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Against The Ropes DVD

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Charles S Dutton

Meg Ryan; Omar Epps;

The story of the woman who became a boxing coach and went on to become commissioner for the International Female Boxers Association.

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Zodiac(2007) DVD

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David Fincher

Set in the Bay Area in the 1960s and '70s, ZODIAC sees a murderer with seemingly random targets sending terrifying threats and cryptic codes to police...

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Double Jeopardy(1999) DVD

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Bruce Beresford

Tommy Lee Jones; Ashley Judd; Benjamin Weir;

Elizabeth leads a perfect life with a husband, four-year old son and a caring, loving nanny. One night she wakes up covered in blood and her husband m...

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Kramer vs Kramer(1979) DVD

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Robert Benton

Dustin Hoffman; Meryl Streep; Justin Henry;

Joanna Kramer, a Manhattan housewife, can no longer face life with her husband Ted. She walks out leaving her son Billy in Ted's charge. Ted has to ad...

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Helen Of Troy(1955) DVD

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Robert Wise

Rossana Podesta; Cedric Hardwicke; Niall MacGinnis;

Prince Paris Of Troy meets and falls in love with Helen without realising who she is...

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Dog Day Afternoon(1975) DVD

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Sidney Lumet

Al Pacino; Charles Durning; James Broderick;

Before Peter Finch was mad as hell in NETWORK, Sidney Lumet's scorching indictment of the American television industry, Al Pacino played an equally fe...

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Casablanca(1942) DVD

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Michael Curtiz

Ingrid Bergman; Claude Rains; Conrad Veidt;

In 'Casablanca' the owner of a nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca is troubled by the return of his former lover who is now a member of the Resis...

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Quadrophenia DVD

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Franc Roddam

Phil Daniels; Mark Wingett; Leslie Ash;

This film caused a sensation when it was released. It accurately recreates all the excitement and aggression of the Mods and Rockers in the '60s.

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Oliver Twist DVD

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Clive Donner

George C Scott; Tim Curry; Michael Hordern;

Charles Dickens' classic story of a destitute boy in dark, gloomy Victorian London.

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Day After, The DVD

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Nicholas Meyer

Jason Robards; JoBeth Williams; Steve Guttenberg;

Dramatic portrayal of the horrors of a nuclear holocaust.

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Mona Lisa Smile(2003) DVD

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Mike Newell

Julia Roberts; Kirsten Dunst; Julia Stiles;

Set in 1953, Katherine Watson joins the staff at a 'women-only' school where the students yearn for more intellectual freedom.

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Escape From Alcatraz(1979) DVD

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Don Siegel

Clint Eastwood; Patrick McGoohan; Roberts Blossom;

A fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison, Alcatraz.

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JFK(1991)

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Oliver Stone

Kevin Costner; Sissy Spacek; Tommy Lee Jones;

Drama based on the events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy.

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Few Good Men, A(1992) DVD

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Rob Reiner

Jack Nicholson; Tom Cruise; Demi Moore;

A top Navy lawyer who has never even seen the inside of a courtroom is asked to look into a murder case. Two marines have been arrested for killing a ...

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Mr Smith Goes To Washington(1939) DVD

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Frank Capra

Jean Arthur; James Stewart; Claude Rains;

A naive young head of a chain of boy's clubs is unwittingly set up by unscrupulous politicians and is sent to Washington as a senator.

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Romeo And Juliet(1996) DVD

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Drama > Romantic

Baz Luhrmann

Leonardo DiCaprio; Claire Danes; Brian Dennehy;

Lets face it, when they try and teach you Shakespeare it’s at the precise point in our lives that we would not be interested in it in the slightest. O...

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It's A Wonderful Life(1946) DVD

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Frank Capra

James Stewart; Donna Reed; Lionel Barrymore;

This heart-warming tale from director Frank Capra tells the story of the dark and bittersweet world of George Bailey (James Stewart), whose hopes and ...

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Simon Birch(1998) DVD

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Mark Steven Johnson

Joseph Mazzello; Oliver Platt; Ian Michael Smith;

Simon is the smallest kid in town but has always known that he was born to do something big while, at the same time, his best friend Joe is searching ...

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Amazing Grace(2006) DVD

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Michael Apted

Albert Finney; Ciaran Hinds; Rufus Sewell;

From acclaimed director Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist, The World is Not Enough), comes this immersive biographical drama about the man credited ...