Kevin Spacey
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English
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Michael Lynch is Dublin's most notorious criminal, known for brazen robberies that perplex the police and inspire his fellow working-class Northsiders. When he's not playing family man, he’s busy plotting elaborate larcenies that are as much about style and showmanship as the loot involved! But when the one cop sharp enough to catch him gets on his case, he gets a run for his money!
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Language
English
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Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey of AMERICAN BEAUTY, HORRIBLE BOSSES), an eccentric inventor-turned-egomaniacal-infomercial-guru, loses it all when one of his inventions maims thousands of customers. After 8 years in prison, Axle is ready to resume his life and, more importantly, redeem his name and rebuild his billion-dollar empire. But first he must convince his estranged 22-year-old daughter (Camilla Belle of PUSH, FROM PRADA TO NADA) to let him live...
4) Margin Call
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in the first twelve hours that launched the 2008 financial crisis, an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of an investment firm.
5) Shrink
Author
Language
English
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Henry is LA's top celebrity psychiatrist, but disillusioned with both his career and personal life, hope of salvation comes from his first pro bono case with a troubled teenage girl.
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Season one of the Netflix original series House of Cards. Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.
10) Nine lives
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tom Brand is a billionaire builder of skyscrapers who treats his employees like crap and neglects his second wife Lara, but he really wants to give his daughter Rebecca the best gift ever for her eleventh birthday. She loves cats; he hates them. Ready to make the supreme sacrifice, Brand visits a creepy pet store and purchases a tomcat named Mister Fuzzypants. Then, boom, an accident puts Brand in a coma and traps him inside the body of Mister Fuzzypants....
11) Horrible bosses
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
For Nick, Kurt, and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few too many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers, permanently. There's only one problem: even the best laid plans are only...
14) Margin call
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.
15) Albino Alligator
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
After a botched robbery, three criminals (Matt Dillon, Gary Sinese and William Fichtner) make a desperate run for a dive bar and take five hostages. The place is quickly surrounded by Feds, and tensions are high. Someone is going to get hurt. Or maybe die. But then it's revealed that one of the hostages is a fugitive wanted by the Feds. Now, how far will any of them go to ensure their own freedom?
16) Baby driver
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
A talented young getaway driver relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love, and freedom.
A talented, young getaway driver relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Quite possibly the biggest star that television has ever produced, Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of his 30-year run on The Tonight Show, Carson interviewed 23,000 guests in 4,531 episodes. Watch as the life and career of one of the most beloved yet enigmatic icons in American entertainment history is explored.
19) 21
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. Wanting to transfer to the Harvard School of Medicine, he learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the tuition. Ben is introduced into a small but secretive club by his math professor Micky Rosa. The club has four other students: Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Jimmy. They are being trained by Micky the skill of blackjack card counting. Intriged by the desire to make money, Ben joins his...
20) Margin Call
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, MARGIN CALL is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster....
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