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Last updated January 22, 2025
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHard-as-nails World War II Gen. Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) must turn a discouraged group of American bomber pilots into heroes. Along the way, the once-alienated general comes to view the men as family. No longer a heartless commander, Savage -- with the aid of his loyal adjutant Maj. Harvey Stovall (Dean Jagger) -- learns how difficult true leadership really is. Director Henry King's Oscar-winning war drama boasts actual air combat footage.
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True Grit
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAfter drifter Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires alcoholic U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to help her exact revenge. The disreputable lawman still has grit, though, and mounts an epic search. Joining the duo on their quest is a Texas Ranger (Matt Damon) who's also hunting for Chaney in this updated Western that received multiple Oscar nods, including Best Picture.
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The Way Back
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAfter narrowly escaping from a wretched World War II Siberian labor camp, a small band of multinational soldiers desperately undertakes a harrowing journey to traverse Siberia, the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas on foot.
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The Warriors
1979 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAfter being wrongly accused of killing a charismatic gang leader, a Coney Island street gang known as the Warriors must battle their way across miles of enemy turf to get home, pursued by the cops and every bloodthirsty hood in town.
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Tai Chi Hero
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsPicking up where the off-kilter Tai Chi Hero Zero ended, this sequel follows Yang Lu Chan's training under his master and new bride, Yu Niang. His new kung fu skills come in handy when Yu's brother launches an insidious plot against their village.
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UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman
2013 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn the main event, unbeaten middleweight Anderson Silva meets the undefeated Chris Weidman in a punch-up that will go down in history. Also on tap: former world champ Frankie Edgar continues on his road back to the title against Charles Oliveira.
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Patton
1970 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsGen. George S. Patton (George C. Scott) earned the nickname "Blood and Guts" for his determination on the battlefield. This epic-scale production follows the commander as he guides his troops across Africa and Europe, illuminating a man whose life was defined by war. Director Franklin J. Schaffner's multiple Oscar winner is a character study masquerading as a World War II film, with astonishing combat scenes and reflection on Patton's inner life.
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UFC: Best of 2012: Year in Review
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis action-rich retrospective presents the epic bouts and jarring knockouts from UFC's 2012 events, along with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. Highlights include the all-out brawl between Dos Santos and Velasquez II at UFC 155.
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The Terminator
1984 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn the post-apocalyptic future, tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin back to 1984 to snuff Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead the human insurgents. Meanwhile, the rebels dispatch a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah.
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UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe final UFC event of 2012 finds heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos meeting former titleholder Cain Velasquez in an anticipated rematch one year after dos Santos took Velasquez's belt.
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Kick-Ass
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsInspired by comic books, high school student Dave Lizewski transforms himself into a masked crime fighter and becomes an Internet sensation. Soon, Dave's antics inspire a wave of would-be heroes to don costumes and live out their superhero dreams.
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UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsCanada's first-ever UFC event pits welterweight champ Matt Serra against Canadian-born interim welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre in a thrilling match. Other Canadians competing in the octagon include Kalib Starnes and Mark Bocek.
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UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe jaw-busting, gut-pummeling hand-to-hand combat of the Ultimate Fighting Championship comes to Anaheim, Calif., in this mixed martial arts extravaganza that features a championship bout between heavyweights Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez. Held in October, 2010, this event also includes fights between light heavyweights Tito Ortiz and Matt Hamill, welterweights Jake Shields and Martin Kampmann and more.
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The Expendables
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsMercenary Barney Ross leads a ragtag band of hired guns charged with overthrowing a South American despot, a job no official military unit is willing to touch. But once on the ground, the team learns there's more to the mission than they were told.
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Salt
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter she's accused of being a Russian spy, CIA agent Evelyn Salt goes on the run, using every tactic she knows to elude her pursuers and clear her name. A counterintelligence officer doesn't buy her story and will do anything to stop her.
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North Face
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn 1936, young German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser face off against a rival Austrian duo in an attempt to be the first team to scale the infamous north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps.
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Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis Sergio Leone classic, a tribute to Hollywood Westerns, stars Henry Fonda as Frank, a deft gunslinger hired by the powerful owner of a railroad conglomerate to kill anyone who derails the project. But Frank contends with the wrong person when he murders Brett (Frank Wolff), a landowner, prompting Brett's wife (Claudia Cardinale) to hire two renegades (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards) to go after Frank.
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From Paris with Love
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhile working at the American embassy in Paris, low-level intelligence agent James Reece gets pulled into action and espionage above his pay grade when he's ordered to assist an eccentric, trigger-happy senior agent on a shadowy assignment.
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Flash Point
2007 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsReckless Det. Ma threatens the careful work of his partner, Wilson, who's finally infiltrated a notorious gang. As the operation begins to collapse, Ma enters the fray to go one-on-one against the leader before he takes over the streets.
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The Karate Kid
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter moving to Beijing with his mother, Dre falls prey to a bully, so he takes lessons from martial arts master Mr. Han in this remake of the 1984 classic. While Mr. Han teaches Dre to defend himself, he also imparts some important life lessons.
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In the Line of Fire
1993 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this taut thriller, a warped yet ingenious killer taunts a veteran Secret Service agent who's haunted by his failure years ago to save President Kennedy -- and unable to make the current commander in chief heed the psycho's assassination threats.
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UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Kosheck 2
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe main event of this mixed martial arts extravaganza at the Bell Centre in Montreal determines UFC's welterweight champion, pitting top Canadian fighter Georges St-Pierre against American challenger Josh Koscheck. The main card features a number of other heated duels, including Thiago Alves vs. John Howard, Joe Stevenson vs. Mac Danzig, Jim Miller vs. Charles Oliveira and Stefan Struve vs. Sean McCorkle.
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsNamed for the Japanese phrase that signals the start of an attack, Tora! Tora! Tora! tells both the American and Japanese versions of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor that catapulted the United States into World War II.
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Lucky Number Slevin
2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhile checking out the apartment of his missing friend Nick Fisher, drifter Slevin Kelevra is mistaken for Nick by thugs and forced to participate in a high-profile murder for a crime boss, making it clear how much trouble Nick is really in.
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Super 8
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWith a nod toward producer Steven Spielberg's landmark sci-fi films of the 1970s and '80s, writer-director J.J. Abrams crafts a supernatural tale about six kids who witness something incredible while shooting a movie with their Super 8 camera.
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