Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”) from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, this funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple (John Krasinski [“The Office’] and Maya Rudolph [“Saturday Night Live’]), as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover “home” on their own terms for the first time. The movie features the music of Alexi Murdoch.

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Stephen Frears, director of THE QUEEN and HIGH FIDELITY, continues to demonstrate his genre-defying talent with this adaptation of a Colette novel. Set in Paris in the years before World War I, CHERI paints a picture of the romance between young Chéri (Rupert Friend) and retired courtesan Léa (Michelle Pfeiffer). Chéri’s mother (Kathy Bates), a rival of Léa, plots to separate the pair by arranging a marriage between her son and Edmée (Felicity Jones). Screenwriter Christopher Hampton previously collaborated with the director on DANGEROUS LIAISONS.

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Impeccable production values, faithfully recreating 15th century France, enhance this fabulous remake (the 1923 version featured Lon Chaney) of Victor Hugo's immortal beauty and the beast story. Charles Laughton is unforgettable as Quasimodo, deformed bell-ringer at Notre Dame cathedral and Maureen O'Hara matches him every step of the way as the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda.

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Strongly vilified and modestly praised when released in the summer of 1969, Sam Peckinpah's ode to a changing landscape is now considered a landmark achievement in American film making. After a botched robbery, aging outlaw Pike Bishop and his gang cross the Rio Grande into Mexico, with railroad bounty hunters in hot pursuit. The outlaws become involved with a Mexican general who hires them to rob a U.S. Army train carrying weapons and ammunition. World class photography, editing, acting (William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan standout in an excellent cast) and direction make this a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. Jerry Fielding's musical score and the story and screenplay (a collaboration between Walon Green and Peckinpah) received well deserved Oscar nominations.

Get ready to globe-trot with one of the big screen's greatest adventurers. When Dr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) -- the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist -- is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant (resting place of the original Ten Commandments), he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas teamed up to create this all-time favorite.

A disheveled looking man enters the LAPD homicide division to report a murder. "Who was murdered?" asks a detective. "I was" is the reply. Accountant Frank Bigelow has been slipped a dose of slow-acting poison for which there is no antidote. He has 48 hours to determine who killed him and why. This terrifically tense, innovative plot by Clarence Greene and Russel Rouse provided Edmond O'Brien with one of the best roles of his underrated career. The pulse-pounding score is by Dimitri Tiomkin.

Gathered on an isolated island, 10 seemingly random individuals find themselves facing their own deaths. Their host, via a gramophone record, informs them they will not survive the weekend. Then, one by one, the guests are eliminated. A suspenseful Agatha Christie whodunit, nifty directorial touches by Rene Clair and a powerhouse cast (including Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young and Judith Anderson) prove to be a winning combination.

Mr. and Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis, respectively) want to adopt a brother for their only child, George (Jonathan Lipnicki). They get more than they bargained for at the orphanage, however, when they meet the precocious Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox) -- a mouse with an attitude. Stuart soon becomes a member of the Little family, but he may not be around long ... if family cat Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane) can make a meal of him!

While waiting at a NYC train station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When authorities arrive at the crime scene, they think she's crazy since there's no body. Determined to know what really happened, Nikki enlists the aid of a popular mystery writer. Singer Deanna Durbin's charming personality is in full force here---exuding a comic flair and poise that's impossible to resist. Ralph Bellamy, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea and Edward Everett Horton lend solid support to this humorous thriller.

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The wife and mistress of a cruel boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. After the murder is committed, his body disappears and some very strange events begin to occur. Director Henri-Georges Clouzot's macabre masterpiece starts leisurely and builds tension to a terrifying degree. You're made of stern stuff if the last 15 minutes isn't a hair-raising experience. Kudos to Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, with a special nod to Charles Vanel as the wise old inspector seeking the truth.

It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive.

Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Finally, he will leave the isolation of “Sarang,” the moon base that has been his home for so long, and he will finally have someone to talk to beyond “Gerty,” the base’s well-intentioned, but rather uncomplicated computer.

Suddenly, Sam’s health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago.

Confined with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a “support crew” on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam is fighting the clock to discover what’s going on and where he fits into company plans.

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Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to a foreign country, Charlie is disturbed by a letter he receives from a mysterious girl from France who invites him as a her guest only to find that he does not seem welcomed to her Chateau.

A small town detective is assisted by a Harvard professor when the skeletal remains of a pregnant prostitute (sans clothes or clues) are discovered on a lonely Cape Cod beach. Interesting to see forensic investigation a plot element in a 60 year old movie. The fact that the cop is Hispanic (Ricardo Montalban playing Lt. Pete Morales) is also a unique aspect of this provocative, superbly handled murder mystery. The fine cast includes Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Marshall Thompson, Elsa Lanchester and Jan Sterling. Filmed on location by expert cinematographer John Alton.

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In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising — and often shocking truths — about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

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It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers). On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess (Cameron Diaz) from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey (Eddie Murphy). This is the full-screen version of the film and includes a featurette, character interviews and more.

