John Diehl
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A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. He finds himself unsuspectingly drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue, obsessed with the woman, the crime, her possibly notorious past and the disturbing complexity between art and truth.
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Shadows Dance, a collection of short and long fiction, takes the reader to a world touched by the supernatural and the macabre. In 'The Black List', Miranda Janney, upon the eve of securing her company's biggest account, finds that she is to be the Guinea Pig for Death's modernized reaping service. In 'Shadows Dance', an author discovers just how far the main character in his international best selling series is willing to go in order to avoid being...
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Colee, TK and Cheever are three soldiers who return home from the Iraq War after suffering injuries. They learn that life has moved on without them. The three end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S. Colee is on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family. TK is seeking the confidence to face his wife after a shrapnel injury threatens his sexual function. Cheever is a middle-aged man who is planning to hit the casinos in...
9) Fail_safe
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The retelling of the classic Cold War doomsday thriller. A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow, and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. Recalling the adrenaline-rush of early TV drama, this movie was staged and telecast live in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense...
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When renowned paleontologist Dr. Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer and his wife on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures, he has no idea that he was brought along for a totally different reason. When their plane crashes and they become stranded, they discover the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than imagined.
11) Walker
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Criterion collection volume 423
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The life of William Walker, a 19th century adventurer who abandoned his career in law and politics to become a soldier of fortune and dictator of Nicaragua.
12) The North Star
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For black slaves Big Ben and Moses, the only thing worse than the daily cruelty of life on a Virginia plantation is the fear of being hunted down and tortured as runaways. But when Ben learns he is about to be sold to a new owner, he and Moses make the desperate choice to run. Evading brutal slave hunters and with only the light of the North Star as their guide, the pair make the grueling journey.
13) Falling down
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After he's downsized from his job, an emotionally unstable man slowly loses his mind, unleashing a spree of violence on those that he sees as detriments to society.
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Jesse Stone volume 3
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Now that Jesse Stone has settled in as Paradise's police chief, he has to solve the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The investigation uncovers abuse and even leads him to a conflict with a Boston mob.
16) A Long Way Off
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Armed with a sizable inheritance and a small-town state of mind, Jacob leaves his family farm in search of a different life in the big city. After experiencing the glitz, Jacob must come to terms with what makes his life worth living. Based on a true story featuring an all-star cast, this is a tale of humility and reconciliation.
17) Apartment 1303
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A modern ghost story which turns a love/hate relationship between mother and daughter into a tale of horror. Some rentals are too good to be true.
18) Forever
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Alice is a young, passionate investigative reporter. She suffers a sorrowful loss and her reporter's instinct leads her to an enigmatic commune where she begins to plot her next story. Instead she begins to unravel the paradox of loss and find her will to live and love again.