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The Big C: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsRecently estranged from her husband and diagnosed with cancer, Cathy Jamison decides to live life on her own terms, consequences be damned. Meanwhile, her self-absorbed spouse, teenage son and vagabond brother cope with the likelihood of losing her.
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The Big C
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis dark comedy series finds unassuming housewife Cathy Jamison, recently estranged from her husband and just diagnosed with terminal cancer, at last deciding to live life on her own terms -- consequences be damned.
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The Big C: Season 2
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsAfter already coming to an ironic acceptance of her cancer diagnosis, Cathy Jamison reverses course and steps up to fight the disease head on. But her decision to consult another specialist doesn't go over well with Dr. Todd.
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Ken Burns: Prohibition
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsKen Burns's fascinating multipart documentary examines the history of alcohol in America, including the events leading up to the passage of the 18th Amendment, the social and legal effects of prohibiting alcohol, and the repeal of Prohibition.
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Ken Burns: Prohibition
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsKen Burns's fascinating multipart documentary examines the history of alcohol in America, including the events leading up to the passage of the 18th Amendment, the social and legal effects of prohibiting alcohol, and the repeal of Prohibition.
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American Experience: Death and the Civil War
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThis film explores how the American Civil War created a "republic of suffering" and charts the far-reaching social, political and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the war.
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Huff: Season 1
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this critically acclaimed series, Los Angeles psychiatrist Craig Huffstodt finds his entire life turned upside down after a gay patient commits suicide during a session. Meanwhile, he must contend with his family's trials and tribulations.
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Huff: Season 2
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAs a new season gets under way, a guilty Huff must contend with the repercussions of his fight with his best friend, Izzy and Byrd have become alienated from the family, and Russell takes on a challenging new client.
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Huff
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter a patient commits suicide in front of him during a session, psychiatrist Craig Huffstodt must reexamine his existence even as he continues to help others cope with theirs. Can he succeed with his family by his side -- or in spite of them?
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The Impostors
1998 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsTo elude the wrath of overbearing Broadway star Sir Jeremy Burtom, two struggling actors are forced into a madcap succession of masquerades aboard an elite ocean liner swarming with people who aren't what they seem.
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Please Give
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsLife gets knotty when successful Manhattan couple Alex (Oliver Platt) and Kate (Catherine Keener) develop a relationship with the granddaughters of Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert), the cantankerous elderly woman who owns the apartment next to theirs -- and who must die so they can expand their home. The all-star cast includes Amanda Peet, Rebecca Hall and Lois Smith in this indie feature from writer-director Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money).
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Deadline: The Complete Series
2000 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFrom "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf comes this pulse-pounding series about the high-stakes world of tabloid journalism. Pulitizer Prize winner Wallace Benton (Oliver Platt) of the New York Ledger never lets a story escape, no matter what the personal consequences. Trying to rein in Wallace's egotism and slippery ethics are his wife, Brooke (Hope Davis), editor Nikki Masucci (Bebe Neuwirth) and gossip columnist Hildy (Lili Taylor).
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Deadline
2000 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsPulitizer Prize-winning tabloid journalist Wallace Benton never lets a story escape, no matter what the personal consequences. Trying to rein in Wallace's egotism and slippery ethics are his wife, Brooke, editor Nikki and gossip columnist Hildy.
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