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Powered by Walter Matthau's Oscar®-winning performance (1967, Best Supporting Actor) and his chemistry with Jack Lemmon, this classic comedy showcases filmmaker Billy Wilder at his uproarious best. When TV cameraman Harry Hinkle (Lemmon) is accidentally clobbered during a football game by a 200-pound halfback, his brother-in-law, legal scoundrel "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich (Matthau), advises Harry to feign a serious injury so the two can split a cool...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Super spy Orson Fortune must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds. Reluctantly teamed with some of the world's best operatives, Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood's biggest movie star Danny Francesco to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
1876, the Black Hills of South Dakota. In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American history draws a throng of misfits to an outlaw settlement where everyone has a price. Welcome to Deadwood ... a hell of a place to make your fortune
4) The goonies
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001], c1985
Language
English
Description
The film follows a group of misfit kids as they search for buried treasure in a subterranean cavern. Here they cross the path of lady criminal Mama Fratelli and her outlaw brood. Fortunately, the kids manage to befriend Fratelli's hideously deformed (but soft-hearted) son, who comes to their rescue.
5) Persuasion
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Anne Elliot fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea with rank and fortune, she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his feet. Can Frederick...
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Making marriage and family work is always a gamble, but there's no better place to find the odds working in one family's favor. Volume Seven of this hit series finds Pops, the clan's head man, once again faced with a full house of jokers, including son Calvin, nephew C.J., and C.J.'s kids, Malik and Jazmine. Fortunately, his loving and loyal wife, Ella, chips in to help deal with the real-life issues confronting everyone in this winning show.
8) Richie Rich
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The richest boy in the world enlists the help of his new friends to stop a greedy villain from killing his parents and stealing the family's fortune.
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Two children are stalked by a murdering psychopathic preacher who wants their father's stolen fortune.
12) Solomon Kane
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th Century killing machine. When Kane decides to attack a mysterious nearby castle to plunder its rumored riches, his men are picked off by demonic creatures until he alone is left to face the Devil's own Reaper-dispatched from the depths of Hell to lay claim to his hopelessly corrupt soul. Though Kane manages to escape, he knows that he now must redeem himself by renouncing violence and devoting himself...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The new kid in town is forced to stay in a haunted house for an hour, and when he does not return hiw new friends go after him; two kids in a haunted house realize that they are inside a board game; after three kids find a model of a town that is able to call them in and turn their dreams into nightmares, they realize they must destroy the model before the demon controlling it can capture anyone else.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Leslie Titmuss has never quite fit in among the denizens of Rapstone Village. Socially awkward and hailing from a humble background, he nonetheless aspires to the highest levels of society. He is ready to do whatever it takes to get there. For much of his life, Titmuss was taken under the wing of the kindly Reverend Simcox. This caused little concern for the clergyman's sons - that is, until their father dies and Titmuss inherits the family fortune....
16) Streets of fire
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Tom Cody is a handsome, heroic soldier of fortune who returns to his old neighborhood to rescue his gorgeous ex-girlfriend, rock star Ellen Aim, from the clutches of the evil motorcycle gang that kidnaps her.
17) Accidents happen
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A dysfunctional family cursed with bad luck is torn apart by a tragic event, but Billy and his mother Gloria manage to find the humor and magic behind their odd accidents.
19) The heiress
Series
Criterion collection volume 974
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The shy, socially-awkward daughter of a wealthy New York City physician falls in love with a handsome young man, while her father suspects he is after her money.
Publisher
Marvel Films
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
The Cat: " Felicia Hardy's mother is being blackmailed by Doctor Octopus. She learns that her father, John Hardesky, was a Cat Burglar, and that the Hardy fortune is based on illegal gains from a famous heist! Meanwhile the Kingpin and his "Insidious Six" gang spring the Cat from his cell so he can use his photographic memory to assist Fisk's new scientist-in-crime, Herbert Landon, to build a "Super-Soldier" army for the crime lord."--Container.
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