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2) Hotel Rwanda
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The film chronicles the true story of Paul Rusesabinga (Don Cheadle), a brave hotel manager who risked his life and those of his family to take in more than 1,000 refugees during the 1994 genocide of the Tutsus by Hutu militia.
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They weren't born to be wild. It just turned out that way. John Doe of the band X, Adam Horovitz of The Beastie Boys, counterculture icon Timothy Leary and John Cusack star in the hip, offbeat story of a biker on a quest to honor a dying friend's wishes by delivering the man’s ashes to a bar in El Dorado, Nevada. Somewhere along the way, this ragtag band of slackers assumes the mantle of Roadside Prophets.
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"Movies (And Other Things) is a book about, quite frankly, movies (and other things). One of the chapters, for example, answers which race Kevin Costner was able to white savior the best, because did you know that he white saviors Mexicans in McFarland, USA, and white saviors Native Americans in Dances with Wolves, and white saviors Black people in Black or White, and white saviors the Cleveland Browns in Draft Day? Another of the chapters, for a...
5) Hotel Rwanda
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Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa. “One of the most inspirational films I’ve ever seen” (Richard Roeper, “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies”).
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In the course of one chaotic week, the lives of three conflicted New York City police officers are dramatically transformed by their involvement in a massive drug operation. Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan (Golden-Globe®-winner Richard Gere of PRIMAL FEAR) is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer Sal Procida (Oscar®-nominee Ethan Hawke of TRAINING DAY) has discovered there's no line he won't cross...
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A young man convicted of a murder he did not commit has been sentenced to die. Now it falls upon a teacher to enrich a life he cannot save. From the New York Times best seller by Ernest J. Gaines.
"You're unlikely ever to see a more intelligent, compelling, and beautifully crafted film anywhere. Miss it at your peril."--Washington Post
"***1/2...profoundly moving...Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
8) The guard
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An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
"*** Recommended."--Video Librarian
"...a pleasure."--Roger Ebert
"...pure, profane enjoyment..."--Boston Globe
"...this grotty little fairy tale casts a deft line and reels you in."--Michael Phillips
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Set in a near-future California, this sci-fi thriller follows high school student Aisha (Helena Howard) as she begins to suspect that she isn’t entirely human. When strange glitches disrupt her daily life, Aisha uncovers shocking truths about her origins and the powerful forces monitoring her every move. As her world unravels, she must decide whom to trust and confront what it truly means to be human.
11) Hotel for dogs
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When two orphans, living with foster parents who don't allow pets, keep secretly caring for their dog discover stray dogs in an abandoned hotel, they fix up the building and get help from their friends to run the new shelter.
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Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is a decorated war hero who returns home to work as a private eye. His job of finding a missing socialite puts him between the white power elite and the vibrant black commumnity of Central Avenue. As soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse find Daphne Monet, trouble follows.
14) Talk to me
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The life of Ralph 'Petey' Greene, an ex-con who made a name for himself as a Washington, D.C. radio personality, talk-show host, and community activist during the '60s. Bonus features include deleted scenes, featurette, and more.
"Two thumbs up!"--Roeper & Dave Karger
"A rowdy, richly offbeat biopic."--Entertainment Weekly
"...a movie that offers uplift without phoniness, history without undue didacticism and a fair number of funny, dirty jokes."--New...
15) Iron Man 2
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Now that the world knows billionaire inventor Tony Stark as the armored superhero Iron Man, his life has suddenly become even more intense. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit, but for Ivan Vanko, it's revenge. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Stark must once again suit up and face his most dangerous enemy yet. Includes filmmaker commentary.
"***...seasoned with considerable wit and terrific...
16) Flight
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A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
17) Rosewood
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This little-known chapter in American history recounts the destruction of Rosewood, a thriving all-black town in rural Florida, in 1923 by an angry white mob from nearby communities after a white woman falsely claimed she was assaulted by a black man.
"*** An explosive look at the effects of mob mentality...Recommended."--Video Librarian
"A crisply constructed, moving, true-life tale about human beings at their best and worst."--San Francisco Examiner...
18) Rosewood
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A false accusation ... an angry mob ... a seething hatred. An American tragedy kept secret for more than 60 years. In 1923, predominantly black ROSEWOOD, Florida, is razed by an enraged mob when a white woman lies, saying a black man attacked her. But even at the height of the senseless massacre, a white shopkeeper and a black war veteran heroically rescue women and children. A train that runs through ROSEWOOD is commandeered in the middle of the...
19) Iron Man 2
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With the world aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must battle to keep his technology out of the hands of the United States government as well as the villains seeking to take him down.
20) Volcano
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Something unspeakably chilling is heating up The City of Angels. Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano has formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city.