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September 15th, 2013: The Battle of Britain (1969)

The key events and some of the key individuals in the Battle of Britain are recreated, with a focus not just on the leadership but the individual pilots and support personal about whom Churchill...

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September 18th, 2013: Bug (1975)

An earthquake unleashes giant, nearly impossible to kill, slow moving, fire starting roaches on a small Californian community. Researcher James Parmiter (Bradford Dillman) is the first etymologist to...

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October 18th, 2013: The Beast Within (1982)

While driving through rural Mississippi on their honeymoon, Eli (Ronnie Cox) and Connie McCreary (Bibi Besch) miss a turn and drives off the road. Stuck in the mud, Eli goes for help. Connie is...

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October 28th, 2013: Planet of the Apes (1968)

A team of astronauts travel to a distant planet and find an upside down world where apes are the dominate species and man is a mute savage hunted nearly to extinction. Can George Taylor (Charlton...

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October 30, 2013: The Crow (1994)

Musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee), brutally murdered along with his girlfriend by cartoonish gangsters, is resurrected as an invulnerable vigilante with a crow avatar. A good cop (Ernie Hudson) and a...

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October 31st, 2013: Meet Me In St. Louis

It's 1903 and the St. Louis World's Fair is a year away. The Smiths are comfortably settled in their neighborhood...until patriarch Alonzo (Leon Ames) announces the family will be moving to New York,...

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November 6th, 2013: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009)

Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is tried for murder, while Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) attempts to clear her name.

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November 7th, 2013: Murder by Decree

Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and Dr. Watson (James Mason) investigate the Jack the Ripper murders, and find a conspiracy at the root of them that goes all the way to the top!

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November 11th, 2013: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

At the start of the Great War, Herr Mueller (Russell Gleason) whips Paul (Lew Ayres) and the rest of his class into a frenzy promising them glory, quick victory, and the honor of serving their country...

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November 13th, 2013: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Disgraced secret agent George Smiley (Gary Oldman) must find out who the mole in MI6 is.

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November 15th, 2013: Live and Let Die (1973)

James Bond (Roger Moore) investigates a string of murders of British agents-in the Caribbean, New Orleans and New York City-which lead him to a conspiracy involving island dictator Kanaga (Yaphet...

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November 19, 2013: Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956)

Cast and Crew: Eduard von Borsody (Director); Anne Day-Helveg (Novel); Ernst von Salomon (Script); Marion Michael, Hardy Krüger, Rudolf Forster, Reggie Nalder, Irene Galter What It’s About: Liane, the...

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November 26th, 2013: Pride and Prejudice (1995)

Elizabeth Bennett (Jennifer Ehle) meets a gentleman above her station, Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth) at a ball, and it is hatred at first sight...but first impressions aren't always everything...

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December 2nd, 2013: The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Tricked off of his throne by the wicked sorcerer Jaffar (Conrad Veidt), Ahmad (John Justin) must ally with thief Abu (Sabu) on a quest to win back his kingdom-and his love, the Princess (June Deprez)

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December 4th: Chopper (2000)

Self aggrandizing thug Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (Eric Bana) tells the story of his criminal exploits and life behind bars which may or may not be largely spun for the benefit of his hugely...

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December 7th, 2013: From Here to Eternity (1953)

Just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Captain Dana Holmes (Phillip Ober) cares more about getting Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) to join his boxing team than his wife...

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December 8th, 2013: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), the editor of Elle, is left with the use of only one eye after a massive stroke. Jean-Do, as he’s known, retreats into his memories and fantasies while learning...

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December 11th, 2013: Goodfellas (1990)

The life of Henry Hill is depicted as he becomes the gangster he always wanted to be.

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December 16, 2013: Clueless (1995)

Cast and Crew: Amy Heckerling (Director – Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who’s Talking); Brittany Murphy (Blossom), Paul Rudd, Wallace Shawn (Princess Bride) What It’s About: High-school socialites...

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December 18th, 2013: Catch Me If You Can (2002)

The true story of Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo Di Caprio), the successful con artist and forger who posed as a Pan Am pilot, lawyer and doctor-all before his 19th birthday.

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