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Alice Kingsleigh is a young woman at a crossroads. Not knowing what she wants from life, she is being pushed, pulled, strong-armed, and confused into doing what everyone expects of her. A marriage proposal in front of friends and family pushes Alice over the edge and down the rabbit hole into a place she hasn't visited since her father died 10 years before. Only problem is, she's now a very different person, has no memories of Underland, and is somehow...
3) Big fish
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"Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales ... In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures ..."--Container.
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Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
5) Yes man
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Carl Allen signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything ... and anything. Unleashing the power of 'yes' transforms Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that embracing every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
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Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's...
9) Dark shadows
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"After being turned into a vampire by a jilted lover, Barnabas Collins ... is entombed for two centuries until he emerges into the very changed world of 1972. Returning to his once-majestic home, he finds the few dysfunctional descendants of the Collins family who remain. Determined to return his family name to its former glory, Barnabas is thwarted at every turn by his former lover--the seductive witch Angelique".
12) Reign of fire
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In present day London dragons awake. Fast forward 20 years, to a world devastated by their destruction. Fire Chief Quinn, is responsible for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive in what's left of the world. Into their midst comes a hotshot American, Van Zan, who says he has a way to destroy the beasts and save mankind.
13) Chain reaction
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A student machinist finds himself caught in a maze of secret government cover-ups, hi-tech espionage and murder after working on a groundbreaking scientific experiment. Eddie Kasalivich and Lily Sinclair are part of a team of scientists who have developed a revolutionary new source of energy. But no sooner have they finished celebrating their triumph, than their lab is destroyed and the head of their team killed. Named the main suspects, Eddie and...
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Imprisoned vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better and are in need of his protection.
16) Mulholland Falls
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"In 1950's Los Angeles, Max Hoover leads an elite squad of four detectives who play by their own rules, dealing with criminals the only way they know how -- with deadly force. But when they investigate the murder of a beautiful young woman, the detectives find themselves embroiled in a high-level conspiracy and faced with a terrifying secret that the US government is determined to keep hidden at any price"--Container.
17) Yes man
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Carl Allen always says no and in turn does not have very much fun in his life. As a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job, Carl decides to sign up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything and anything. His life is transformed when he unleashes the power of 'yes.' Carl's life is changed in amazing and unexpected ways. This is especially true when Carl meets an intriguing, free-spirted musician....
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Told through his own words, the documentary reflects on his traumatic childhood, his difficult struggle with drugs and alcohol, the loss of his son, and how he always found his inner strength and healing in music. It features extensive interviews with Clapton himself, along with his family, friends, musical collaborators, contemporaries and heroes, including late music icons B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison.
19) True crime
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A boozing, skirt-chasing and hard-living reporter realizes a death row prisoner scheduled to die at midnight is innocent. He races against time to save the man and perhaps lift his own life out of the trash heap.
20) Wild Bill
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Jeff Bridges portrays Wild Bill Hickok, the hard-drinking, quick-shooting gunslinger.