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Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    120 min.  
Plot: In 1920 two Italian immigrants are condemned to death for their political beliefs after being falsely accused of a robbery and murder.
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack, Rosanna Fratello, Geoffrey Keen, Milo O'Shea. Directed by Giulliano Montaldo.
Categories: Drama  History  Death Penalty
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San Quentin (1937)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    70 min.  B&W
Plot: An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane. Directed by Llyod Bacon.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Drama  Criminal Law
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Savages (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    114 min.  
Plot: A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco. Directed by Tamara Jenkins.
Categories: Elder  Comedy  Medical
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Saved (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    92 min.  
Plot: When a girl attending a Baptist high school becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized.
Cast: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit. Directed by Brian Dannelly.
Categories: Religion  Comedy  Disability
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  170 min.  
Plot: US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Categories: War  Military  Drama
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Say Anything (1989)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    100 min.  
Plot: An eternal optimist falls for the beautiful valedictorian the summer before she goes off to college; however he must overcome her father's disapproval to win her heart.
Cast: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney. Directed by Cameron Crowe.
Categories: Romance  Tax  Fraud
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Scanner Darkly, A (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    100 min.  
Plot: An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane, Winona Ryder, Sean Allen, Mitch Baker, Cliff Haby, Steven Chester Prince, Natasha Valdez. Directed by Richard Linklater.
Categories: Animation  Mystery/Suspense  SciFi/Fantasy
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Scarface (1983)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  170 min.  
Plot: A determined Cuban immigrant succumbs to greed while building a criminal empire.
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam Colon, F. Murray Abraham. Directed by Brian De Palma.
Categories: Criminal Law  Immigration  
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Schindler's List (1993)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *****
Format: DVD  (2 tape set)  197 min.  B&W
Plot: A man hires cheap Jewish labor during WWII, turning his factory into a refuge from the Nazis. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davitz. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Categories: Discrimination  Human Rights  International
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Scoop (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    96 min.  
Plot: An aspiring journalist receives a hot tip from beyond the grave.
Cast: Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane. Directed by Woody Allen.
Categories: Romance  Criminal Procedure  Comedy
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Sea Inside, The (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    125 min.  
Plot: The story of Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30 year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die. In Spanish, with English subtitles.
Cast: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Segura. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
Categories: Medical  Human Rights  Foreign
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Seabiscuit (2003)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    141 min.  
Plot: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it, but also those of the nation.
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks. Directed by Gary Ross.
Categories: Biography  Sports  Drama
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Searchers, The (1956)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    119 min.  
Plot: An ex-Confederate sets out to find his niece, captured by the Comanches who massacred his family.
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford.
Categories: Western  Drama  War
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Seat Filler, The (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: **1/2
Format: DVD    90 min.  
Plot: A pop superstar falls for a seat filler posing as an attorney at a music awards show.
Cast: Duane Martin, Kelly Rowland, Melanie Brown, Deray Davis. Directed by Nick Castle.
Categories: Entertainment  Ethics  Romance
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Secret Honor (1984)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    90 min.  
Plot: A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation.
Cast: Philip Baker Hall. Directed by Robert Altman.
Categories: Politics  Biography  
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Secret Life of Bees, The (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    110 min.  
Plot: A young girl, haunted by the memory of her mother and her angry father, runs away with her caregiver to discover the secret of her mother's past.
Cast: Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Paul Bettany. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Categories: Family  Drama  
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Secret, A (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    110 min.  
Plot: In post WWII Paris, a 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Cécile De France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu. Directed by Claude Miller.
Categories: Family  Drama  War
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Secretary (2002)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    104 min.  
Plot: A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship takes a sadomasochistic turn.
Cast: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie. Directed by Steven Shainberg.
Categories: Employment  Drama  Comedy
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Secrets, The (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    127 min.  
Plot: Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where women are forbidden to speak out. In Hebrew and French with English subtitles.
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler, Adir Miller. Directed by Avi Nesher.
Categories: Women  Religion  Drama
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Sense and Sensibility (1995)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    136 min.  
Plot: The Dashwood sisters face the sudden loss of their father and fortune, as well as their chances of marriage.
