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Highest Rated with a 3.6 / 5 Star Rating
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980 | R | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this comedy based on the semi-biographical stories of Hunter S. Thompson, the gonzo journalist stumbles through a series of wacky adventures (some true, some imagined) from 1968 to 1972, often with his attorney, Carl Lazlo, by his side.
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Where the Yellowstone Goes
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsExperience a soul-searching and inspirational 30-day drift boat journey down the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. Connect with colorful characters, get lost in the hypnotic cast of a fly rod and savor silhouetted moments.
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White Irish Drinkers
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn a blue-collar Irish section of 1970s Brooklyn, brothers Danny (Geoff Wigdor) and Brian Leary (Nick Thurston) come of age in a family dominated by their longshoreman father, Patrick (Stephen Lang), whose hard-drinking leaves them scrambling for a way out. As delinquent Danny and dejected mom Margaret (Karen Allen) take the brunt of Patrick's assaults, aspiring artist Brian hides his dreams. But desperate acts will threaten them all.
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Wiener Dog Nationals
2013 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen the Jacks adopt a dachshund, the runt of a litter, from their local shelter, they don't know that she's destined for greatness. Little Shelly proves to be a racing champ, and in no time earns a spot in the prestigious Wiener Dog Nationals.
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Wild Bill
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsOut on parole after 8 years inside, Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15-year-old sons, Jimmy and Dean, abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on.
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Wings: Season 1
1990 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe first season of this high-flying NBC sitcom takes off when long-estranged brothers Joe and Brian Hackett agree to set their differences aside and work together as the sole pilots for Joe's small Nantucket-based airline, Sandpiper Air.
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Wings: Season 2
1990 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsEarly on in this airline-themed sitcom's second season, "Cheers" regulars Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson fly into Tom Nevers Field for a fishing getaway. But they don't get much farther than the tiny island's nearest bar.
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Wings: Season 3
1991 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBrothers Brian and Joe Hackett return for another season operating their Nantucket airline, with a little help from their quirky friends and employees. Tony Shaloub joins the cast of the popular sitcom as cab driver Antonio Scarpacci.
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Wings: Season 4
1992 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this season's misadventures, Brian sinks Lowell's boat, and Joe gets an elderly video clerk fired. Meanwhile, Antonio is stalked by a robber, and the gang performs "Phantom of the Oprah," all part of an average day's events at Sandpiper Air.
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Wings: Season 5
1993 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsLove is in the air for Joe and Brian in this high-flying sitcom's fifth season. Skirt-chasing Brian insists that his relationship with Alex is the real deal -- so much so that he agrees to be celibate; later, Joe fends off an obsessive ex-classmate.
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Wings: Season 6
1994 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBrian, Joe and best friend Helen return to the trials and tribulations of operating a small airport in Nantucket, Mass., in Season 6 of this popular sitcom. With new guest stars popping aboard, Sandpiper Air once again flies high on laughs.
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Wings: Season 7
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn the seventh season of this hit comedy series, honeymooners Joe and Helen head home, only to find Helen's house burned to the ground -- collateral damage from a hot night between Brian and Casey. Joe kicks Brian out of the house -- and the airline.
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Wings: Season 8
1996 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe hit sitcom's final season finds Brian and Joe facing financial woes that may spell the end of Sandpiper Airlines. Meanwhile, a brainless beauty tempts Brian, and Antonio learns some surprising information about his deceased uncle.
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YERT - Your Environmental Road Trip
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsCalled to action by a planet in peril, three friends hit the road to explore every state in America in search of the extraordinary innovators and citizens who are tackling humanity's greatest environmental crises.
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Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWith the ever-present Watson by his side, future detective genius Sherlock Holmes embarks on an exciting adventure as he attempts to unravel a series of mysterious deaths near the campus of the prestigious Brompton Academy.
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Zookeeper
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen an unlucky-in-love zookeeper tells his romantic troubles to a giraffe, a monkey, a lion and other animals in the zoo, the critters speak up and advise him how to win the heart of the beautiful woman who got away. But will their advice work?
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Highest Rated with a 3.5 / 5 Star Rating
12 Rounds
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsHelmed by Renny Harlin, this tense actioner stars World Wrestling Entertainment grappler John Cena as Det. Danny Fisher, a New Orleans cop who must save his kidnapped fiancée, Molly Porter (Ashley Scott), from the clutches of notorious crime lord Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen). A battle of wits and wills ensues as Fisher is forced to life race around the Big Easy completing 12 near-impossible tasks and solving puzzles dreamed up by Jackson.
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13 Going on 30
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIt's 1987, and geeky Jenna wants to be popular. When her 13th birthday party goes awry, and she makes a wish that she could just be 30 already, she wakes up to discover she's flash-forwarded 17 years. Now a successful magazine editor, Jenna finds out that being an adult isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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1408: Theatrical Version
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWriter and paranormal debunker Mike Enslin is determined to demystify the ghostly events in room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, even though a hotel clerk warns him against it. But Enslin believes the eerie goings-on may be best-seller material.
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16 Acres
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsCapturing the controversies and searing emotions surrounding the plans for rebuilding the Ground Zero site, filmmaker Richard Hankin documents the political jousting and maneuvering that have plagued the process, making consensus hard to achieve.
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21 Grams
2003 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA tragic car accident brings together three strangers -- a teacher with a weak heart, a former drug addict turned housewife and an ex-con who's found Christ -- forcing them to face their darkest fears, reevaluate their lives and seek redemption.
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A Bunch of Munsch
1992 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe delightful stories of acclaimed children's book author Robert Munsch serve as the basis for these engaging animated tales for preschoolers that offer helpful and humorous lessons about life skills, told from the youngster's point of view. Among the 13 episodes are the stories of Moira, whose birthday party proves to be a challenge; Princess Elizabeth, who learns how courageous she is; and Mortimer, who enjoys making noise a bit too much.
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A History of Violence
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAs operators of a small-town diner, Tom Stall and his wife are the picture of normality. But when Tom foils a robbery and becomes a hero in the media, he attracts the wrong kind of attention from mobsters who think he's someone else.
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A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004 | R | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter her mother's death, moody teenage lone wolf Purslane Will (Scarlett Johansson) returns to New Orleans to reclaim her childhood home. But she's shocked to discover that two of her mother's friends have been squatting there for years. In an effort to coexist with Bobby Long (John Travolta), an ex-literature professor, and his protégé, Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht), Purslane ultimately learns how intertwined they actually are.
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A Necessary Death
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWith his roommate planning a documentary about suicide, Daniel Stamm got the idea for his own movie -- a narrative feature about a documentarian following the final days of a young man who's decided to end his own life. This film is the result.
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