Three Days of the Condor (DVD)

Three Days of the Condor (DVD)
By Robert Redford

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A CIA agent returns from lunch to discover his entire office staff murdered, and must go into hiding to avoid his own murder by agents within the agency.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 28-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVDRobert Redford and Sydney Pollack continued their longtime collaboration (the actor and director have worked together on Jeremiah Johnson, The Way We Were, The Electric Horseman, and Out of Africa, among other films) with this taut spy drama. Redford plays a reader for U.S. intelligence who becomes a hunted man after he is not among the victims of a mass murder of his colleagues. Faye Dunaway does solid work as the frightened and mystified woman whom he forces to conceal him, and Max von Sydow is appropriately cool as a professional assassin. That same, sustained tone of danger and expectation that made Pollack's The Firm so much fun can be found in this 1975 thriller, albeit with an appropriate dose of post-Watergate paranoia. --Tom Keogh Read more

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The 12 Step Job (Amazon Instant Video)

The 12 Step Job (Amazon Instant Video)
By TNT

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A View to a Kill (DVD)

A View to a Kill (DVD)
By Bill Ackridge

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Roger Moore makes his the final appearance as the Secret Service Agent James Bond in a VIEW TO A KILL. Her Majesty's Secret Service sends Bond to stop Madcap computer industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) from triggering a massive earthquake in silicon valley and annihilating the global computer market. With the help of geoligist Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) Bond must contend with May Day (Grace Jones) and Zorin s endless supply of henchmen as he jet sets from Paris to San Francisco leaving a trail of empty martini glasses and broken Q-gadgets behind him. In the 14th installment of the 007 series director John Glen delivers an unforgettable and dazzling farewell vehicle for actor Roger Moore. Packed full of sex pot debutantes whizz bang gadgetry and cliffhanger action sequences VIEW TO A KILL is an unforgettable roller coaster ride.System Requirements:Running Time: 131 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG UPC: 027616066374 Manufacturer No: M106639Roger Moore's last outing as James Bond is evidence enough that it was time to pass the torch to another actor. Beset by crummy action (an out-of-control fire engine?) and featuring a fading Moore still trying to prop up his mannered idea of style, the film is largely interesting for Christopher Walken's quirky performance as a sort-of supervillain who wants to take out California's Silicon Valley. Grace Jones has a spookily interesting presence as a lethal associate of Walken's (and who, in the best Bond tradition, has sex with 007 before trying to kill him later), and Patrick Macnee (Steed!) has a warm if brief bit. Even directed by John Glen, who brought some crackle to the Moore years in the Bond franchise, this is a very slight effort. --Tom Keogh Read more

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GoldenEye (DVD)

GoldenEye (DVD)
By Pierce Brosnan

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Pierce Brosnan ignites the screen in his first adventure as the unstoppable James Bond. When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of a former ally-turned-enemy, only 007 can save the world from an awesome space weapon that -- in one short puls The 18th James Bond adventure was a runaway box-office success when released in 1995, thanks to the arrival of Pierce Brosnan as the fifth actor (following the departure of Timothy Dalton) to play the suave, danger-loving Agent 007. This James Bond is a bit more vulnerable and psychologically complex--and just a shade more politically correct--but he's still a formally attired playboy at heart, with a lovely Russian beauty (Izabella Scorupco) as his sexy ally against a cadre of renegade Russians bent on--what else?--global domination. There's also a seductive villainous with the suggestive name of Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), and the great actress Judi Dench makes her first appearance as Bond's superior, M, who wisecracks about 007's "dinosaur" status as a globetrotting sexist. All in all, this action-packed Bond adventure provided a much-needed boost the long-running movie series, revitalizing the 007 franchise for the turn of the millennium. --Jeff Shannon Read more

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Kick-Ass (DVD)