Cast: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant. Directed by Ang Lee.
Categories: History  Estates  Romance
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Separate But Equal (1991)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: VHS  (2 tape set)  193 min.  
Plot: NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall takes the challenge of racial school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education to the Supreme Court. This struggle destroyed the legality of racial segregation and was the first major victory of the civil rights movement.
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley. Directed by George Stevens, Jr.
Categories: Civil Rights  Discrimination  Jurisprudence
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Serenity (2005)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    119 min.  
Plot: A crew of an interstellar smugglers fights to keep one of their own from falling into the hands of the totalitarian military regime.
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass. Directed by Joss Whedon.
Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Military  Contracts
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Serpico (1973)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *****
Format: DVD    103 min.  
Plot: An honest New York City policeman endures scorn and mistreatment from his fellow officers after blowing the whistle on rampant corruption in the force. Based on a true story.
Cast: Al Pacino, Barbara Eda-Young, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Tony Roberts. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Drama  Criminal Law
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Seven (1996)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    127 min.  
Plot: Two homicide detectives desperately hunt for a serial killer who chooses seven victims, one by one, each representing egregious examples of transgressions of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt. Directed by David Fincher.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Mystery/Suspense  Evidence
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Seven Days in May (1964)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    120 min.  
Plot: U.S. military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Martin Balsam. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
Categories: International  Government  Mystery/Suspense
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Seven Samurai (1954)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD    207 min.  B&W
Plot: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Categories: Justice  Foreign  
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Seven-Ups, The (1973)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    103 min.  
Plot: A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Cast: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch. Directed by Philip D'Antoni.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Criminal Law  Drama
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Sex and the City: The Complete First Season (2000)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  360 min.  
Plot: The first season of the show about dating, mating, and relating in New York.
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Charlotte York. Directed by Martha Coolidge and Allen Coulter.
Categories: Women  Television  Sexuality
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Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: **1/2
Format: DVD    145 min.  
Plot: After moving in together, Carrie and Mr. Big make a rather arbitrary decision to get married.
Cast: Sarah Jessica parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis,Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Hudson, Candice Bergen, Chris Noth. Directed by Michael Patrick King.
Categories: Romance  Marital Relations  
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    99 min.  
Plot: Erotic comedy about a long lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife, and her saucy sister.
Cast: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laure San Giacomo. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Categories: Drama  Media  Marital Relations
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Sexy Beast (2000)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    89 min.  
Plot: A retired safecracker refuses to work for a brutal gangster.
Cast: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, Cavan Kendall, Julianne White, Alvaro Monje, James Fox. Directed by Jonathan Glazer.
Categories: Drama  Criminal Law  Organized Crime
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD    108 min.  B&W
Plot: A man is pursued by detectives who suspect him of being an evil strangler wanted in connection with the deaths of several rich East coast widows.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Categories: Mystery/Suspense  Criminal Law  
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Shadows and Fog (1992)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    85 min.  B&W
Plot: With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer
Cast: Woody Allen, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster, Fred Gwynne, Julie Kavner, Madonna, John Malkovich, Kenneth Mars, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasance, Lily Tomlin. Directed by Woody Allen.
Categories: Comedy  Mystery/Suspense  Justice
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Shaft (2000)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    99 min.  
Plot: A New York City police detective, nephew of the original 1970s detective, goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya. Directed by John Singleton.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Drama  
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Shaggy D.A., The (1976)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: **1/2
Format: DVD    92 min.  
Plot: A successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog.
Cast: Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette, Keenan Wynn. Directed by Robert Stevenson.
Categories: Comedy  Politics  Family
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Shallow Grave (1994)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    94 min.  
Plot: Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Cast: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor. Directed by Danny Boyle.
Categories: Drama  Mystery/Suspense  
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Shame (1987)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: VHS    95 min.  
Plot: A lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday stops in a small Western town after her motorcycle breaks down.
Cast: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones. Directed by Steve Jodrell.
Categories: Drama  Sexuality  Criminal Law
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Shane (1953)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    117 min.  
Plot: A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering conflict between the family and a wealthy cattleman forces him to act.
