Curtis Hanson
Pub. Date
1987.
Description
Looking through her lover's bedroom window, Sylvia (Isabelle Huppert) sees a girl being attacked. The attacker flees and his victim is saved. But later that night, another girl is found murdered. Sylvia cannot give evidence, for that would reveal her affair with Terry (Steve Guttenberg), so he gives evidence in Sylvia's place, but when it is found that he is not telling the full truth, he becomes the main suspect... "*The Bedroom Window is a diligent,...
Pub. Date
[1998].
Edition
Special edition; widescreen.
Formats
Description
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slaying of the patrons at an all-night diner in this lush tribute to tough filmnoir crime films.
3) Wonder boys
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Formats
Description
An English professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
4) In her shoes
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her complete lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose when she is in need of financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part because their troubled mother died when they were girls. Maggie discovers hidden letters that reveal she and Rose have a grandmother, but Maggie ends...
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Too Big To Fail offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.
6) The big year
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unrated & theatrical edition.
Description
"Looking to shake up their routine lives, three amateur bird watchers compete to become the ultimate 'birder' by spotting the greatest number of species within a single calendar year. But the friendly rivalry soon turns into a hilariously complicated cross-country adventure as each man begins to realize that the quest for success comes at a price -- and that's not chicken feed!" --Container.