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2) Don McKay
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English
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In this edgy thriller, Don McKay (Thomas Haden Church, Sideways) flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace looming over the town. As he attempts to rekindle his romance with an old high school girlfriend (Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas), Don is pulled into a malevolent world from which he may never escape.
3) Offseason
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Marie becomes stranded on the island where her mother is buried and must unveil the mystery behind her mother's troubled past to make it out alive.
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Pastor Luke has always known that he possessed the God-given power to inspire people, but he's never had more than a few, paltry parishioners in his small town on which to bestow his glorious gift. When he moves to the city, and achieves great success as a televangelist, he thinks he's finally fulfilling God's plan. It's only when he almost loses his new ministry, and the woman he loves, that he finds the courage to become the man God truly called...
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Belle is a beautiful young woman who never found a bright future because she was too busy running away from a heartbreaking past. But news of her mother passing away brings Belle back home to her family and the painful memories she tried to leave behind. Only when she finds the strength to confront her family's shameful history, does Belle learn that forgiveness has the power to heal the scars of a broken childhood and unlock her heart to the possibility...
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Capital volume 2
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English
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Quentina continues her relationship with Mashinko, until the police finally catch up with her. Arabella goes away for a few days, leaving Roger to deal with the chaos of their two children. Petunia's daughter visits for Christmas.
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The latest in Spike Lee's Chronicles of Brooklyn series (which also include SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT, DO THE RIGHT THING, CROOKLYN, CLOCKERS, and HE GOT GAME), RED HOOK SUMMER tells the story of Flik Royale, a sullen young boy from middle-class Atlanta who has come to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse, in the housing projects of Red Hook. Having never met before, things quickly get off on the wrong foot as Bishop...
8) Blackbird
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Randy (Julian Walker) tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father (Isaiah Washington) left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother (Mo'Nique), and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self. It's not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting...
9) Dark Glasses
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Italiano
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After an eclipse, an escort crashes her car while fleeing a killer and loses her sight. Acting as her eyes is a young boy who survived the accident. But the killer won't give up his victim.
10) Adopt A Highway
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English
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Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn't recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet.
11) Keith
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Smart and popular high school senior Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois, TV's One Tree Hill) thinks she has her life figured out, but everything changes when she meets a mysterious boy with nothing to lose. International singing sensation Jesse McCartney (TV's Summerland) is unforgettable as Keith in his first major feature film role. Offbeat and free-spirited, Keith takes Natalie on a deliriously wild journey unlike anything she's ever experienced. But he's...
12) Speak No Evil
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Danish
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On a vacation in Tuscany, a Danish family befriends a Dutch family. Months later, the Danish couple receives an invitation to visit the Dutch and decide to go for the weekend. However, it doesn't take long before the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. Things gradually get out of hand, as the Dutch turn out to be something very different than what they have pretended to be.
13) The Daisy Chain
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English
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A grieving couple moves to an Irish village in the wake of their baby daughters death. Touched by an autistic girl whose family perished in an accident, they open their home to Daisy.
14) The Water Man
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Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) sets out on a quest to save his ill mother (Rosario Dawson) by searching for a mythic figure who possesses the secret to immortality, the Water Man. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local girl, Jo (Amiah Miller), they journey together into the remote Wild Horse forest -- but the deeper they venture, the stranger and more dangerous the forest becomes. Their only hope for rescue is Gunner's father (David Oyelowo), who...
15) Turning Green
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English
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After 16-year-old James Powers is forced to move in with his three Irish aunts, he starts a wildly successful business of selling illegal magazines on the black market.
16) Online
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English
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John Wilde is a happily married man who is about to face the biggest challenge of his life. Late one night, John logs into a social networking site and re-connects with his old high school flame, Adrianna. What begins as a harmless "Hello" rapidly escalates into a rekindling of their past romance. Torn between the life he once envisioned with Adrianna and the life he's now building with his wife, Mary, John soon discovers that there are serious consequences...
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Capital volume 3
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English
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Mark is interested in Matya, but he isn't the only one. The Kamal household prepares for a visit from their dominating matriarch. As Petunia lies dying, Mary enlists Bogdan's help to start renovating her mother's home.
18) Dog Eat Dog
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Legendary filmmaker Paul Schrader directs this "sordid and engaging crime drama" (The Hollywood Reporter) starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) and Academy Award® nominee Willem Dafoe (Platoon). Ex-cons Troy (Cage), Mad Dog (Dafoe) and Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook) are hired by an eccentric mob boss to kidnap a baby for a large ransom. When the abduction goes awry, the trio find themselves on the run from the mob and...
19) Decision
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A family in despair rediscovers its faith in this uplifting drama from the producers of WWJD: What Would Jesus Do? Natalie Grant (Four-time GMA Dove Awards Female Vocalist of the Year) stars as Ilene, who struggles to make ends meet after the tragic death of her firefighter husband (country music star Billy Dean). When she begins to lose control of her heartbroken teenage son Jackson (Michael Rosenbaum), she reaches out to her estranged father Wyatt...
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From rising-star director Leila Djansi, comes her latest film festival winner LIKE COTTON TWINES, starring Jay Ellis (HBO's Insecure). The story centers around Micah Brown (Ellis) who takes a teaching job in a Ghanaian village where he meets Tuigi, a bright girl who must atone for a deadly accident committed by her father and, according to custom, must abandon her education and be offered into religious slavery. Locked in a battle between history,...
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