Charles' Movies List

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Title I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti
Original Title I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti
Year 1973
Director Alberto De Martino
Rating 4
Runtime 93
Genre Crime | Drama
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot
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Title In Country
Original Title In Country
Year 1989
Director Norman Jewison
Rating 6
Runtime 120
Genre Comedy | Drama | Romance | War
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Sam, as Samantha is known, becomes obsessed with finding out about her father and his experiences, but Emmett and the other vets don't want to talk about the war. Sam pushes everyone to attend a dance honoring the town's veterans, but Pete and Earl get into a fight, Emmett disappears, and Tom takes Sam home for an unsuccessful tryst. When Sam reads her father's diary, she begins to understand what his life and death meant, and she and Emmett, with a trip to the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, come at least temporarily to terms with the war in their lives.

Written by
Jim Beaver
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Title Inside Man, The
Original Title Inside Man, The
Year 1984
Director Tom Clegy
Rating 0
Runtime 93
Genre Spies & Secret Agents, Thrillers
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot A Real-Life Cold War Incident Sparks Deadly Global Intrigue.
In 1981, an experimental laser device is secretly tested near Stockholm by the Swedish and American governments. When the prototype is stolen at the same time a Soviet submarine is detected off the coast of Sweden, CIA agent Miller (Dennis Hopper) is sent in to recover the device. While Miller focuses his investigation on the Russians, Swedish military intelligence officer Stig Larsson (Gosta Ekman) attempts to uncover an even more insidious plot.
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Title Jackie Chan 5 Pack
Original Title Jackie Chan 5 Pack
Year 1980
Director
Rating 0
Runtime 537
Genre Action, Chinese, Foreign, Martial Arts
Media DVD
Discs 5
Loaned No
Plot Contains 5 of Jackie's hard-hitting movies: Half A Loaf Of Jung Fu, To Kill With Intrigue, Killer Meteors, New Fists Of Fury and Spiritual Kung Fu. In one box set.
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Title Joshua / Black Cobra (Double Feature)
Original Title Joshua / Black Cobra (Double Feature)
Year 1976
Director
Rating 0
Runtime 165
Genre Double Features, Multi-Feature Discs
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot Like being at theimovies. Just add popcorn.
Joshua
In the tradition of classic westerns, Joshua delivers non-stop shoot-em-up action. Just home from the Civil War, Joshua discovers his mother had been killed by a gang of ruthless outlaws. Now this pistol packin' Buffalo-Soldier is after the renegades that did him wrong. He won't be satisfied util the score is settled! Presented in the hard-to-find, letterbox format!

Black Cobra
Former NFL great Fred Williamson stars in this action packed police drama about a beautiful photographer who witnesses a brutal murder and manages to get a photograph. Williamson, a police sergeant with a lot of attitude, has to protect the photographer from The Black Cobras, a vicious motorcycle gang which tries to chase her down.
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Title Joyride
Original Title Joyride
Year 1997
Director Quinton Peeples
Rating 5
Runtime 93
Genre Drama
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot To a dumpy motel in an out-of-the-way little town, a mysterious woman, calling herself only Ms. Smith, comes to stay. Not only is she stunningly lovely, but her big black convertible is a beaut. J.T., the just-out-of-high-school son of the motel's owner, is taken by the car, and in an attempt to liven up his dull life, and possibly to impress Tanya, a hotel guest who flirts with him and wants to be a model, he steals the car, and brings along Tanya and his pal James. What they don't know is that Ms. Smith is a professional killer, and J.T. thinks he can make things work to his advantage when the three of them find a corpse in the trunk of the stolen vehicle...

Written by
Gary Dickerson
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Title J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings
Original Title J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings
Year 2001
Director
Rating 8
Runtime 80
Genre Documentary
Media DVD
Discs 2
Loaned No
Plot The Definitive Guide To The World Of The Rings
New Perspectives On a Modern Masterpiece

Discover why J.R.R. Toklien's Lord Of The Rings has become an icon of 20th Century Culture in this definitive guide to the world of the Rings.

