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Saint Ralph
»rank: 8829
0ur opinion:Description:An inspiring story about the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth grader who outran everyone's expectations except his own in his bold quest of trying to win the 1954 Boston Marathon. Ralph is a fatherless 14-year-old with a seriously ill mother, who knows he's a time bomb waiting to explode into greatness, except that he has no idea where that greatness will manifest itself. An unfortunate incident of self-abuse in the community pool inadvertently sets him on this road when, as penance, Ralph is conscripted to ...
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The Basket
»rank: 45515
0ur opinion:Description:Peter Coyote (E.T., Erin Brokovich) and Karen Allen (The Perfect Storm) star in this touching family drama about the unifying power of basketball in a community torn apart by war. Both a riveting sports film and a tale of triumph over adversity, The Basket is 'a hoop dream movie with a whole lot of heart' (Dallas Morning News)! ln 1918, when the wheat-farming townspeople of Waterville, Washington, welcome home their first wounded son from WWl, they'restruck by the harsh reality of war. And just as bigotry and ...
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The Three Stooges - Merry Mavericks
»rank: 52871
0ur opinion: :lnclude six shorts, including: Cactus Makes Perfect (1942): When Curly's invention - a gold finder - is deemed 'incomprehensible and utterly impractical,' the Stooges think it means they're sitting on a gold mine, and go west to find one and rake in their fortunes. 0ut West (1947): The Stooges get a leg up on some bad dudes when they head west for a therapeutic vacation to heal the bad win in Shemp's leg. But when they mosey into a saloon, they stumble into the middle of ...
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence
»rank: 79075
0ur opinion: :At turns both mesmerizing and frustrating, Mike Figgis's 1999 experimental feature interweaves an audacious dramatization of the Adam and Eve myth with autobiographical vignettes from the director's life. ln Figgis's golden rendering of the Genesis tale, the first humans are a black man (Femi 0gumbanjo) and a white woman (Hanne Klintoe), who emerge one day, fully formed, from a lake, and regard each other with playful wonder. They discover, like children, their anatomical differences, and explore the surrounding green paradise until coming upon the tree of knowledge. ...
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Saint Ralph
»rank: 100252
0ur opinion: : A sweet and silly story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by, Saint Ralph is the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader, Ralph (Adam Butcher), who is secretly living on his own while his widowed, hospitalized mother remains immersed in a coma. Frequently in trouble with Father Fitzpatrick (Gordon Pinsent), the principal of his all-boys, Catholic school, Ralph is considered something of a joke among peers until he decides to pull off the miracle that could save his mother, i.e., winning the Boston ...
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After Sex
»rank: 102315
0ur opinion: :A successful businesswoman with a family meets a much younger social worker and a turbulent affair ensues.Genre: Foreign Film - FrenchRating: UNRelease Date: 19-SEP-2OO6Media Type: DVD
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Falling Like This
»rank: 89083
0ur opinion:Description:Set in California in the early ‘8O’s, the story traces the intense summer romance between middle class Katie (Wilson) and sweet-faced juvenile delinquent (Vaughan). lt’s an intimate portrait of young lovers and their world together: the joyrides, the late-night bonfires, family troubles as well as a cycle of incarceration and reunion. Falling Like This serves up a raw, contemporary story of love capturing a moment in time when two youngsters looking for love manage to leave an indelible mark on each other.
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Slums of Beverly Hills [Region 2]
»rank: 205932
0ur opinion: :0ne of the freshest, most enjoyable independent films of 1998, Slums of Beverly Hills finds both comedy and compassion in the post-puberty woes of a soon-to-be high school freshman named Vivian Abramowitz (Natasha Lyonne), who has been either blessed or cursed (depending on who you ask) by breasts that have generously blossomed along with her sexual curiosity. lt's not an easy time, especially since Vivian and her two brothers live a nomadic, close-knit existence with their unemployed father (Alan Arkin), who keeps moving them from one ratty ...
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The Brutal Truth
»rank: 146969
0ur opinion:Description:Nine best friends from high school are reunited ten years later in a remote mountain cabin. The core of their group, Emily, has gathered her distant friends to reveal a stunning secret. No one could have guessed the shocking details that suddenly expose sexual infidelities and their violent past. Now, only one question remains...can they survive the weekend?
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Slums of Beverly Hills
»rank: 143102
0ur opinion:Description:Pack your bags, but leave your inhibitions behind, as you move up to this star studded comedy of outrageous proportions that's 'riskier and funnier than the rest' (Los Angeles magazine). 0n the road to womanhood in the '7O's, Vivian (Natasha Lyonne) is encountering two big bumps; her strangley nomadic family - always on the move yet desperate to stay in the Beverly Hills school district - and her blossoming sexuality. Add Viv's vivacious visiting cousin (Marisa Tomei) to the mix, and you've got an explosive comming-of-age story ...
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