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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. Includes featurettes and deleted scenes
"An exhilarating visual experience..."--Roger Ebert, Chicago...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A captured outlaw and a Civil War veteran cross paths when the outlaw needs safe passage to the train taking him to prison and the veteran volunteers for the job. Includes commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, and more
"Two thumbs up!"--Roeper & Robert Wilonsky
"...restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless violence."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...remake walks a fine line in retaining many of...
Pub. Date
2004
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Near the end of the Tang Dynasty, two deputies tangle with a dancer suspected of having ties to a revolutionary faction, the House of Flying Daggers. The deputies plan to save her, and one leads her on what becomes a perilous journey into the unknown
"If this isn't the most visually stunning film to be released in the U.S. this year, it's second to 'Yimou's Hero.'"--Ebert & Roeper
"It's action opera, sword-and-sorcery song-and-dance, and it's a...
7) Valkyrie
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolf Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The mutant heroes sworn to defend a world that hates and fears them are back! With the help of new recruits, they must face evolution itself in the form of a former teammate
"...an eye-filling fantasy extravaganza and a big crowd-pleaser."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Two thumbs up!"--Ebert & Roeper
"The greatest 'X-Men' movie yet!"--Maxim Magazine
"Explosive, adrenaline-fueled fun!"--New York Daily News
Pub. Date
2003, c1993
Language
English
Description
The spectacular but unforgiving terrain of 1927 Vermont sets the stage for this collision between high-stakes progress and a frontier way of life. Legendary Yankee log-driver, Noel Lord defies power company boss, Clayton Farnsworth who orders Lord and his feisty American Indian mate off their soon-to-be flooded land. Farnsworth never met a man he couldn't buy ... but then, he'd never met Noel Lord
10) Bush Christmas
Pub. Date
1947
Language
English
Description
Two children are heading home to Australia for Christmas. On their journey they encounter a group of thieves and they accidentally give them the information they need to steal their father's horses. The children then try to save the horses
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. Contains a train-load of special features
"Two enthusiastic thumbs way up for The Polar Express."--Ebert & Roeper
"This train ride is both majestic and edge-of-your-seat."--Hollywood Reporter
"'The Polar Express' is a treasure. It will be a holiday tradition...
12) Flyboys
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the young Americans who volunteered to be part of the French military prior to WWI, also known as Lafayette Escadrille, and how they became the country's first fighter pilots
"...guarantees a thrill a minute for all ages, and a few tears, too, in an old-fashioned kind of war movie with heart..."--Rex Reed, New York Observer
"...highly enjoyable..."--LA Weekly
"...the aerial dogfights are handsome and...historically accurate..."--TV...
13) Moby Dick
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him
14) Nirvana
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Portuguese
Description
A small time wiseguy who gets kicked out of his gang just when he expects to move up. Out for revenge, Vega teams up with a bunch of delinquent small time criminals to pay back the leader of the gang.
15) Shock wave
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the thrilling best seller from Alistair MacLean now comes the exciting motion picture! American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and have to deal with a gang of kidnappers who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the scientist.
17) True lies
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Harry Tasker is a top spy for the ultra-secret Omega Sector, but his wife thinks he's just a boring computer salesman. Then his two lives collide when he and his wife find themselves kidnapped by international terrorists.
19) Ava
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A deadly assassin is forced to fight for her own survival when a job goes terribly wrong.
20) Deadlock
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ron Whitlock is a wanted criminal leading a team of mercenaries on a mission of vengeance. Convinced that the government is working against them, the merciless group brutally seizes an energy plant and holds everyone inside hostage. With a nearby town on the brink of massive flooding and destruction, it2s up to one retired elite army ranger Mack Karr to save thousands of innocent lives before it's too late.
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