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List Price: $14.99Price: $13.49You Save: $1.5 (10%)Croupier
Actors: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton, Barnaby Kay
ASIN : B0001BKACG
Sales Rank : 18032
Director : Mike Hodges
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : Image Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381059625
UPC : 014381059625
Release Date : December 09, 2004
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Image Entertainment
Running Time : 94
DescriptionAll bets are off in London's gambling world when struggling writer Jack Manfred (Gosford Park's Clive Owen) accepts his father's offer of a job as a croupier, out the cards of fate and fortune each night to casino patrons. As his relationship with his girlfriend, Marion (Notting Hill's Gina McKee), suffers from the strain of his new job, Jack finds his eye roving to a seductive gambler, Jani (ER's Alex Kingston), who lures him into a dangerous robbery scheme with Jack positioned as the inside man. A critical and commercial smash, this delicious British thriller from director Mike Hodges (Get Carter) and writer Paul Mayersberg (The Last Samurai) is a solid winner from start to finish! Amazon.comSuffering from a bad case of writer's block, author Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) sits in his London flat, staring at an empty computer screen and trying to find the words to narrate his meandering life. Reluctantly Jack accepts a job from his absentee father (Nicholas Ball) at a second-rate casino as a dealer, or croupier, a job he once held in South Africa. His immersion back into this world is intoxicating, thanks primarily to the power he holds over his nightly clientele. Jack is a straight arrow on the floor (unlike his coworkers) but the whisper of an inside-job robbery makes his life suddenly more intriguing, as do the women who begin to drift into his life: a fellow croupier (Kate Hardie) and an alluring gambler (Alex Kingston). Suddenly, Jack finds his own life is his best book material. There's something visceral about watching the world of gambling, and director Mike Hodges (who directed the original Get Carter) taps into this allure; Jack's simple croupier tryout--handling cards and chips with skill and grace--is as captivating as most action scenes in big popcorn films. In the end, this little film, which went on to become an art-house hit, is as unpredictable as a roll of the dice. --Doug Thomas
Reviews for the Croupier
List Price: $14.98Price: $13.49You Save: $1.49 (10%)Call Northside 777 (Fox Film Noir)
Actors: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, Betty Garde
ASIN : B0006UEVV8
Sales Rank : 11746
Director : Henry Hathaway
Studio : 20th Century Fox
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Black & White, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0024543130192
UPC : 024543130192
Release Date : December 15, 2005
Publisher : 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox
Availability : Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
Label : 20th Century Fox
Running Time : 111
Product DescriptionBased on a true incident in which a reporter tries to prove that an innocent man was convicted of murder. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 03/15/2005 Starring: James Stewart Richard Conte Run time: 111 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Henry Hathaway Amazon.comThe postwar vogue for documentary-style realism, prompted by The March of Time and the critical success of Roberto Rossellini's Open City, cross bred with film noir to create a compelling strain of crime films; this is one of the most low-key and credible, based on the true story of a Chicago reporter (James Stewart) who became convinced of the innocence of a death-row inmate (Richard Conte). Director Henry Hathaway (whose Kiss of Death started the trend) stages the action on the actual Chicago locations, providing a fascinating documentary record of an underfilmed metropolis (the convict's mother is a washerwoman at the Wrigley Building), and leads his cast to appropriately restrained, naturalistic performances. Stewart is just beginning to explore his newfound, postwar maturity here, and there's an undercurrent of obsessiveness in his performance that anticipates the haunted figures he would soon be playing for Anthony Mann and Alfred Hitchcock. --Dave Kehr
Reviews for the Call Northside 777 (Fox Film Noir)
List Price: $14.99Price: $13.49You Save: $1.5 (10%)Veronica Guerin
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Don Wycherley
ASIN : B000189LE2
Sales Rank : 29492
Director : Joel Schumacher
Brand : BLANCHETT,CATE
Studio : Walt Disney Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0786936226386
UPC : 786936226386
Release Date : December 16, 2004
Publisher : Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer : Walt Disney Video
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Label : Walt Disney Video
Running Time : 98
