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Drama full length DVD movies
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When a made-up story crafted to meet a rapidly approaching deadline spirals out of control, a young reporter takes it upon himself to warn the public and his journalistic peers of the dangers of sensationalism in this long-lost film noir directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Horst Buchholz. Aspiring journalist Greg Bachmann (Buchholz) has just been released from prison and is looking for some honest work. Soon hired as assistant to influential yellow journalist Cesar Boyd (Martin Held), Bachmann is shocked to discover that his new employer has concocted the story of a blind Nazi soldier discovered in a bunker years after the end of World War II in order to meet a looming deadline. When other reporters latch on to the story and run a phony picture of the long-lost soldier, a peaceful protest aimed at pressuring authorities to release the man quickly elevate into a full-scale riot. Now, with all of Europe in chaos, Bachmann must race to expose the fraudulent scoop and spread the word about the dangers of tabloid reporting. |
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Negotiator is a person who is to conduct talks with a terrorists or another kind of criminals when hostages are taken. When a police negotiator Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) standing on his own legs, one of the best negotiators in Chicago, is framed and faced the perspective of serving time for a murder he not committed, he has to take hostages. His friend is killed by corrupt cops, and the detractive documents are stealthily placed to defile Roman's reputation. When Inspector Terence Niebaum (J.T. Walsh) and his equally corrupted colleagues conduct a search in Roman's place of abode, he takes them as hostages and demands to talk with a negotiator who serves in another police precinct, because he knows that the killer of the friend is between his own counterparts. Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey), a high-skilled negotiator, is involved and all that Roman can do is to try to prove his innocence and to expose the real criminals. |
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Even a telephone kiosk can become a deadly trap when you have something to hide in connection with your dubious reputation, if you have such. A New-Yorker, journalist Steven Shepard (Colin Farrell) who used to lie to everybody from his boss to his wife and lover, picks up a receiver at a phone booth and becomes the hostage of a maniac sniper who targets him with a laser sight. This guy draws Steve out demanding a forced confession in all his lies, a confession which can cost him his job and relations with his wife. In other hand, denial will cost him his life as well as if he'd hang up the phone. Meanwhile, police forces which gathered around the booth as a passing pedestrian is injured by a maniacal shooter, consider Steve himself as a maniac, being unaware of sniper existence. For liars to notice: one should never pick up a phone ringing in a telephone booth... |
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In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marine units. The exhausting fight for a key-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army Rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war forms the soldiers into a tight-knit group, their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them. |
| Elephant
[2003,
USA]
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| An ordinary high school day. Except that it's not. |
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It’s a lovely fall day. We become observers of the events that happen throughout the day at an Oregon high school. On the way to school photographer Elias (Elias McConnell) takes some pictures of a punk-rock couple. After football practice Nathan (Nathan Tyson) leaves gym class and meets up with girlfriend Carrie (Carrie Finklea) for lunch. John leaves his dad’s car keys in the school office for his brother to collect. In the cafeteria, Brittany (Brittany Mountain), Jordan (Jordan Taylor) and Nicole (Nicole George) gossip and complain about their mothers’ snooping. Michelle (Kristen Hicks) dashes to the school library for her volunteer work. John (John Robinson) walks out onto the lawn, crossing paths with outsiders Alex (Alex Frost) and Eric (Eric Deulen)... It seems to be an ordinary high school day. Except that it’s not. |
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Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world. |
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The Passion of the Christ concerns the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth (Jim Caviezel). The dialogue is spoken in the ancient Aramaic language, along with Latin and Hebrew. His prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas's betrayal, Pontius Pilate's interrogation, the death on the cross of Golgotha and subsequent resurrection are depicted in this, sometimes brutal, Mel Gibson's screen version of Biblical legend. The faint-hearted should be prepared for the brutal, barbaric beatings that Christ endures. Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, and Hristo Jivkov are engaged as Magdalene, Maria, and John respectively, who are distressed by Jesus' fate yet aware that they can do nothing to change it. |
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Based on the 1974 true story, this drama revolves around a paranoid and alienated businessman named Samuel Byck (identified in the film as 'Bicke' and played by Sean Penn) decides to take extreme measures to achieve his version of the American Dream being tired of preying on customers. Rejected for a government loan and spurned by his family, he focuses his resentment on the figurehead of the US capitalist system and obsessively plots his downfall. Just when the nation was feeling safe about boarding airplanes again, a frustrated salesman decided that it was incumbent upon him to rid society of the cancer that infected the seat of power in the United States. That would be Nixon. |
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The violent attack on Matthew Shepard was the kind of wakeup call a society fortunately doesn't get very often. Shepard, a gay college student, was found tied to a fence after being hardly beaten to death (he died five days later). This tragedy made Laramie, WY, infamous overnight in the fall of 1998 and set American society in debates on homophobia. This film is the response of the one American playwright Moises Kaufman, his goal was to create a play that focused not on the assault on Matthew Shepard, but on the community where such an attack could happen, and how many of the citizens reacted to the crime. The result is this inquiry into hate and the thoughts and feelings of an American community. It's a film, based on the play by the troupe, that presents the details of the slaying as revealed by those closest to it, and the truth lies in the details. |
