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Brother and sister, Tom and Bobby, are orphans growing up rough, with their dog Tag, in the Victorian East End of London. Helped by Dr Barnardo, they have begun to make progress when Bobby is attacked in the notorious Rookeries. Tom comes to the rescue but finds himself arrested, in a cell, and then before the Beak. His trial is at the Old Bailey where he is not allowed to speak in his defence. Then Tag comes to his rescue!
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Tales of the Walking Dead volume 4
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Amy tries to convince Dr. Everett that people need to take back the land from the dead.
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In Cold Blood volume 2
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A pair of ex-cons brutally murder a respected rancher and his family in a crime that held a grim fascination for 1950s America. Based on Truman Capote's book.
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In Cold Blood volume 1
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A pair of ex-cons brutally murder a respected rancher and his family in a crime that held a grim fascination for 1950s America. Based on Truman Capote's book.
6) Northfork
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It's 1955 and industries are booming as America undergoes a postwar metamorphosis. However, in the small town of NORTHFORK, the townspeople are being evacuated because of the construction of a dam that will wash away their homes. A group of trench-coat-wearing government employees, hired to get rid of the proud few who remain, go about the business of destroying lives with efficiency. Meanwhile, a young orphan boy lies sick in bed, being cared for...
7) Experimenter
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Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) designs a psychology experiment that remains relevant to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger (Jim Gaffigan) strapped into a chair in another room. Disregarding his pleas for mercy, the majority of subjects do not stop the experiment, administering what they think are near-fatal electric shocks, simply because they’ve been told...
8) Top gun
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A daredevil Navy pilot striving to be the best at a Top Gun flight school doubts his abilities when his best friend is killed in training.
9) Planes
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Dusty is a cropdusting plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing, and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator, who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty's courage is put to the ultimate test.
11) Big Sur
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In an attempt to heal from the deterioration caused by the pressures of sudden fame and too much alcohol, famous Beat author Jack Kerouac escapes to an isolated, mist-shrouded cabin in the primitive landscape of the Big Sur woods. Instead of finding the peace he desires, he is foiled once again by his own inner demons and sets off on a visceral collision course of paranoia, sex, delirium tremens, misery and madness.
12) Zodiac
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A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. Looks into the lives of the four men most effected by the killer: San Francisco PD Homicide, David Toschi and William Armstrong, the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith. Displays the psychological and emotional effects of the killings, as well as the endless procedural details of the investigation (handwriting experts, the...
16) Consumed
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Set against the backdrop of the American heartland, a mother's investigation into her son's mysterious illness leads her into the controversial world of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
17) Playing By Heart
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A sexy romantic comedy about modern couples coming together in unexpected ways! Paul and Hannah discover that even after 40 years of marriage, there are still surprising things to learn about each other! Meredith isn't seeking a relationship but is pursued by funny and persistent Trent, while Joan and Keenan search for love in an L.A. club scene where the rules of dating seem to change nightly!
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Excelsior Union High senior J.J. Manners navigates the cliques and rivalries that high school entails, all while pursuing Beth Franklin, who happens to be the girlfriend of quarterback and class president Beau Middleton. There's only one way to settle the rivalry for Beth's affection: a drag race, whose outcome turns Excelsior's social hierarchy on its head and causes further pandemonium.
20) Zodiac
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Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960's and 1970's.
