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January 12th, 2013: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Cast: Keir Dullea What It’s About: An alien monolith touches apes, setting the evolution of humanity in motion.  In the “future” of 1999, a monolith is found on the surface of the moon, and in 2001 an...

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January 18th, 2013: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is about to be married to George Kittredge (John Howard); at least, that is until her ex-husband C. K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) and a pair of reporters (James Stewart...

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January 21st, 2013: Hugo (2011)

Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) lives in the walls of a Paris train station, an orphan whose uncle Claude (Ray Winstone) is a drunk who is supposed to keep the clocks of the station running. Cabret...

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January 25th, 2013: Battleground (1949)

Cast and Crew:  William A. Wellman (Director); Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban, James Whitmore, James Arness What It’s About:  A squad of infantry from the 101st Airborne must survive being trapped in...

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February 4th, 2013: The Social Network (2010)

The Social Network is a heavily dramatized early history of the creation of Facebook; it's a tale of friendship, trust, power, and revenge. The film is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires.

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March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Texas millionaire Joe Grant (Ralph Bellamy) hires a group of mercenaries to rescue his wife Maria (Claudia Cardinale) from the hands of bandit Jesus Raza (Jack Palance), who is holding her in Mexico....

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April 20th, 2013: Breaking Away (1979)

Dave Stoller (Dennis Christopher) and his friends Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern) and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) are adrift after graduating from high school. The work that supported their...

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May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

Lightweight TV interviewer David Frost (Michael Sheen) engages in a prolonged game of cat and mouse while interviewing (and setting up the interviews) with disgraced former President Richard Nixon...

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May 10th, 2013: Mary Poppins (1964)

In Edwardian England, the Banks family is in trouble. Mr. Banks (David Tomlinson) is a cold and distant banker who wants order in his family. Mrs. Banks (Glynis Johns) is wrapped up in her work...

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June 26th: Cidade de Deus aka City of God (2002)

The story of the slums of Rio De Janeiro told through the eyes of two brothers.

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August 7th, 2013: The Thin Red Line (1998)

U.S. Army units arrive in Guadalcanal in a large push to break Japanese resistance.

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September 3rd, 2013: Shane (1953)

Shane (Alan Ladd) begins working for Joe Starett (Van Heflen) a "sodbuster" who, along with his fellows, faces relentless pressure to clear off the land by cattleman Morgan Ryker (John Dierkes). What...

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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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January 5th, 2014: Divorzio All Italiana aka Divorce, Italian Style (1961)

Ferdinando Cefalu (Marcello Mastroianni) is a minor Sicilian baron who is unhappy with his wife Rosalia (Daniela Rocca) and in love with his cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli). At this point in Italian...

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January 14th, 2014: Network (1976)

Network news anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch) has a mental breakdown live on air-and ratings only increase. The aging head of the news division, Max Schumacher (William Holden) tries to protect his...

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January 20th, 2014: Roman Holiday (1953)

Down-on-his-luck American reporter Joe Bradly (Gregory Peck) is stuck in Rome when circumstances drop a drugged Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) in his care. Once he figures out who she is, Bradley makes...

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March 27th, 2014: Pulp Fiction

The lives of various criminals, organized and not-so-organized, intersect in comedic and violent fashion over the course of several days.

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March 29th, 2014: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) journeys deep into Vietnam to "sanction" renegade special forces Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Along the way he will encounter all of the madness of the conflict.

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April 23rd, 2014: Romeo and Juliet (1968)

In Renaissance Verona, the Montagues feud with the Capulets. Romeo Montague (Leonard Whiting) goes to a Capulet party to cause trouble, but instead finds it when he meets Juliet (Olivia Hussey) by...

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