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Beyond the Blockbusters - Spring 2001
Barbarians at the Gate
Scathing look at high finance in big business throught the eyes of those involved in the 1980's takeover of RJR Nabisco. [R]
A Christmas Story
Average kid in 1940's Ohio dreams and schemes to get the mother of all Christmas presents . . . a Red Ryder B B gun. [PG]
Dead
Again
Hitchcock style thriller about an amnesic woman plagued by nightmares
of a 40 year old murder and the private eye who tries to unravel her past. [R]
How to Steal a Million
Audrey Hepburn stars as an art forger's daughter who hires Peter O'Toole to steal daddy's masterpiece from a Paris museum before it can be exposed as a fake. [Not Rated]
Election
If you've ever been to high school, you'll like this movie. Everyone in it looks familiar. The story centers on a high school student council election. Great reminder of why we're all glad we're not in school anymore. While this sounds like a teen flick, it's much more; you grown-ups will like this one too. [R] 
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Hilarious slap stick flick chock full of Hollywood's best. The story revolves around a disparate group of people frantically searching for a dead crook's gigantic stash. [G]
Ladyhawke
Romantic, exciting medieval tale of lovers separated by an evil bishop's curse and the teenaged thief who helps them break it. [PG-13]
Love Among the Ruins
Laurence Olivier is a lawyer hired to defend wealthy Katharine Hepburn from a breach of promise charge. He's loved her ever since their long ago love affair. Unfortunately for him, she doesn't remember it. [Not Rated]
Plan 9 from Outer Space
One of the worst movies ever made. See why. [Not Rated]
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Madcap Cold War adventures of a Soviet submarine crew whose vessel runs aground on a New England sandbar and the locals who believe that World War III is about to begin in their backyard. [Not Rated]
The Sure Thing
Delightful road picture with two bickering college students careening from disaster to disaster on a trip home for theholidays. [PG-13]
That Thing You Do!
Tuneful, light hearted tale of a 1960's rock and roll band and their one summer of fame. [PG]
O.K., these aren't movies but they're good anyway
Absolutely Fabulous
Two aging British hipsters stagger through life in a haze of booze, cigarettes, and assorted chemicals.
The Red Green Show
Think Martha Stewart as a backwoods Canadian man and you have the Red
Green Show. Features include "The Handyman's Corner", "Ask the Experts" and "Adventures with Bill".
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Epic saga of the adventures of Arthur Dent who, having escaped from Earth just before it is demolished to make way for an intergalactic freeway, finds himself traveling the universe with an assortment of oddball characters.
Last updated: March 18, 2010