John Malkovich
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Language
English
Description
From Patricia Highsmith's series of novels featuring the murderous Tom Ripley comes this thriller about a terminally ill English aristocrat whose desperate need for money leads him to the malicious Ripley and an escalating spiral of violence and murder. Nearly 20 years after The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley, now married and living in an Italian villa, has become excessively wealthy from both his in-laws and the spoils of his criminal exploits....
6) Disgrace
Author
Language
English
Description
In a landmark performance, Oscar nominee John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire, 1993) stars as Professor David Lurie, whose world is shattered when he is fired for seducing a college student. He finds peace at his estranged daughter's modest farm in South Africa until a horrific incident of terror and violence forces Lurie to confront his beliefs and the disturbing racial complexities of the new South Africa. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel,...
7) Noseland
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Language
English
Description
This insanely hilarious documentary takes you into the wild underbelly of classical music. It follows famous violinist Julian Rachlin as he puts on his annual music festival in Croatia, but things go wrong from the start.
Author
Language
English
Description
“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times
In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks...
In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks...
10) Secretariat
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, a housewife who risked everything to make him a champion.
11) Juno
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years-old who after a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. Initially she decides to have an abortion, but can't go through with it. So she decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption. The next step is to find prospective parents...
12) Ripley's game
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Language
English
Description
Living a life of luxury, Ripley attends a party thrown by Jonathan Trevanny and overhears the host making critical comments about Ripley's fashion sense. Enraged, Ripley immediately plots his retaliation. This comes via his former business partner Reeves. Reeves seeks out Ripley's help in finding an unrecognized assassin to kill a Russian gangster, and Ripley suggests he talk to Trevanny. Trevanny reluctantly accepts the offer and the situation quickly...
13) The Libertine
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Language
English
Description
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
15) In Tranzit
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Language
English
Description
In 1946, a group of German POWs are mistakenly sent to a Soviet female transit prison camp and must cope with the hostility of the Soviet female inmates and guards, under the orders of cruel camp commander Pavlov.
17) White Elephant
Author
Language
English
Description
When an assassination attempt goes wrong, an ex-marine turned mob enforcer is forced to set things right or face the wrath of his ruthless mob boss.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer obtains the disc and ascertains...
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Language
English
Description
Movie star Eve Wilde (Glenn Close) is getting married for the fourth time, raising concerns with her sons and ex-husband (John Malkovich). As extended Kids & Family pours in to witness the nuptials of Eve and Harold (Patrick Stewart), the long summer weekend offers the opportunity for everyone to get to know each other a bit more intimately. As sexual sparks fly, there are unforeseen consequences abound.