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1. (1989) Phil has a bad case of writer's block, and needs to do something drastic to get the creative juices flowing again. Nina is a young Romanian student who has been charged with murder. He lies to the police, providing her with an alibi for the time of the murder. His writing takes off again, and he soon finds himself falling in love with her. But the number of accidents that happen to him when she's around make him nervous. Could she really be trying to eliminate him after all?
2. (1965) This timeless classic is based on a true story, set in Austria at the start of the second world war. Maria leaves a convent to become the new governess for the von Trapp children, winning their hearts with her love for music and for life. Captain Georg von Trapp isn't immune to her charms either, and before long she abandons her role of governess to become a wife and step-mother. Too bad the Nazi's won't leave them alone to enjoy their new-found happiness.
3. (1985) Luis, a homosexual convicted of immoral acts, and Valentin, a political prisoner, make unlikely cell mates in a brutal South American prison. To pass the time Luis likes to dramatically retell plots from romantic movies that he's seen, his favourite being about a mysterious woman in a Nazi propoganda film. Through time they come to respect and understand each other, each one making a huge sacrifice for the other.
4. (2002) The Fellowship may have split up, but they're still very much committed to seeing the task done and saving Middle Earth from the forces of evil. Merry and Pippin meet some interesting Ents along the way.
5. (1982) He's just a botanist who got separated from his ship, but now he's got all sorts of men with dogs trying to track him down. It's lucky for him that he found Elliott to take care of him and help him get home.
6. (1959) James Stewart plays a small town lawyer who spends as much time fishing as he does practicing law. Ben Gazzara is a Lieutenant on trial for killing a local bar owner, who had allegedly raped his wife. Stewart works his lawyerly magic and Gazzara walks free, but afterwards he begins to wonder if he hadn't been lied to all along.
7. (1992) There have been many movies told about this age-old character, but this one purports to be the one that stays the truest to Bram Stoker's novel. The count arrives in England to wreak havoc, and pursue a woman who reminds him of his beloved, dead wife.
8. (1992) Riggs and Murtaugh are back, and this time they're on the trail of a very dirty ex-cop who's running a rather lucrative arms racket. And he's restocking his supplies from the confiscated weapons that the police have scheduled for destruction. Leo Getz is a real estate agent and Riggs finally meets a woman who can handle him, played by Renee Russo.
9. (1988) Dexter Cornell is a university professor, so he's more than a little surprised to find that he's been poisoned, and with a poison that has no antidote. He's determined to find out who has poisoned him, and why, but doesn't have a whole lot of time left to get it done. Fortunately he gets some help from Sydney Fuller, one of his young students.
10. (1989) The first in a series of movies based on an old comic strip character, this film provided a much darker look at the caped crusader than was seen in either the comics or the television show. Jack Nicholson was positively manic as the Joker.
11. (1986) Alex is an alcoholic who is quite used to waking up in strange places with no recollection of how she got there. But this is the first time that she ever woke up beside a man who had been murdered. When the body later turns up in her shower, she begins to suspect that someone has it in for her, but why?
12. (1952) Sean 'Trooper' Thorton was a boxer who killed a man in the ring. He returns to Ireland, the country of his birth, to search for some peace and quiet, and reclaim his heritage. Unfortunately he runs afoul of Squire Will Danaher, just before he falls in love with the Squire's tempestuous sister, Mary Kate.
13. (1995) Kevin Bacon stars in this powerful movie, based on the real life story of Henri Young. Sent to Alcatraz for the theft of $5.00, Henri became involved in an escape attempt, where all of the rest of the escapees were killed. Even though there was a 19 day restriction on the amount of time anyone could spend in solitary confinement, Henri then spent years there, frequently beaten and abused by the sadistic warden, barely human when he was finally released. Shortly after regaining freedom, Henri is goaded into killing the man who told the warden about their escape. James Stamphill is the young lawyer who sets out to prove that Alcatraz was to blame for what happened.
14. (1987) When a Washington judge commits suicide, and a secretary is found murdered, Kathleen Riley is assigned to defend the homeless deaf/mute accused of murdering her. Eddie Singer is a congressional advisor who gets selected for jury duty and will do whatever he can to shorten the process. Together they uncover a ring of corruption in high places among Washington circles.
15. (1995) The Larrabees were an incredibly wealthy family, and she was the chaufeeur's daughter. She spent a great deal of time up in a tree, in love with the youngest Larrabee and dreaming about what it would be like to be part of his world. Then she spent two years working for Vogue magazine in Paris, and came home all grown up and sophisticated. Now she's very beautiful and presents a very big threat to a billion dollar deal for the Larrabees.
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