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Possessor
From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg, it is an arresting sci-fi thriller about elite corporate assassin Tasya Vos. Using brain-implant technology, Vos takes control of other people's bodies to execute high-profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
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How about Adolf?
When a couple announces at a family dinner that they would like to name their unborn child Adolf, they face a variety of unexpected reactions.
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Yes, God, yes
Alice, a strait-laced Catholic student, discovers more than she bargained for after an innocent AOL chat turns racy. Seeking redemption, she attends a mysterious religious retreat to try to suppress her urges, only to come face to face with everything she's been trying so desperately to avoid.
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Elizabeth is missing
Maud, an elderly woman struggling with dementia, becomes convinced that her best friend Elizabeth is missing and something terrible has happened to her.
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Buoyancy
After a Cambodian teenager is sold into labor on a Thai fishing boat, he witnesses murder and torture and realizes that to survive he may have to become as cruel as his captors.
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Cicada Song
Karen is a tough, outspoken, farm manager who cares about the people she works for and the migrant people who work for her. When one of her farmhands approaches her about a little girl that has recently disappeared, she becomes closer to her employees than she ever thought possible. But, when her lover, Annabelle, disappears, the bubble Karen lives in bursts and she begins an investigation only to uncover something dark in the little town she grew up in. CICADA SONG is a contemporary Mystery/Thriller, which tells the story of Karen's search for the woman she loves, the truth about her hometown, and her desperate need for survival after being left for dead in the wilderness.
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Ammonite
In 1800s England, acclaimed but unrecognized fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) works alone on the rugged Southern coastline. With the days of her famed discoveries behind her, she now searches for common fossils to sell to tourists to support herself and her ailing mother. When a wealthy visitor entrusts Mary with the care of his wife Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan), she cannot afford to turn his offer down. Proud and relentlessly passionate about her work, Mary initially clashes with her unwelcome guest, but despite the distance between their social class and personalities, an intense bond begins to develop, compelling the two women to determine the true nature of their relationship.
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War With Grandpa
Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his grandpa he wants his room back - so he has no choice but to declare war. With the help of his friends, Peter devises outrageous plans to make Grandpa surrender the room. But Grandpa is tougher than he looks. Rather than give in, Grandpa plans to get even.
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Infidel
After an American journalist is kidnapped while attending a religious conference in the Middle East and is accused of espionage, his wife decides to find him and bring him home.
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Wild mountain thyme
An Irish farmer tries to win her neighbor's love, but although he seems to remain oblivious, he begins to pursue his dreams when his father plans to sell the family farm.
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Words on bathroom walls
After he is diagnosed with schizophrenia during his senior year in high school, Adam is sent to a Catholic academy where he meets Maya who helps him learn to love and overcome his challenges.
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Sweetness in the belly
After a young British woman, abandoned in Ethiopia as an orphan, returns to England as a refugee, she meets an Ethiopian woman and they make it their mission to reunite refugee families.
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Irishman
A longtime mob associate relates his descent into a life of crime, his position as both a hit man and head of the Teamsters union in Wilmington, Delaware, and his inside knowledge of payoffs, mob hits, and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
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End of sentence
After his son is released from prison, a man sets out to bring his late wife's ashes to her favorite lake in Ireland and honor her wishes of bringing their son on the trip.
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Movies for Children and Families
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Jumbo 2
When Fernville's mayor joins forces with a ruthless manager to promote a concert, Jumbo discovers that he has the power to win the town's confidence and get rid of their enemies.
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SpongeBob musical:
SpongeBob becomes an unlikely hero and saves the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom.
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Molly Of Denali: Molly's Awesome Alaskan Adventures
An action-adventure comedy that follows the adventures of feisty and resourceful ten-year-old Molly Mabray, an Alaska Native girl, her dog Suki, and friends Tooey and Trini on their adventures in epically beautiful Alaska.
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Ancient China From Above
Archaeologist Allan Maca leads a team of intrepid experts on an epic adventure to solve mysteries, explore secrets and reveal amazing wonders of Ancient China like never before. Guided by images from space, cutting-edge technology on the ground, and the very latest excavations of Chinese archaeologists, they will reveal palaces and tombs, incredible megastructures and even entire long-lost cities.
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Babylon Berlin
When a car is pulled from the Landwehr Canal with a corpse, Detective Inspector Gereon Rath's investigation leads him into the German underworld. Season 1 &2.
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