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin. Directed by George Stevens.
Categories: Western  Drama  
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Shattered (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    95 min.  
Plot: A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler, Claudette Mink. Directed by Mike Barker.
Categories: Mystery/Suspense  Family  
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Shattered Glass (2003)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    94 min.  
Plot: The true story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was found he had fabricated over half of his articles.
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny. Directed by Billy Ray.
Categories: Fraud  Ethics  Drama
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Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *****
Format: DVD    142 min.  
Plot: Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore. Directed by Frank Darabont.
Categories: Drama  Fraud  Sentencing
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    103 min.  
Plot: A cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier vows to make his last mission one of peace.
Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. Directed by John Ford.
Categories: Western  Romance  
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She's Gotta Have It (1986)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    85 min.  
Plot: The story of a woman and her three lovers.
Cast: Tracy Camila Jones, Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell. Directed by Spike Lee.
Categories: Comedy  Biography  
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Shining, The (1980)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    142 min.  
Plot: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Categories: Horror  Family  
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Shiri (1999)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    124 min.  
Plot: A phantom sniper is methodically assassinating key figures in a South Korean intelligence investigation.
Cast: Suk-kyu Han, Min-sik Choi, Yoon-jin Kim, Kang-ho Song, Derek Kim. Directed by Je-gyu Kang.
Categories: Government  Action  Foreign
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Shoot 'em Up (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    86 min.  
Plot: A man delivers and saves a baby during a shootout and enters into a cat-and-mouse game with the thugs that killed the child's mother.
Cast: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci. Directed by Michael Davis.
Categories: Organized Crime  Children  
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Shoot the Moon (1982)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    124 min.  
Plot: A fifteen year marraige dissolves, leaving both the husband and wife, and their four children, devastated. While they attempt to go their separate ways, jealousy and bitterness reconnect them.
Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller. Directed by Alan Parker.
Categories: Family  Drama  
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Short Circuit (1986)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    99 min.  
Plot: When an experimental robot is electrocuted, it takes on human-like emotions.
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey. Directed by John Badham.
Categories: Comedy  SciFi/Fantasy  
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Short Cuts (1993)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  187 min.  
Plot: The everyday lives of a number of Los Angeles residents are the subject of this loosely-knitted collection of short stories.
Cast: Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Zane Cassidy, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine. Directed by Robert Altman.
Categories: Drama    
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Sicko (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD    123 min.  
Plot: A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories.
Cast: Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore.
Categories: Documentary  Health  
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Siege, The (1998)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    116 min.  
Plot: The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of attacks in New York that in turn lead to the declaration of martial law.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, David Proval. Directed by Edward Zwick.
Categories: Government  National Security  Discrimination
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Silence of the Lambs (1991)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *****
Format: DVD    118 min.  
Plot: An FBI cadet is assigned to interview an imprisoned, cannibalistic psychopath in the hopes of getting his help in capturing a crazed serial killer. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Tracey Walter, Charles Napier, Roger Corman. Directed by Jonathan Demme.
Categories: Horror  Law Enforcement  
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Silkwood (1983)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    131 min.  
Plot: An Oklahoman nuclear-plant worker was murdered, possibly to prevent her blowing the whistle on dangerous practices at the plant to a New York Times reporter.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward, Sudie Bond. Directed by Mike Nichols.
Categories: Biography  Employment  
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Silver Streak (1976)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    113 min.  
Plot: After a mysterious murder, an unwitting witness gets thrown off (and off, again) a cross-country train.
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Patrick McGoohan. Directed by Arthur Hillier.
Categories: Comedy  Criminal Law  Romance
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Silverado (1985)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    132 min.  
Plot: Four unwitting heroes unite to overthrow a corrupt sheriff and his posse in the sleepy town of Silverado.
Cast: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
Categories: Western  Discrimination  Law Enforcement
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Simple Plan, A (1998)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    121 min.  
Plot: When three men find $4.4 million inside a crashed plane in a nature preserve, they quickly come up with a plan to keep the money safe until the plane has been found by others and the dust has settled.
Cast: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Categories: Ethics  Drama  
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Sin City (2005)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    124 min.  
