Laura Dern
41) Goose
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Adopted by woodchucks at birth, a baby goose never feels she truly belongs--until the day she discovers she can fly.
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"How do dinosaurs say goodnight?": Even dinosaurs make a fuss before bedtime. Can parents ever get them into bed? "In the small, small pond": Frogs leap, tadpoles wriggle, geese waddle and minnows scatter. You'll enjoy watching this pond come to life in the spring. "Zin! Zin! Zin! A violin": A lone trombone playing solo is joined by a trumpet to make a duet, until a French horn makes it a trio. One by one instruments gather together for a joyous musical...
43) Afterburn
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After her ace fighter pilot husband dies in a plane crash, Janet Harduvel is shocked to discover that the Air Force has blamed his death on "pilot error". Working with her lawyer, Janet discovers that there is every possibility the instruments in the F-16 were at fault, and that the military had initiated a cover-up. For Janet, her husband's good name is all she has left of him and she'll fight to preserve it.
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Season two picks up with Amy immersed in gathering evidence against Abaddonn. In the season's eight episodes, Amy enlists the help of journalist Jeff Flender, and as they work together on a searing expose, she dreams of a bigger life and develops romantic yearnings for the handsome, well-travelled reporter.
46) Lonely hearts
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Based on a true story. In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray's initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and...
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Enlightened centers on Amy Jellicoe, a 40-year-old woman who returns home to California after a month's stay at a holistic treatment facility, a result of having a mental breakdown at work triggered by her self-destructive ways. Amy returns to her old life with a new cultivated approach and perspective, which includes daily meditation and exhorting the power of self-help and inner healing.
49) Trial by fire
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"In 1992, Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak, was convicted of an arson-related triple homicide and put on death row. This is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond that formed between Willingham and Elizabeth Gilbert, a Houston mother of two, who battled against the state for twelve years to try to save Willingham by exposing suppressed evidence and illogical conclusions"--Container.
50) Tenderness
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Lori Cranston is a confused fifteen-year-old dreamer in search of an escape from her troubled home life. She discovers and becomes enthralled with Eric, a young man with a violent past. As they embark on a harrowing journey, a hardened local cop, who has been following Eric for years, is intent on exposing him as a serial killer before Lori's fate is determined.
51) Blue velvet
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David Lynch burrows deep beneath the picturesque surfaces of small-town life in his most iconic film. With intense performances by Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rosellini, Kyle MacLachlan, and Laura Dern, and hauntingly powerful scenes and images, this is one of the most influential American films of the past few decades.
52) Inland Empire
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Criterion collection volume 1175
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'Strange, what love does.' The role of a lifetime, a Hollywood mystery, a woman in trouble...David Lynch's first digitally shot feature makes visionary use of the medium to weave a vast meditation on the enigmas of time, identity, and cinema itself. Featuring a tour de force performance from Laura Dern as an actor on the edge, this labyrinthine Dream Factory nightmare tumbles down an endless series of unfathomably interconnected rabbit holes as it...
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Josh is a New York DJ who spends his nights partying in the city's exclusive clubs. After an accidental drug overdose he is sentenced to spend a year with his dad in small town Paragon, North Dakota. When he meets Mary, she shows him this small town has more to offer than he could have ever expected.
55) Mask
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The true story of Rocky Dennis, a personable young man who has craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. Rocky is the son of biker Rusty and he is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and her cycle buddies, but treated with pity and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal doesn't want to enroll Rocky, but Rusty fights for her son's rights. Rocky eventually falls...
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Jack and Terry. Hank and Edith. They're two married couples and best friends with much in common. Jack and Hank are professors at Cedar County College. Terry and Edith are both stay-at-home moms. What will split them apart is that Jack and Edith are secret lovers. The interlocked foursome go into uncharted realms of anger, confrontation and lust - and making decisions that may or may not let love slip away.
57) Focus
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This story follows a Brooklyn man and his wife who become victims of mistaken identity at the height of World War II. Their bigoted community believes that they are Jews.
58) Year of the dog
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Peggy is a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister. She lives alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life.
59) Twin Peaks
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Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
60) Wild at heart
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Lula knows she's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend, Sailor, no matter how many times her mama tried to kill him. But when she and Sailor hit the road to find happiness, their journey plunges them into a disturbing underworld.