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Beating the OddsOctober 2020 Faith Brewster (Rose Byrne): Spin is something you do to disorient people. ---Irresistible (2020) There's nothing more inspirational than a movie about an underdog who is victorious despite all the odds stacked against him. We love stories like these because they give us hope and make us want to fight until the end, while also celebrating the resilience of the human spirit. Most of all, these films remind us that we're never too old to follow our dreams.
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Chicago International Film Festival Oct 14 - 25, 2020 New York Film Festival Sept 17 - Oct 11, 2020
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Irresistible /Two rival political consultants (Steve Carell, Rose Byrne) compete with each other over winning back voters in a small rural town. Rated R.
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The story of a young man (Thomas Macias) coming face to face with his hero (Jeff Daniels) and exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age. Not rated.
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Whip itBliss Calendar (Ellen Page) is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes 'Babe Ruthless', the hottest thing on eight wheels. Rated PG-13.
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WarriorAn ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) returns home and enlists his father (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA (mixed martial arts) tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. Tommy's estranged brother Brendan (Joel Edgerton), a former MMA fighter unable to provide for his family as a public school teacher, also enters the competition. Set on a collision course with each other, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives. Rated PG-13.
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An open-water thriller about one man's (Robert Redford) battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling, and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face. Rated PG-13.
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Bend it like BeckhamEighteen year-old Jesminder's (Parminder Nagra) parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules (Keira Knightley), who invites her to join the local women's team. A feel-good movie with a terrific soundtrack. Rated PG-13.
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Jackie RobinsonThe documentary recounts the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Not rated.
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HelpMississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter (Emma Stone), a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Viola Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Rated PG-13.
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World's fastest IndianBurt Munro (Anthony Hopkins), a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his goal seems out of reach, but he mortgages his house to participate in 'Speed Week'. As he crosses paths with several American "characters," each helps Burt along the way toward making his dream happen. Based on a true story. Rated PG-13.
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Kon-Tiki /Determined to prove a theory, explorer Thor Heyerdahl (Pal Sverre Hagen) leads the Kon-Tiki expedition as he and his crew travel 4,300 miles from South America to Polynesia on a raft made from balsa wood. Compare this dramatization with the Oscar-winning documentary charting the actual 1947 expedition. Norwegian language. Rated PG-13.
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