This exciting new film features stunning new 3D computerized animations of Middle Earth, a host of illustrations by the Brothers Hildebrandt, rare archive footage of the author himself and in-depth analysis by leading Tolkien Scholars from around the world.
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Title Kettle Of Fish
Original Title Kettle Of Fish
Year 2006
Director Claudia Myers
Rating 0
Runtime 97
Genre Romance, Comedy
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot Feuding roommates Mel (Matthew Modine) and Ginger (Gina Gershon) couldn't be more different; she's an uptight biologist, he's a commitment-phobic musician. When Mel falls in love with another woman at one of his gigs, it sparks a series of events that will change their relationship forever. Kettle Of Fish is an offbeat and delightfully fresh romantic comedy you won't want to miss!
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Title Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Original Title Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Year 2003
Director Quentin Tarantino
Rating 8
Runtime 111
Genre Action | Crime | Thriller
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot The lead character, called 'The Bride,' was a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, lead by her lover 'Bill.' Upon realizing she was pregnant with Bill's child, 'The Bride' decided to escape her life as a killer. She fled to Texas, met a young man, and on the day of their wedding rehearsal was gunned down by an angry and jealous Bill (with the assistance of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad). Four years later, 'The Bride' wakes from a coma, and discovers her baby is gone. She, then, decides to seek revenge upon the five people who destroyed her life and killed her baby. The saga of Kill Bill Volume I begins.

Written by
JD


"The Bride" was the deadliest assassin of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, until the day she decided to leave the business, assume a new identity, and get married. But it was on the day of her marriage that her old "friends" - O-Ren Ishii, Vernita Green, Budd, and Elle Driver, not to mention her boss, Bill - find her and assassinate the entire ceremony while Bill shoots her in the head, putting her in a coma. Well, Bill and his people should have tried a little harder because, after four years, the Bride has awakened from her coma. And Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...

Written by
Will


Beatrix Kiddo a.k.a The Bride is a female assassin, a trained killer who has been betrayed by The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad led by her former boss Bill who gunned her down at her wedding leaving her for dead. The Bride awakes four years later and she sets out to begin her quest for vengeance. With help of one of Bill's former tutors, retired sword maker Hattori Hanzo, The Bride sets out to eliminate her first two targets on her list: Vernita Green, who has retired from the Deadly Viper Assassin Squad and has a daughter and O-Ren Ishii, who is now the kingpin of the Toyko criminal underworld and leader of the "Crazy 88" crime gang. The Bridge engaging in a roaring rampage of revenge will not rest until every member of The Deadly Viper Assassin Squad is dead and she will save Bill for last.

Written by
Daniel Williamson


The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad consists of five most deadly killers, led by Bill. There is O'Ren-Ishii as Cottonmouth, Elle Driver as California Mountain Snake, Vernita Green as Copperhead, Budd as Sidewinder. And there is The Bride, whose name is not spoken, who wanted to quit because she was pregnant. One day, somewhere in the Texas desert, The Bride wanted to marry the love of her life. Then Bill and her former colleagues showed up and killed everyone there. But they did not do a good enough job: The Bride survives, barely, and is in a coma for four years. Her colleagues know this but won't kill her in her sleep, it would just ruin the reputation. One day, The Bride awakens. For her, not a second has consciously passed, and after she realizes all the things that have happened, The Bride decides to take revenge. Bloody revenge. On each single one of those who betrayed her. First on her death list is Cottonmouth, who has become the yakuza boss of Tokyo, Japan, second in line is Copperhead, who chose a more decent life as well. The Bride sets out to take back what was once hers: Her life.

Written by
Chris Goodrich
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Title Kill Bill: Volume 2
Original Title Kill Bill: Volume 2
Year 2004
Director Quentin Tarantino
Rating 0
Runtime 136
Genre Nicole's Picks, Revenge, The Dude's Picks, Action, Alex's Picks, Allan's Picks, Assassins & Hitmen, Bekkie's Picks, Crime, Femme
Media DVD
Discs 1
Loaned No
Plot The New Film By Quentin Tarantino
With this thrilling, must-see movie event, writer and director Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) completes the action-packed quest for revenge begun by The Bride (Uma Thurman) in Kill Bill Vol. 1! Having already crossed two names from her Death List, The Bride is back with a vengeance and taking aim at Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. It's all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill (David Carradine), The Bride's former master and the man who ordered her execution! As the acclaimed follow-up to the instant classic Vol. 1 - you know all about the unlimited action and humor, but until you've seen Kill Bill Vol. 2 you only know half the story!