Lindsay Crouse
2) Misery
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Paul Sheldon, author of a series of historical romances, wakes up in a secluded farmhouse in Colorado with broken legs and Annie Wilkes, a disappointed and deranged fan, hovering over him with drugs, ax, and blowtorch and demanding he bring his fictional heroine back to life.
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[2005]
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English
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The dot: Vashti doesn't think she can draw, but her teacher encourages her to "just make a mark and see where it takes you."
Amazing Grace: Grace's classmates discourage her from trying out for Peter Pan in the school play because she doesn't look the part.
Brave Irene: When Mrs. Bobbins, the dressmaker, gets too sick to deliver her dress on time, her daughter Irene steps in and battles powerful winds and snow to prove that where there is a will,...
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[2004]
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English
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On his 9th birthday, Omri receives a cupboard that magically brings his 3 in. toy Indian Little Bear to life. They bond, embarking on an amazing adventure, until Omri's friend Patrick brings a 6-shooting cowboy to life and the secret is in danger of being revealed.
7) Slap Shot
Pub. Date
�2002
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English
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The coach of the Chiefs, a struggling minor-league hockey team. To build up attendance at their games, management signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition. --
8) The verdict
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.
9) The insider
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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When former tobacco executive Dr. Jeffrey Wigand agrees to blow the whistle on the alleged unethical practices within the industry, and forms an alliance with veteran 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman, he starts an all-out war that could cost both men their reputations, and much, much more.
10) Brave Irene
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Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
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Where are the children? volume 1
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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Having survived the macabre deaths of her first two children, Nancy Harmon has moved, remarried, had another boy and girl and then suddenly finds the whole nightmare starting over again.
12) 18 Seconds
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Sherry Moore, a beautiful, blind psychic, has the extraordinary ability to 'see' the last eighteen seconds of a murder victim's life by touching the corpse. She uses her gift to help others solve mysteries only she can tap into. Serial killer Earl Sykes never got caught for his vicious murders. Instead, it was a deadly auto accident that landed him in prison. Now, years later, he is free and hungry for revenge. Setting his sights on Lieutenant Kelly...
13) With and Without
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It should be a week full of wine, wit and relaxation. However Jill's husband doesn't show up at a lakeside vacation house and instead of a holiday, the happily married Mark & Shelly are offered an intimate view of their friend's erratic behavior as she tries to cope. The lake is serene but in the house old passions bubble to the surface in this ‘dramedy' about the limits of friendship and marriage. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring...
14) Communion
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Christopher Walken stars as Whitley Strieber, a man fraught with dreams and visions linked to a possible alien abduction from his past.
15) The Arrival
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Radio astronomer Zane Zaminsky (Charlie Sheen) believes he's picked up a cosmic noise that signals extraterrestrial intelligence. His desperate search for answers leads him to Mexico and a mysterious power plant, where is arrested for the murder of a scientist. Zane must escape with his proof of the world-shattering alien invasion in this intense sci-fi thriller.
16) Chantilly Bridge
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Twenty-five years after "Chantilly Lace," the characters' confront old resentments, celebrate new milestones and rediscover the unbreakable bond among friends who knew one another then -- and are there for one another now.