The Natural (Widescreen)
 Amazon.com Essential Video: From the sun-dappled heartland, a young man (Robert Redford, in soft lighting) emerges as maybe the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. On his way to the majors, he is cut down by an enigmatic black widow (Barbara [... more]
CDN$22.95
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An Everlasting Piece (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: It's hard to believe that a movie about two hairpiece salesmen in war-torn Northern Ireland--a comedy, no less--could work at all, but An Everlasting Piece does work, though perhaps not in the way one would expect. Colm (Barry McEvoy, [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Diner (Widescreen)
Amazon.com Essential Video: Barry Levinson's debut film as a writer-director nearly got lost in the shuffle before New York critics rescued it from oblivion. Set in his native Baltimore in 1959, it focuses on a group of pals coping with life post high [... more]
CDN$9.93
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Rain Man
Amazon.com essential video: Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honors for best picture, director, screenplay, and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic [... more]
CDN$14.95
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Sphere (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: From yet another derivative science fiction novel by Michael Crichton comes this equally derivative and flaccid movie, in which three top Hollywood stars struggle to squeeze tension and excitement out of material that doesn't match their [... more]
CDN$9.93
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Man of the Year (Widescreen Edition)
A political "comedy" that refuses to commit to its intriquing premise: While watching "Man of the Year" I realized that I want to believe that a comedian could indeed be elected President of the United States. This stems from my long [... more]
CDN$13.99
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Tin Men (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: Tin Men, the second in Barry Levinson's ongoing film series about his native Baltimore in the 1950s and '60s, focuses on a pair of competing aluminum-siding salesman at a point when the industry was loaded with scam artists. Richard [... more]
CDN$16.99
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Young Sherlock Holmes
From Amazon.com: This 1985 adventure directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man) and written by Chris Columbus (Gremlins) may not have much to do with the Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle's invention. But it is a delightful and somewhat unexpected [... more]
CDN$10.40
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Wag the Dog (Widescreen/Full Screen)
Amazon.com Essential Video: Not only was Barry Levinson's comedy shot in a relatively fast period of 29 days, the satire of politics and show business feels as if it were made yesterday. There's a fresh spin quite evident here, a nervy satire of a [... more]
CDN$19.95
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Toys (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: There are two reasons to see Toys: some phenomenal visual spectacle and the utterly adorable performance of Joan Cusack. The story: When the founder of the Zevo toy factory dies, he leaves it to his militaristic brother Leland (Michael [... more]
CDN$11.98
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Man of the Year
A political "comedy" that refuses to commit to its intriquing premise: While watching "Man of the Year" I realized that I want to believe that a comedian could indeed be elected President of the United States. This stems from my long [... more]
CDN$13.99
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Bugsy (Widescreen/Full Screen)
Amazon.com Essential Video: Bugsy represents an almost miraculous combination of director, writer, and star on a project that represents a career highlight for everyone involved. It's one of the best American gangster movies ever made--as good in its own [... more]
CDN$11.95
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