(0)Mercedes Ruehl
21) Gia
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Based on the tragic life of America's first supermodel.
Drama based on the life of supermodel Gia Carangi.
22) Last action hero
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Danny Madigan knows all the first three Jack Slater movies in and out. The fourth one is just about to be released, too, and with a magical ticket Danny really gets to know that movie in and out, literally speaking. During one of the action climaxes, Danny is transported into the movie, into a world following other rules than the real one. Benedict, one of the evil guys, gets ahold of the ticket and escapes out to the real world, a world where evil...
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In their late teens and early '20s, the Banner siblings Mitchell, Desiree and Danny made it big as a rock band, but everything fell apart when Desiree decided to leave the group at the height of their fame. Now, fifteen years later, their mother has a plan to bring the group back together and heal her fractured family. Will the siblings be able to put aside their differences and reunite or will they remain estranged forever?
24) Spooky house
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A young orphan boy attempts to beome friends with magician believed to live in a haunted house.
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It's Christmastime in Chicago, and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents' home to celebrate the season. During the course of this eventful week, traditions will be celebrated, secrets revealed, old resentments forgotten, familial bonds re-affirmed and the healing power of laughter will work its magic.
26) Spooky house
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The Great Zamboni is a magician with a mysterious secret. He lives alone with his jaguar, Shadow, in an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers. Young orphan Max believes he can befriend him but his attempts are met with stubborn resistance. When a trio of teenage bullies, who work for the town's eccentric crime queen led by Mona, chases Max and his friends into the mansion on Halloween, a night of hilarious magic and spectacular...
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Best defense: (94 min.) An engineer and a soldier are brought together to test the ultimate Super Tank/Super Weapon and the results have everyone running for cover. Crazy people: (91 min.) When a stressed-out ad executive proposes a "truth in advertising" scheme, he is promptly shipped off to a mental institution where, through a series of mishaps, he puts his plan into effect.
28) The fisher king
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Parry is a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Jack is New York's #1 shock deejay, whose off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy which ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors-Parry. And so the amazing story of the Fisher King unfolds a modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail, filled with...
29) Crazy people
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"When a stressed-out ad exec proposes a 'truth in advertising' scheme, he is promptly shipped off to a mental institution. There he teams up with a kooky blonde and a slew of nutty patients. What happens next is absolutely crazy because the public goes absolutely nuts for the new way of advertising"--Container.
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When quiet, aimless, and amiable Vann Siegert a haunting Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers) drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, he is merely a reflection of what those who encounter him want him to be. The more Vann tries to make a go of his new life, the stronger the mysterious forces that pull him in a darker direction. When locals start to disappear, it becomes clear that an eerie subtraction...
31) Hustlers
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Hustlers follows Destiny, a young stripper struggling to make ends meet. That is, until she meets Ramona, the club's savvy top earner, who shows her the way toward making big bucks. But when the 2008 economic collapse hits their Wall Street clientele hard, Destiny and Ramona concoct a plan with their fellow strippers to turn the tables on these greedy power players in this wild, modern-day Robin Hood story.
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Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, this small masterpiece of short fiction is a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo's iconic voice. In "Creation," a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can't get off the island-flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In "Human Moments in World War III," two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence...
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"Can a kid from Kansas come to New York to conquer the business world and maneuver his way from the mailroom to the boardroom in a matter of weeks? Fresh out of college, Brantley is determined to climb up New York's corporate ladder in record time by masquerading as an up-and-coming executive, even though he's really the new mail boy. However, his plans begin to go awry when the boss's wife falls in love with him and he falls in love with a junior...
34) Sacred time
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The bestselling author of Stones From the River delivers her most ambitious and dramatic novel yet -- the unforgettable story of an endearing, but flawed, Italian American family. In December 1953, Anthony Amedeo's world is nested in his Bronx neighborhood, his parent's Studebaker, the Paradise Theater, Yankee Stadium -- and in his imagination, where he longs for a stencil kit to decorate the windows like all the other kids on his street. Instead,...