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61) Fletch
Pub. Date
1985
Language
English
Description
A journalist goes undercover to get the story of a drug ring, taking the guise of many comic characters in order to find the truth. Bonus features include the making and remembering of Fletch, the many disguises, and more
62) Atonement
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend, her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will irrevocably change the course of all their lives forever
"Rarely has a book sprung so vividly to life, but also worked so enthrallingly in pure movie terms..."--Variety
"How fitting, somehow, that a novel so devoted to the precision and passionate love of language be captured in a film that is simply too exquisite...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Robert Ford joins Jesse James' gang, only to become resentful of the legendary outlaw and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West
"A majestic achievement. Brad Pitt is unforgettable."--New York Observer
"A masterwork! Already has the feel of a classic."--Maxim
"A haunting retelling of one of the enduring outlaw sagas in American culture."--Entertainment Weekly
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Benjamin Button was a not-so-ordinary man who began his life under unusual circumstances. Born in his eighties, and unable to stop time, he continued to age backwards. His life story is detailed from the end of World War I in 1918 and into the 21st century, when he discovered a love that lasted beyond time
"...a triumph of technique."--A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Benjamin Button is all of a visionary piece, and it's a soul-filling vision."--Wall...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Français
Description
The remarkable tale of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the world-renowned editor of French Elle magazine, who suffered a stroke and was paralyzed by the inexplicable 'locked in' syndrome at age 43
"Two thumbs up."--Roeper & A.O. Scott
"A film of rare imagination; a collage of unnerving images and great artistry."--Seattle Times
"...the most beautiful movie ever made..."--Entertainment Weekly
68) Elegy
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The life of a renowned college professor is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with a beautiful young woman. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story is born. Includes commentary and featurette
"...nicely done."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"This is a good, serious and absorbing movie..."--Time Magazine
"This melancholy mediation on aging and desire hangs on an exquisite performance...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
As the wind and rain beat down on the isolated farmhouse, the new neighbor Mr. Lockwood visits his surly landlord, Heathcliff. When the foul weather prohibits his return, Lockwood is forced to spend a dreadful night in the hauntingly named Wuthering Heights. On his return home, Lockwood discovers the tumultuous story of how Heathcliff, a foundling, came to own both houses, of his love for Catherine Earnshaw, and why he stalks the house like a man...
70) Persuasion
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about lost and found love. Anne is persuaded to reject a proposition of marriage from the man she loves due to his lack of fortune. Years later she is made the offer again
71) Syriana
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A politically charged thriller that unfolds against the intrigues and corruption of the global oil industry. From the players brokering back-room deals to the men toiling in the oil fields, the film illuminates the consequences of the pursuit of power
"****. Brilliant. It's not just hot, it's incendiary. "--Rolling Stone
"Two very big, enthusiastic thumbs up. One of the year's best films "--Ebert & Roeper
"Thought-provoking and unnerving, emotionally...
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
On the fast track and ready to taste the success of corporate America, John Crowley walks away from it all in hopes of finding a cure for two of his fatally ill children. With his wife Aileen by his side, he teams up with brilliant but unconventional scientist Dr. Robert Stonehill, and together they form a company to develop a life-saving drug. But just when it appears that a solution may be found, the relationship between the men is tested and the...
73) Tony Takitani
Pub. Date
2005
Language
日本語
Description
Tony is an illustrator who's been alone all his life...until he meets Eiko, a beautiful woman who transforms his life. The only problem is that Eiko is a compulsive shopper with a penchant for high end couture that leads to darkly satiric consequences
"A refined, delicately poetic reverie on loss and memory."--Variety
"A delicate wisp of a film with a surprisingly sharp sting."--New York Times
"'Tony Takitani' is an exquisite film, as elegant and...
74) A secret
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Français
Description
A young boy who has a vivid imagination dreams up a brother for himself and a better past for his family. On his 15th birthday he finds his dreams shattered when he uncovers a shocking secret that ties his family to the Holocaust
"One of the finest...Splendid!"--Los Angeles Times
"Absorbing...Exceptional!"--Chicago Tribune
"The elegiac tone of this rueful romantic tragedy...recalls 'The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.'"--New York Times
75) Company
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, Company is a funny, sophisticated exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his single state and his enthusiastically married, slightly envious friends
"Sublime...Gorgeous!"--Curtain Up
"Elegant, unexpectedly stirring!"--New York Times
"The best musical of the year!"--New York Magazine
76) Purple plain
Pub. Date
1954
Language
English
Description
A neurotic, suicidal WWII pilot is transformed by his love for a native girl, who gives him the drive to survive the trek through the wilderness of Burma after his plane crashes
"Absorbing...drama of love, loss and survival."--Leonard Maltin
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