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When Barry Winchell is assigned to the Airborne Infantry at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, he's thrown into a closed world of aggression, and extreme macho ethics. Then he falls unexpectedly in love with a local trans-gendered performer inciting anger, resentment, and finally violence, among his bigoted fellow recruits.
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The sun-soaked world of a group of past and present football players in and around Miami, Florida. Leading the pack is Spencer, a retired football superstar who is trying to find a foothold as a financial manager to current players. In an industry where the career span is unbelievably short, Spencer and his crew must figure out where the game ends and life begins, all while keeping their cool and having each other's backs.
3) Bandits
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After busting out of jail and on the run, 2 bank robbers devise the perfect crime with imperfect partners. Not wanting to hurt anyone during their robberies, they go to the homes of bank personnel and end up staying the night with the families so that they can all go to the bank in the morning, hence becoming the "sleepover bandits".
5) Fragments
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On an ordinary day, a deranged man goes on a rampage in a diner and randomly shoots the customers. The survivors of the tragic episode are deeply affected by the shooting, each having a different reaction: the youngest, Anne Hagen, becomes popular at school telling her version of the shooting; her friend Jimmy Jaspersen becomes mute and closes himself to the outer world; waitress Carla Davenport neglects her baby and has several vulgar relationships...
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Digging deeper into the extravagant, high-stakes world of pro football in Miami, the new season finds retired superstar turned financial manager Spencer Strasmore going head to head with the biggest shark in the pool. In a business where it's all "go big or go home", Spencer and his crew are about to learn that having it all means always being ready to put up a fight for more dollars, deals and respect.
8) Sunshine
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It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
9) Barbershop
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Calvin never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. One morning he decides to sell the shop to a shady loan shark named Lester. Calvin spends the day cutting heads at the shop, and starts to understand the importance of the legacy left to him. Calvin learns to appreciate his barber friends, and discovers that the place where they work is more than just a place to get a haircut. Calvin gradually changes...
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A comedy that follows the life of former football superstar Spencer Strasmore as he deals with retirement while mentoring other former and current players through the business of football. In the fifth and final season he opts for an irresistible offer as an NFL team owner.
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"Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified car suddenly kills her. Free for the first time, Albert quickly responds to the bait dangling in front of him, pitting his aggressors against one another in a race for his trust and fortune." -- container.
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Marchello, a sheltered indoor cat escapes and is forced to face the challenges of the mean city streets in a quest to find his way home. THE AMAZING ADVENTURE OF MARCHELLO THE CAT is the first-ever live feature with a cast of real cats and was heartwarmingly filmed over six years, from the cats' point of view--eight inches from the ground.
14) Eichmann
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Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli police officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the 'final solution.' Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, fifteen years after World War II, Eichmann, the world's most wanted man, must be broken down and the truth unveiled. As the world waits, two men must confront each other in...
15) On Golden Pond
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Shows the conflicts between three generations of the Thayers. The crotchety old professor and his wife spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's son, while the daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
16) Lake City
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When Billy gets into trouble with a local drug dealer, he hits the road and heads to the last place he wants to go: his childhood home. Years after a family tragedy drove them apart, Billy is reunited with his mother, Maggie and forced to confront both their past and his dangerous situation.
18) The good doctor
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"An ambitious but anxious young doctor [is] eager to impress his superiors and colleagues. When 18-year-old patient Diane is admitted for a kidney infection, Martin steps in, getting the much-needed boost of self-esteem he craves. However, the situation takes a dark turn as his enthusiasm transforms into an obsession"--Container.
19) Sunshine
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The year is 2057 and the sun is dying. Mankind now faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon.