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In The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard -- bodyguard Michael Bryce, hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife Soniaare are back as the mismatched, high-octane trio -- that are once again forced together into another life-threatening mission to save Europe from a vengeful and powerful zealot.
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"Heavenly bells are ringing, jubilant choirs are singing, and Christmas joy is blanketing the world like freshly fallen snow. But the Yuletide spirit has yet to warm Bishop Henry Brougham's Victorian home. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his loving wife, Julia, and now only divine intervention can save their marriage! But the powerful and handsome angel sent from above has a mind of his...
3) The wife
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"After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe's literary star has...
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Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come...
6) La notte
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Criterion collection volume 678
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During one evening, an author and his wife begin to explore their deteriorating marriage and the indifference that they feel towards their circle of friends.
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War and romance collide in the sweltering heat and political unrest of 1960's Aden--a port city in today's Yemen--where the British Royal Military Police battle local militia in an intense struggle to control the strategically important port. The officers know only too well that a lapse in luck or judgment risks death. But do they know what their wives are risking at the local country club, where the swinging '60s are in full swing?
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MILITARY WIVES centers on a group of women from different backgrounds whose partners are away serving in combat. Faced with their loved ones’ absences, they come together to form the very first military wives choir, helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments, and quickly find themselves on an international stage. Peter Cattaneo (THE FULL MONTY) directs Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan in this feel-good crowd-pleaser...
9) The in-laws
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A man believing his wife has died in a flood remarries; he later finds his first wife recovering in the same hospital as his new father-in-law.
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When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married lover is accused of the crime. The lawyer defending him is in ill health and his only hope for acquittal is the testimony of the accused's wife, proving his alibi. However, she has some secrets of her own to reveal.
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With the country gripped by political uncertainty and fresh elections, Ross Poldark seeks to challenge George Warleggan's stranglehold over Cornwall while also repairing his marriage to Demelza. Hugh Armitage remains in love with Demelza and is hopeful for more. Dr. Dwight Enys and Caroline plan to start a family while Elizabeth seeks another child to secure her own marriage to an ever-suspicious George. Meanwhile, Morwenna desperately tries to protect...
13) Undercurrent
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Ann Hamilton is a professor's daughter who is a young bride married to an industrialist. She begins to suspect that her charming husband is really a psychotic who plans to murder her. Neither can she ignore the shadow of her brother-in-law Michael Garroway, whom she's never met but has been told so much about.
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Things seem to be going swimmingly for Mr. Peabody, then one day his life takes a whimsical turn. While fishing, he snags a beautiful mermaid. In a flight of youthful fancy, the stodgy Bostonian falls for the mermaid and takes her to a pond at his villa. The seemingly harmless crush creates all sorts of comical mix-ups! When Mr. Peabody₂s jealous wife's car is found abandoned, the discovery leads the police to believe he bumped off his own wife!...
15) Blood simple
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Criterion collection volume 834
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"Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought ... Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene"--Container.
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Follows a politician's wife who pursues her own career as a defense attorney after her husband is sent to jail on charges of political corruption. Alicia Florrick not only deals with her career but also with keeping her family together as she provides a stable home for her two children.
17) Bergman island
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Criterion collection volume 1170
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In search of inspiration for their current filmmaking projects, Chris and her partner travel to the remote island of Fårö, Sweden, where Bergman lived and worked for decades. There, the spirit of the cinema master looms as Chris confronts her complicated relationships with work, men, motherhood, and her artistic influences.
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Rachel and her girlfriends Charlene and Monica are realizing what they want in a man is not what they're getting in their men. Every woman at church loves Rachel's husband, Deacon Clarence-- especially the preacher's flirty daughter, Chantel. As Rachel's marriage is collapsing and their love grows apart, Rachel's new boss Damion Marshall is giving her reason to leave. Charlene struggles to hold on to what's left of her marriage, as her husband Bruce...
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During World War II, Navy Lt. Neil Thomas bids Caroline, his pregnant young wife, farewell at Union Station. Before their son is born, Neil's plane goes down in the Pacific and he's declared MIA. Caroline is devastated, but her love never dies. For the next 65 years, Caroline returns to Union Station on the anniversary of her loss to salute his memory. When a TV journalist learns of the touching story, she sets out to investigate what happened to...
20) Aporia
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Since losing her husband in a drunk-driving accident, Sophie has struggled to manage crippling grief, a full-time job, and the demands of parenting her devastated teen daughter. When her husband's best friend, a former physicist, reveals that he has been building a time-bending machine that could restore her former life, she is faced with an impossible choice. One push of a button and she can kill the drunk driver and bring her husband back but changing...