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SEPTEMBER 01, 2011
Legend
1986 | PG | 3.7 out of 5 StarsJack lives peacefully in a mythical forest with animals and goblins until fate leads him to battle a host of terrors to rescue a captive unicorn. If he loses, the world plunges into an eternal ice age.
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Life: Season 1
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAfter spending years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, Det. Charlie Crews returns to the police force determined to prove himself to wary co-workers. Crews struggles to adjust, but he discovers that his time away has also given him an edge.
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Life: Season 2
2008 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDamian Lewis stars as Charlie Crews, a Los Angeles detective who returns to the force after being jailed for a crime he didn't commit. As he tries to solve the crime that put him behind bars, Crews and his partner also probe a deadly love triangle.
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Lipstick Jungle: Season 1
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsNico is a magazine editor gunning for her boss's job, Wendy tries to balance her film career and her family, and designer Victory longs to find Mr. Right. These friends strive for success, but how will their ambitions affect their personal lives?
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Lipstick Jungle: Season 2
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsMovie producer Wendy (Brooke Shields), fashion designer Victory (Lindsay Price) and magazine editor Nico (Kim Raver) try to help each other achieve success on their own terms -- in both the boardroom and the bedroom -- in this television drama based on Candace Bushnell's novel. In the second and final season, the trio of powerful career women continues to seek the perfect balance between the conflicting demands of work and romance.
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Madness
2010 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsWhen they stop at a country gas station on the way to a cheerleading competition, Jenna (Victoria Bloom) and Tara (Yohanna Idha) pick up Chad (Andreas Vaehi) and Oliver (Max Wallmo), whose car has conked out. But their cheerful mood turns to terror as a group of sadistic killers stalks and captures them. Now the four teens must fight for their lives as their captors start slaughtering them one by one in this gory spine-chiller.
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Major Payne
1995 | PG-13 | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen peace breaks out in America, hard-nosed Marine Maj. Benson Payne finds himself out of a job. Unable to handle civilian life's tedium, Payne takes a post as commander of some junior cadets at a private academy.
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Media Malpractice
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTalk show host turned filmmaker John Ziegler examines the role of the media during America's 2008 presidential election, using clips from TV news and other sources to argue that Barack Obama received preferential treatment over his political rivals. Declaring that media bias all but swept Obama to victory, the film also features an interview with Sarah Palin, who alleges that journalists unfairly maligned her throughout the campaign.
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Meet Joe Black
1998 | PG | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen the grim reaper (Brad Pitt) comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter (Claire Forlani). Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.
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Midnight Run
1988 | R | 3.7 out of 5 StarsJack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is an ex-cop turned bounty hunter who's offered $100,000 to transport prisoner Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) -- an accountant who embezzled millions from the mob -- from New York to Los Angeles. But the FBI is after The Duke to testify against the mob, and the mob's put out a hit on him. Can Walsh deliver the neurotic accountant to L.A. on time -- and alive? It'll be one heck of a cross-country ride!
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Midway
1976 | PG | 3.7 out of 5 StarsScreen legends Charlton Heston, Toshirô Mifune, Robert Mitchum and Henry Fonda band together for this sprawling war film that depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became the turning point of the Pacific War. Using real battle footage, director Jack Smight's dramatization illustrates how America found success after a string of disappointments in the Pacific, despite being outnumbered by the Japanese.
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Mo' Better Blues
1990 | R | 3.3 out of 5 StarsSpike Lee wrote and directed this story about fictional musician Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington), a trumpeter with an equal talent for music, women and trouble. Bleek is a self-centered man with his own quartet -- and two women vying for his attention. The Branford Marsalis Quartet dubs Gilliam's band on the soundtrack; Bill Lee, Spike's father, wrote the score.
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Mobsters
1991 | R | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDirector Michael Karbelnikoff's blood-soaked crime saga traces the ascent of notorious street thugs Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Frank Costello to the top of the syndicate. Setting aside their ethnic differences, the quartet ultimately turns their small-time bootlegging enterprise into domination of the underworld. The high-powered cast includes Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Lara Flynn Boyle and Anthony Quinn.
