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81) The brave one
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New York City radio host Erica Bain is working and living a wonderful life. One night she and her fiancé, David, are brutally attacked. David is killed and Erica is almost beaten to death. Erica is traumatized and in order to cope and work past the tragic event, Erica becomes someone else. She buys a gun and begins to roam the streets at night looking to take her revenge on the men who were responsible for the attack. Late one night, Erica is in...
82) Peque y yo
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"Cuando mi perro Peque muri̤, todos en casa nos pusimos tristes. Al d̕a siguiente, una nube comenz̤ a seguirme a todos lados, me entr̤ jab̤n en los ojos y un pulpo me agarr̤ muy fuerte del coraz̤n."--
"When Peque, my dog, died, everyone at home was sad. The next day, a dark cloud began to follow me around and it felt like I had soap in my eyes and an octopus wrapped tightly around my heart."--
83) The book thief
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The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
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Returning to his family's manor house on the lonely moors after his father dies under mysterious circumstances, Sir Henry Baskerville is confronted with the mystery of the supernatural hound that supposedly takes revenge upon the Baskerville family. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson are brought in to investigate.
85) El Arracadas
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Mariano Landeros es hecho jurar por su madre que buscara al asesino de su padre a como de lugar; la prueba de ello seria traer la arracada que Doroteo Carrillo le arrebato a su madre cuando el asesinato.
86) Pumpkinhead
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When a group of rambunctious teenagers inadvertently kills his only son, Ed Harley seeks the magic of a backwoods witch to bring the child back. Defying superstition, he and the witch invoke the Pumpkinhead, a monstrously clawed and fanged demon to kill the group. When he realizes he's gone too far, Harley attempts to save the kids, but is continually afflicted by visions of peoples' deaths through the eyes of the monster.
87) Amador
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Film Movement volume year 10, film 3
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Marcela, a young immigrant with financial troubles, finds a summer job looking after Amador, a bed-ridden elderly man whose family is away. She thinks her problems are solved, but Amador dies shortly thereafter, putting Marcela in a predicament. His death leaves her jobless, something she can't afford to let happen. Faced with a difficult moral dilemma, Marcela will prove that death can't always stop life.
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"Esta obra comparte respuestas efectivas a las inquietudes más frecuentes cuando vivimos la muerte o desaparición de un ser amado, y brinda una guía insuperable y desmitificadora de las percepciones tradicionales relacionadas con el fallecimiento de un ser muy cercano, el propósito es hacernos comprender que el duelo no se supera: se aprende a vivir con la ausencia, además, sí podemos llorarle y hablar con nuestro ser querido en cualquier momento...
90) Birds of America
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Morrie is an uptight university professor who is anxiously seeking tenure. This requires the approval of his department head, who lives next door. Morrie and his wife Betty live in the house he inherited at 18, after his mother died and his father committed suicide. Morrie has raised his brother Jay and sister Ida, both have problems of their own. Ida is a substance abuser, as well as being promiscuous. Jay is a deeply gentle and sensitive soul whose...
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In the Andes Mountains, Felipa misses her grandmother Abuelita, and goes in search of her soul, only to find the celebrations of the Day of the Dead to be the perfect way to feel close to Abuelita again.
Abuelita ha muerto y Felipa se siente muy triste. Para consolarla, sus padres le explican que las almas de las personas muertas viven para siempre ... Cuando toda la aldea se prepara para celebrar el Día de los Muertos y honrar a los seres queridos...
92) Cámara de gas
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¿Tiene derecho un asesino a una nueva oportunidad?
Un tenso thriller que conduce a una profunda reflexión sobre la justicia y el perdón.
Adam Hall lleva apenas un año en uno de los bufetes más prestigiosos de Chicago cuando se presta voluntario para la defensa del caso más difícil que se haya visto en el ramo. Su futuro cliente no quiere ni a Adam ni a su bufete. Es un racista declarado e impenitente,
...93) 7 days
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How far would you go to get revenge on the man who raped and killed your little girl? Shows a doctor kidnapping, tying up, and then methodically extracting every drop of justice from the vile criminal he is convinced did that horrific deed. The hostage begs and pleads and insists he's innocent, only to turn around and boast of his crimes, perhaps in the vain hope that the nightmare will end sooner. But the doctor will not relent for seven days.
94) Highwaymen
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"Haunted by the hit-and-run death of his wife five years ago, Rennie Cray has devoted his life to tracking down the killer -- a twisted psychopath who randomly murders women using his souped-up '72 El Dorado. But the stakes are suddenly raised when a mysterious, tormented woman becomes caught in their deadly game of cat-and-mouse, leading to a shocking showdown neither one is willing to lose"--Container.
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El día que mi madre se quitó la vida fue uno de los más felices de mi adolescencia... ¿Que si la odiaba? No lo sé... Tampoco sé si la quería. Hay muchas cosas que no sé, que no recuerdo, que no entiendo." Renata tiene catorce años y la certeza de que es feliz por la muerte de su madre: Sabina.
97) Lake dead
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Three beautiful sisters learn of a long-lost grandfather, but only make this discovery upon the news of his grisly death. Enticed to visit grandpa's old home after hearing of an inheritance, the sisters head to the back country with some friends. The psychotic family occupying the inherited property goes on a long awaited and much enjoyed killing spree. As the family's twisted motives unravel, the sisters discover a terror worse than death.
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Lamida por mansas olas nocturnas en una playa del Pacífico, la cabeza cortada de Josué Nadal cuenta, recuerda, divaga. Sabe que es la número mil en lo que va de año y que gobierna la delincuencia (traficante o corporativa) con tal cinismo que incluso se celebra el mal como si fuera el bien de la voluntad y la fortuna. En Mexico no hay tragedia: todo se vuelve telenovela. Josué aspiro a entender el mundo en tanto Jérico, su amigo entrañable,...
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"Por la sangre de las mujeres Marte corre una magia que les concede dones especiales. Creciendo en República Dominicana, y luego al migrar a Nueva York, las hermanas Flor, Matilde, Pastora y Camila aprendieron a valerse de ellos, y de la fuerza de su vínculo, para protegerse de las hostilidades del mundo. Pero también, a callarse sus deseos, temores y anhelos más profundos. Por eso, cuando Flor anuncia que va a celebrar un velorio en vida, el...
100) Su último día
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La nueva novela de suspenso nacional del autor más vendido del New York Times de The Couple Next Door y Someone We Know In Upstate New York, Stephanie y Patrick se están adaptando a la vida con sus bebés gemelos con cólicos. Las niñas son un puñado, pero a Stephanie no le importa ser una ama de casa, cuidándolas mientras Patrick hace de nueve a cinco para pagar las cuentas. Cuando una mujer del pasado de Patrick se les acerca inesperadamente,...
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