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Language
English
Description
"THE ASSISTANT" follows one day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is much like any other assistant's - making coffee, changing the paper in the copy machine, ordering lunch, arranging travel, taking phone messages, onboarding a new hire. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she, and we, grow...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
"20 years in the future the world is a wasteland, run to the ground by corporations who care about nothing but profit. Their selfishness has laid waste to society and they must pay. A special breed of outlaws sets out to exact vengeance from these white collar criminals, and they dispatch their victims in the most creative and bloody ways possible. Top assassin Mary Death is as beautiful as she is lethal, but her main rival the mysterious Drifter...
4) Flywheel
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version; director's cut.
Language
English
Description
A dishonest used car salesman turns his life around and begins to honor God with his business after he is caught deceiving customers.
5) Chinatown
Language
English
Description
A landmark movie in the film-noir tradition, CHINATOWN stands as a true screen classic. Jack Nicholson is private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together....
6) Fed up
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right'...
7) Absolon
Language
English
Description
The future is bleak and violent. Humanity is on the verge of extinction and the ruthless corporation, Absolon, controls what is left of the population.
8) Hit me
Publisher
Studio Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version (16x9).
Language
English
Description
Sonny is a frustrated and lonely bellhop at a lackluster hotel. One night while he is working, he stumbles onto the illicit schemes of the corrupt hotel management. With his new found knowledge and a little prodding from his friend, Sonny becomes involved in a plot that could make him more money than he ever imagined - either that or lose his life.
Series
Criterion collection volume 924
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Edition
Special edition.
Language
Romanian
Description
Blending rigorous naturalism with the precise construction of a thriller, this Cannes award-winning drama from Cristian Mungiu sheds light on the high stakes and ethical complexities of life in contemporary Romania. As his daughter nears high-school graduation, Romeo, an upstanding doctor, counts on her winning a competitive scholarship that will send her to university in England.
11) Bent
Publisher
Lionsgate
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
When a drug bust goes wrong, ex-cop Danny Gallagher's quest for justice leads him to the car-bomb murder of a government official's wife. When Gallagher learns that the woman's secret lover was a seductive federal agent, he finds himself under fire. But from whom, his own cops, a vengeful drug lord, the CIA, or someone even more ruthless?
13) The Firm
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad joins a small, prosperous law firm in Memphis, and is soon confronted by FBI agents with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm.
15) Comedy of power
Language
Français
Description
After locking up an embezzling CEO, Jeanne pushes the limits of her power even further and winds up in a dangerous game of threats and intimidation.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale, and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
17) Lucky numbers
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
"Russ Richards [is] a weatherman in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Russ is a local celebrity, but when an unusually mild winter causes his snowmobile dealership to take a plunge, Russ needs a get-rich scheme -- and fast. With his greedy girlfriend, the TV station's lotto-ball girl, and a criminally minded buddy, Russ hatches a plan to fix the lottery. Russ's numbers come up right, but then everthing goes completely wrong, throwing Russ and his co-conspirators...
18) Get hard
Publisher
Warner Bros
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A millionaire is pegged for fraud and sentenced to time in prison. He turns to a criminal friend to help prepare him to go.
19) Misconduct
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment Inc
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
When an ambitious young lawyer takes on a big case against a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company, he soon finds himself involved in a case of blackmail and corruption.
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