Category Archives: Paramount Classics

The Romantics

Laura and Lila were once as close as could be–college roommates at the center of a tight-knit group of friends. But the friendship has wilted a bit. Now, ten years after college, the friends–and the boyfriend they shared–have reunited for … Continue reading

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Babel

Listen. Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Morrocan boys set out to look after their family’s herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide to test the rifle… but the bullet goes farther than they thought … Continue reading

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There Will Be Blood

When ambition meets faith. A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, There Will Be Blood is set on the incendiary frontier of California’s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel … Continue reading

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The Spirit

He’s something the world needs. Frank Miller, the visionary creator Sin City and 300, takes the comic book movie to dazzling new heights with his solo directorial debut The Spirit. Adapted from the seminal series by the great Will Eisner, … Continue reading

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Shine A Light

Rolling Stones documentary that focuses on the two concerts from the group’s current “A Bigger Bang” tour as well as historical and contemporary behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. A recent concert in Austin, Texas, was also filmed. On April 4, 2008, … Continue reading

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Revolutionary Road

Adapted from the landmark novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank (three-time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (five-time Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet) Wheeler. Yates’ … Continue reading

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How She Move

Set your dreams in motion. Raya Green is seventeen-years-old, incredibly bright and full of promise. She attends a prestigious private school outside her tough, crime-ridden neighborhood. When a family tragedy leaves her family unable to pay her tuition, Raya is … Continue reading

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The Duchess

There were three people in her marriage. The scandalous rise and fall of the Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire. Like Princess Diana, her direct descendent, she was beautiful, glamorous and adored by the public. Keira Knightley plays the 18th century aristocrat … Continue reading

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Defiance

The film revolves around Jewish brothers (Craig, Schreiber and Bell) living in Nazi-occupied Poland who escape into the Belarussian forest where they join Russian resistance fighters in battling the Nazis. Throughout the war, they build a village inside the forest … Continue reading

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American Teen

They were five total strangers, with nothing in common. American Teen is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of five teenagers – a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek – … Continue reading

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