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Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
2) Kidnap
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A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. Karla will stop at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
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When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. It's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demagorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
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Academy Award winner Robin Williams, Glenn Close and John Lithgow star in this film based on John Irving's expansive, offbeat best-selling novel. When Jenny Fields (Close) decides to become a mother, she has no intention of finding a husband or of having marital sex, so she gets herself pregnant by a hospitalized solder on his deathbed. And so begins the unusual life of Garp (Williams), who is destined to be anything except what he himself desires...
6) Bad Santa 2
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Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed, and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid, ' chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine. Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior.
8) The fighter
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Once upon a time, Dicky Eklund was known as the pride of Lowell, Massachusetts. There isn't a person in Lowell who doesn't know about the time that Dicky knocked down the great Sugar Ray Leonard. By the early 1990s, Dicky's crack addiction has soured everything, although he dreams of making a comeback. The real contender is his half-brother Micky Ward. 31-year-old Micky is an unassuming nice guy, long regarded as little more than a stepping-stone...
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When Detective Inspector Hannah Laing kisses her married lover Sean Hardacre goodbye one morning, she never imagines it will be the last time she will see her fellow detective alive. But Sean goes missing and his body is recovered the next day. Determined to find whoever is responsible, Hannah accesses one of Sean's confidential contacts and persuades 'Issy' to help her with Sean's investigation into a Croatian family, the Mimicas, who are using their...
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"As a kid, Todd wanted nothing more than to be a private detective. Now that he is, he's quite good at it. The rest of his directionless life? That's a bit of a mystery, especially to his uber-successful lawyer mom. So when she offers him a job as an in-house investigator at her firm as a way for him to get his act together, he reluctantly agrees, as long as Mom promises to let her adult son be who he wants to be"--Container.
11) The tree of life
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The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950's that follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Bonus features included.
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"Young husband and father Ted Kramer loves his family, and his job, which is where he spends most of his time. When he returns home late one evening from work, his wife Joanna confronts and then leaves him, forcing Ted to become the sole caregiver to their six-year-old son. Now, Ted must learn to be a father while balancing the demands of his high-pressure career. But just as Ted begins to adapt to his new role and begins to feel like a fulfilled...
13) Monster-in-law
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After years of incredibly bad dates, Charlie thinks she's met the man of her dreams. But, poor Charlie is in for a shock when she finally meets his overly possessive mother Viola. Determined to scare off her son's new fiancée, Viola hatches a scheme to become the world's worst mother-in-law. With the help of her loyal, wise-cracking assistant, Viola does everything she can to break up the happy couple. Charlie gets wise to Viola's schemes and decides...
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Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again....
15) The waterboy
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An oddball mama's boy who lives to carry water for football players becomes a star when a coach discovers his hidden ferocity and channels it into gridiron greatness.
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Disgruntled Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. One Friday, Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and run, Marion leaves town. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into the Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man named Norman Bates, who seems to be dominated by his mother. Features one...
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A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
18) Home
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Marvin is skateboarding home from prison after seventeen years, wearing the same Adidas tracksuit he was wearing when he was arrested as a teenager. His home is Newhall, an ordinary American town, which has still not forgiven Marvin for the terrible thing he did all those years ago. He is welcomed back, more or less, to his shabby, run-down family home by two barking pit bulls and his terminally ill mother, Bernadette. While playing cards together...
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Single working mom Christine Campbell has just learned that her ex is dating a much younger woman with the same first name. To avoid any confusion, the new girlfriend is dubbed New Christine, which leaves her with the unfortunate nickname Old Christine. Christine struggles to hold it together as she adjusts to her new nickname, confronts the meanie moms at her son's private school, jumps back in the dating pool-- and gets laughs every misstep of the...
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"[A] hilarious send-up of 1930s gangster films. Johnny Dangerously [is] a devoted son who turns to a life of crime to pay for his mother's operation. As a dapper kingpin, he manages to provide support for her never-ending medical problems while romancing a steamy torch singer, battling arch-rival Danny Vermin, and exposing a corrupt D.A."--Container.
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