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Pride and Glory (2008)

Plot: A multi-generational New York City police family’s moral code is tested when Ray (Norton), one of two sons on the force, investigates an incendiary case involving his older brother Frank (Emmerich) and brother-in-law Jimmy (Farrell). The case forces the family to choose between their loyalties to one another and their loyalties to the department.

 
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★★★★☆ National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (2007)

Plot: When his great-great-grandfather is accused of being a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, famed treasure hunter Benjamin Gates (Cage) must uncover the fabled City of Gold in order to clear his family’s name.

 

★★★★☆ Transformers (2007)

Plot: Sam Witwicky (LaBoeuf) is caught up in a war between two sects of a highly advanced alien race - The Autobots and The Decepticons - when they discover that the location of a powerful cube that could shift the balance of power in their war is etched on a pair of glasses Sam received from his grandfather. Based on the characters in the Hasbro toy line.

 

★★★★½ National Treasure (2004)

Plot: Ben Gates (Cage) has spent his entire life trying to find the greatest hidden treasure of all time, and has discovered the next clue lies on the back of the Declaration of Independence. When Ben finds out another less reputable treasure hunter(Bean) plans on stealing the important document, Ben has to find a way to keep this important piece of history safe. The only answer - steal it first!

 

★★★★☆ Holes (2003)

Plot: Stanley Yelnats IV (LaBeouf) is unlucky. It’s not his fault, though - it’s his great great grandfather, Stanley Yelnats I, who got the family cursed. Because of this curse, he’s wrongfully accused of stealing shoes from a charity auction and sentenced to six months at a camp in the desert. There, he is put in D-Tent, and made to dig holes in the desert all day. But, maybe his luck is starting to turn around, because the camp may be just what he needs to cure his cursed family. Based on the novel by Louis Sachar.

 

★★★★½ Mission: Impossible (1996)

Plot: Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is the point man for an Impossible Missions Force. Their latest job: to infiltrate a party and find the stolen NOC list, which details the real names of every agent in Eastern Europe. The catch: the whole operation is a ruse, a mole hunt for someone deep within IMF. Now, with IMF after him, Ethan must find the real traitor and expose him…before IMF puts Ethan away for a crime he didn’t commit. Based on the TV series of the same name.

 
 
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★★½☆☆ The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Plot: Cpt Ben Marco (Washington) is haunted by dreams of a particular night in Kuwait in 1991. His dreams involve all the men he was commanding, but in particular one Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who just happened to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on that particular night…and is now running for Vice President of the United States. Now Marco must search for answers before time runs out for him…and for the nation. Based on the novel by Richard Condon.

 
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★★★★½ Ali (2001)

Plot: Relive a piece of boxing history in this story of Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali (Smith). From his first championship fight to his fight with the U.S. Government over his refusal to be drafted to his famous Rumble in the Jungle match versus George Foreman.

 
  
     
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