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Ship of Fools
1965 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsVivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer and Lee Marvin give riveting performances in this Stanley Kramer film adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's 1962 novel. The compelling story recounts the voyage of a German ship from Mexico to Bremerhaven, Germany, prior to World War II; it's a stormy journey fraught with anti-semitism, unrequited love, xenophobia and dissatisfied lives. The film was Vivien Leigh's final screen appearance.
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Sixteen Candles
1984 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsSamantha's sixteenth birthday should be memorable, but her family is so preoccupied with her older sister's wedding that they completely forget her big day. Meanwhile, Sam tries to catch her crush's eye.
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Snatch
2000 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhile transporting a pinched 84-karat sparkler to his stateside boss, a gangster stops off in London and inadvertently triggers a slew of fateful events that wends through the worlds of bookies, pawnshops, bare-knuckle boxing and swine.
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Sneakers
1992 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his offbeat team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking "black box" from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a deadly conspiracy.
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Spanglish
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a beautiful Mexican housekeeper, Flor (Paz Vega), is hired by a rich Los Angeles family, everyone's life is upended in hilariously zany ways, especially when the parents (Téa Leoni and Adam Sandler) make it their mission to be so welcoming that they become overwhelming. Cultures clash with a mighty clang -- especially when the man of the house is charmed by Flor's beauty -- in this comedy of manners and mayhem directed by James L. Brooks.
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Stir of Echoes
1999 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsEver since Tom Witzky was hypnotized by his sister-in-law, he's had terrifying visions of a horrible crime. He later learns that the girl in his visions disappeared from his neighborhood six months earlier.
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Submerged
2005 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsDirector Anthony Hickox's frenetic actioner stars Steven Seagal as Chris Cody, a jailed mercenary promised a pardon in return for taking down rogue scientist Adrian Lehder (Nick Brimble), who's turning Marines into killing machines through mind control. Dispatched to Uruguay to apprehend him, Cody and his commandos raid Lehder's complex, rescue a squad of soldiers he captured and escape on a submarine … hijacked by Lehder's brainwashed assassins.
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Suicide Kings
1997 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsCharlie, a former mobster, is abducted by five men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Charlie plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.
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Super Size Me
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDirector Morgan Spurlock takes a hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the human body, using himself as the proverbial guinea pig. For one month, Spurlock eats nothing but McDonald's fare.
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Superbad
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 Stars40-Year-Old Virgin collaborators Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen re-team for this partially autobiographical high school comedy starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as best buddies facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from their fake ID-toting friend, "McLovin" (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.
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Suspect
1987 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen a Supreme Court justice commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all signs point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But the public defender assigned to his case soon begins to believe Anderson may be innocent.
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Taxi Driver
1976 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter a cute political campaign worker spurns him, an unhinged New York City cabbie decides to assassinate her candidate. Meanwhile, he tries to protect a child prostitute from a smooth-talking pimp in this gripping tale of urban decay and insanity.
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe dauntless Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews) heads to the island of Colossa, where only the egg of a giant bird can restore a pea-sized princess (Kathryn Grant) to normal size. The evil magician Sokurah (Torin Thatcher) accompanies him -- with ulterior motives to retrieve a lamp and genie (Richard Eyer) he once lost. But before the group can return home, they must conquer a landscape of fantastic beasts, including a Cyclops that hungers for human flesh.
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The Astronaut's Wife
1999 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsNASA astronaut Spencer Armacost and his beautiful schoolteacher wife Jillian are a seemingly perfect couple. But when Spencer heroically returns from a space mission, his sudden personality quirks threaten their sanity and future.
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The Blair Witch Project
1999 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThree student filmmakers march into the woods to make a documentary about the fabled Blair Witch, who's credited with a string of murders dating back 200 years. But when the trio loses their way, they find themselves besieged by a malignant terror.
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The Borrowers
1997 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen a corrupt attorney (John Goodman) schemes to destroy the house of the normal-sized Lender family, they and the Clock family, a clan of miniature people who secretly reside in the walls of the house, team up to save their home.
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The Brown Bunny
2004 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsDirector Vincent Gallo stars as Bud, a competitive road biker riding from New Hampshire to California for a race. But the journey is also an attempt to erase his memory of the one true love he can't forget, even as he beds other women.
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The Buddy Holly Story
1978 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsOscar nominee Gary Busey does his own singing in this chronicle of the rise and untimely death of rock 'n' roll pioneer Buddy Holly. The biopic covers Holly's beginnings, his first hit singles, his marriage and his rocky relationship with his band.
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The Burbs
1989 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) and his friends (Bruce Dern and Rick Ducommun) let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation. Carrie Fisher and Corey Feldman co-star.
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The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Season 1
1994 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe popular children's books by author-illustrator Richard Scarry come to life in this animated series set in Busytown, whose diverse residents -- among them students Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm -- play an important role in keeping the city abuzz.
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The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Season 2
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsHuckle Cat, Lowly Worm and other delightful characters from the books of Richard Scarry come to life in this animated series about bustling Busytown. The rambunctious residents solve mysteries, find work, help each other and more.
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The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Season 3
1996 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAll sorts of funny things happen in Busytown in this warm-hearted animated series based on Richard Scarry's drawings. In Season 3, Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm throw a surprise party, beach their paddle boat, embark on a riddle race and more.
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The Butterfly Effect
2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIf you could go back in time and undo a horrible childhood, would you? This thriller poses that complex question when college student Evan Treborn, who's besieged by tragic memories, discovers a way to alter his past. But will it make a difference?
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The Caine Mutiny
1954 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsCaptain Queeg: madman or misunderstood taskmaster? That's the dilemma facing the first officer (Van Johnson) of the U.S.S. Caine when its stern new captain (Humphrey Bogart) drives the crew to the brink of mutiny. Part sea-going adventure, part courtroom drama, The Caine Mutiny is a tale that manages to be both thrilling and thought-provoking. Bogart shines in one of his last roles.
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The Covenant
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen four boys tap into the supernatural powers they inherited from their fathers, they unknowingly release a malicious evil into the world. Several years later, their only hope for survival is to use their collective force to repair the damage. Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Chace Crawford and Taylor Kitsch co-star in this drama based on the comic book by Aron Coleite and Tone Rodriguez.
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