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Movies Worth Buying, Volume 8
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M - 2 Disc Special Edition - Criterion CollectionM - 2 Disc Special Edition - Criterion Collection
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Peter Lorre plays a child murderer that stirs up the German Criminal Underground when the police increase their vigilance looking for him.
Diabolique (Criterion Collection Spine #35)Diabolique (Criterion Collection Spine #35)
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Murder most foul between a French School Master, his Wife, and his Mistress!
Eyes Without a Face - Criterion CollectionEyes Without a Face - Criterion Collection
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A guilt ridden Doctor uses his skills to restore his Daughters face at the expense of innocent young victims. Now this is truly "Stranger Danger"!
The Lady Eve - Criterion CollectionThe Lady Eve - Criterion Collection
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Barbara Stanwyck tries a con on Henry Fonda, but falls for him instead.
Sullivan's Travels - Criterion CollectionSullivan's Travels - Criterion Collection
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Hollywood director Joel McCrea, tired of churning out lightweight comedies, decides to make a socially responsible film about human suffering. After his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, he hits the road as a hobo. He finds more trouble than he ever dreamed of. The luminous Veronica Lake is featured in a subplot.
La Strada - Criterion CollectionLa Strada - Criterion Collection
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Federico Fellini's most beautiful and powerful film, La Strada was the first film to reveal the range of Guilietta Masina, whose poignant performance as the childlike Gelsomina recalls Chaplin's Little Tramp.
Black Narcissus - Criterion CollectionBlack Narcissus - Criterion Collection
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In a nunnery in the Himalayas, sister Deborah Kerr has her hands full with an envious nun and a disdainful Englishman.
The Fallen Idol - Criterion CollectionThe Fallen Idol - Criterion Collection
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A young boy missinterprets the adult world, and what he sees as murder.
Solaris - Criterion CollectionSolaris - Criterion Collection
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Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky made this science-fiction epic, an adaptation of a novel by Stanislaw Lem. The story follows a cosmonaut (Donatas Banionis) on an eerie trip to a planet where haunting memories can take physical form.
Orphic Trilogy - Criterion CollectionOrphic Trilogy - Criterion Collection
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French Surrealism. "The Blood of a Poet", "Orpheus", and "The Testament of Orpheus". Of these three movies I have only seen "Orpheus", which was as surreal as Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast".
Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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This one's a Royale with cheese!
Kill Bill - Volume OneKill Bill - Volume One
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As Amazon says: "Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vol. 1 is trash for connoisseurs." I quite agree.
Kill Bill - Volume TwoKill Bill - Volume Two
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Fargo (Special Edition)Fargo (Special Edition)
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This is a kidnapping gone awry, with Minnesota accents.
Miller's CrossingMiller's Crossing
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A Prohibition-era turf war with stunning imagery.
Grindhouse Presents, Planet Terror - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)Grindhouse Presents, Planet Terror - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Pretty gross in places, but a unique modern-day classic that gets the "Grindhouse" experience of the 1970's just right.
Jacob's LadderJacob's Ladder
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Total mind freak! Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) thinks he is going insane. Or worse. When his nightmares begin spilling into his waking hours, Jacob believes he is experiencing the aftereffects of a powerful drug tested on him during Vietnam.
PiPi
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A Mathematician named Max is searching for the patterns in nature that describe everything. Everyone from Wall Street investors, looking to break the market, to Hasidic Jews, searching for the 216-digit number that reveals the true name of God, are trying to get their hands on Max.
EquilibriumEquilibrium
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Emotions are banned by law and repressed with drugs.
American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)
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Is the violence real, or is it just in Patrick Bateman's head? There is subtle humor in this. Listen carefully or you might miss it.
The PrestigeThe Prestige
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Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians who were once friends before an on-stage tragedy drove a wedge between them. Bales's Transporting Man trick becomes Jackman's obsession until Nikola Tesla builds one for him, but is it a trick?
The Illusionist (Widescreen Edition)The Illusionist (Widescreen Edition)
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A celebrated magician named Eisenheim whose stage performance offends the Crown Prince Leopold, a vindictive lout who aims to marry Duchess Sophie, Eisenheim's childhood friend and now, 15 years later, his would-be lover. A great illusion will be needed to stave off tragedy.
DarkmanDarkman
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A scientist, left for dead after his lab is detonated, miraculously survives when the ensuing blast hurls him into the nearby harbor. Treated at a city hospital, he is submitted to radical therapy which numbs his nerves to feeling. Horribly burned by the lab explosion, he uses synthetic skin to impersonate his would-be murderers and seek retribution for their evil deeds.
A Night in CasablancaA Night in Casablanca
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The last good Marx Brothers movie. This was produced by Loma Vista Films, Inc. and originally distributed by United Artists.
Looney Tunes - Golden CollectionLooney Tunes - Golden Collection
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Most of these debuted in the movie theater, which makes them movies, and well worth watching, since they are among the best, and funniest!