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Mr. Baseball
1992 | PG-13 | 3.0 out of 5 StarsJack Elliott's (Tom Selleck) baseball glory days are over, or so it seems. No longer the athlete he once was, he's traded to a pro team in Japan, where he promptly angers everyone around him with his arrogance and ignorance. Only the love of a Japanese woman, who teaches him to respect the culture of his new home, helps Jack redeem himself. Curiously enough, his batting average gets better as well. Dennis Haysbert and Aya Takanashi co-star.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 1
1984 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsOn the outside, Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), a retired Maine schoolteacher turned mystery writer, appears to be quiet and unassuming. But she may actually be one of the best gumshoes ever, as evidenced by her innate ability to ferret out the true criminals in this delightful, long-running television series. Watch how she gets pulled into detective work in picturesque Cabot Cove (where nothing is as it seems) and elsewhere she visits.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 10
1993 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsMystery writer and part-time sleuth Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) continues tracking down the bad guys in this 10th season of the popular series. A man's murder seems to be tied to his plan to level a home where Ernest Hemingway once stayed; a homeowner is found with a wooden stake driven through his chest; and an elusive literary agent is a prime suspect for murder. Guest stars this season include Mickey Rooney, Tippi Hedren and Mike Connors.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 11
1994 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsJessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) always outwits the criminals who cross her path in her bucolic hometown of Cabot Cove and on her travels in this hit mystery series. This season, she gets involved in a murder at the zoo where she's doing research for her latest novel, becomes a suspect in a murder in Amsterdam and helps out a private detective in Martinique. Guest stars include Eileen Brennan, Jessica Walter, Wayne Rogers and Sally Kirkland.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 12
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWriter Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) continues spending her spare time solving crimes in the final season of this wildly popular television series. Her adventures include getting involved in solving a series of voodoo-related killings while researching her latest novel in New Orleans and becoming trapped in an ancient Irish castle brimming with spooky secrets past and present. John O'Hurley, Gerald McRaney and Vivian Wu guest star.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 2
1985 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsNothing gets past the sharp mind of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) as she continues to solve Cabot Cove's most puzzling crimes. Kicking off Season 2 of the long-running series, the intrepid amateur sleuth investigates a murder in the Caribbean, where she has the first of many encounters with British intelligence agent Haggerty (Len Cariou). And in a stand-out episode about Jessica's cousin, Lansbury tackles a dual role.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 3
1986 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAs the heroine of this popular prime-time series, Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) is constantly gathering material for her next best-seller, using her know-how as a mystery writer to solve a slew of real-life murders. In the show's third season, Jessica stakes out a circus to track down a long-lost relative; looks into the death of a fast-food advertising executive; and offers assistance to Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck's "Magnum, P.I." persona).
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 4
1987 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAngela Lansbury's portrayal of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher earned her four Golden Globes and annual Emmy nominations for the entire 12-year run of this smash hit television series. In the fourth season, amateur sleuth Fletcher continues to solve puzzling crimes in her hometown of Cabot Cove and wherever she ventures. Guest stars this season include Janet Leigh, Eli Wallach, Dean Stockwell, Eddie Albert, Eileen Brennan, Shirley Jones and more.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 5
1988 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsJessica Fletcher's (Angela Lansbury) murder-investigating colleagues step into the center spotlight this season with many episodes featuring fellow sleuths in the starring role. Though her friends may help solve confounding crimes, Jessica is still very much a presence, taking on a new affable antagonist, Sheriff Mort Metzger (Ron Masak). Guest stars include Keith Michell, Megan Mullally, Bill Maher, Dinah Shore, Paul Sorvino and Shelley Fabares.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 6
1989 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsMystery novelist turned amateur detective Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) continues to chase down leads in this Emmy-winning drama series' sixth year, which features plots involving a dead author, a murdered hypnotist, a fallen opera singer and a voodoo curse. Guest stars this season include Elliott Gould, Jerry Stiller, Shirley Knight, Shirley Jones, John Rhys-Davies, Bill Maher, Deidre Hall and Robert Vaughn.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 7
1990 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsReturn to Cabot Cove for another season of the hit detective series that stars Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher, a mystery writer who seems to be a magnet for murder and mayhem even in this sleepy community. This year, Jessica finds herself framed for murder, follows a murdered author's clues to solve a cold case and debunks a Mark Twain manuscript that figures in a book expert's death. Van Johnson, Brenda Vaccaro and Jerry Orbach guest star.
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Murder, She Wrote: Season 8
1991 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe bad guys don't stand a chance when writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) is on the case in this eighth season of the popular TV drama. She competes with an ex-cop (Wings Hauser) to solve a series of campus murders, takes a computer course that winds up being more exciting than expected and investigates the case of a young ballerina who died during a performance. Guest stars include Jameson Parker and Chad Everett.
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