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Set in 1939 New Orleans, this colorful, song-filled story centers on Charles B. Barkin, a roguish German Shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a cigar-chomping pit bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals leads this unlikely pair on an adventure packed with thrills,...
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A touching story of eight very different people who are at a crossroads in life and must make decisions that will forever change who they are. Jack must decide to spend the rest of his life with his girlfriend Terri. Marina must reconnect with her aging father. Laurel must embrace her new pregnancy and come to terms with her father's early Alzheimer's. And Dave must learn why life is worth living.
3) Snapshots
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Screen icons Burt Reynolds and Julie Christie star in this romantic drama about an aging hippy and a beautiful young woman who meet in Amsterdam and find love.
6) Heat
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A former soldier living in Vegas becomes determined to track down a gang of thugs after they assault his female neighbor. Based on the drama by William Goldman.
9) Rent-A-Cop
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Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop after a drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a murderous gunman. He joins forces with a prostitute-the only one able to identify the killer-to bring the murderer to justice.
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Inspired by the best-selling book "Filmmakers & Financing" by Louise Levison, who taught film financing at UCLA in Los Angeles and is the author of several business plans for successful independent films. Writer-director Rick Pamplin, a Levison client, approached her about adapting her book into a film and telling on camera the story of how she created the business plan for "The Blair Witch Project" (the most profitable independent film ever made)...
11) Deal
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As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protg is his toughest competition.
12) Starting Over
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Burt Reynolds plays Phil Potter, a low-key, contented magazine writer who tries to put his life back together after his wife (Candice Bergen) opts for independence as a singer-songwriter. Jill Clayburgh, a wacky nursery school teacher, tries to help him surmount the emotional hurdles, but it's rough going in this delightful contemporary tale; he's still hung up on his ex-wife. Starting Over is sprinkled with comedy, from Bergen's cacophonous singing...
14) Hush Money
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When Robin Nevins is denied acceptance into an exclusive university, Spenser is eager to investigate. It seems the denial is tied to the suicide of a young gay activist, and as Spenser digs deeper, he is immersed in a multicultural swamp of politics: black, gay, academic, and feminist. Meanwhile, Spenser's girlfriend Susan asks him to come to the aid of an old college friend who is being stalked.
15) Black Eagles
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DEA agent Kevin Grady discovers that the CIA is turning a blind eye to drug smuggling by its allies- and CIA officer Jack Lind is at the center of this conspiracy. Lind allows Panamanian policeman Manuel Noriega to become the country's dictator, ignoring his ties to the Medellin cocaine cartel in order to use Panama as a base for an anti-Communist crusade. Grady and Lind become enemies in a war they should have been fighting together,...
16) Small Vices
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Spenser finds himself fighting for his life when he takes on a murder case for Ellis Alves, a Black man with a criminal record who says he was framed. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects. But when an assassin with a.22 puts Spenser in a coma, is the chance for justice dead?
17) Chance
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Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura wants to find his daughter's missing husband. At least that's how he puts it to Spenser and Hawk, even though it's clear that Julius isn't telling the whole truth-or maybe not any part of the truth. Something about the case appeals to Spenser's passion for justice, though, and he launches an odyssey that leads him and Hawk into the netherworld of organized crime.
From the throne room of crime lords to the Vegas strip,...
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"The book that launched the ten-million-copy bestselling series -- for "those with deep-seated fears about killer bees, quicksand, mountain lions and sharks" ( USA Today ). Danger! It lurks at every corner. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to...
20) Crazy Six
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In a crumbling Europe, powerful mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative arms trade.