Plot: Sin City is a dark, violent place where the police are as corrupt as the streets are deadly.
Cast: Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Elijiah Wood. Directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez.
Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Action  Law Enforcement
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Singing Detective, The (2003)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    109 min.  
Plot: From his hospital bed, an ailing pulp fiction author with a vivid imagination has hallucinations of gumshoes and hired guns.
Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody. Directed by Keith Gordon.
Categories: Musical  Comedy  Mystery/Suspense
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Singles (1992)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    95 min.  
Plot: A group of twenty-something friends, search for love and success in grunge-era Seattle.
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Sheila Kelley, Jim true, Bill Pullman, Matt Dillon. Directed by Cameron Crowe.
Categories: Comedy  Romance  Transportation
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Situation, The (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    106 min.  
Plot: A love triangle between a CIA operative, an American journalist, and an Iraqi photographer plays out against the backdrop of the war in Iraq.
Cast: Connie Nielson, damian Lewis, Mido Hamada. Directed by Philip Haas.
Categories: International  Politics  War
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Slacker Uprising (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    97 min.  
Plot: Michael Moore's 60-city tour of college campuses and other venues to showcase what the filmmaker calls "the birth of a new political generation."
Cast: Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore.
Categories: Documentary  Politics  
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SLC Punk (1998)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    97 min.  
Plot: A punk rocker in Salt Lake City must make a decision between his current lifestyle and going to law school.
Cast: Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien, Christopher McDonald. Directed by James Merendino.
Categories: Education  Drama  
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Sleepers (1996)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    147 min.  
Plot: Ten years after being abused by authorities, four men have a chance for revenge.
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt. Directed by Barry Levinson.
Categories: Juvenile  Sentencing  
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Sleuth (1972)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    138 min.  
Plot: A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Categories: Mystery/Suspense  Marital Relations  
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Slight Case of Murder, A (1938)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    85 min.  B&W
Plot: A bootlegger goes legit with the end of Prohibition, brewing bad-tasting beer that no one will buy.
Cast: Edward C. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker. Directed by Llyod Bacon.
Categories: Organized Crime  Comedy  
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Sling Blade (1996)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  148 min.  
Plot: A simple man, hospitalized for 25 years after committing a horrific crime, finally returns home.
Cast: Billy Bob Thorton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, Robert Duvall. Directed by Billy Bob Thorton.
Categories: Drama  Sentencing  Mental Health
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Slow Burn (2005)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    93 min.  
Plot: The deputy of a big-city district attorney confesses to killing a man in what she claims was self-defense.
Cast: Ray Liotta, L.L. Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Bruce McGill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Guy Torry, Taye Diggs, Jolene Blalock. Directed by Wayne Beach.
Categories: Criminal Law  Law Enforcement  Drama
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD    2008 min.  
Plot: A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan. Directed by Danny Boyle.
Categories: Drama  International  Entertainment
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Smart People (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    95 min.  
Plot: A recently widowed literature professor is beset by the prospect of new love, and a visit from his n'er-do-well adopted brother.
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holmes. Directed by Noam Murro.
Categories: Comedy  Romance  Family
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Smokin' Aces (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: **1/2
Format: DVD    109 min.  
Plot: A Las Vegas magician finds himself the target of professional hit men after he snitches on the Mob.
Cast: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds. Directed by Joe Carnahan.
Categories: Organized Crime  Evidence  Law Enforcement
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Snake Eyes (1998)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    99 min.  
Plot: A shady police detective finds himself investigating the conspiracy and murder of the Secretary of Defense at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Stan Shaw. Directed by Brian De Palma.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Ethics  Drama
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Sneakers (1992)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD    125 min.  
Plot: A raggedy group of corporate security experts get in over their heads when they accept an assignment poaching some hot hardware for the National Security Agency.
Cast: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Ackroyd, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson.
Categories: National Security  Government  Law Enforcement
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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    127 min.  
Plot: A murder trial has upset the quiet community of San Piedro, and now this tranquil village has become the center of controversy.
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Youki Koduh, Reeve Carney. Directed by Scott Hicks.
Categories: Criminal Law  Romance  Discrimination
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Soldier's Story, A (1984)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *****
Format: DVD    102 min.  