Kick-Ass (DVD)
By Nicolas Cage

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“How come nobody’s ever tried to be a superhero?” When Dave Lizewski – ordinary New York teenager and rabid comic-book geek – dons a green-and-yellow Internet-bought wetsuit to become the no-nonsense vigilante Kick-Ass, he soon finds an answer to his own question: because it hurts. But, over coming all the odds, the eager yet inexperienced Dave quickly becomes a phenomenon, capturing the imagination of the public. However, he’s not the only superhero out there – the fearless and highly trained father-daughter crime-fighting duo, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, have been slowly but surely taking down the criminal empire of local mafioso Frank D’Amico. And, as Kick-Ass gets drawn into their no-holds-barred world of bullets and bloodletting with Frank’s son Chris, now reborn as Kick-Ass’s arch-nemesis Red Mist, the stage is set for a final showdown between the forces of good and evil, in which the DIY hero will have to live up to his name. Or die trying…The cinematic equivalent of a half case of Red Bull chased with donuts, Kick-Ass is a giddy, violent experience--and not your average superhero movie. Based on the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., it offers a set of heroes who are decidedly without superpowers: Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides he'll be just like a comic-book character, and puts on a ridiculous green suit to fight crime as the mysterious Kick-Ass. Luckily, somebody else had the same idea and comes along to rescue the incompetent crusader: Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz), who also happen to be running around town wearing masks and vanquishing evil. And here we have the movie's masterstroke: Hit Girl, a pint-sized preteen who slaughters bad guys and swears like a sailor on leave (and was the focus of a measure of controversy when the movie was released). The main target of our heroes is a gangster (Mark Strong, Sherlock Holmes), whose neglected son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, McLovin from Superbad) figures he might just pull on a costume himself and become… Red Mist! (One of the many funny things about Kick-Ass is that the superhero names are hopelessly lame.) Director Matthew Vaughn is operating at the same glib level as his Layer Cake, with cutesy song cues galore and a freewheeling appetite for cartoon violence. This means the movie's high wears off quickly, but it does get high--a crazy, hilarious (and by the way: decidedly R-rated) kick. All that, plus Nicolas Cage executes a deadly Adam West imitation when he pulls on his cape and cowl. That's entertainment. --Robert Horton


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Shoot 'Em Up [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Shoot 'Em Up [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
By Clive Owen

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SHOOT EM UP - Blu-Ray MovieEvery action movie has a moment so over the top you have to laugh; Shoot 'Em Up consists of nothing but these moments. A carrot-eating, lone wolf kind of guy named Smith (Clive Owen, Children of Men, Inside Man) steps in to protect a pregnant woman from a gunman--and finds himself, with the aid of a lactating prostitute (Monica Belluci, The Matrix Revisited), defending the newborn child from a sleazy contract killer Mr. Hertz (Paul Giamatti, American Splendor, Sideways) and his army of thugs. That's pretty much the plot, but story is beside the point. Writer/director Michael Davis (Monster Man) has a keen sense of what matters in an action movie. The rapid-fire editing is scrupulously coherent; you always grasp what happened in every shoot-out, even if it flagrantly violates the laws of physics or basic plausibility. Explaining how Smith survives a four-story fall--even if that explanation is beyond ridiculous--demonstrates both a sense of wit and a winking respect for the audience's imagination. As a result, Shoot 'Em Up is ten times more entertaining than the likes of Transformers or Rush Hour 3, movies so self-satisfied with special effects or movie stars that they forgot to be fun. (Shoot 'Em Up's only weakness is a sliver of misogyny, the one action movie cliche that it's not clever enough to transcend.) --Bret Fetzer Read more

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Bad Boys / Bad Boys 2 - Double Feature 2 - DVD Set (DVD)

Bad Boys / Bad Boys 2 - Double Feature 2 - DVD Set (DVD)

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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team up as partners in crime-fighting. An action-packed adventure. Read more

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The World Is Not Enough (Special Edition) (DVD)

The World Is Not Enough (Special Edition) (DVD)
By Pierce Brosnan

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In his 19th screen outing, Ian Fleming's superspy is once again caught in the crosshairs of a self-created dilemma: as the longest-running feature-film franchise, James Bond is an annuity his producers want to protect, yet the series' consciously formulaic approach frustrates any real element of surprise beyond the rote application of plot twists or jump cuts to shake up the audience. This time out, credit 007's caretakers for making some visible attempts to invest their principal characters with darker motives--and blame them for squandering The World Is Not Enough's initial promise by the final reel.

