machotrouts's - Rented List

Melissa McCarthy is masterful in the captivating account - based on a true story - of a down-and-out writer who resorts to lies, deceit and outright crime to get back on top.

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Based on the stories from the best selling book, 'The Girls Guide To hunting And Fishing', Brett Eisenberg (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is an ambitious young book editor living in the literary hotbed of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

But though she tries her best to act the clued-up city girl, she just can't shake her suburban insecurities. When she meets publishing playboy Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin) she finally finds a gentleman eager to mentor her in and out of the bedroom. But although Archie appears to be the perfect ally in the book world as well as in bed, he also has baggage - ex-wives, a distant daughter, not to mention a very raunchy photo album of former girlfriends. Will it have a happy ending? There's only one way to find out...

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Long ago, in a land ravaged by strife, an ancient race of mages created a terrible weapon called the Aryx Orthian, the Scourge of Worlds, an artefact capable of destroying all their enemies and putting an end to all wars.

Now, after centuries of safe concealment, evil forces are on the verge of locating this dreadful artefact and unleashing its terrifying power. Together Regdar the warrior, Lidda the rogue halfling and Mialee the elven wizard must face every kind of danger from terrifying beholders and bloodthirsty orcs to powerful druids sects and mysterious apparitions but it is you who will make their decisions and guide their hands.

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Made by cinematic 'boy wonder' Orson Welles when he was only in his mid-twenties, Citizen Kane is generally accepted as the greatest American movie of all time. But it might never have seen the light of day.

Its daring subject-matter was clearly the fabulously wealthy newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, who responded with predictable fury to Welles' less-than-flattering interpretation of his life. Using all his power and influence, Hearst set out to destroy both the film and the genius who had made it.

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Vivacious and alluring, single mother Lisa and her adopted sister Marine have been inseparable since they were kids. With Lisa's mother Millie, they have forged a deep bond that protects them from life's hard knocks.

There is little place for men in their lives but when Marine falls in love, their world is thrown off balance. Everybody tries their best to find a new equilibrium, but fate barely gives them the chance to catch their breath when tragedy strikes. The family must realign with a new reality in order to turn loss into hope and love.

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Ranked at No. 30 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 all-time greatest American films, 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is a genuine masterpiece that went on to win 3 Academy Awards.

Bogart gives a tremendous performance as a vicious down-and-out wage worker who stakes his meagre earnings on a gold-prospecting expedition.

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Alone in a small skiff, an aging Cuban fisherman (Spencer Tracy) catches a huge marlin - and must defy the sea, marauding sharks and his own flagging strength to bring his great catch home.

Filmed in part on sun-drenched Cuban locales and graced by Dimitri Tiomkin's Oscar-winning score, 'The Old Man and the Sea' is a colorful cinematic ode to the indomitability of the human spirit.

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On an aircraft carrying some of the most notorious criminals of all time, the recently paroled Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is hitching a ride home to his wife and daughter. But he suddenly finds himself embroiled in a midair skyjacking masterminded by Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich).

While Cameron fights to keep these savage convicts from massacring everyone on board as they career towards the famed Las Vegas Strip, a Government agent on the ground (John Cusack) battles to keep his overzealous superiors from blowing the plane into oblivion!

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When Bianca's (Mae Whitman) world is shattered from the discovery that her entire school knows her as 'The Duff', she enlists the slick but charming Wesley (Robbie Amell) to help shed her 'label' and overthrow mean girl Madison (Bella Thorne). Funny, feisty and fun.

'The Duff' is here to remind everyone that no matter how people look or act it's who we are inside that counts.

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Wesley Snipes stars as the tortured soul Blade - half man, half immortal. Blade sharpens his lethal skills under the guidance of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), his mentor, guardian and fellow hunter of the night.

When the bloodthirsty Immortals' lord, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival.

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Spurred on by the murder of his drug-addicted sister by ruthless crime boss Frank McNally (Trevor Howard), US agent Charles Sturgis (Victor Mature) launches a transnational woman-hunt for McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger (Anita Ekberg).

His investigation takes him on a thrill-ride from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens...

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No one has ever lived so freely and carelessly as Tom Jones. Abandoned at birth and raised by a wealthy squire, Tom romps through English society, leading a lusty life of brawling and bed-hopping...

until his bawdy behaviour causes him to be sent away from his family, his home and the only woman he's ever truly loved. But some men never learn, and soon Tom's escapades land him in the company of reckless scoundrels, the boudoirs of more women... and, finally, in jail. Will Tom's charm save him...or will the gallows be his last swing?

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Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) is one lucky guy! When he's accidentally clobbered by a 220-pound halfback, all Harry suffers is a slight concussion.

All, that is, until Whiplash Willie (Walter Matthau) — a legal scoundrel of the first order — arrives on the scene! For if Harry follows shyster Willie's advice and feigns a crippling injury, the two charlatans can split a cool million in phoney insurance claims. But can Willie's world-class finagling dispel those ominous words that lie within the fortune cookie on Harry's hospital plate: You can't fool all of the people all of the time?

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For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 remake of this epic "The Ten Commandments".

Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this version tells the story of the life of Moses (Charlton Heston) once favoured in the Pharaoh's (Yul Brynner) household, who turned his back on privileged life to lead his people to freedom. With a rare on-screen introduction by Cecil B. DeMille himself.

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When George (James Brolin) and Kathy (Margot Kidder) Lutz and their children move to Amityville, Long Island, they believe they have found the perfect family home.

But the house has a shocking history and within its walls a demonic presence lies in wait that will turn the Lutzes' lives into a living nightmare. Their only hope is to get out before it's too late.