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Seeing is Believing is a provocative, shrewd, witty look at the Hollywood fifties movies we all love-or love to hate-and the thousand subtle ways they reflect the political tensions of the decade. Peter Biskind, former executive editor of Premiere, is one of our most astute cultural critics. Here he concentrates on the films everybody saw but nobody really looked at, classics like Giant, On the Waterfront, Rebel Without a Cause, and Invasion of the...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Behind the Screens explores the trend toward "hypercommercialism" in Hollywood film: product placement, tie-ins, merchandising, and cross-promotions. The film mixes clips from popular Hollywood films with expert commentary to show how movies have become vehicles for the ulterior marketing and advertising motives of studios and their owners. Featuring Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jeremy Pikser; Mark Crispin Miller; Susan Douglas; Robert McChesney,...
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"In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back; and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
7) La cucaracha
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
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A penniless ex-patriot is offered a chance to earn a fortune: by killing a man.
9) Kounterfeit
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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A counterfeit laundering plan results in the death of an undercover cop, leaving two men on the run from the dead officer's sister. Things change when she discovers the accused men she seeks may be her only hope for survival.
Publisher
Paul Bockhorst Productions
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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"At the turn of the 20th century, Southern California was fertile ground for the Arts & Crafts Movement, which called for simple living, closeness to nature, the unification of art and craft, and regionally appropriate forms of architecture."--Container.
11) Mr. Mom
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Michael Keaton plays a harried househusband and Teri Garr a rising business executive who encounter one problem after another.
14) Payback
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Mel Gibson is Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist betray him.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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It's high-seas hilarity when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into the legendary Bermuda Triangle! Spooks and scares lurk around every corner - from alien sightings to terrifying Skeleton Ghost Pirates that sink cruise ships with cannonballs.
16) The cable guy
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
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A cable installer, raised on television sitcoms, wants life to look like "My three sons." And when he meets a single-guy, he sees his chance for some serious male bonding.
18) September
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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During late September, in Vermont, a group of people gather for a quiet week-end. But by the end of the week-end their hopes, dreams and fears are exposed, and the thin threads that hold their lives together are bared and begin to unravel. They pick up the pieces and make a new start.
19) I smile back
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the fac̜ade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful...
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