May 5
All movies are 2014/15 releases unless otherwise noted. Availability: 
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62 Black Sea Watch Trailer
In this under-the-radar thriller from January, Kevin Macdonald (How I Live Now, The Last King of Scotland) directs Jude Law as a rogue submarine captain who recruits a crew of misfits to go after Nazi gold rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. Despite finding some credibility issues in the story, critics generally liked the film, especially Law's performance.
Friday 5/8
46 Fifty Shades of Grey Watch Trailer
The first film adaptation of E.L. James's unlikely best-seller comes from screenwriter Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks) and director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy), with Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan starring as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively. Despite lackluster (if unsurprising) reviews, Fifty Shades grossed more than $560 million worldwide, and a sequel is on the way in 2017. The Blu-ray adds an unrated version of the movie.
42 Lost River Watch Trailer
Ryan Gosling's directorial debut is ... not a good movie. But it's not for a lack of ambition. The film is a dark fantasy starring Christina Hendricks as a mother of two boys struggling to save her home; Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, and Eva Mendes co-star. Critics found it derivative and overindulgent, though nice to look at, and at least one reviewer suggested that it could develop a cult following. One highlight: the soundtrack, from Chromatics' Johnny Jewel.
94 Mr. Turner Watch Trailer
Director Mike Leigh's films almost always earn praise from reviewers, but this biopic about British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner (played by Timothy Spall) had critics more excited than ever, placing it among 2014's highest-scoring films. It also picked up four Oscar nominations, though it was omitted from the major categories.
89 Selma Watch Trailer
One film that did pick up a best picture nomination this year—even as it was controversially shut out of all other major categories—is Ava DuVernay's examination of an eventful period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) led three protest marches from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in Montgomery, ultimately resulting in President Lyndon B. Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act into law. Selma is DuVernay's second critically praised film in a row (following her 2012 feature debut Middle of Nowhere), and up next for the director is Hurricane Katrina-themed drama that will reunite her with Oyelowo.
87 Winter Sleep Watch Trailer
Though it failed to earn a foreign-language Oscar nomination, this Turkish drama about the divide between the haves and have nots in Anatolia from director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) is not without its share of honors—most notably, winning last year's Palme d'Or as the top film of the Cannes Film Festival.
| More movie releases on May 5, 2015 | ||
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| 1941 (1979) COMEDY | John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd |
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| 24 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) ACTION/COMEDY | Andrew Dice Clay, Lauren Holly |
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| 43 | Against the Sun ADVENTURE | Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton |
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| 50 | Always (1989) DRAMA/ADVENTURE | Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman |
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| 58 | Amira & Sam DRAMEDY | Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi |
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| Anchors Aweigh (1945) MUSICAL | Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly |
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| 45 | Black or White DRAMA | Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer |
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| 55 | Days of Grace FOREIGN/THRILLER |
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| 72 | Diplomacy FOREIGN/DRAMA |
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| 40 | The Frontier DRAMA | Oliver Seitz, Max Gail |
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| 64 | Futuro Beach FOREIGN/DRAMA |
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| Ladyhawke (1985) FANTASY | Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer |
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| 60 | The Last Five Years MUSICAL | Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan |
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| 44 | Love, Rosie ROM-COM | Lily Collins, Sam Claflin |
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| 56 | Miss Julie DRAMA | Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton |
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| 31 | Murder of a Cat THRILLER/COMEDY | Fran Kranz, Nikki Reed |
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| 51 | The Nun FOREIGN/DRAMA | Isabelle Huppert, Pauline Etienne |
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| On the Town (1949) MUSICAL | Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra |
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| 24 | The Pyramid HORROR | James Buckley, Denis O'Hare |
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| The Secret Invasion (1964) ACTION/THRILLER | Mickey Rooney, Stewart Granger |
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| 50 | Spare Parts DRAMA | George Lopez, Marisa Tomei |
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| Superfast! COMEDY |
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| The Train (1964) ACTION/THRILLER | Burt Lancaster |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| Astro Boy Complete series set |
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| 73 | Broadchurch Season 2 |
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| Bron [Broen] Series 2 |
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| Cheers Complete series set |
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| Dalziel and Pascoe Season 11 |
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| 65 | Dancing on the Edge Miniseries |
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| DCI Banks Season 3 |
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| Death in Paradise Season 3 |
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| Father Brown Season 2 |
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| Femme Fatales Complete series set |
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| The Fugitive Complete series set |
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| 69 | Halt and Catch Fire Season 1 |
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| Johnny Test Season 5 |
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| Law & Order Season 18 |
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| Law & Order Season 19 |
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| Law & Order Season 20 |
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| 89 | Masters of Sex Season 2 |
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| Mr. Selfridge Season 3 |
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| Parenthood Season 6 |
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| Parenthood Complete series set |
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| Scott & Bailey Season 3 |
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| White Collar Season 6 |
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| White Collar Complete series set |
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May 12
51 Blackhat Watch Trailer
Michael Mann’s first feature since 2009’s Public Enemies looks at the world of cybercrime through the actions of those trying to prevent it. The globetrotting thriller stars Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis, but it also represents a rare misfire for Mann, with his worst reviews in over three decades.
