Precious (2009)Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 |
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In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. |
Precious (2009)Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 |
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In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. |
The General (1929)Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 |
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Johnnie loves his train (”The General”) and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he’s more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it’s because he’s a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves. |
Amazing Journeys (1999)Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 |
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Originally presented on the breathtakingly huge IMAX screen, this nature documentary has been digitally remastered to preserve the beauty and clarity of the original film. The gorgeous camera work captures the dramatic journeys that six different animals take in order to survive. |
Collector, The (2009)Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 |
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Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps. |
Interview (2007)Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 |
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After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist (Buscemi) is forced to interview America’s most popular soap actress (Miller). |
Closer (2004)Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 |
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Set in London, England, good Samaritan Dan Wolf (Jude Law), a struggling writer, takes Alice Ayres (Natalie Portman), a shady young woman and part-time stripper, to the hospital when she’s hit by a car, and they fall in love. One year later, Dan meets photographer Anna Cameron (Julie Roberts) and tries to pick her up, but she rebuffs him. In revenge, Dan sets Anna up for an embarrassing encounter with sex-addicted dermatologist Larry Bagley (Clive Owen), but the two end up seeing each other. Then another year later, Dan and Anna begin an affair of their own, and relationships between the four collapse. Over the next year, all of them become obsessed with hurting each other and wreak some heavy emotional damage. Will any of them be strong enough to put this destructive sequence of events to a stop? |
A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989)Thursday, October 8th, 2009 |
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Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. |
Towed in a Hole (1932)Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 |
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Laurel and Hardy are in the fish business. They drive around town seeing if they can sell any. Stan suggests they catch their own fish and could keep all the profits when selling them to people. Ollie likes the idea so they buy a boat at the junk yard and try, sometimes unsuccessfully, to fix it up. When the boat is finally fixed up, the whole operation goes south. |
Their First Mistake (1932)Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 |
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Mrs. Hardy is irate that her husband Oliver spends more time with his friend Stanley than with her. Oliver decides to adopt a baby, hoping that it will keep his wife occupied so that he and Stanley can continue to carouse. But upon returning home with the infant, they find a process server with a divorce summons, and spend a sleepless night caring for the squalling baby. |
Scram! (1932)Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 |
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Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can’t find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint. They revive her with what they think is water, but is actually gin, and all get tipsy in the process. Outside, the drunk realizes he’s at the wrong house and stumbles off. Eventually, the real homeowner arrives, none other than Judge Beaumont. |