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Beowulf: In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle resonates throughout the ages. The lovely bones: When 14-year-old Susie Salmon was murdered, she left her unfinished life behind. Now from her place in a strange but beautiful...

Five classic film noirs are presented in this box set.

As a serial killer stalks the city murdering young women, an actress who just moved to Bucharest with her boyfriend notices a mysterious stranger constantly watching her from across the street. In a foreign country where she does not speak the language and under the scrutiny of this stalker, her life quickly becomes tense and insufferable, but she finds no one to believe her.

While conducting a rescue operation to evacuate desperate missionaries during the 2021 U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a SEAL team helicopter is shot down and the one remaining member, Master Chief Richard Mirko, continues alone. When he reaches the target of his mission, he finds an ambushed vehicle and only one survivor a traumatized little girl. Can he get her to safety through a gauntlet of hostile insurgents and the brutal Afghan wilderness?...

Show boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not knowing she is pregnant.

A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, weaves classic Christmas melodies into new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the timeless story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas...

Norton Securities is about to unveil a secret weapon that'll have burglars begging for mercy - C.H.O.M.P.S., the world's first computerized watchdog! This powerful pooch is programmed to sink his teeth into crime.

Tom Reece is a range-hardened trail boss who has just arrived in Chicago after months on the plains. When he loses all his money in a high-stakes poker game, he reluctantly accepts a $3,800 loan from hotel desk clerk Frank Harris in exchange for a piece of his cattle business. Frank, a would-be cowboy, has fallen hopelessly in love with Maria Vidal, the voluptuous daughter of a wealthy Mexican rancher. Though her father forbids the lovers from seeing...

When her boyfriend dumps her before their exotic vacation, a young woman persuades her ultra-cautious mother to travel with her to paradise, with unexpected results.