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Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Amanda McCready is a 4-year-old who has disappeared from her Boston home. The police make little headway in solving the case, so the girl's aunt hires Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, private detectives. They freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons: they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Patrick and Angie must face...
Publisher
The Kids are alright productions
Pub. Date
2010
Description
After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. They squat in a Boston apartment as Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesn't return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care...
3) The departed
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Formats
Description
In South Boston, the Massachusetts State Police are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation...
4) Cell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
An apocalyptic thriller about a mysterious signal that reprograms the minds of cellphone users around the globe.
5) The town
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Formats
Description
Doug MacRay is leader of a Boston bank robber gang but not cut from the same cloth as his fellow thieves. When Doug falls into a passionate romance with the bank manager briefly taken hostage in their last heist, he wants out of this life and out of the town. As the Feds close in and the crew questions his loyalty, he has one of two choices: betray his friends or lose the woman he loves. Includes both the theatrical and extended cut versions of the...
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Olive Chancellor finds her infatuation with young activist Verena Tarrant challenged by a Southern lawyer who also loves her. An intricately drawn study of the impact of women's suffrage on society, The Bostonians is also a lush evocation of the late nineteenth century, with dazzling cinematography by Walter Lassally and a memorable score by Richard Robbins.
8) Eileen
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2024
Description
In 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken but her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime.
Series
City on a hill volume 2
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Set in 1990s Boston, an assistant district attorney and a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran work together to take on a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston.
10) Black mass
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Gone Baby Gone: Amanda McCready is a 4-year-old who has disappeared from her Boston home. The police make little headway in solving the case, so the girl's aunt hires Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, private detectives. They freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons: they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Patrick and...
12) Spotlight
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious 'Spotlight' team of reporters delve into allegations of sexual abuse of children by clergy in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
It's the cozy Boston bar where everybody knows your name--welcome to 'Cheers'. Sam and Rebecca share their first kiss, but their romance is short-lived when millionaire playboy Robin Colcord sweeps Rebecca off her feet. Sam quickly rebounds with Rebecca's favorite college professor. The laughs are on the house when Carla, Woody, Cliff, Norm, along with Frasier and Lilith order up double shots of unforgettable fun.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The seventh and final season of the show, which is as thrilling and dangerous as the show has ever been, opens in the aftermath of a shooting that took place in the prior season's finale episode. The team must use every tool at their disposal to find the elusive Alice Sands they've been hunting for, and bring her to justice before she succeeds in destroying Jane's life.
16) Cheers: Season 9
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Wedding bells will chime for Rebecca, but only if she can stop Robin from finding herself and Sam in various stages of undress; Woody gets hooked on a home shopping show; Norm and Cliff investigate a fight between Sam and Frasier; an appalled Carla must be civil to Cliff when she discovers that he's a judge for the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest; Lillith and Frasier receive news that their baby has average intelligence; a restauranteur buys the bar...
17) Cheers: Season 6
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Sam returns from his aborted around-the-world boat trip to find the old gang gone. Carla and Woody are the same, but wearing uniforms more fit for a barbershop quartet. There is a tough new boss who reportedly "eats live sharks for breakfast." The new boss, Rebecca, grudgingly hires back Sam. But Rebecca is not as tough as she seems, however, getting weak in the knees at the thought or sight of her corporate boss, Evan Drake.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The tenth season finds Sam yearning for fatherhood. And he believes he's found the perfect candidate to be the mother of his child: Rebecca! Meanwhile, Norm and Cliff wreak havoc on Frasier's therapy group, and Carla is shocked to discover that her son has decided to become a priest. That may come in handy - since Woody and Kelly have decided to announce their plans to wed. A 25-episode volume of the classic TV sitcom CHeers, the place where everyone...
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