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Here are our latest DVDs, click the title to view in our catalog:
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MoonlightFollows an African American man as he grows up in a rough Miami neighborhood and tries to find his place in the world.
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ElleAfter she is raped, a woman has a series of reactions to her attack and seeks revenge against the man who assaulted her.
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20th Century Women Follows the lives of three women living in Southern California during the late 1970s.
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DepartureAn English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation form his mother, Beatrice.
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Miss SloaneWhen a political lobbyist is offered the chance to represent the gun lobby, she quits her job and starts working for a firm that is on the other side of the issue.
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JackieFollows Jacqueline Kennedy while she was the First Lady of the United States, and following the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy.
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Bleed for ThisThe story of World Champion boxer Vinny Pazienza's comeback after a near fatal car crash.
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The Edge of SeventeenWhen a teenage girl discovers that her best friend is dating her older brother, her friend becomes one of her enemies and the girl tries to deal with becoming a loner.
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Almost ChristmasAn African American family gathers together for the first Christmas since their wife and mother died.
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LovingTells the story of Virginia interracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving who, in 1958, were sentenced to prison for getting married.
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LionAfter getting lost on the streets of Calcutta as a five-year-old, thirty-year-old Saroo sets out to find his lost family.
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SilenceIn the seventeenth century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Catholicism.
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Julieta Hearing news of her estranged daughter causes Julieta to reminisce about her life thirty years earlier.
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Just a Sigh Alix and Doug were not supposed to meet, but they did. Alix was on a train bound for Paris where she was going to audition for a film, having just left Calais where she had performed in an Ibsen play. Doug, a literature professor, had left England for Paris, where he was to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
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Midsummer Night's Dream Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods on a moonlit night.
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I Am Michael When a gay-rights activist questions his sexuality, he renounces his homosexuality, becomes a pastor, and marries a woman.
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When Calls The Heart: Heart Of Faith Everyone is in a festive mood as the holidays approach. Elizabeth and the citizens of Hope Valley want to make the season even more special and band together to build houses for all the settlers who lost their homes in a flood. Meanwhile, Abigail is so busy being mayor that Bill offers to help out at the café. And when the train delivering the Christmas presents gets derailed, it’s up to the town to stay up all night and make toys by hand to ensure everyone has a wonderful Christmas.
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A Tale Of Love And DarknessThe story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel.
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Archer: Season Seven Follows the exploits of suave secret agent Sterling Archer at ISIS, an international spy agency
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Patriots DayAn account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
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Assassin's CreedWhile exploring the memories of his ancestor Aguilar, Callum discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society.
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Why Him?Over the holidays, Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective but loving dad, and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his daughter. The one-sided rivalry and Ned's panic level escalate when he finds himself increasingly out of step in the glamorous high-tech hub, and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.
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