By now, Bond pictures are as elegantly formal as a Bach chorale, and this one opens on an unusually powerful note. A stunning pre-title sequence reaches beyond mere pyrotechnics to introduce key plot elements as the action leaps from Bilbao to London. Bond 5.0, Pierce Brosnan, undercuts his usually suave persona with a darker, more brutal edge largely absent since Sean Connery departed. Equally tantalizing are our initial glimpses of Bond's nemesis du jour, Renard (Robert Carlyle), and imminent love interest, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), both atypically complex characters cast with seemingly shrewd choices, and directed by the capable Michael Apted. The story's focus on post-Soviet geopolitics likewise starts off on a savvy note, before being overtaken by increasingly Byzantine plot twists, hidden motives, and reversals of loyalty superheated by relentless (if intermittently perfunctory) action sequences.

Indeed, the procession of perils plays like a greatest hits medley, save for a nifty sequence involving airborne buzz saws that's as enjoyable as it is preposterous. Bond's grimmer demeanor, while preferable to the smirk that eventually swallowed Roger Moore whole, proves wearying, unrelieved by any true wit. The underlying psychoses that propel Renard and Elektra eventually unravel into unconvincing melodrama, while Bond is supplied with a secondary love object, Denise Richards, who's even more improbable as a nuclear physicist. Ultimately, this World is not enough despite its better intentions. --Sam Sutherland Read more

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Army of One (DVD)

Army of One (DVD)
By Dolph Lundgren

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The Fury /LaserDisc

The Fury /LaserDisc
By Fox

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A tense thriller involving a top secret government project and two teenagers whose psychic powers mark them as pawns in a high-stakes game of espionage. One of the most exciting and frighteningly realistic films of its kind. Read more

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Speed (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Blu-ray)

Speed (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Blu-ray)
By Keanu Reeves

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PIRATES OF THE NIGHT (DVD MOVIE) (VHS Tape)

PIRATES OF THE NIGHT (DVD MOVIE) (VHS Tape)
By Majid Michel John Dumelo

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>>> Three young guys graduated from the university with no jobs to show for. Mike and Justin became subordinates of chief Titus; the head of a scam network that sources unsuspecting clients, while Hakeem on the other hand spent years searching for legitimate job which was never forthcoming. When, society frowned on him for not meeting the high expectation of a graduated, he had no other choice but to play hardball and join his two former university colleagues who wanted to break away from the folds of chief Titus and go solo. Read more

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Fight Night (DVD)

Fight Night (DVD)
By Rebecca Neunswander

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Michael Dublin is a full-time con man working the underground boxing circuit. A lonely drifter on the run from a past best forgotten, he moves from one scam to another, leaving a trail of enemies in his wake. Dublin invents his best scam yet when he meets Katherine Parker, a female fighter with the skills to take down a man twice her size. In a scheme Dublin calls fight-rigging, in reverse, the two hit the road working fights in seedy basement bars, abandoned warehouses, and backwoods county fairs. But Dublin's shady past catches up with them and suddenly the stakes are higher - and more dangerous - than they'd ever imagined. Read more

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God, Guns, & Rock 'N' Roll (Hardcover)

God, Guns, & Rock 'N' Roll (Hardcover)
By Ted Nugent

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Rock and roll legend Ted Nugent contends that a lot of what is wrong with this country could be remedied by a simple, but controversial concept: gun ownership. Read more

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Devata (1978) (Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) (DVD)

Devata (1978) (Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) (DVD)
By Sanjeev Kumar

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Tony has been in love with Mary for quite sometime, and they decide to be very intimate, and as a result Mary gets pregnant. Shortly after this, the police come looking for Tony, to charge him with murder, and Tony disappears. Mary gives birth to a daughter, Lily, and lives with Dr. Shambhunath and his wife.

