Amanda Plummer
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Criterion collection volume 764
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English
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Language and violence.
Parry is a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Jack is New York's #1 shock deejay, whose off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy which ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors-Parry. And so the amazing story of the Fisher King unfolds a modern quest for redemption and the...
2) Pulp fiction
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The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Academy Award Best Original Screenplay; On National Film Registry.
3) Freeway
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A dark comedy which retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood set against a modern background. A 15-year old girl runs away from home after her mom is arrested for prostitution and her stepdad for molesting her. Along the way her car breaks down and a respectable looking guy picks her up. Turns out he's the freeway rapist the news keeps talking about and now he's set his eyes on her. However, she shoots him and escapes but is arrested by the police...
5) The prophecy
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At the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth. In his fight to stop the forces of evil--led by the powerful angel Gabriel--Dagget finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school teacher. Together they race against time and terror to save the world as we know it.
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When residents of his apartment building begin to disappear, Marvin comes to believe the unthinkable - the mutant breed of giant carnivorous insects, known as the Judas bug - that once plagued society are back and reeking devvastation. Though Marvin is confined to his room due to a severe illness, Marvin must rally whatever support he can in order to exterminate these horrifying creatures before he ends up their next victim.
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Mimic: A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease, only to find three years later that something has gone terribly wrong! Their creation is able to mimic and destroy its every predator - even man!
Mimic 2: A cockroach spiced with DNA from termites is on the loose and wanting to mate with Remy, a school teacher-entomologist, who is suspected of the gruesome murders of her ex-boyfriends.
Mimic 3, sentinel:...