JoBeth Williams
21) In my dreams
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Natalie and Nick don't know each other, but they have a lot in common. They're both frustrated in their work lives and in the romance department. Natalie despairs of finding Mr. Right, while Nick's meddling mother is forever trying to set him up. After tossing coins in Hayward Fountain, Nick and Natalie begin dreaming about each other. But there's a catch. They may be perfect for each other, but according to fountain legend, they only have one week...
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"Maddie Parker and her daughters are going to visit her mother for the holidays. Coincidentally, they run into her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Mitch who is headed in the opposite direction. Thanks to a blanket of snow, and a closed airport, these two weary travelers discover they have nothing more to do ... except fall in love again."--Container.
23) Victim of love
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A therapist falls for an English professor, Paul Tomlinson. Then one of her patients claims that she and Paul are deeply in love, and that Paul is a brutal killer.
24) A doll's house
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Ibsen's best-known play displays his genius for realistic prose drama. An expression of women's rights, the play climaxes when the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house."
25) Switch
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A notorious womanizer is shot and killed by three of the women he has hurt. His entry into Heaven is delayed because God wants him to prove himself by finding one woman who truly loves him. The task is complicated by the fact that he is sent back to Earth as a woman.
26) Dutch
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When working-class Dutch Dooley volunteers to fetch his new girlfriend's son from his Southern prep school, where he's refusing to come home for Thanksgiving, their road trip back to Chicago quickly goes wrong.
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Poltergeist 2: The family has fled from their cursed home to a new one, only to be followed by the demons who want their clairvoyant daughter.
Poltergeist 3: Still haunted by evil spirits, Carol Anne is sent to live in a Chicago high rise with her aunt and uncle and discovers she must face demons more frightening than ever before.
28) The day after
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Following a nuclear strike against the United States, families in small-town Kansas try to survive as radiation slowly kills everything around them.
29) Stir crazy
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"Two out-of-work New Yorkers find themselves incarcerated in a Sun Belt prison for a robbery they didn't commit. Would-be playwright Skip Donohue and would-be actor Harry Monroe should be on the road to success. But along the way to seeking their fortunes in California, they get stranded in Arizona. Hired to dress as woodpeckers for a bank promotion, Skip and Harry are mistaken for bank robbers and find themselves thrown behind bars. Outwitting wardens,...
30) Within
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A family is ready to start a new life, but as strange things begin to happen in their neighborhood, it becomes clear that something about their seemingly perfect home isn't right.
31) Adam
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Adam, the son of John and Reve Walsh, disappears one day while at the mall with his mother. Within hours local police mobilize a massive search for the missing child. But to their surprise the Walshes find that there is no federal agency willing to join in the search. As hopes of finding Adam dim, John Walsh overcomes his deep despair by becoming an advocate for parents of missing children and lobbying in Congress for the Federal Missing Children...
32) Memories of me
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A heartwarming comedy about a feuding father and son who attempt reconciliation and come to understand each other better before it's too late.
33) Poltergeist
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A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap" the youngest daughter.
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Frankie (Mischa Barton) has studied ballet her whole life. Her grandmother (Joan Plowright) has raised her to be the next prima ballerina, but Frankie has other plans. Meanwhile, Frankie's best friend Hazel has plans of her own with dreams of becoming the town's youngest mayor. Together Frankie and Hazel set out to prove that all it takes is a little kid power to make a big difference.
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Poltergesit II: The family has fled from their cursed home to a new one, only to be followed by the demons who want their clairvoyant daughter.
Poltergesit III: Demons have followed Carol Anne to the high-rise in Chicago, where she has fled to life with her aunt and uncle.
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Poltergeist II (1986 ; 91 min.): "The sinister supernatural forces return as the Freeling family settles into a new home following the annihilation of their former residence by terrifying visitors from the netherworld. But the spirits of the dead are still hell-bent on luring the family's clairvoyant daughter Carol Ann to 'the other side'"--Container.
Poltergeist III (1988 ; 98 min.): "They're back...again! And they're still looking for Carol Ann...
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The Key and Tone Clusters are two one-act plays by 2009 Man Booker Nominee Joyce Carol Oates.
The Key: a hilarious perverse encounter between a vacationing suburban housewife, recently separated from her husband, and a prosperous businessman.
Tone Cluster: a chilling trig-comedy that takes the form of an interview between a middle-aged, middle-class American couple and the media.
A full-cast production featuring: Edward Asner, Hector Elizondo,
...38) The dogs of war
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Hired by an international cartel, soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon (Walken) organizes a strike force to wrest control of an impoverished but mineral rich west African nation from a madman. An intricate game ensues where double cross is the rule: Shannon and his handpicked men find themselves caught between the cartel and the dictator they were to depose. To escape this dilemma, Shannon and his men apply their own code of honor.
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"When top L.A. detective Joe Bomowski gets a rare visit from his feisty mom, Tutti, his life is turned upside-down. In no time, she is rearranging Joe's bachelor pad and meddling in his affairs, much to his embarrassment and the delight of his girlfriend, Gwen. To add to Joe's problems, Tutti witnesses a murder and becomes his unlikely partner when she refuses to divulge information unless she's allowed in on the investigation. Just when Joe is ready...
40) Barracuda
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An odd woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music inheritance-one way or another.