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Infernal: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

Infernal: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
By F. Paul Wilson

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The ninth Repairman Jack novel begins with a tragedy that throws Jack together with his brother Tom, a judge from Philadelphia. They've never been close and Jack, the career criminal, soon finds that he adheres to a higher ethical standard than his brother the judge.
Determined to get to know his brother better, Tom convinces Jack to go on a wild treasure hunt together. Armed only with a map pointing the way to a desolate wreck off the coast of Bermuda, the brothers come across something much stranger, and much more dangerous than mere treasure.

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Inteqam (2001) (Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) (DVD)

Inteqam (2001) (Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) (DVD)
By Harish

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Sabotage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Sabotage [VHS] (VHS Tape)
By Mark Dacascos

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Fangs,Inc. (The Author's Lab/Collaboration) (Kindle Edition)

Fangs,Inc. (The Author's Lab/Collaboration) (Kindle Edition)
By Laurie Bowler

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The tenth installment of The Author's Lab/Collaboration series takes another twist and goes in a very different direction this time...Vampires. Laurie Bowler takes the reins and put together an action packed, tense, moving read. When was the last time you got a good read on a vampire story where we humans got the upper hand on the Vampires and tortured them for information? This is going to be a franchise within The Author's Lab as we have a few more surprises in store for you, our favorite people, our readers! Check it out, this is just the beginning of an amazing series to come.
Laurie Bowler resides in Hampshire, a county located in the United Kingdom where she started writing fantasy fictions and romantic novels in 2009. She finds it fascinating to create stories, detailing emotions and brings the book's characters to life. After reading hundreds of romance novels, she knew she wanted to write romance within the fantasy storyline, as she finds them both fascinating and adventurous hence where the first idea came to write such stories.
Her novels have been awarded "best read" in numerous book sites.
Laurie Bowler lives with her daughter, whom she loves to spend time with along with two cats and two parrots.
Her writing credits include:
Serena Embracing Darkness, Moon Rising, The Depths of Darkness, Sunrise to Sunset, Vanquished , and The Across The City series of digital short stories.
Giovanni "The G-Man" Gelati is the co- author of "Down Low- Dead" with Vincent Zandri, "The Jersey Shore Has Eyes" with Big Daddy Abel", "G.S.I Gelati's Scoop Investigations Psychotic Detectives" with Thomas White, and "Who Whacked The Blogger" with Benjamin Sobieck, "Thad and The G-Man's Most Awesome Adventure" with Thad Brown, "Hotel Beaumont" with B.R. Stateham, "Bring Us Your Living...Now!" with H.R. Toye, "The Ultimate Six-Pack" and "An In Between The Collaborations" digital short story,"I Have Chrome Balls, Don't You?" . He also has a blog called "Gelati's Scoop" and a blogtalk radio show called "The G-ZONE". He resides in Levittown,Pa. with his very beautiful and understanding wife, eight children, and two grandchildren.

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Gambler (1995) (Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) (DVD)

Gambler (1995) (Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) (DVD)
By Govinda

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Police Inspector Dayashanker Pandey is a slacker, a man who does not want to put his life under any risk, and is quite comfortable sharing tall tales, and a desk job. Fate has other plans for him, for whenever he goes on duty outside, he somehow apprehends some criminals or some smuggled goods or drugs.

He thus becomes the pride of his division, much to his discomfort. For Dayashanker knows that if he is publicly felicitated, this will put in the black books of many underworld gangsters, which will rip his comfortable and easy-going life apart. Read more

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The Missing Boatman (Kindle Edition)

The Missing Boatman (Kindle Edition)
By Keith C. Blackmore

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Miracles are happening.
Pray to God they stop.

