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Dean Spanley
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAt a visiting swami's lecture, Edwardian gentleman Fisk (Jeremy Northam) meets his district's strange new clergyman, Dean Spanley (Sam Neill). The dean is a firm believer in reincarnation, which he expounds upon freely when drinking a particular Hungarian wine. Curious, Fisk delivers a case of the stuff to the dean, regaling in the man's stories about his previous life as a dog. Peter O'Toole co-stars in this offbeat British comedy.
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A Late Quartet
2012 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsTempers flare, old jealousies reignite and new passions are sparked when the members of a world-renowned string quartet are preparing to celebrate their 25th anniversary and learn that their leader must step down due to a grim medical diagnosis.
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White Frog
2012 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsNick, who has Asperger's syndrome, struggles to carry on after the death of his brother Chaz. Their parents have their own problems coping with the loss, but Chaz's best friend takes Nick under his wing.
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Older Than America
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsRain (Georgina Lightning) has visions of a cruel incident suffered by her Native American ancestors. Afraid she'll be branded a lunatic like her elderly aunt, Rain fears telling even her policeman husband, Johnny (Adam Beach), about the dreams. But as they intensify, she finds that they have eerie connections to her current life. Lightning also writes and directs this mix of supernatural and historical mysteries.
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Floating City
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAbandoned in 1940s Hong Kong, an ostracized blue-eyed Asian boy works his way up from lowly laborer to an esteemed engineer and eventually marries a beautiful wife. Yet he remains haunted by his painful past.
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The Station Agent
2003 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen his only friend dies, a man with dwarfism relocates to an abandoned train station in rural New Jersey, intent on living the life of a hermit. But his solitude is interrupted by his colorful neighbors.
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Winter's Bone
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this unflinching noir drama, resilient teen Ree Dolly goes on the trail of her missing, drug-dealing father when his absence jeopardizes the family's safety. Her deadbeat dad has a key court date pending -- and Ree is determined that he show up.
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsBeing a teenager is too much for 16-year-old Craig, who shocks his parents by checking himself into a mental health clinic for a little R & R. But when the youth ward is unexpectedly closed, he's forced to live among the adult patients.
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Sleepwalk With Me
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this autobiographical tale based on director Mike Birbiglia's successful one-man show, an up-and-coming stand-up comedian deals with career and relationship issues while trying to ignore his outrageous sleepwalking habit.
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Mallrats
1995 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsYoung, suburban everymen Brodie and T.S. lose their girlfriends on the same day, so they take to the mall in search of solace in writer-director Kevin Smith's comical look at love and loss between the escalators.
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Wristcutters: A Love Story
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsDepressed over a breakup, Zia slits his wrists, only to find himself sent to a bleak corner of the afterlife reserved for those who kill themselves. When he learns that his ex-girlfriend also committed suicide, he sets off on a quest to find her.
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King of New York
1990 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAbel Ferrara's stylish direction accentuates this gritty action film about a New York drug lord who's just out of prison and determined to rule the streets again with a vengeance. But he also wants to use part of his drug-trade money to do good.
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Miller's Crossing
1990 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTrusted adviser to 1920s Irish crime boss Lee O'Bannon, Tom Reagan's loyalty is tested when he takes up with O'Bannon's gal pal, Verna Bernbaum. Meanwhile, rivals Johnny Caspar and Eddie Dane threaten O'Bannon's racket. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Steve Buscemi, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman and Marcia Gay Harden star in this marvelously crafted, unnerving crime-era epic helmed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
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Drive
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver is lured from his isolated life by a lovely neighbor and her young son. His newfound peace is shattered, however, when her violent husband is released from prison.
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Dirty Girl
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen promiscuous teen Danielle is sentenced to special ed for making sexually charged comments in class, she befriends gay, overweight Clarke, who agrees to join her on a search to find her father -- in part so he can get away from his own.
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Troubled Water
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter serving time for killing a child, Jan Thomas -- still haunted by the crime he insists he didn't commit -- takes a job as a church organist and tries to make a fresh start. But his new life is threatened when one of the faithful recognizes Jan.
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Swingers
1996 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA seminar in 1990s dating rules, this engaging comedy stars Jon Favreau as a struggling comedian whose pathetic love life prompts his friends to help him get over his ex-girlfriend through nightly barhopping on the Los Angeles club scene.
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Bottle Shock
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsFrance's position as the world's top wine producer went unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines on the map -- a story delightfully told in this full-bodied tale about the heady early days of Napa Valley's success.
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Christopher and His Kind
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis intimate adaptation of acclaimed novelist Christopher Isherwood's memoir conjures the young explorer's 1931 arrival, with poet W.H. Auden, on Berlin's decadent cabaret scene, along with the hearts he gained and lost in that anything-goes era.
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The Sessions
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter spending years in an iron lung, a man decides he wants to explore his sexuality for the first time, and hires a surrogate to aid the goal. Through their intensifying relationship, this indie drama illustrates the many forms love can take.
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Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen a routine speeding incident turns into a full-blown highway "situation," Madea (Tyler Perry) mouths off to a cop and lands herself in jail, where she's suddenly trapped behind bars with more motherly instinct than she knows what to do with. But Madea's nurturing side comes in handy when she crosses paths with a recovering drug addict turned prostitute (Keisha Knight Pulliam) who needs all the love she can get.
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Miss Dial
2013 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWorking from home, a consumer affairs rep in a rocky relationship decides to play hooky, and spends her day calling random people, looking for new connections. Unexpectedly, she meets someone on the phone that might just change everything.
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Clerks
1994 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsStore clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed, and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives in this classic indie comedy.
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Waking Ned Devine
1998 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter discovering that lucky local Ned Devine croaked from the shock of hitting the jackpot in the national lottery, two men mastermind a scheme to impersonate him and collect his prize money.
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Win Win
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.
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