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Last updated May 18, 2025
JANUARY 01, 2014
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsA flashy, singing cowpoke rides into town to perform heroic deeds and put an end to bad guys in this good-natured Western spoof that includes the expected dashing heroes in white hats, devious outlaws wearing black and helpless damsels in distress.
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Sahara
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhile investigating a deadly water-borne epidemic along the Nile River, adventurer Dirk Pitt uncovers a secret dating back to the U.S. Civil War and battles an evil industrialist bent on killing every living thing in the world's oceans.
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Serial
1980 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsA California family experiments with late-1970s lifestyle crazes -- including vegetarianism, free love and psychobabble therapy -- in this biting satire. But when daughter Joanie joins a religious cult, they must come to their senses and rescue her.
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Shakespeare Uncovered
2013 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsBehind every Shakespeare play there is a story of its conception, its staging and its influence over the centuries. Combining history, analysis and performance, this series explores six of his greatest works and how they helped shape modern theater.
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Space Dive
2012 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsEclipsing a world record set 52 years prior, Felix Baumgartner leapt into space from 24 miles above Earth, freefalling faster than 800 miles per hour. His spectacular feat, recorded by multiple cameras, is vividly captured in this documentary.
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Spies of Warsaw: Season 1
2013 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsWith World War II looming, a French military attaché is posted to Warsaw and soon finds himself entangled in multiple espionage intrigues. Meanwhile, he falls for a bewitching Parisian attorney also engaged in global political affairs.
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Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsLegendary businessman and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs changed the way Americans live, think and work before his death in 2011. This documentary traces his turbulent career and includes interviews with his associates as well as his rivals.
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Suspect Zero
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsA killer is on the loose, and FBI agent Thomas Mackelway is on the case, sifting through clues to uncover the criminal's identity. But there's one unusual twist: The bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
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Team America: World Police
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone apply their acerbic wit to global crime-fighting in this musical satire about an all-marionette police force that takes on the challenging role of keeping peace on a troubled planet. Wherever there's a dictator itching to rule the world, Team America flies in to dismantle the government. The team's newest recruit is Gary Johnston, a Broadway star who just may have found his true calling.
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Terra Nova: Season 1
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsA family living in the year 2149, an era when Earth is dying, travels 85 million years back in time to a prehistoric colony called Terra Nova, where a band of intrepid explorers and scientists attempt to give human civilization a new lease on life.
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Testament
1983 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe Wetherly family copes with the news that nuclear bombs have been detonated across the country, and it's only a matter of time before one explodes near their own home. When it does, matriarch Carol tends to the newly orphaned children.
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The Bomb Hunters: Season 1
2011 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsBomb disposal expert Chris Hunter shares his personal stories of defusing explosive devices in places like Northern Ireland and Afghanistan, and explains the day-to-day existence of those who take on this dangerous career.
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The Boxing Girls of Kabul
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsA remarkable group of young Afghan women dream of representing their country as boxers at the 2012 Olympics. This documentary follows them as they embark on a journey of both personal and political transformation.
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The Breakfast Club
1985 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn writer-director John Hughes's seminal 1980s Brat Pack film, the athlete (Emilio Estevez), the brain (Anthony Michael Hall), the criminal (Judd Nelson), the princess (Molly Ringwald) and the basket case (Ally Sheedy) break through the social barriers of high school during Saturday detention. The disparate group clashes at first but begin to bond as they reveal their feelings and find a common enemy in their bully principal (Paul Gleason).
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The Central Park Five
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThis piercing documentary examines the case of five teenagers, all African-American or Latino, who were convicted of the brutal rape of a white woman in Central Park in 1989. Years later, the confession of the real rapist set the jailed men free.
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The Day of the Locust
1975 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsHollywood is where starry-eyed dreamers reach for the sun, and it's where many of them are scorched, too. This 1975 film made an impression for its portrayal of desperados who ache to make it big, but fail, in the entertainment industry of the 1930s.
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The Desperate Hours
1955 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this classic William Wyler thriller, times get desperate indeed when three escaped convicts -- Glen, his brother Hal and Sam -- break into a home in a Midwestern suburb and take a family hostage.
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The Fast and the Furious
2001 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDomenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian Spindler infiltrates Toretto's crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe hit franchise's third installment finds street-racer Shaun Boswell moving to Tokyo, where he's been dispatched by his family who want to keep him out of lockup. Boswell soon hooks up with a fellow American who introduces him to drift racing.
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The First World War From Above
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsAerial footage from 1919 captures the battlefields of World War I, revealing the destruction inflicted across Europe. Experts from London's Imperial War Museum bring insight to these images, telling incredible stories of battles lost and won.
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The Food Guide to Love
2013 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsOpposites attract, and sparks start to fly in this romantic drama about the love affair of an Irish food columnist and a Spanish political activist. Despite their glaring differences, Oliver falls head-over-heels for the irresistible Bibiana.
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The Hunt for Red October
1990 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a Soviet nuclear sub headed toward American waters drops off U.S. scanners, the Yanks scramble to take defensive steps. But CIA analyst Jack Ryan convinces the brass that the sub's commander has something else in mind.
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The Ice Storm
1997 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsPrep-schooler Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) returns home for Thanksgiving weekend and finds his family about to implode. While his father (Kevin Kline) tries to douse his sorrows with booze and infidelity, Paul's mother (Joan Allen) looks for answers in self-help books. The experimentation and liberalism that defined the 1970s lead to ruin as the family's environs literally freeze over during a freak storm in this insightful drama helmed by Ang Lee.
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The Impostors
1998 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTo elude the wrath of overbearing Broadway star Sir Jeremy Burtom, two struggling actors are forced into a madcap succession of masquerades aboard an elite ocean liner swarming with people who aren't what they seem.
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The Interrupters
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis powerful documentary follows CeaseFire, a Chicago-based group -- staffed by former gang members -- that's dedicated to wiping out urban violence. The organization treats violence like an infection and seeks to eradicate the root cause.
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