Product DescriptionIn the mid-90s dublin was nothing short of a war zone with a few powerful drug lords battling for control. Their most fearsome opponent was not the police but the courageous journalist veronica guerin who covered the crime beat with unmatched intensity. Based on a true story. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 01/10/2006 Starring: Cate Blanchett Gerard Mcsorley Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Amazon.comIreland's most beloved and tragic contemporary hero/martyr gets the Hollywood treatment in the fact-based thriller Veronica Guerin, an average film made recommendable for a fine performance by Cate Blanchett in the title role. The life, work, and assassination of the slain Irish journalist is respectfully chronicled in this gritty, streetwise biopic by director Joel Schumacher, beginning with her 1996 murder (by Irish gangsters) and flashing back to her diligent efforts, begun in 1994, to expose the drug trade that plagued Ireland for most of the decade. Blanchett is flawless in a role that combines passion, courage, and recklessness in a way that doesn't sugar-coat Guerin's character or imbue her with artificial heroics. Unfortunately, Schumacher (who makes room for an unbilled Colin Farrell cameo) and a naggingly unsophisticated screenplay turn Guerin's complex story into a conventionally accessible thriller that sometimes seems too good to be true, which is ironic given that Guerin's story was fictionalized in the marginally better 2000 film When the Sky Falls, starring Joan Allen. Recommendable for Blanchett's performance and two memorably villainous roles for Ciarán Hinds and Gerald McSorley, Veronica Guerin is an adequate tribute that could and should have been exceptional. --Jeff Shannon
Reviews for the Veronica Guerin
List Price: $29.98Price: $24.99You Save: $4.99 (17%)All or Nothing at All
Actors: Pippa Guard, Hugh Laurie, Phyllida Law, Siobhan McCarthy, Bob Monkhouse
ASIN : B000WTZ63U
Sales Rank : 14747
Director : Andrew Grieve
Studio : Bfs Entertainment
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0066805308383
UPC : 066805308383
Release Date : December 27, 2007
Publisher : Bfs Entertainment
Manufacturer : Bfs Entertainment
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Label : Bfs Entertainment
Running Time : 180
Description"...classy and involving... incredibly gripping..." – The Sunday Times "Laurie plays the hero with the right mixture of charm and guile... engaging stuff..." – The Times "...nice performances all round, especially from Laurie" – The Daily Telegraph In this compelling story of a daring conman, Leo Hopkins (Hugh Laurie – House) prospers from the greed of others – but his undeniable charm and willingness to take risks plunge him into a mess of troubles and worry. Addicted to gambling, seduced by his secretary and threatened by his corrupt boss, his life spirals downward and Leo must find a way to straighten himself out before he loses everything. Starring: Hugh Laurie, Jessica Turner, Bob Monkhouse, Pippa Guard, Steve Steen, Caroline Quentin and Phyllida Law Special Features: Cast Profiles approx. 150 mins.
Reviews for the All or Nothing at All
List Price: $19.98Price: $17.99You Save: $1.99 (10%)Normal Life
Actors: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost, Edmund Wyson
ASIN : B0006Q948M
Sales Rank : 26407
Director : John McNaughton
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : New Line Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780780649927
ISBN : 0780649923
UPC : 794043770128
Release Date : December 15, 2005
Publisher : New Line Home Video
Manufacturer : New Line Home Video
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Label : New Line Home Video
Running Time : 101
Product DescriptionA contempory "Bonnie & Clyde" about a woman living on the edge who marries a young cop and convinces him to join her on a bank robbery spree throughout Chicago.Running Time: 108 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794043770128
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List Price: $19.98Price: $17.99You Save: $1.99 (10%)Fury
Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis
ASIN : B0007TKNHY
Sales Rank : 28976
Director : Fritz Lang
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Warner Home Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780790792156
ISBN : 079079215X
UPC : 012569690424
Release Date : December 10, 2005
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
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Label : Warner Home Video
Running Time : 92
Product DescriptionFilm adaptation of Norman Krasna's "Mob Rule". Young lovebirds Joe Wilson and Katherine Grant want to get married but don't have the money. Katherine moves to another city where she can make more money.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 012569690424 Amazon.com essential videoTough stuff from director Fritz Lang (M), making his first American film with this 1936 story of an innocent man (Spencer Tracy) who escapes a lynch mob and then orchestrates his apparent murder at their hands. Tracy is superb, and the film is uncompromising, until studio interference takes some of the wind out of Lang's sails right at the end. But as the portrait of a character who comes to reflect the destiny he is trying to avoid, this is still essential Lang and a pre-noir classic. --Tom Keogh
Reviews for the Fury
New Price: $18.70Belly
Actors: DMX, Nas, Hassan Johnson, Taral Hicks, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
ASIN : B00005QJHQ
Sales Rank : 17339
Director : Hype Williams
Studio : Live / Artisan
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0012236116295
UPC : 012236116295
Release Date : December 14, 2001
Publisher : Live / Artisan
Manufacturer : Live / Artisan
Label : Live / Artisan
Running Time : 95
DescriptionFrom acclaimed director Hype Williams comes this realistic urban drama highlighted by an all-star hip-hop cast, visually dazzling cinematography and a pulsing rap soundtrack.
