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Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Description
Harry earns his living as a tour guide in the jungles of Peru, but plans to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an ancient Incan treasure that holds an awesome power. On his perilous quest, he comes across cutthroat Ed Morgan, archeologist Stanley Moorehead, and beautiful Romanian refugee Elena Antonescu.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Children of an impoverished woodcutter Hansel and Gretel get lost in the forest after birds have eaten the trail of breadcrumbs that was supposed to show them the way back home. They arrive at a strange house made entirely of gingerbread. The resident turns out to be a malicious witch who is extremely excited to fatten Hansel up so she can then put him on her menu...
Publisher
itv Studios, WGBH PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
After a computer system upgrade, money started to seemingly disappear from British post office branches, and the managers were blamed -- accused of theft, fired, and many charged and sent to prison -- leaving lives, marriages, and reputations in ruins. When Alan Bates was fired, he refused to accept the blame, instead bringing together a group of other wrongly-accused sub-postmasters to form an alliance to fight one of the greatest miscarriages of...
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Description
A grandly scaled and ravishingly scenic adventure about the search for clues across the Sinai terrain offering proof of Biblical events. Set in 1900 and unfolding across landscapes of awesome beauty and breathtaking excavations, rough-hewn archaeologist Mark Brandon and determined explorer Ann Mercedes, striving to complete her late father's earlier discoveries, travel a route of intrigue, danger and romance to reach the lost tomb of Ra-Hotep before...
12) Apocalypto
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Description
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
In San Francisco's Chinatown, Tom discovers his family's legacy: they guard the phoenix egg, a powerful artifact that can either create or destroy. Stepping into this role, Tom teams up with a savvy tiger and zodiac warriors who can shift forms. Together, they dive into a high-stakes adventure, battling foes to protect the egg and uphold their family's honor.
14) Land of bad
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
A covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines spirals into a brutal 48-hour battle for survival. When an elite extraction team is ambushed deep in enemy territory, rookie officer Kinney is left outnumbered but determined to leave no man behind. With an air strike closing in, Kinney's only hope hinges on the guidance of Air Force drone pilot Reaper, navigating unknowable danger where every move could be their last.
16) After death
Publisher
Angel Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Based on real near-death experiences, After Death explores the afterlife with the guidance of New York Times bestselling authors, medical experts, scientists, and survivors that shed a light on what awaits us.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy" is arguably the greatest single work ever created in the history of Western literature. Explore the mesmerizing story, at once dreamlike and hyper-real, that unfolds within the poem itself; the story of how Dante managed to create it under such unpromising circumstances, and how it has been transmitted over time.
18) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
20) The shift
Publisher
Angel Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In this groundbreaking sci-fi thriller inspired by the Book of Job, Kevin Garner (Kristoffer Polaha) refuses an offer of wealth and power from a nefarious adversary known as The Benefactor (Neal McDonough). Now, with survival on the line, he must escape an alternate totalitarian reality and hold onto what glimmers of light he can find in his fight to get back to the world he knows and Molly (Elizabeth Tabish), the woman he loves.
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