In the dead of winter, on a highway in Quebec, a man crashes his car and survives. In New York, a homeless person is run over by a bus and lives. In Tokyo, a teenager jumps off a high rise building and fails in taking her own life. All over the world, miracles like these transpire, and people breathe a sigh of relief.

But for the next week, some people will begin to suspect a terrible truth. A handful will even search for it. One man will find it.

And in seven days, all hell will break loose.

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Michael Collins (DVD)

Michael Collins (DVD)
By Liam Neeson

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Neil Jordan returns to the strife-torn Irish political landscape for this real-life epic set in 1920 and starring Liam Neeson as the legendary Irish revolutionary leader and Julia Roberts as his headstrong fiancee.A heartfelt epic from Irish director Neal Jordan (The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire), Michael Collins is the biography of the charismatic and controversial Irish rebel leader who led the fight for independence from Britain. Among the most beautiful and atmospherically photographed movies of the '90s, Michael Collins is also a rich and intelligent study of the nature of politics and leadership: the IRA spokesman, full of fiery convictions, eventually gives way to the more mature negotiator who strives to reach a compromise solution and is politically undone in the process. Liam Neeson gives a grand and towering performance as Collins, but for all the character's legendary, heroic, or otherwise larger-than-life attributes, Jordan and Neeson also keep him human. This is sweeping historical filmmaking of the kind we haven't seen since the heyday of David Lean, but with Jordan's characteristic touches of complexity and ambivalence. --Jim Emerson Irish writer-director Neil Jordan followed up his surprise hitThe Crying Game with this controversial biography of IRA leader Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century. The film follows Collins as he matures from guerrilla leader to national hero and statesman. Jordan's take on Collins is that he was set up by Irish president Eamon De Valera (Alan Rickman), who was jealous of Collins's legendary popularity. De Valera puts Collins in the position of negotiating a peace treaty that would never satisfy the Irish hero's hard-core followers. When the IRA leader returns with a first-step compromise, De Valera undercuts Collins's popularity by refusing to support the revised treaty. And the civil war continues for months. Michael Collins occasionally loses focus and momentum, but is the kind of exciting historical drama that deserves to be called "sweeping." It is also one of the most beautifully photographed films in years: cinematographer Chris Menges uses color and texture to set moods and accent emotions. The movie also stars Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, and Stephen Rea. --Jim Emerson Read more

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DIVA (A Frank Renzi novel) (Kindle Edition)

DIVA (A Frank Renzi novel) (Kindle Edition)
By Susan A Fleet

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DIVA, a Frank Renzi Novel

Beautiful, talented and ambitious, flute soloist Belinda Scully wants to be a star. But fame can be dangerous. Someone is stalking her. Rejection stokes the fires of his lust. Her manager dies suddenly. NOPD Detective Frank Renzi believes he was murdered. But murder may not be the worst thing that Belinda must face.

A Maniac and His Muse: Fleet subtitles Diva, her new killer thriller, "a novel of psychological suspense." That's an understatement. Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, Diva brings back homicide detective Frank Renzi and centers on a lethal stalker whose prey is a beautiful musician. This psycho is not only a delusional former soldier with special training, he's weaponized. And the dazzling object of his sexual obsession is not just a talented beauty, she is -- as pretty much everyone, including Renzi, sees her -- a haughty egotistical bitch. Her sense of privilege is off the charts, and her all-consuming hunger for fame goes well beyond ambition. None of which means she deserves to be raped and slaughtered. The question is, will Renzi be able to keep that from happening? Fleet takes the answer down to the wire.
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Die B!Tch (Paperback)

Die B!Tch (Paperback)
By T. L. Watts

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Troubled by nightmares and memory loss, Eve Young desperately tries to pick up the tattered remains of her life. But when a mysterious stranger saves her from hired assassins she realizes if she wants to survive, she must fight back. To save the one she loves, Eve embarks on a journey of betrayal, discovery, and vengeance as members of her past resurfaces with one goal- to see her dead. Read more

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