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Price: $7.99The King
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Derek Alvarado (II), E. Matthew Buckley, Monica Peña, Veronica Bernal
ASIN : B000H0M4AW
Sales Rank : 18985
Director : James Marsh
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : Velocity / Thinkfilm
Region Code : 1
Format : AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0821575547154
UPC : 821575547154
Release Date : December 10, 2006
Publisher : Velocity / Thinkfilm
Manufacturer : Velocity / Thinkfilm
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Label : Velocity / Thinkfilm
Running Time : 103
Product DescriptionStudio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 10/23/2007 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R
Reviews for the The King
List Price: $19.99Price: $17.99You Save: $2 (10%)Under Capricorn
Actors: Ronald Adam, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Francis De Wolff, Maureen Delaney
ASIN : B000093NSH
Sales Rank : 24841
Studio : Image Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381544329
UPC : 014381544329
Release Date : December 17, 2003
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Image Entertainment
Running Time : 117
DescriptionScreen legends Ingrid Bergman (Notorious) and Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane) star in this spellbinding melodrama from the screen's Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock! Banished for murder to Australia, Sam Flusky (Cotton) takes his victim's troubled sister, Henrietta (Bergman), as his wife. The arrival of a new governor also brings Henrietta's old friend, Adare (Michael Wilding), who tries to help her conquer the demons plaguing her life. But something mysterious is afoot; is Henrietta going insane, or is there a sinister plot at work? A gripping, atmospheric yarn in the style of Rebecca and Gaslight, this sumptuous production features some of Hitchcock's most audacious visual tricks and is now presented on DVD in a rich new Technicolor digital transfer! Amazon.comWith the long-take experiment of Rope still fresh in his mind, Alfred Hitchcock turned his attention to romantic melodrama: Under Capricorn, a novel of 1830s Australia. Having little of the usual suspense to rely on, Hitchcock used the elegant long-take method to draw out Ingrid Bergman's harrowing performance. As a fallen aristocrat who married a former stable boy (Joseph Cotten) and moved Down Under, Bergman gives a fine portrayal of a woman hemmed in by a sour marriage and a guilty secret. The actress also felt hemmed in by Hitch's elaborate camera movements; she hated them. This expensive picture flopped on its first release, but it has a hypnotic flow despite a tendency toward talkiness. Hitchcock fans will recognize, beyond the details of plot, a couple of the director's key motifs: the jaundiced view of marriage, and the anxieties underlying social status. And, of course, the worship of an actress. --Robert Horton
Reviews for the Under Capricorn
New Price: $4.33Street Smart
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Jay Patterson, Andre Gregory
ASIN : B0000AM6J0
Sales Rank : 11517
Director : Jerry Schatzberg
Brand : TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780792858515
ISBN : 0792858514
UPC : 027616896629
Release Date : December 07, 2003
Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer : MGM (Video & DVD)
Label : MGM (Video & DVD)
Running Time : 97
DescriptionChristopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers and Morgan Freeman star in this intriguing (Boxoffice), OscarÂ(r)-nominated* thriller that's 'smart, cunning, deft, revealing andyesstreet smart (LA Weekly)! Freelance journalist Jonathan Fisher (Reeve) becomes the toast ofthe town when he breaks a story about the dirty deeds of a ruthless New York pimp. There's only oneproblem: Jonathan, under a deadline, fabricated the entire thing. Suddenly he's in demand not only by other reporters and the D.A., but also by Fast Black (Freeman), a real-life pimp everyone believes to be the subject of Jonathan's article! *1987: Supporting Actor (Freeman) Amazon.comStuck for a story idea that will excite his dismissive editor, New York magazine reporter Christopher Reeve hits on a winner: the life of a Manhattan pimp. The editor eats it up, but there's just one problem: Reeve made the whole thing up and now the editor wants more. What's worse, a scarily charismatic pimp (Morgan Freeman) and his top prostitute come looking for the reporter, believing that he was, in fact, writing about them. As they seduce him with access to their world, he becomes more and more trapped by his lies, particularly when a crusading D.A. also takes an interest in just what he knows. Reeve is the bland nougat center in what is otherwise a very tasty little film, given added crunch by the superlatively seductive Freeman and the equally intriguing Baker. --Marshall Fine
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