Samantha Mathis
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From Ann Rule's true crime collection, we follow Val, who finds herself and her children held hostage by Denny who forces his way into her house after committing murder. To save them and husband Mark, not yet home, Val offers to drive Denny wherever he wants, becoming an unwilling accomplice. Val builds a rapport with him and uses it to save the lives of bystanders, herself and even her captor.
2) Freak City
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A young woman with multiple sclerosis is placed in an assisted care facility by her family.
5) Lebanon, PA
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When Will leaves Philadelphia to bury his recently deceased father in small-town Lebanon PA, he forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married teacher and CJ confronts her conflicted father, both struggle with decisions about the future paths their lives will take. Lebanon, PA tenderly explores the cultural divide in America through the lives of one extended family....
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Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel. The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis, a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the World. It's a race against the clock to find the inventor...
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Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls" refuse to let him quit. Both the young women and their hard-headed coach fight for equality and a share of the dream, taking on the town prejudice and their own self-doubt....
10) Super Mario Bros
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Mario and Luigi face deadly challenges from a diabolical lizard king and battle to save the world from the king's sinister scheme.
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There's magic in the rainforest and it's called FernGully! Deep in the heart of the forest awaits a paradise filled with tiny sprites, winged fairies, and tree spirits who all live in joyful harmony. But when their home is threatened by humans, one courageous sprite gives her all to save it!
13) Broken arrow
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"Two military pilots engage in a no-hold-barred battle against time and each other in a race to recover two stolen nuclear warheads. When a B-3 Stealth Bomber crashes int he Utah desert during a top-secret test run, the military quickly moves in to retrieve its two 'broken arrows.' But the situation spins wildly out of control after one of the pilots reveals the crash to be part of an incredible nuclear extortion plot."--container.
15) Local color
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In 1974, in the suburb of Port Chester, New York, the teenage aspirant artist John Talia has a troubled relationship with his homophobic father who does not understand John's talent. While visiting his friend Yammi, John finds that the genius Russian painter Nicoli Seroff lives nearby. He decides to pay a visit to his idol. John finds a bitter alcoholic who is still grieving the loss of his wife Anya. Somehow, he successfully befriends the master....
17) Salem's lot
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A journalist returns to his hometown to research the mysterious memories that have haunted him since childhood. But soon, the closely held secrets of small-town life turn into unimaginable terror when a fearsome stranger arrives-- looking to sink his teeth into a new home.
18) Little women
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Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...
20) Buried
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"Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up six feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited... Paul has only ninety minutes to be rescued before his worst...