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Julie Hagerty
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Julie Hagerty
Julie, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic, had no inkling that the mysterious yet undeniable bond formed in a fleeting encounter with a priest would later transform her life. This memoir, in part told through actual letters, is the inspiring story of how two souls, grounded in faith and destined to be together, escape violence to move confidently from darkness to light and from fear to love.
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When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
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Criterion collection volume 1038
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English
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A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. [A] hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine...
4) Airplane!
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In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
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Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just won't leave.
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A Christmas story Christmas: Ralphie is all grown up in this sequel to the annual holiday favorite in which he must deal with Christmas and all that comes with it, this time as a dad. Peter Billingsley returns to the role that has made kids of all ages anticipate Christmas morning like no other.
A Christmas story: In the final days before Christmas in 1940s Indiana, 9-year-old Ralphie wants one thing from Santa Claus more than anything else: a Red...
7) Airplane!
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Voted “one of the 10 funniest movies ever made” by the American Film Institute, “Airplane!” is a masterpiece of off-the-wall comedy. Robert Hays stars as an ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning. Their hilarious high jinks spoof airplane disaster flicks, religious zealots, and television commercials. Nominated for Best Motion Picture at the **Golden Globes.** Nominated...
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Stalled in his company's pecking order, ad man David Howard failed to land the Senior VP slot he wanted. He quits, convinces wife Linda to do the same, sells their house and stocks and buys a Winnebago to roam the USA. Though they feel they're Easy Riders, they're actually Born to Be Mild. With their $145,000 nest egg tucked reassuringly within reach, they make their first stop: Las Vegas. Goodbye, nest egg. Greetings, hilarity.
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Criterion collection volume 762
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English
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A visionary yet tyrannical middle-aged architect is haunted by figures from his past.
10) She's the man
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Adult - Shakespeare for Valentine's Day
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Checked Out Podcast GHPLD - Episode 5 Love is on the Air
High School Films
Y2K Film Favorites
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Viola becomes furious when she learns that her high school, Cornwall, has just cut the girl's soccer team. So furious, in fact, that she takes advantage of her twin brother Sebastian skipping town for a few weeks to take his place at his school, Illyria, so she can join the soccer team there. But her disguise as her brother leads to major complications when she falls in love with her soccer-playing roommate and the girl he's in love with falls in...
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Airport!: In a spoof of disaster films, an airplane is out of control and the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly.
Airport II: A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track--again?
12) Pope dreams
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A coming-of-age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, loss...and a set of drums.
14) The badge
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A small-time sheriff teams up with a New Orleans stripper to solve a hushed murder. The closer the two unlikely partners get to solving the mystery, the more serious the threat to their own lives.
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There's a mad bomber on board, the first lunar shuttle is about to self-destruct, the engines are not working, and worst of all the flight crew discovers they are completely out of coffee! It's the high-flying lunacy of Airplane! All over again as Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty fly totally out of the ozone to recreate their hilarious original roles.
16) "Noises off--"
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A travelling theater group has so much going on behind the curtain, they almost ruin their performance in front of the curtain.
18) 2081
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The year is 2081. Everybody is average thanks to the 212th amendment to the Constitution, that is except for Harrison Bergeron. A hopelessly bright and athletic young man, he has been imprisoned only to escape and try to concocts a plan to liberate the people through a revolution. But there's always one problem with changing the world ... it may not want to be changed.