Plot: A lawyer from Washington, D.C. is sent to investigate the murder of a sergeant at a Louisiana Army base.
Cast: Howard Rollins, Jr., Adolph Ceasar. Directed by Norman Jewison.
Categories: Military  Drama  
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Soloist, The (2009)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    116 min.  
Plot: A journalist befriends a homeless, Julliard-trained musician.
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander. Directed by Joe Wright.
Categories: Media  Mental Health  Drama
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Some Like it Hot (1959)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  122 min.  
Plot: When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women.
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Categories: Organized Crime  Entertainment  Adminstrative
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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    113 min.  
Plot: A young man discovers boxing as a way of earning quick money, and is discovered as a new talent in the ring.
Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, sal Mineo. Directed by Robert Wise.
Categories: Biography  Drama  Sports
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Something the Lord Made (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    110 min.  
Plot: Two men defied the rules in 1940s Baltimore and started a medical revolution that saved the lives of thousands of infants.
Cast: Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgewick, Gabrielle Union, Charles Dutton, Mary Staurt Masterson. Directed by Joseph Sargent.
Categories: Medical  Racism  Discrimination
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Sommersby (1993)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    113 min.  
Plot: A man changed by the Civil War returns home, but his widow suspects he may not be the same man who left.
Cast: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones. Directed by Jon Amiel.
Categories: War  Fraud  Romance
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Sophie's Choice (1982)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *** 1/2
Format: DVD    150 min.  
Plot: A Polish-Catholic concentration camp survivor embroiled in a lovers' drama in post WWII Brooklyn.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol. Directed by Alan J. Pakula.
Categories: Human Rights  War  Immigration
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Sopranos, The: The Complete Third Season (2001)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  4 disc set  32 hours, 30 min.  
Plot: The continuing saga of a New Jersey mob boss juggling the pressures of his personal and professional lives.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten.
Categories: Television  Organized Crime  Drama
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Sound of Music, The (1965)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  174 min.  
Plot: A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower.
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Robert Haydn. Directed by Robert Wise.
Categories: Musical  Biography  Drama
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Sounder (1972)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    105 min.  
Plot: A loving and strong family of sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933 face a serious family crisis when the father is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp.
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks. Directed by Martin Ritt.
Categories: Family  Juvenile  
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South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    81 min.  
Plot: When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring a Canadian comedy pair, they are pronounced corrupted, and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mary Kay Bergman. Directed by Trey Parker.
Categories: Censorship  Free Speech  Comedy
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South Park: The Complete Eighth Season (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  308 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Fifth Season (2001)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  315 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete First Season (1997)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  310 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Fourth Season (2000)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  380 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Ninth Season (2005)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  308 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Second Season (1998)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  404 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Seventh Season (2003)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  330 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Sixth Season (2002)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  374 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Tenth Season (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc set)  308 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Park, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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South Park: The Complete Third Season (1999)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD  (3 disc Set)  374 min.  
Plot: Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall. Directed by Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Categories: Animation  Comedy  Children
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Southern Comfort (2001)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    90 min.  
Plot: The story of a wise cracking cowboy in small-town Georgia who transitioned into living as a man after the birth of two sons.
Cast: Robert Eads, Lola Cola, Maxwell Scott Anderson, Cas Piotrowski, Corissa Anderson, Stephanie Piotrowski. Directed by Kate Davis.
Categories: Gender  Family  Biography
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Soylent Green (1973)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    97 min.  
Plot: In an overpopulated future dystopia, a police detective uncovers a terrible government secret.
Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotton, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Law Enforcement  Human Rights
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Spanish Prisoner, The (1997)
 Rated: Rated  Stars:
Format: DVD    110 min.  
Plot: An employee designs a lucrative secret process for his company, but is tempted to sell it when he isn't compensated for his efforts.
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman, Ricky Jay, Steve Martin. Directed by ***1/2.
Categories: Mystery/Suspense  Corporations  
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Spartacus (1960)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    196 min.  
Plot: The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Laurence Olivier. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Categories: Action  Biography  
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Spartan (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    107 min.  
