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American Dreamz

In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes. – Andy Warhol, Pop Culture Icon In the world of right-now, it seems as if literally everybody wants to be famous. And thanks to the global phenomenon of “reality” television, … Continue reading

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Whip It!

Whip it be your own hero. For years, Bliss Cavendar (Academy Award nominee Ellen Page) has been dreaming of escaping her tiny, truck-stop of a town Bodeen, Texas. Unfortunately her devoted, beauty pageant obsessed mother (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay … Continue reading

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Stephen King’s The Mist

David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son Billy (Nathan Gamble) are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are things … Continue reading

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The Invisible

Life, death and something in between. From the studio that brought you “The Sixth Sense,” “The Invisible” is a supernatural thriller about a teenager who finds himself trapped between the worlds of the living and the deceased. Nick (Justin Chatwin), … Continue reading

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Into the Wild

“Into the Wild” is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account … Continue reading

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The Hoax

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. In 1971, writer Clifford Irving told an incredible whopper – one that became one of the most audacious and outrageous hoaxes ever perpetrated on the media and American … Continue reading

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Bad News Bears

In “Bad News Bears,” grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton) is bribed by a straitlaced lawyer (Marcia Gay Harden) to coach the Bears, a woefully inept youth baseball team. Buttermaker’s got to find a way to … Continue reading

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Welcome to Mooseport

This town isn’t small enough for the both of them. Former President Monroe “Eagle” Cole (Gene Hackman) is, after two very successful terms in office, looking forward to retiring to the sleepy vacation town of Mooseport where he plans to … Continue reading

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Mystic River

When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn), Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins) and Sean Devine (Kevin Bacon) spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in … Continue reading

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Mona Lisa Smile

1953 America was a time ripe for change for women and when Katherine Ann Willis (Julia Roberts) arrives to teach Art History at Wellesley College, she finds the institution drowning in outdated mores. While the nation struggles with the fears … Continue reading

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