. As a favor to her roommate and friend, Kate Kavanagh, Ana (as her friends call her) accepts an interview with a wealthy, handsome,... |
I Am Sam
[ Reel DVD / DVD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Sam Dawson is a developmentally disabled adult who has been singularly raising his daughter, Lucy, for all of her seven years. Sam provides a fun and loving environment for Lucy, but it soon becomes apparent that she is intellectually surpassing him.... |
The Phantom of the Opera
[ Universal Pictures / DVD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] Based on the hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the tale tells the story of a disfigured musical genius that haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely... |
Rocky
[ MGM DVD / DVD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time. Working in a meat factory in Philadelphia for a pittance, he also earns extra cash as a debt collector. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to... |
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Angela's Ashes [Collector's Edition]
[ ViaVision DVD / DVD - released 13/Feb/2020 ] The Hopes of a Mother. The Dreams of a Father. The Fate of a Child. Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, comes to life in this stirring film from acclaimed director Alan Parker (Evita) starring Academy Award®-nominee Emily Watson... |
Baby Driver
[ Sony Pictures DVD / DVD - released 18/Oct/2017 ] A talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But... |
A Beautiful Mind - The Two-Disc Awards Edition (Academy Award Winning Collection)
[ Paramount Home Entertainment / 2 DVD - released 6/Oct/2010 ] He Saw The World In A Way No One Could Have Imagined. Director Ron Howard delivers his finest effort with his extraordinary film, A Beautiful Mind, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. Based loosely on Sylvia Nasar's acclaimed... |
Black Swan
[ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / DVD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] A ballet dancer wins the lead in 'Swan Lake' and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odette's evil sister, Odile, the Black Swan. Starring Natalie... |
Bohemian Rhapsody
[ 20th Century Fox / Blu-ray - released 13/Feb/2019 ] Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film... |
The Bridge on the River Kwai
[ Sony Pictures DVD / DVD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure The Bridge On The River Kwai |
The Bridges of Madison County
[ Warner Bros. DVD / DVD - released 9/Jun/2010 ] World-travelling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) aren't looking to turn their lives upside down. Each is at a point in life where expectations are behind them. Yet... |
Buena Vista Social Club
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 13/Aug/2015 ] In 1996, composer, producer, and guitar legend Ry Cooder entered Egrem Studios in Havana with the forgotten greats of Cuban music, many of them in their 60s and 70s,... |
Cinderella (2015)
[ Walt Disney DVD / DVD - released 24/Jun/2015 ] When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger. STARRING: Lily James (Downton... |
The Descendants
[ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 30/May/2012 ] From the celebrated director of 'Sideways' (Alexander Payne) comes a wonderfully warm and witty film that Rolling Stone calls "damn near perfect." Academy Award-winner George Clooney "leads the ensemble cast of the year." (Chicago... |
Dumbo (Disney Classics 4)
[ Disney Classics / DVD ] A heartwarming story of friendship and belief in one's self, Dumbo is an amazing tale of one little elephant with "jumbo sized" ears - because of this, he is cruelly nicknamed Dumbo! His mother looses her temper and rightly so and gets locked up as a... |
Elizabeth - Special Edition
[ Universal Pictures / DVD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] England ,1554. Under the rule of Queen Mary I, a zealous Catholic, England has been reduced to a country racked by financial and religious instability. Now close to death, Mary (Kathy Bourke) steps up her policy of prodestant repression... |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Blu-ray)
[ Warner Bros BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Mar/2017 ] The year is 1926, and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident,... |
The Fifth Element (Blu-ray)
[ Directors Suite / Blu-ray Disc - released 9/Sep/2010 ] New York cab driver Korben Dallas didn't mean to become a hero, he just picked up the kind of fare that only comes along every five thousand years: a perfect beauty, a perfect being, a perfect weapon. Now, together they must save the world. Bruce... |
Fifty Shades Of Grey (BLU-RAY & UV)
[ Universal Pictures Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jun/2015 ] Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) is a literature student on a mission for independence and recognition for her work. As a favor to her roommate and friend, Kate Kavanagh, Ana (as her friends call her) accepts an interview with a wealthy, handsome,... |
Fried Green Tomatoes - 30th Anniversary Extended Cut
[ ViaVision DVD / DVD - released 2/Dec/2021 ] Academy Award winners Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy star with Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker in this inspiring drama adapted from Fannie Flagg's best-selling novel. When an unhappy housewife (Bates) befriends a lady in a nursing home... |
Gangs of New York
[ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 25/Aug/2005 ] Set in New York City, 1840-1863, a young man named Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio) seeks vengeance against Bill "The Butcher" Poole (Daniel Day-Lewis), the man who killed his father. |
Betty Hutton & Charlton Heston
The Greatest Show On Earth [ Paramount The Academy Award Winning Collection DVD / DVD - released 19/May/2021 ] The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle. |
La La Land
[ Eone DVD / DVD - released 3/May/2017 ] Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Damien Chazelle, LA LA LAND tells the story of Mia [Emma Stone], an aspiring actress, and Sebastian [Ryan Gosling], a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for... |
The Last Station
[ Vendetta Films / DVD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] A drama lifted by moments of humour, The Last Station is a love story set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife the Countess Sofya. Tolstoy, having rejected his title and... |
Life Of Pi
[ 20th Century Fox DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2013 ] Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar® - winning director Ang Lee, based on Yann Martel's best-selling novel. Pi Patel and his family leave India to start a new life, along with the exotic creatures in his... |
Men in Black
[ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / DVD - released 9/May/2012 ] Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. Men in Black follows the exploits of agents Kay (Jones) and Jay (Smith), members of a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth. The two Men in Black find... |
An Officer and a Gentleman - 2-Disc Special Edition (The Academy Award Winning Collection)
[ Paramount Home Entertainment / 2 DVD - released 17/Sep/2008 ] Zack Mayo is a young man who has signed up for Navy Flight School. He is a Navy brat who has a bad attitude problem. Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond... |
The Post
[ Eone DVD / DVD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben... |
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The Producers [Mel Brooks] 50th Anniversary Edition
[ Sony Pictures DVD / 2 DVD - released 26/Sep/2018 ] Once "King of Broadway", Max Bialystock's talent has dried up. One day when Leo Bloom, his accountant, is auditing his latest flop, Max learns that it's possible to make more money from producing flops than hits. |
Rain Man
[ MGM Home Entertainment DVD / 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray ] When car dealer Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has an autistic older brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) and that his father's $3 million fortune is... |
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Sherlock Holmes [2009]
[ Roadshow Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 12/May/2010 ] A dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous characters! After finally catching serial killer & occult "sorcerer", Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case.... |
Slumdog Millionaire
[ ICON DVD / DVD - released 24/Jun/2009 ] What does it take to find a lost love? 'Slumdog Millionaire' is the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one... |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
[ Sony Pictures DVD / DVD - released 13/Apr/2016 ] Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance. The heroes from the original cast are back... |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Blu-Ray)
[ Sony Pictures Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 13/Apr/2016 ] Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance. The heroes from the original cast are back... |
Whale Rider
[ South Pacific Pictures DVD / DVD - released 25/Sep/2008 ] One girl dared to confront the past, change the present, and determine the future... In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for more than 1000 years, a male heir born to the... |
When We Were Kings
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 12/May/2022 ] On October 30, 1974, perhaps the most famous heavyweight championship boxing match of all time took place in Kinshasa, Zaire: the "Rumble in the Jungle" between champion George Foreman and challenger Muhammad Ali. In historical footage and... |
The Wind Rises (Studio Ghibli Collection)
[ Studio Ghibli / Madman Entertainment DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Dec/2014 ] Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world's most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key... |
Atonement
[ Universal Pictures DVD / DVD - released 2/Apr/2008 ] Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, 'Atonement' opens in England in 1935, on the hottest day of the year. In the looming shadow of World War II, Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous Victorian Gothic... |
Brooklyn
[ Sony Pictures Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 4/May/2016 ] Brooklyn follows Eilis (Ronan), a young Irish woman who leaves her small town in Ireland hoping for a brighter future in 1950s Brooklyn. Despite her initial homesickness, she falls in love with Tony (Cohen) an Italian-American who opens her eyes her... |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Blu-ray)
[ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 28/Mar/2018 ] Luke Skywalker's peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey, a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to learn the ways of the Jedi forces Luke to make a decision that changes their lives forever.... |
