Summary: Ace Ventura, pet detective is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino, and whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man ... or beast!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ACESummary: "Caine plays the part of a psychiatrist to a woman who is murdered early in the film. He is initially reluctant to help the police. The detective assigned to the murder seems happy to do nothing, leaving the investigation to a prostitute who witnessed the murder and the son of the deceased"--Internet Movie Database.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DRESummary: The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY IMASummary: "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."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Monterey Media 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A tough but vulnerable detective investigates a murder identical to one described in the latest novel of a cold, calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolco Home Video 1997
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER BASSummary: It's all fun and games when two brothers take off cross-country to bring home a pretty college friend. But the joeks end when a prank backfires and they find themselves stalked by a vengeful trucker who won't give up his relentless chase until somebody pays with their life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE JOYSummary: Based on the true story of "Boston Strangler" Albert De Salvo, the man who terrorized the city for a year and a half when he murdered 13 women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BOSSummary: Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 1999
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY CHISummary: In this sequel to Chinatown, it is 1948 Los Angeles and private investigator Jake Gittes must solve a case of suspected adultery-turned-murder that's tied to a grab for oil and to Jake's own past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount DVD 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWO RATED RSummary: After a nervous breakdown, Chief Inspector Dreyfus builds a criminal organization devoted to the extermination of Inspector Clouseau.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PINSummary: An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder. Now he is out to catch his wife's murderer, whose identity he cannot ever know for sure. The more he tries to figure out what is true and real, the more he sinks deeper into a multi-layered abyss of uncertainty and surprises.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER MEMSummary: A noted child psychologist attempts to help a frightened 8 year old boy who is experiencing terrifying visions of the dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Pictures Home Video 2000
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER SIXSummary: Secret agent Lemmy Caution travels to another galaxy and finds himself in a computer-run society which is dedicated to technology and outlaws emotion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Collection 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALPSummary: After the death of their mother, a set of twins make a life-altering discovery. The pair travels to the Middle East on a mission to uncover the truth about the father they thought was dead who is still very much alive, and the brother they never knew existed. Along the way they will piece together the story of the woman who brought them into the world, discovering a tragic fate as well as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011