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Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin — all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity.
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Crime |
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Sport |
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Leonardo DiCaprio |
Lorraine Bracco |
Marilyn Sokol |
James Madio |
Patrick McGaw |
Mark Wahlberg |
Roy Cooper |
Bruno Kirby |
Jimmy Papiris |
Nick Gaetani |
Alexander Chaplin |
Ben Jorgensen |
Josh Mostel |
Juliette Lewis |
Michael Imperioli |
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Scott Kalvert |
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Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.
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Robin Williams |
Robert Sean Leonard |
Ethan Hawke |
Josh Charles |
Gale Hansen |
Dylan Kussman |
Allelon Ruggiero |
James Waterston |
Norman Lloyd |
Kurtwood Smith |
Carla Belver |
Leon Pownall |
George Martin |
Joe Aufiery |
Matt Carey |
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Peter Weir |
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Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.
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Drama |
Romance |
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Sean Penn |
Judge Reinhold |
Robert Romanus |
Brian Backer |
Ray Walston |
Scott Thomson |
Vincent Schiavelli |
D.W. Brown |
Forest Whitaker |
Tom Nolan |
Eric Stoltz |
Stanley Davis Jr. |
James Russo |
James Bolt |
Nicolas Cage |
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky numbers of times, and this time he's got the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron Fry and girlfriend Sloane Peterson to his day of fun, while taking Cameron's father's precious Ferrari for transportation. All the while, the principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness and Ferris's agitated sister Jeanie also has a goal to catch Ferris off guard. Ferris enjoys his day with his friends, until the mileage of the Ferrari reads one too many miles driven and Cameron has a blow out.
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Matthew Broderick |
Alan Ruck |
Mia Sara |
Jeffrey Jones |
Jennifer Grey |
Cindy Pickett |
Lyman Ward |
Edie McClurg |
Charlie Sheen |
Ben Stein |
Del Close |
Virginia Capers |
Richard Edson |
Larry Flash Jenkins |
Kristy Swanson |
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John Hughes |
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Hoot
It's time to stand up for the little guys.
[2006,
USA] from $1.99
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A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
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Adventure |
Comedy |
Family |
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Logan Lerman |
Brie Larson |
Cody Linley |
Luke Wilson |
Eric Phillips |
Dean Collins |
Tim Blake Nelson |
Clark Gregg |
Kiersten Warren |
Neil Flynn |
Jessica Cauffiel |
Robert Wagner |
Jimmy Buffett |
John Archie |
Robert Donner |
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| Directors: |
Wil Shriner |
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Barbara Covett is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart, a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband, who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome. Instead of opening herself to these people, Barbara immediately sees them as competition to be beaten in the battle for Sheba's attention. Later, when Barbara discovers her new friend in a classroom having sex with Steven, a 15-year-old from the school who has artistic talent; she realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Barbara promises to not tell anyone but insists that the affair must end immediately. Sheba says she will but finds herself drawn back to the boy again and again. Sheba seems uneasy with Barbara's friendship and is appalled when she discovers the older woman might have a sexual interest in her. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. She chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined.
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Judi Dench |
Cate Blanchett |
Tom Georgeson |
Michael Maloney |
Joanna Scanlan |
Shaun Parkes |
Emma Kennedy |
Syreeta Kumar |
Andrew Simpson |
Philip Davis |
Wendy Nottingham |
Tameka Empson |
Leon Skinner |
Bill Nighy |
Juno Temple |
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Richard Eyre |
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Coming of age in Plainsboro, New Jersey. High school student Hal Hefner stutters. On the evening his parents stop arguing and separate, 43 miles away at the state tournament, his school's legendary debater, Ben Wekselbaum, goes blank mid-sentence, Ben's teammate Ginny Ryerson doesn't get a first-place trophy, and the world changes. That fall, to Hal's amazement, Ginny recruits him for the debate team, mentors him, and will be his partner. He still has his stutter, but he works hard and he falls in love with Ginny. On the day of the first debate of the season, the world changes again. From then until the day of the state tournament, Hal has a lot to sort out. Is love rocket science?
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Reece Thompson |
Dionne Audain |
Anna Kendrick |
Nicholas D'Agosto |
Vincent Piazza |
Margo Martindale |
Aaron Yoo |
Josh Kay |
Steve Park |
Maury Ginsberg |
Utkarsh Ambudkar |
Denis O'Hare |
Lisbeth Bartlett |
Candace Scholz |
Virginia Frank |
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Jeffrey Blitz |
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The plan for these high-school seniors with a major case of senioritis: break into Principal Dickwalder's house and throw the party of the year. But Principal Dickwalder overhears Adam explaining the plan; ruining the celebration... or does it? Adam's only chance at redemption is to host the party himself. Gorgeous models stripteases a gigantic gravity bong a funeral and some crepes are the key elements to the best skip-day party ever. Their only problem? Prinicipal Dickwalder is on a mission to stop the festivities. This hilarious fun-filled adventure will make you want to plan a skip day of your own.
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Larry Miller |
Gary Lundy |
Tara Reid |
Lea Thompson |
Norm MacDonald |
Clint Howard |
Kayla Ewell |
Talan Torriero |
Chuck Carter |
Brett Claywell |
Mike Dunay |
Lindsey Axelsson |
Jackson Rathbone |
Taryn Southern |
Derek Mio |
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Nick Weiss |
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Leigh Ann Watson is a teenage student at Grandsboro High. An "A" in history would make her valedictorian and get her a scholarship to Harvard. When she turns in her history project, a 365 day diary of a girl accused in the Salem witch trials, a 6 month effort, she receives a "C" from history teacher Mrs. Tingle, the meanest teacher at Grandsboro High. This gives an opportunity for Marybeth Carter, a rival student, to achieve an "A" and become valedictorian. As Leigh Ann tries to catch up doing extra credit by setting up graduation seating with her best friend, Jo Lynn, history class failure Luke Churner, enters with Mrs. Tingle's final exam cheat sheet. Leigh Ann is caught with it and Mrs. Tingle threatens to tell the Principal about it. The result would have been expulsion, so the trio of teenagers attempt to regain Leigh Ann's innocence by reasoning with Mrs. Tingle. When their attempt fails, they attack Mrs. Tingle and tie her to her bed. Is there a possible way to prove Leigh Ann innocent?
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Thriller |
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| Actors: |
Helen Mirren |
Katie Holmes |
Jeffrey Tambor |
Barry Watson |
Marisa Coughlan |
Liz Stauber |
Michael McKean |
Molly Ringwald |
Vivica A. Fox |
John Patrick White |
Robert Gant |
Marissa Jaret Winokur |
Cameron Glenar |
Alan Heitz |
Brian Klugman |
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Kevin Williamson |
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