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In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
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"King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time-in bed and out-and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his... personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom....
43) Mafia mamma
Publisher
Bleecker Street
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English
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While seeing to her long estranged (and now deceased) grandfather’s affairs in Italy, Collette, a mild mannered suburban mom, unexpectedly inherits his mafia empire and finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war. Guided by the firm’s trusted consigliere (Monica Bellucci), she hilariously defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
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Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Thom Andersen's landmark documentary explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown, as seen entirely through the films themselves. From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it,...
48) Take a Chance
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Archie Burton is watching the exercising of his horses, one of which, TAKE A CHANCE, is entered for the Gold Cup. With Burton is Grayson, his trainer. Grayson's wife, Cicely, arrives. She is irritated by her husband's seeming indifference towards her and is friendly with Carfax, a young man whose real object is to learn the secrets of her husband's stables ...
49) The Wild Ride
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
1960.
Language
English
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Johnny Varron is a rebellious youth gang leader who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. But when he fatally runs a police officer off the road, the walls begin closing in on Johnny and his world.
50) She Freak
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
1967.
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English
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A waitress leaves the greasy-diner business for the carnival and quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human oddities.
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Vertical Entertainment
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English
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Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he₂s never known. When his daughter's abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max's violent past comes back to haunt them all.
54) Paradies: Liebe
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
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"Teresa, a fifty year-old woman, travels to the beaches of Kenya as a sex tourist or 'Sugar Mama'. There, she moves from one beach boy to the next, buying their love only to be disappointed and quickly learning that love is strictly a business."--Container.
55) NYPD red
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NYPD red novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Detective Zach Jordan investigates a series of brutal, public crimes that coincide with the arrival of dozens of glamorous celebrities in town for parties and premieres. NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival called Hollywood on the Hudson, they are the first ones called....
56) Antkind: a novel
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"B. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic (failed academic, filmmaker, paramour, shoe salesman who sleeps in a sock drawer), stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film by an enigmatic outsider--a film he's convinced will change his career trajectory and rock the world of cinema to its core. His hands on what is possibly the greatest movie ever made, a three-month-long stop-motion masterpiece that took its reclusive auteur ninety...
57) Bicycle thief
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c19998
Language
Italiano
Description
Simple story of an unemployed man and his family living in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters and signs, work requiring a bicycle on which to get around. When his bicycle is stolen the father and his son are forced to steal one in desperation and are caught. This version includes the original U.S. theatrical trailer.
58) Death Rage
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
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A retired hit-man decides to take one last job to avenge the murder of his brother by a mafia gang. An eager would-be mobster helps him.
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Eric Rohmer’s classic film is set in 1799 during the Russian invasion of Italy. A young widow, The Marquise (Edith Clever) lives with her parents in the fort her father commands. In the midst of battle, the Marquise is abducted by a group of rowdy soldiers and nearly taken advantage of when the Russian commander Count F (Bruno Ganz) rescues her. Later, the Marquise realizes she is pregnant, though she cannot decipher how the circumstance came to...
60) 11:14
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Random events and the lives of several people converge when a car accident occurs at 11:14 p.m.