All Washed Up
We have just come to the end of one of the worst summers (if that is not too strong a word for it) that I can remember.The wettest August since records began. My hanging baskets and patio containers suffered considerable damage from four days and ... [... more]
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David Ackroyd
When Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body in an evening suit washed up on the shore, they are certain it has to do with smuggling liquor. It is spring 1929, Prohibition is in full swing, and many in their community are involved. Murder, Vice, Police ... [... more]
Random House |
Janet Taylor Lisle
When Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body in an evening suit washed up on the shore, they are certain it has to do with smuggling liquor. It is spring 1929, Prohibition is in full swing, and many in their community are involved. Soon the boys, along ... [... more]
Random House |
Fran Lebowitz
A bestseller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8 was inspired by a news account of the discovery of the body of a beautiful young woman washed up on a Long Island beach. Was it an accident, a murder, a suicide? The circumstances of her ... [... more]
Random House |
Andrew Dennis
No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, ... [... more]
Random House |
Rocky V (Widescreen)
 Great in its own way: While I'm not sure this was the closing Rocky film, I believe it should be. And that said, I must point out that this is not intended to be like the other Rocky films. This was a movie about real life; a movie about our [... more]
CDN$14.95
Amazon CA |
Poolhall Junkies
nothing special: **1/2 Though likeable at times, "Poolhall Junkies" is essentially an uneven mix of comedy and drama. Gregory "Mars" Martin, who co-wrote and directed the film, also stars as Johnny Doyle, a hustler-with-a-heart-of- [... more]
CDN$13.52
Amazon CA |
A Star Is Born
Actor: Irving Bacon Actor: Jane Barnes Actor: Vince Barnett Actor: Clara Blandick Actor: Wade Boteler Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD Director: Jack Conway Director: William Wellman EAN: 0798622316226 Format: Import Format: NTSC MPN: WLV3162 Release [... more]
CDN$5.19
Amazon CA |
Star (1953)
From Amazon.com: "Come on, Oscar--let's you and me get drunk." This caustic Bette Davis line is not aimed at a co-star but at the Academy Award itself, which down-on-her-luck actress Margaret Elliot cradles bitterly at the beginning of an [... more]
CDN$24.98
Amazon CA |
Sunset Boulevard
Amazon.com Essential Video: Billy Wilder's noir-comic classic about death and decay in Hollywood remains as pungent as ever in its power to provoke shock, laughter, and gasps of astonishment. Joe Gillis (William Holden), a broke and cynical young [... more]
CDN$10.40
Amazon CA |
Tender Mercies (Widescreen)
From Amazon.co.uk: Sometimes everything comes together in a movie and it becomes something so much greater than the sum of its parts that it can only be described as a miracle. That's the case with Tender Mercies, a quietly luminous character piece about [... more]
CDN$11.98
Amazon CA |
Half Nelson
Actor: Deborah Rush Actor: Jay O. Sanders Actor: Denis O'Hare Actor: Tina Holmes Actor: Ryan Gosling Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Binding: DVD Director: Ryan Fleck EAN: 0043396178595 Format: AC-3 Format: Dolby Format: NTSC Format: Subtitled Format: Widescreen [... more]
CDN$22.97
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