Blood Simple
by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (2001-09-18)
Universal (96 minutes)
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(144)
A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. The gumshoe turns the tables on his client, and suddenly a bad situation gets much, much worse, with some violent goings-on that are as elemental as they are shocking.
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Posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 10:00 pm by Sylvhania
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Munich
by Steven Spielberg (2006-05-09)
Universal Studios (164 minutes)
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Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8:08 am by Sylvhania
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Dark Matter
by Shi-Zheng Chen (2009-04-14)
Screen Media (90 minutes)
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(20)
Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.
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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 7:10 pm by Sylvhania
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Evil Genius
by Catherine Jinks (2011-10-04)
average customer review: (38)
At age seven, child prodigy Cadel Piggott lands in a shrink's office for illegal computer hacking, where psychologist Thaddeus Roth delivers startling counsel: "Next time, don't get caught." Thaddeus is an agent of Cadel's real father, a brilliant crook who, from behind bars, grooms the young super-brain for world domination.
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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 7:26 am by Sylvhania
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The Counterfeiters “Die Fälscher”
by Stefan Ruzowitzky (2008-08-05)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (98 minutes)
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Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters tells the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936.
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Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 10:02 am by Sylvhania
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Before I Die
by Jenny Downham (2009-05-26)
average customer review: (97)
Tessa has just months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, and drugs with excruciating side effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. Released from the constraints of "normal" life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 10:53 am by Sylvhania
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Goth Girl Rising
by Barry Lyga ()
average customer review: (41)
After six months in the Maryland Mental Health Unit, Kyra Sellers, a.k.a. Goth Girl, is going home and ready to make up with the only person who's ever appreciated her for who she really is, Fanboy. But then she sees him. Transcended from everything he was into someone she barely recognizes. And the anger and memories come rushing back.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 11:00 pm by Sylvhania
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Kismet
by ()
WARNER HOME VIDEO ( minutes)
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This lavish adaptation of the popular musical play tells the tale of a poor street poet who manages to outwit the powerful caliph and win mates for himself and his daughter.
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Posted: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:16 am by Sylvhania
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The Hitcher
by Robert Harmon (1999-06-08)
Hbo Home Video (97 minutes)
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A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
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Posted: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 9:19 am by Sylvhania
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama (2007-01-09)
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(648)
Elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama was offered a book contract, but the intellectual journey he planned to recount became instead this poignant, probing memoir of an unusual life.
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Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 7:28 pm by Sylvhania
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