Michael Douglas
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Well into his 80s, with speech slurred by a stroke, Kirk Douglas remains a magnetic onscreen presence as he and son Michael reminisce about their lives and careers in this simple yet highly entertaining documentary. The elder Douglas suggests the family's story is a microcosm of America, one that reflects "the tragedy of failure, and the tragedy of success." The film covers the grandeur of Kirk's career, from deserting the studio system to produce...
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This is the shocking and incredibly true story of the brutal massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by a team of extreme Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. From terrorist training in Libya to the terrorists sneaking into the Olympic Village to the tension-filled negotiations to the shocking conclusion at a German airport. For the first time, the lone surviving member of that extremist group speaks. Actual video shot during...
5) Disclosure
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An executive who rejects the advances of his new female boss finds himself charged with sexual harrassment. His struggle to clear his name leads him into his company's cyberspace virtual reality corridor and uncovers a conspiracy amongst company personnel.
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It started as just another assignment. Reporter Kimberly Wells and cameraman Richard Adams were covering the daily routine at an Los Angeles power plant when the unthinkable occurred: a nuclear accident that could have wiped out Southern California. And Richard caught it all on tape. When their TV station refuses to air the footage, Wells and Adams recruit plant supervisor Jack Godell to expose the terrifying truth: the facility is a ticking bomb....
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11-year-old Napoleon, his friend Samantha, and his pet lion Major set off across the American northwest mountains in order to find the mountain retreat of Danny, a good-hearted man who has befriended Napoleon. During their journey, the little band of adventurers find the courage to face the dangers of the wilderness and learn that they cannot run away from their responsibilities.
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Realtor Oren Little, willfully obnoxious to anyone who might cross his path, wants nothing more than to sell one last house and retire in peace and quiet. Then, his estranged son drops off a granddaughter he never knew existed. Clueless about how to care for the abandoned nine-year-old, he pawns her off on his determined and lovable neighbor Leah and tries to resume his life. But little by little, Oren stubbornly learns to open his heart; to his family,...
10) "Hail, hero!"
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Carl Dixon is a young man who fights for the love of his parents in this impressive drama set in the 60s. Although he is from an extremely patriotic and military-minded family, Carl is fiercely against the Vietnam War. His mother is so busy that she hardly gives him any attention. His father has never forgiven him for the accident to which his older brother, Frank, was left with a lame leg. What Carl's parents don't know is that their son voluntarily...
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High-profile lawyer Mark Hunter (Michael Douglas of WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS, WALL STREET, FATAL ATTRACTION) has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist C.J. (Jesse Metcalfe of TV's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) begins investigating him for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny....
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A lion on a man-eating rampage has shut down the construction of a railway in 1896 East Africa. The beast hunts, showing no fear of man or fire. What's more, it's killing for sport rather than for food--and it has an almost supernatural knack for knowing what traps await it. Big-game hunter Remington and construction engineer Patterson set out to stop this unstoppable monster. But, in this astonishing tale of man against beast, the hunters become...
13) Made in America
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Bright, college-bound Zora learns that her father, an anonymous sperm-bank donor, is really a white cornball car salesman.
14) Shining through
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A secretary ends up behind the lines as a secret agent during World War II.
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Andrew Shepherd is a consummate politician and a man of integrity, who also happens to be a widower, ready to start dating again. He is swept off his feet by a lobbyist, Sydney Ellen Wade. His critics rant that it is immoral and his friends proclaim that it's romantic, but one thing is certain, all that stands between true love and re-election is the approval of the American public.
17) Traffic
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"A mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife takes over his business; and the U.S. President's new drug czar must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage...
18) The sentinel
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Pete Garrison is on the presidential protection detail when another Secret Service agent is murdered. An informer tells Garrison about an elaborate assassination conspiracy that is related to this murder and is well underway. Garrison also happens to be having an affair with the First Lady, the stress of which causes him to flunk a lie detector test when word of the plot to kill the president becomes more than just paranoia. Garrison is soon on the...
19) Fatal attraction
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A New York attorney has a romantic fling while his wife is out of town, and then shrugs it off. But the woman involved with him won't be ignored, even if it means destroying his family to keep him.