Plot: A lone wolf secret agent, is assigned the task of rescuing the kidnapped daughter of a high ranking government figure, only to discover along the way a larger, more sinister plot.
Cast: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill. Directed by David Mamet.
Categories: Government  International  Human Rights
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Spellbound (2002)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *****
Format: DVD    97 min.  
Plot: Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: winning the National Spelling Bee.
Cast: Harry Altman, Angela Arenivar, Ted Brigham, April DeGideo, Neil Kadakia, Nupur Lala, Emily Stagg, Ashley White. Directed by Jeffrey Blitz.
Categories: Documentary  Family  Juvenile
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Spider-Man (2002)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  121 min.  
Plot: Bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a nerdy high school student uses his new spider-like superpowers to fight the menacing Green Goblin.
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Categories: Action  Law Enforcement  SciFi/Fantasy
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Spider-Man 2 (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  127 min.  
Plot: The web-slinging superhero must resolve his problematic dual-life while doing battle against the tentacled Doctor Octopus.
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murphy. Directed by Sam Raimi.
Categories: Action  Law Enforcement  SciFi/Fantasy
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Spiderwick Chronicles, The (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    101 min.  
Plot: A young boy moves into a mysterious house and discovers evidence that a magical world lies hidden within our own.
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short. Directed by Mark Waters.
Categories: Children  Property  SciFi/Fantasy
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Spiral Staircase, The (1946)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    84 min.  B&W
Plot: A serial killer is targeting disabled young women in a small town, and the mute servant in the Warren mansion fears that she is next.
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhinda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Else Lanchester. Directed by Robert Spiodmak.
Categories: Disability  Horror  Women
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Spirited Away (2001)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  125 min.  
Plot: In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters.
Cast: Rumi Hîragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Categories: Animation  SciFi/Fantasy  
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Spy Game (2001)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    126 min.  
Plot: A CIA operative is on the brink of retirement when he finds out that his protege has been arrested in China for espionage.
Cast: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane. Directed by Tony Scott.
Categories: National Security  Mystery/Suspense  Government
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St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    110 min.  
Plot: A Group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
Categories: Drama  Romance  
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Stagecoach (1939)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    97 min.  B&W
Plot: Nine disparate travelers are thrust together on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.
Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berto Churchill, Tim Holt. Directed by John Ford.
Categories: Western  Transportation  
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Stakeout (1987)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****1/2
Format: DVD    116 min.  
Plot: Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend.
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Aidan Quinn. Directed by John Badham.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Comedy  Romance
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Stalag 17 (1953)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    120 min.  B&W
Plot: Set in a German POW Camp for enlisted American airmen, a spy is discovered to be living in one of the prison barracks after an escape attempt fails resulting in the deaths of two inmates.
Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Categories: War  Drama  Human Rights
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Star Chamber (1983)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: *****
Format: DVD    102 min.  
Plot: Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge joins a secret organization of judges that hires a hitman to kill other criminals who have similarly gotten off the hook.
Cast: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yapher Kotto, Sharon Gless. Directed by Peter Hyams.
Categories: Action  Drama  Death Penalty
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Star Trek (2009)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    126 min.  
Plot: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Cast: John Cho, Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Winona Ryder. Directed by J.J.Abrams.
Categories: Aviation  SciFi/Fantasy  Action
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Starsky and Hutch (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    100 min.  
Plot: Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of their snitch.
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Juliette Lewis, Snoop Dogg. Directed by Todd Phillips.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Comedy  
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Starter for 10 (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    96 min.  
Plot: A working-class student tries to make the team for the television show "University Challenge."
Cast: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Charles Dance, Lindsay Duncan.. Directed by Tom Vaughan.
Categories: Romance  Comedy  Education
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Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    111 min.  
Plot: An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.
Cast: Frank Langella, Lili Taylor, Lauren Ambrose, Adrian Lester. Directed by Andrew Wagner.
Categories: Drama  Education  
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Startup.com (2001)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: VHS    107 min.  
Plot: Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.
Cast: Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, Tom Herman, Kenneth Austin. Directed by Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim.
Categories: Documentary  Corporations  Government
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State of Play (2009)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    128 min.  