22 The Cobbler Watch Trailer
Are Adam Sandler's powers so strong that he could turn a formerly unimpeachable writer-director (Tom McCarthy, The Station Agent) into an overnight dud? Admittedly, the disaster that is The Cobbler does not rest on its stars shoulders alone. The film traces the story of a shoe repairman who discovers he has the ability to step into the lives of his customers. (Yes, you guessed it: by literally walking in their shoes.) The ridiculous screenplay is the main culprit, with critics finding the result so spectacularly bad that it is almost worth seeing (though its offensiveness negates whatever joys that might otherwise provide).
72 Still Alice Watch Trailer
This adaptation of Lisa Genova’s 2007 novel stars Julianne Moore in an Oscar-winning performance as a Columbia University linguistics professor struggling with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. It's the final film from the married writing-directing team of Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (The Last of Robin Hood), as the former died shortly after Moore's Oscar win.
| More movie releases on May 12, 2015 | ||
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| 66 | Beloved Sisters FOREIGN/DRAMA |
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| 38 | Extraterrestrial SCI-FI/HORROR | Brittany Allen, Gil Bellows |
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| 55 | The Girl Is in Trouble THRILLER | Columbus Short, Wilmer Valderrama |
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| Jamaica Inn (1939) 75th anniversary edition |
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| 30 | Just Before I Go DRAMEDY | Seann William Scott, Kate Walsh |
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| Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Criterion Collection release |
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| 27 | Mortdecai COMEDY/THRILLER | Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor |
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| The Premature Burial (1962) HORROR | Ray Milland |
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| 55 | Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation DOCUMENTARY |
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| Satan's Blade (1984) HORROR |
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| She Killed in Ecstasy (1971) FOREIGN/HORROR |
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| 57 | The Sleepwalker DRAMA |
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| 57 | These Final Hours THRILLER |
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| They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) MYSTERY | Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau |
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| 64 | Tip Top FOREIGN/COMEDY/THRILLER | Isabelle Huppert |
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| 45 | Tracers ACTION | Taylor Lautner |
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| 56 | Two Men in Town DRAMA | Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel |
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| Vampyros Lesbos (1971) FOREIGN/HORROR |
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| 41 | White Rabbit DRAMA | Sam Trammell, Britt Robertson |
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| X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) SCI-FI/HORROR | Ray Milland |
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| A Year in Champagne DOCUMENTARY |
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| Alaska State Troopers Season 8 |
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| Battlestar Galactica [1978] Complete series — Remastered |
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| Bob's Burgers Season 4 |
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| The Colbys Complete series set |
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| Dallas [2012] Complete series set |
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| Donkey Kong Country Season 1 |
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| 67 | The Hotwives of Orlando Season 1 |
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| The Midnight Special Best of |
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| Mister Ed Season 6 |
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| 68 | Murder in the First Season 1 |
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| Nash Bridges Season 5 |
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| Nikita Complete series set |
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| 57 | Power Season 1 |
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| Rawhide Complete series set |
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| Revolution Complete series set |
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| Southland Complete series set |
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| Tanked Season 2 |
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| Unforgettable Season 3 |
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| Walker, Texas Ranger Complete series set |
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May 19
72 American Sniper Watch Trailer
What was the highest-grossing film released in 2014? Surprise: it's 84-year-old Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of Chris Kyle’s autobiography. American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper as a Navy SEAL sniper who recorded the most kills of any American military sniper in history during multiple tours of duty in the Iraq War. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture, though it did draw some controversy for how it portrayed Kyle (and the war in general) and for its deviations from actual events.