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An impresario Vivian Van Damm is brought in to set up the running-down Windmill Theater in Soho, which is just bought by the recently widowed eccentric well-to-do Laura Henderson. All their ambitions can easily get crash, since the inter-war London does not forgive mistakes and the rivals can surpass every little success, such as the other theatres have copied their idea of a non-stop revue. Laura proposes to put nudes in the show, deciding to show audiences something they've never seen before. |
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Einar (Robert Redford) was a once successful rancher who developed a serious drinking problem being still in shock from his only son's death a decade ago. He has let his ranch fall into ruin so as his marriage. His daughter-in-law, a down-on-her-luck single mother (Jennifer Lopez) is forced to move in with Einar, from whom she has been estranged, in order to properly care for her young daughter. Lasse Hallstrom directs this adaptation of the same name novel by Mark Spragg. |
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In ancient China, the sanguinary Hun leader, Shan-Yu (Miguel Ferrer), and his mighty army have launched attacks on the Great Wall. Declaring martial law, China's Emperor (Pat Morita) drafts one man from every family to defend the country against the usurpers. Aware of the call to arms, young girl Mulan (Ming-Na Wen), the only kid of Fa Zhou (Soon-Tek Oh), is determined to prevent her crippled and ailing father from having to go to war. Therefore the bold-spirited girl disguises herself as a man and runs away from home to join the Imperial Army. |
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This biopic television miniseries features Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as the King of Rock-n-roll, the story traces all his life from the very boyhood in 1950's Memphis to the pinnacles of his worldwide glory and the depths of isolation and drug addiction of his life's end. |
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The story follows a University of Austin professor, Dr. David Gale (Kevin Spacey). In a twist of fate this anti-death-penalty activist is convicted and condemned to death for the rape and murder of colleague Constance Hallaway (Laura Linney). Three days before his execution, he grants an exclusive interview to Elizabeth "Bitsey" Bloom (Kate Winslet), the brave reporter who sets out to learn the truth behind Gale's crime. Bitsey, full of skepticism and scorn for the convict, soon finds herself believing in David's innocence as he reveals his tragic tale to her. Can Bitsey find out who framed the professor? |
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When UK economics is to switch from pounds to euro, a poorly-secured train crammed full with respective pounds is being robbed. Seven-years old Damien and his brother unexpectedly get a money-filled sack voyage literally fallen from the sky. This visually sophisticated, ethically loaded and emotionally nuanced movie follows Damien as he discovers the human nature being a kind of a visionary in the mystic sense of this word. Damian is anxious to share the wealth with those less fortunate while his fun-loving brother Anthony would rather spend it like there's no tomorrow! Anyway, the 265,000 British pounds should be spent before the UK nation switches over to the Euro. |
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In February, 1945, one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific theater of World War II occurs on the tiny island of Iwo Jima. Thousands of Marines attack the stronghold maintained by thousands of Japanese, and the slaughter on both sides is horrific. Early in the battle, an American flag is raised atop the high point, Mount Suribachi, and a photograph of the raising becomes an American cause celebre. As a powerful inspiration to war-sick Americans, the photo becomes a symbol of the Allied cause. The three surviving flag raisers, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes, are whisked back to civilization to help raise funds for the war effort. But the accolades for heroism heaped upon the three men are at odds with their own personal realizations that thousands of real heroes lie dead on Iwo Jima, and that their own contributions to the fight are only symbolic and not deserving of the singling out they are experiencing. Each of the three must come to terms with the honors, exploitation, and grief that they face simply for being in a photograph. |
| Erin Brockovich
[2000,
USA]
from $1.99 |
| She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees. |
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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation. |
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David Dunn (Bruce Willis), a Philadelphia football-stadium security guard, is famous for his uncanny ability to survive all horrendous catastrophes. David is "unbreakable": he has never been injured or sick, not even a day.
Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a comic book dealer, is David's opposite. He is an accident-prone guy who even emerged from the womb with broken arms and legs. All his life, Elijah, nicknamed "Mr. Glass", has been sick because of his strange and rare bone disease. One day, after a disastrous train crash, David encounters the cripple Elijah, who offers an odd theory as to why David has so tremendous potential, why he has survived without a single scratch...
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Devastated by the abuse from her husband, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) gets a divorce and returns to her hometown in North Minnesota. With two kids to take care of, Josey takes a back-breaking job at the iron mine where she becomes one of only a handful of female employees and faces harsh reality. Along with the other women, she endures humiliation and sexual harassment from the male miners who brook no competition from womanhood. Despite the risk of losing her good-paying job, Josey finds the courage to take legal action against the company in order to stand up for herself and her fellow female coworkers. As a result, the case becomes the first sexual harassment lawsuit in the history of the United States to be won. |
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Set in the Cold War era, the geopolitical thriller movie focuses on petroleum politics, and the global influence of the oil industry, whose political, financial, legal, and social effects are experienced by covert CIA agent Bob Barnes (George Clooney), energy analyst Bryan Woodman (Matt Damon), attorney Bennett Holiday (Jeffrey Wright), and laid-off worker Wasim Kahn (Mazhar Munir).
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