Don Nardo
Description
Three women's lives share a common core. They have all been profoundly affected by adoption. At age fourteen, Karen placed a baby for adoption, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth grew up as an adopted child. Even though she is a bright and ambitious lawyer, she is a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy and her husband are just embarking on the adoption odyssey, hoping for the opportunity to become parents....
4) J. Edgar
Description
J. Edgar Hoover was head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled, and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
"As a period biopic, J. Edgar is masterful."--Roger...
5) Funny games
Description
A family's vacation turns into a nightmare when two deeply disturbed, preppy serial killers hold them hostage, forcing them to struggle to stay alive.
"...expertly written and executed..."--Newsday
"...a classy horror film with a particularly nasty edge."--Hollywood Reporter
"...mockingly sadistic and terrifying..."--Entertainment Weekly
7) At Middleton
Description
Straight-laced George and eccentric Edith, two strangers meet on their children's campus tour at the idyllic Middleton College. Failing comically to connect with their kids, George and Edith play hooky together, ditching the official tour for a carefree adventure reminiscent of their own college years. But what begins as an afternoon of fun soon becomes a revealing and enlightening experience that will change their lives forever.
8) Lansky
Description
LANSKY tells of a young emigrant's rise from poverty to riches through hard-edged business sense and a ruthless ability to murder anyone who gets in his way. Richard Dreyfuss is LANSKY - the man who organized crime.
9) Stay
Description
Henry, a college student, plans to kill himself in three days unless psychologist Sam can save him. After his first encounter with Henry, Sam finds he's losing his own grip on reality, as he is thrust into a nightmarish place between life and death.
10) Runaway Train
Description
Escaped convicts on a train that goes out of control when the engineer drops dead at the throttle.
11) The expendables
Formats
Description
The Expendables are a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
12) Demolition
Description
Davis, a successful investment banker, begins to unravel after losing his wife in a tragic car accident. After forming an unlikely connection with a struggling single mother and her son, Davis reaches a turning point and with their help, starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of a lifetime.
"Gyllenhaal grounds Davis' wildly unraveling psyche, finding both the humor and heart in a man who admits to having spent the past 10 to 12 years incapable...
13) The verdict
Description
An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.
14) Whiteout
Description
U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko is the only law-enforcement officer assigned to Antarctica. Carrie is on the verge of shipping out before the really bad weather hits, when she is confronted with a mysterious murder that sounds like a riddle: how'd a lone corpse find its way to the middle of an ice field, as though dropped from a great height? And what does this have to do with the prologue about a Soviet fighter jet crashing some decades earlier? Along...
15) Bonnie and Clyde
Description
The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era.
17) Alien
Description
In this sequel to Alien, Ripley is the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the monstrous Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew are received with skepticism--until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate.
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