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1) Poor things
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From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
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Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit lamenting yet another breakup with a girlfriend, decides to tag along on vacation with her shy friend Marian, who desperately needs to loosen up. Things quickly go awry when they accidentally rent the car some incompetent criminals are using for a drop. Pursued across state lines by goons, and aided by Jamie's ex, who is a cop, the two are oblivious to the happenings around them, their own developing feelings, and...
4) Wild target
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Wild Target is a comedy about uptight Victor Maynard, a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother Louisa, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose. He spares her life, unexpectedly acquiring a young apprentice in the process, Tony. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions...
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"A spaceship -- looking like a circus tent -- lands in a field near a small town, signaling the attack of deviant, red-nosed, balloon-twisting psychos from another world who plan to annihilate mankind -- by turning people into cotton candy! Luckily, the town's teen citizenry decides to fight back and teach the cosmic bozos a lesson. But these klowns are no klutzes, turning popcorn, peanuts and caramel corn into playful -- but deadly -- weapons of...
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When a young Greek-American woman falls in love with a non-Greek man she must learn to come to terms with her heritage while attempting to get her family to accept her fiancé; while Toula and Ian struggle to deal with their seventeen-year-old daughter, they uncover a secret that leads to another family wedding; join the Portokalos family as they travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns.
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"Big tech tried to bury it. The establishment media tried to bury it. This is the story they didn't want you to see. My Son Hunter puts the lens squarely on Hunter Biden, his corrupt business dealings, his relationship with his father, and a lifestyle that would make rock stars jealous. But through the haze of a crack pipe and above the din of the parties and the outbursts... somewhere lies the truth. And the truth is almost impossible to believe."--Back...
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Pumpkin Everything: Amy, an up-and-coming novelist, returns to her hometown to look after her stubborn grandfather Tom, and his pumpkin-themed store while confronting an old flame from her past. Autumn in the City: Optimistic Piper gives herself two months to find her passion in New York City. As she bounces between temp jobs, she and her jaded neighbor discover the beauty of the city together.
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Criterion collection volume 1188
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Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires.