Film Fresh - Mobsters

The Firm

maint — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:21:06 +0000

$12.98

Three-time Oscar nominee Tom Cruise delivers the most electrifying performance of his career in this riveting film based on the international best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, a brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad. Driven by a fierce desire to bury his working-class past, Mitch joins a small, prosperous Memphis firm that affords Mitch and his wife (Tripplehorn) an affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams. But when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm, Mitch sets out to find the truth in a deadly crossfire between the FBI, the Mob and a force that will stop at nothing to protect its interests.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Supporting Actress (Hunter), Best Music: Original Score, 1994 Academy Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Dramatic Motion Picture, 1994 People's Choice Awards

http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/87591/the-firm.html

Review quote:

"Love's second movie about hooligans marks a quantum leap forward." -- Nigel Floyd, TIME OUT

Year:

1993

Length:

154min

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Shark City

maint — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:34:48 +0000

$19.98

Dagen and Kenny are two best friends and struggling to stay afloat in the big city. One of them finds his dream girl, who just happens to be the daughter of the biggest Mobster in town; the other swindles the same mob boss dad out of a million dollar stock deal.

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Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Year:

2009

Length:

86min

Price: $19.98

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Next of Kin

maint — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:51:17 +0000

$9.99

Next of Kin's action blasts through Chicago right from the get-go. The mob wants to muscle in on a local business but they make two mistakes. They kill a youth whose brother is a cop. And that cop is Truman Gates (Swayze), transplant from Appalachia's backwoods to Chicago's mean streets.

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Film details

Format:

Fullscreen

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DE2D61238F932A15753C1A96F948260&pa...

Review quote:

"Offers more variety and better acting than might be expected from its genre." -- Janet Maslin, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Year:

1989

Length:

109min

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Bugsy

maint — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:27:00 +0000

$11.99

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening star in the incredible true story of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the playboy gangster who betrayed the Mob for love. A cold-blooded killer who dreamed of Hollywood stardom, a crazed"patriot" who plotted against Mussolini, and the brilliant visionary who carved Las Vegas out of the dry Nevada desert, Bugsy had it all. Until he fell for the one woman who wanted more.

List Price: $14.94

Film details

Trailer:

LEV202.mp4

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Beatty), 1992 Academy Awards

Awards – Won:

Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, 1992 Academy Awards

Best Motion Picture: Drama, 1992 Golden Globes

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19911220/REVIEWS/11220...

Review quote:

"It is a movie that vibrates with optimism and passion, with the exuberance of the con-man on his game." -- Roger Ebert, THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Year:

1991

Length:

135min

Price: $11.99

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