Plot: A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman's mistress.
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels, Helen Mirren . Directed by Kevin MacDonald.
Categories: Politics  Law Enforcement  Mystery/Suspense
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Statement, The (2003)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    119 min.  
Plot: A judge and colonel reopen the 60-year-old case of a Nazi collaborator accused of murder.
Cast: Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam, Alan Bates, William Hutt, John Neville, Charlotte Rampling. Directed by Norman Jewison.
Categories: War  Criminal Law  Mystery/Suspense
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Stealth (2005)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: **1/2
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  121 min.  
Plot: Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.
Cast: Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton, Richard Roxburgh. Directed by Rob Cohen.
Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Military  
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Stepford Wives, The (1975)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    115 min.  
Plot: A family new to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise. Directed by Bryan Forbes.
Categories: Mystery/Suspense  Gender  
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Stepford Wives, The (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: **1/2
Format: DVD    92 min.  
Plot: A wildly successful president of a TV Network who suffered a nervous breakdown discovers that all the housewives in Stepford are strangely blissful.
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart, Faith Hill, Glenn Close. Directed by Frank Oz.
Categories: SciFi/Fantasy  Human Rights  Gender
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Sting, The (1973)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    129 min.  
Plot: When a mutual friend is killed by a mob boss, two con men seek revenge by pulling off "the big con" on this crime lord.
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan. Directed by George Roy Hill.
Categories: Drama  Organized Crime  
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Stir Crazy (1980)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    108 min.  
Plot: Framed for a bank robbery, two innocent greenhorns have a difficult time adjusting to life in a Western prison.
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, George Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams. Directed by Sidney Poitier.
Categories: Comedy  Sentencing  Evidence
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Story of Qiu Ju, The (1992)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    110 min.  
Plot: In this comedy of justice, a pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief physically insults her husband. In Chinese, with English subtitles.
Cast: Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Quesheng Lei, Zhijun Ge. Directed by Yimou Zhang.
Categories: Jurisprudence  Foreign  Comedy
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Storyville (1992)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    110 min.  
Plot: Blackmailed, a young candidate for the Senate investigates family secrets surrounding his father's political career.
Cast: James Spader, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie, Charlotte Lewis. Directed by Mark Frost.
Categories: Drama  Mystery/Suspense  Criminal Law
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Straight Time (1978)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    114 min.  
Plot: A longtime criminal parolee suffers indignity and harassment from a sadistic parole officer who undermines his determination to go straight.
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey, Theresa Russell, M. Emmet Walsh. Directed by Ulu Grosbard.
Categories: Civil Rights  Drama  Law Enforcement
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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    113 min.  
Plot: An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear.
Cast: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson. Directed by Marc Forster.
Categories: Comedy  Tax  SciFi/Fantasy
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Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD  (2 disc set)  89 min.  B&W
Plot: A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise, and unwelcome, visit by his pretty sixteen-year-old Hungarian cousin.
Cast: John Lurie, Estzer Balint, Richard Edson. Directed by Jim Jarmusch.
Categories: Immigration  Comedy  
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Strangers, The (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    86 min.  
Plot: A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Cast: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Alex Fisher, Peter Clayton-Luce, . Directed by Bryan Bertino.
Categories: Horror  Mystery/Suspense  
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Straw Dogs (1971)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    118 min.  
Plot: A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George. Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Categories: Drama  Marital Relations  
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Stray Dog (1949)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    122 min.  
Plot: A young detective desperately tracks the pickpocket who stole his gun. In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Fumiko Honma. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Categories: Foreign  Law Enforcement  Ethics
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Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD  (s disc set)  122 min.  B&W
Plot: A young married couple from very different backgrounds is settling down to have their first child when the bride's older sister arrives on their doorstep and turns everything on its end.
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando. Directed by Elia Kazan.
Categories: Drama  Family  
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    114 min.  B&W
Plot: The only son of wealthy widow dies while on vacation with his cousin.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Katharine Hepburn. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Categories: Drama  Horror  Mental Health
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Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    91 min.  
Plot: In order to raise the tuition to send her son to private school, a mom starts a crime scene clean-up service with her unreliable sister.