29 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Watch Trailer
John Cusack is out, but Adam Scott, Gillian Jacobs, and Thomas Lennon are in (along with returning stars Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke, of course) for this sequel to the surprise 2010 hit Hot Tub Time Machine. You may want to lower your expectations, and then lower them again: critics mostly panned the latest film, finding it "boring" and "monotonous."
92 Leviathan Watch Trailer
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s follow-up to Elena received some of the best reviews at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where Zvyagintsev (and co-writer Oleg Negin) walked away with the best screenplay award. Set in a small town in Northwest Russia, the story follows Kolya, an auto mechanic struggling to hold on to his house and business despite the maneuvering of the town’s mayor. Even though the film serves as a critique of Russia’s government, Leviathan was submitted as the country's official entry into the foreign language Oscar competition, and it ultimately received a nomination.
| More movie releases on May 19, 2015 | ||
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| 47 | Before I Disappear DRAMA | Shawn Christensen, Emmy Rossum |
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| 72 | The Blue Room FOREIGN/THRILLER |
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| 54 | Cymbeline DRAMA | Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich |
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| Extremities (1986) THRILLER | Farrah Fawcett |
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| 85 | Girlhood DRAMA | Karidja Touré |
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| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) ACTION/THRILLER | Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson |
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| 61 | The Last Hijack DOCUMENTARY/ANIMATION |
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| Limelight (1952) Criterion Collection release |
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| The Living THRILLER | Fran Kranz |
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| 28 | Lovesick COMEDY | Matt LeBlanc, Ali Larter |
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| The Rose (1979) Criterion Collection release |
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| 28 | Stigmata (1999) HORROR | Gabriel Byrne, Patricia Arquette |
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| 24 | Strange Magic ANIMATION/FAMILY | Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph |
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| 44 | Zombeavers HORROR/COMEDY |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| American Dad Vol. 10 |
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| Amish Mafia Season 3 |
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| Beauty and the Beast Season 2 |
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| Boardwalk Empire Complete series set |
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| Call the Midwife Season 4 |
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| CPO Sharkey Season 1 |
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| Duck Dynasty Season 7 |
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| Glee Season 6 |
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| Glee Complete series set |
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| Midsomer Murders Series 14 / Series 15 (separate sets) |
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| 89 | Orange Is the New Black Season 2 |
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| Rogue Season 2 |
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| 72 | Welcome to Sweden Season 1 |
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May 26
No notable releases this week.
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| 74 | Ballet 422 DOCUMENTARY |
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| The Confession (1970) Criterion Collection release |
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| 44 | Cut Bank THRILLER | Liam Hemsworth, Teresa Palmer |
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| 52 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus THRILLER/COMEDY | Directed by Spike Lee |
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| Dial a Prayer DRAMA/COMEDY | Brittany Snow, William H. Macy |
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| The House Across the Street HORROR/THRILLER |
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| 24 | The Loft THRILLER | Karl Urban, James Marsden, Eric Stonestreet |
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| 67 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles DOCUMENTARY |
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| The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) Criterion Collection release |
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| 26 | Nightlight THRILLER/HORROR |
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| 28 | See You in Valhalla DRAMA/COMEDY | Sarah Hyland |
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| 30 | Seventh Son ACTION-ADVENTURE/FANTASY | Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore |
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| State of Siege (1972) Criterion Collection release |
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| Cake Boss Season 6 |
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| Gator Boys Season 4 |
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| Gold Rush Season 4 |
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| Heartland Season 5 |
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| 58 | Hello Ladies Complete series set |
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| Hill Street Blues Season 5 |
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| 69 | Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued TV special |
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| Major Crimes Season 3 |
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| The Nanny Complete series set |
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| 73 | Ray Donovan Season 2 |
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| The Rockford Files Complete series set |
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| The Saint Complete series set |
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| 65 | Sons of Liberty Miniseries |
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| Welcome Back, Kotter Season 3 |
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| The Wonder Years Season 3 |
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