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When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, 11-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. 2000 miles from his mother's protective love, stranded at an unusual boarding school, his vulnerability attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to...
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"At I'll Have Seconds, a high-end fairytale vintage dress shop in Manhattan, Nora Hammond loves nothing better than pairing a rare find with the perfect client. At home, Nora grapples with the bleaker reality of enormous debt, a tiny apartment, and ever-dwindling hope that she and her husband Jacob will have a family of their own. When socialite Evelyn Elliot charges into Nora's life, the women spark an immediate connection, and Nora is jettisoned...
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BBC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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It's 1968 and Enoch Powell's infamous 'Rivers of Blood' speech creates serious tension in Poplar, especially when a group of dockers march in support of Powell. The midwives welcome a new nun, Sister Veronica, who's an instant hit with everyone, except Nurse Crane. Meanwhile, Trixie's relationship with Matthew goes from strength to strength, while Nurse Crane helps Nancy with her financial woes. Sister Julienne enjoys helping out on the district rounds,...
6) Poor things
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20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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The tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality...
7) Retribution
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In this ticking-clock thriller of redemption and revenge, Matt Turner begins a high-speed chase across Berlin to complete a specific series of tasks after a mysterious caller puts a bomb under his car seat. With Matt's kids trapped in the back seat and a bomb that will explode if they get out of the car, a normal commute becomes a twisted game of life or death as Matt follows the stranger's increasingly dangerous instructions in a race against time...
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"When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a bride; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young and she...
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"Caleb Horowitz is twenty-seven, and his wildest dreams are about to come true. His manuscript has caught the attention of the literary agent, who offers him fame, fortune, and a taste of the literary life. He can't wait for his book to be shopped around to every editor in New York, except one: Avi Dietsch, a college rival and the novel's "inspiration." When Avi gets his hands on it, he sees nothing but theft -- and opportunity. Caleb is forced to...
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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Season Two follows various hotel guests over a week, but with each passing day, a darker side of the picture-perfect travelers, hotel employees, and idyllic locale emerges. At its Sicily location, the White Lotus welcomes two couples trying to decide if they're friends or enemies, a three-generation Italian American family exploring its Sicilian roots, and a White Lotus VIP traveling with her husband (and assistant) in tow. Behind the scenes, the...
12) Painted lady
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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When her friend is murdered and one of his valuable paintings stolen, a former rock singer sets out to track down the painting and the murderer.
13) Drunk bus
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Michael is a recent graduate whose post-college plan is derailed when his girlfriend leaves him for a job in New York City. When the bus service hires a security guard to watch over the night shift, Michael comes face to tattooed face with Pineapple, a 300-pound punk rock Samoan.
15) Far haven
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Imagicomm Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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In 1887, Hunter Braddock moves back to Far Haven, Arizona, to start over with his two young children, but when his father-in-law is brutally attacked, he must take on the corrupt forces strangling the town in order to protect what he loves most.
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Anchor Bay Entertainmetn
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Working for Party Down, an Hollywood catering company, a group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers waiting for their big breaks while stuck serving hors d'oeuvres. But in a town where everything is possible, can the ultimate going-nowhere job ever get them anywhere?
17) Tideland
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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After her mother dies from a heroin overdose, Jeliza-Rose is taken from the big city to live in a rural farmhouse with her father. She tries to settle into a new life in a house her father had purchased for his now-deceased mother. Jeliza-Rose's attempts to deal with her life change, but the result is her increasingly odd behavior. Jeliza-Rose begins to communicate with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"An ordinary suburban couple finds it's not easy keeping up with the Joneses; their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors. Especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. Jones are covert operatives." --