Cast: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Jason Spevack, Alan Arkin. Directed by Christine Jeffs.
Categories: Business  Family  Comedy
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Sunshine State (2002)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    141 min.  
Plot: A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
Cast: Jane Alexander, Angela Bassett, Gordon Clapp, Edie Falco, Miguel Ferrer. Directed by John Sayles.
Categories: Property  Drama  
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Super Size Me (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    100 min.  
Plot: Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and subjecting himself to a "McDonald's only" diet.
Cast: Morgan Spurlock, Bridget Bennett, Dr. Lisa Ganjhu, Don Gorske. Directed by Morgan Spurlock.
Categories: Documentary  Corporations  Health
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Superbad (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    118 min.  
Plot: Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogan, Bill Hader. Directed by Greg Mottola.
Categories: Comedy  Entertainment  
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Superman Returns (2006)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    154 min.  
Plot: The Man of Steel, mysteriously absent for several years, returns to Earth.
Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Parker Posey, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, Kevin Spacey. Directed by Bryan Singer.
Categories: Justice  Law Enforcement  SciFi/Fantasy
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Suspect (1987)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    128 min.  
Plot: An overworked public defender is assigned to represent a deaf-mute and destitute Vietnam veteran accused of murder.
Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Joe Mantegna, Liam Neeson, Philip Bosco, John Mahoney, Fred Melamed, Katherine Kerr, Lisbeth Bartlett. Directed by Peter Yeates.
Categories: Criminal Law  Drama  
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SWAT (2003)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    117 min.  
Plot: An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Josh Charles. Directed by Clark Johnson.
Categories: Law Enforcement  Action  International
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    116 min.  
Plot: An exiled man sets off to rid London of the corrupt aristocracy after returning home to find his wife dead and his daughter a ward of the Judge who sent him away.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen. Directed by Tim Burton.
Categories: Criminal Law  Family  Musical
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Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    112 min.  
Plot: A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children.
Cast: Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood. Directed by Atom Egoyan.
Categories: Liability  Drama  
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Swimming Pool (2003)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***
Format: DVD    103 min.  
Plot: A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where friction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, John Bosload, Franck Marc Fayolle. Directed by François Ozon.
Categories: Entertainment  Women  Drama
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Swoon (1992)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    90 min.  B&W
Plot: Based on the infamous Leopold-Loeb murder case of the 1920s, two intelligent, wealthy homosexual adolescents are convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 13-year-old boy from their Hyde Park neighborhood.
Cast: Craig Chester, Daniel Schlachet, Michael Kirby, Michael Stumm, Ron Vawter. Directed by Tom Kalin.
Categories: Biography  Sexuality  Drama
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Sword in the Stone, The (1963)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    79 min.  
Plot: Destined for the throne of England, young Arthur receives guidance from the wizard Merlin.
Cast: Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Rickie Sorensen, Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler, Martha Wentworth, Norman Alden, Alan Napier, Richard Reitherman, Robert Reitherman. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman.
Categories: Children  Animation  Ethics
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Synecdoche New York (2008)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    124 min.  
Plot: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest. Directed by Charlie Kaufman.
Categories: Drama  Entertainment  Health
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Syrian Bride, The (2004)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ****
Format: DVD    97 min.  
Plot: A Druze woman living in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is faced with the likelihood of never being allowed to return to her home when she plans to get married to a Syrian man. In Arabic, Hebrew, English, Russian, and French, with English subtitles.
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom, Eyad Sheety, Evelyn Kaplun, Julie-Anne Roth, Adnan Tarabshi, Marlene Bajali, Uri Gavriel, Alon Dahan, Robert Henig, Dirar Suleiman, Ranin Boulos, Hanna Abou-Manneh. Directed by Eran Riklis.
Categories: Foreign  International  Family
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Syriana (2005)
 Rated: Rated  Stars: ***1/2
Format: DVD    125 min.  
Plot: A politically-charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it.
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt. Directed by Stephen Gaghan.
Categories: International  Commercial  Politics
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The W&M Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to our Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you think the library should own, please submit a suggestion form at the circulation desk, or send us an email at [[lawcir]]. You can see a list of all Law Library movies in the online catalog.

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