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Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Chris Pratt, a down-and-out janitor with memory problems recruited by bank robbers planning a heist. The ensemble cast includes Jeff Daniels as a blind man who helps Chris remember what's important in life.
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At Carolina Military Institute, senior Will McLean is tasked with safeguarding Pearce -- the school's first black cadet. When it appears that Pearce has been marked for death, McLean begins an investigation that leads to a cabal of elite students.
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Troubled high school senior Brent's plans to spend prom night with his caring girlfriend, Holly, go awry when secret admirer Lola and her father kidnap him for their own macabre evening in this spine-chiller.
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Three soldiers injured in the Iraq War return to native soil, only to find that their tour of duty has taken its toll on the home front. Hoping to repair their tattered lives, Colee (Rachel McAdams), Cheaver (Tim Robbins) and T.K (Michael Peña) set off on an impromptu cross-country road trip. While Colee seeks to repay her dead boyfriend's family, Cheaver dreams of a big win in LasVegas, and T.K. tries to regain his confidence.
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Upon returning home on leave, a Marine learns that a band of violent extremists has abducted his sister. To save her, he launches a one-man assault on their base of operations -- only to discover the group's leader is plotting a terrorist strike.
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Simple but sweet-natured Pistachio Disguisey (Dana Carvey) discovers his keen hereditary talent for imitation when his father (James Brolin) is kidnapped by criminal mastermind Devlin Bowman (Brent Spiner) in this lighthearted family comedy. With help from his similarly gifted grandfather and a pretty assistant, Pistachio must hone his newfound skills to rescue his father and foil Bowman's plot to steal the world's most prized artifacts.
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After a brutal thunderstorm pounds a small town, the residents discover a malevolent mist hanging over their homes, killing anyone who remains outside. Now trapped in a grocery store, a band of survivors must make a stand against the deadly fog.
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In 19th-century Pennsylvania, Detective James McParlan goes undercover to infiltrate a group of rebellious Irish American miners -- the Molly Maguires -- who resort to terrorist tactics to fight oppression by mine owners.
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Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
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An international search for a rare copy of a demonic tome, "The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom," brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and Satanic worship in director Roman Polanski's gothic mystery.
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When it comes to workplace dysfunction, the Slough branch of the nondescript Wernham Hogg Paper Company is as good as it gets. But that doesn't stop office manager David Brent from believing he's the world's best boss.
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Misguided middle manager David Brent is still up to his old tricks, but now there's a twist: Following a merger, David's co-worker Neil is now his boss. David does his best to put on a happy face, but the charade isn't terribly convincing.
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Though she works half a world away in Mumbai, India, a credit card company operator passes herself off as American to callers. When she falls in love with a New York man over the phone, she agrees to meet him in person. They arrange for a rendezvous in San Francisco, where she keeps the truth about her identity a provocative secret. Shriya and Jesse Metcalfe ("Desperate Housewives") star in this charming romantic comedy.
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Young heroin addict Bobby introduces his drug-free girlfriend to New York's "Needle Park." But in this sordid world peopled with addicts who lie, cheat and steal their way to their next fix, will Bobby feel any guilt for corrupting a pure soul?
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An Indian would-be actor named Hrundi (Peter Sellers) ruins an entire shooting day on an epic period film in which he's cast as an extra. But instead of being fired from the movie, Hrundi is accidentally invited to a major Hollywood party thrown by the studio chief. Sight gags, misunderstandings and accidental destruction soon follow. Sellers's frequent collaborator Blake Edwards writes and directs this film.
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Master of horror Wes Craven brings an urban twist to the classic fairy tale in the story of Fool, a 13-year-old lad who succumbs to ghetto pressures to steal from a local house. Fool's instant karma comes in the gruesome form of the house's residents -- an insane, deformed family of murderers. The perils of latchkey kids and warnings about absentee parents are the subtle social subtext as Fool and other victims try to escape the deadly home.
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With an eye on her harried single mother, Nancy (Gabrielle Union), young Emily (Khail Bryant) seeks help from a department-store Santa (Morris Chestnut) who turns out to be just the thing Nancy wanted for Christmas. But problems arise when her rap star ex-hubby (Charles Q. Murphy) returns to stir up trouble. Faizon Love plays Santa's elf and best friend, Jamal, in this family-friendly holiday romance narrated by Queen Latifah.
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Hit man John Lee refuses an assignment to kill a police officer's 7-year-old son. His defiance doesn't sit well with his Chinatown drug lord boss, Mr. Wei, and Wei hires "replacement killers" to finish the job -- and take care of Lee.
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This film shows the growth of cooperatives in the Maritime provinces and how they brought new life and hope to poverty-stricken fishermen.
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Despite his conviction that demonic possession is superstitious mumbo jumbo, a Catholic priest-in-training travels to Rome to attend an exorcism school at the Vatican. But soon true-believer Father Lucas introduces the young cleric to Satan's power.
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Seattle detective Jack Verdon thinks that his womanizing past is behind him. But the devoted husband and father falls under suspicion when several of his former lovers turn up dead in this tense thriller.
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Jonah Hill stars in this giddy comedy about a student whose suspension from college leaves him available to baby-sit his mom's neighbors' children. The poor guy, however, has no idea what fate and the kids have in store for him.
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When a boxer turned restaurateur announces a contest to his staff, the good news is that the winner will get a $10,000 bonus. The bad news? The loser will be on the receiving end of a heavy duty smack-down at the hands of the boss.
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The only survivor of a 1973 killing spree breaks her silence and comes forward to tell the story of what happened that bloody day, recounting the grisly events that led her and four of her friends into the clutches of a chainsaw-wielding madman.
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This terrifying prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 classic of the same name tells the story of a team of Norwegian scientists who find an alien ship frozen in Antarctica. When the organism inside awakens, blood flows across the frozen landscape.
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