Headstrong young debutante Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), traveling across Europe by train, meets Mrs. Froy (Dame May Whitty), a gentle old spinster who, while Iris is napping, vanishes into thin air. Is Iris delusional? Or is the elderly woman's disappearance part of a fiendish espionage plot? Alfred Hitchcock's devilishly comic thriller is determined to confound expectations from beginning to end. Michael Redgrave and Paul Lukas co-star.

A ghostly apparition has been terrorizing the inhabitants of La Morte Rouge--a small village near Quebec. Enter Sherlock Holmes, in Canada attending a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society, who firmly believes a master of disguise is the phantom marsh killer. Without question, THE SCARLET CLAW, with it's wonderful fog-shrouded atmosphere, is one of the best of the 11 Holmes' movies produced by Universal Pictures between 1942 and 1946. The extremely popular series cemented Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce to Arthur Conan Doyle's famous characters.

A group of misfit, small-town children (including Sean Astin, Kerri Green and Josh Brolin) discovers a pirate-treasure map and embarks on a quest to find the riches. Along the way, they battle curmudgeonly crooks and squabble with one another. Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus coscripted this modern riff on Peter Pan but left the helming to Richard Donner.

After winning the sheepherding contest, Babe (voiced by E.G. Daily) comes home to the reality that Farmer and Mrs. Hoggett (James Cromwell and Magda Szubanski) may lose their land. The prize porker and Mrs. Hoggett go to the big city in a desperate attempt to save the farm but become separated. On his own, Babe performs with the circus, is chased by stray dogs and becomes a leader among animals in director George Miller's Oscar-nominated sequel.

Director Randal Kleiser's film version of the hit Broadway musical about 1950s teen angst took the country by storm, inspiring a wave of nostalgia and receiving a slew of Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. In between flashily choreographed musical numbers, the film chronicles the romantic entanglements of a group of high school seniors, starting with a summer fling between greaser Danny (John Travolta) and good girl Sandy (Olivia Newton-John).

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In rustic 1957 Maine, 9-year-old Hogarth finds a colossal but disoriented robot (of unknown origin), and the two form a strong bond of friendship. Before long, however, a government agent is on their trail -- and he's intent on destroying the automaton. This beautifully rendered parable based on British poet Ted Hughes' feted short story features the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr. and Cloris Leachman.

After intense rehearsals of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” Paul is emotionally drained. He stumbles upon a “Soul Storage,” a private lab offering New Yorkers something intriguing: a relief from the burden of their souls. Paul decides to get his soul extracted, only to discover that it has the shape and size of a chickpea. After a failed attempt to live and act without his soul, he rents an alleged Russian poet’s soul, which guides him into a strange dreamlike world. Things take an unexpected turn when he decides to get his soul back and meets Nina, a Russian soul mule, who illicitly transports souls from Russia to America.

“Cold Souls” blends elements of humor and irony with incursions into darker atmospheres as it explores the profound moods and inner struggles of a man in search of his essence.

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In this dark French comedy, rich lawyer Bertrand (Fabrice Luchini) gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Monaco to defend a client in a murder trial. Accompanied by his loyal bodyguard, Christophe (Roschdy Zem), Bertrand meets the young and sexy Audrey (Louise Bourgoin), a weathergirl who may get him into trouble.

Solo (Souleymane Sy Savane) is a Senegalese taxi driver whose latest fare, a weathered and despondent old Southerner named William (Red West), offers him big money to drive to a mountain peak, where it appears that William is going to commit suicide. A good-natured and kind-spirited man, Solo is disturbed by this revelation. Out of a deep sense of purpose, he embarks on a mission to save William. Working with his main creative collaborator, cinematographer Michael Simmonds, Bahrani casts a luminous spell over his deceptively simple tale. The director, who also edits his films, keeps the story moving forward while allowing it to breathe. He also extracts flawless, fully lived-in performances from Savane and West.

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Romance can be risky, perplexing and filled with the perils of miscommunication -- and that's if you aren't ADAM, for whom life itself is this way. In this heartfelt romantic comedy, Hugh Dancy (The Jane Austen Book Club, Confessions of a Shopaholic) stars as Adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence - until he meets his new neighbor, Beth (Rose Byrne, Damages, 28 Weeks Later, Knowing), a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection.

From the Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” Already a box-office success in Japan, the story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo (voiced by NOAH CYRUS) and her quest to become human features an outstanding roster of voice talent, including CATE BLANCHETT, MATT DAMON, TINA FEY, CLORIS LEACHMAN, LIAM NEESON, LILY TOMLIN, BETTY WHITE and FRANKIE JONAS as Sosuke, a young boy who befriends Ponyo.

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What happens when you’re asked to build the city of tomorrow… today? Set on the storied streets of South Boston, The Greening of Southie is a feature documentary about Boston’s first residential green building, and the men and women who set out to construct it. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, The Macallen Building is something different––a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly
design. But green building has its challenges, and the jobsite has its skeptics. And when things start to go wrong, a young developer has to keep the project from unraveling.

Funny and poignant, The Greening of Southie is a story of bold ideas, new environmentalists, and the future of urban America.

Created by King Corn’s Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, The Greening of Southie features innovative time-lapse animation, cinematography by Taylor Gentry, and music by Force Theory.

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