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Four fishermen find twenty million dollars on an island. Now they have to keep the cash from the drug cartel and pirates who claim it. The setting for this thrill and laugh-a-minute tale is the notorious Palawan Passage in the South China Sea. Deacon and his friends face off the criminals, and then deal with a greedy churchman and competing nations who claim ownership of the island. A renegade American, a beautiful schoolteacher, and a Japanese hermit...
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Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane are two high school seniors embarking on the most important winter of their lives in a quest for the New Jersey state high school wrestling championship. Ivan Korske is the pride of Lennings, a rural town tucked away in the farmlands of western Jersey, and the odds-on favorite to be crowned state champion in the 129-pound weight class. For Ivan, the stakes are impossibly high. A state championship fulfills a promise he made...
3) Chinatown
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Jake Gittes, a private eye, uncovers a web of personal and political scandals while he is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra marital affair.
5) Exteriors
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Three gay men grapple with modern love: Wyatt's best friend falls for his ex, Jason's one-night stand reemerges as his pool client, and therapist Peter's obsession threatens his client's newfound love.
6) Nebraska
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From Academy Award® winner Alexander Payne, comes the story of a father and his adult son who embark on a journey to claim a million-dollar prize. What begins as a fool's errand becomes a search for the road to redemption.
7) River's Edge
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The lives of a group of teenagers are thrown into a moral spin when one of them murders his girlfriend. Faced with the brutal reality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.
8) Switchback
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A serial killer is on the loose. And he's kidnapped the son of the FBI agent pursuing him. But who is the killer? With powerful performances by Quaid and Glover, Switchback zigzags through sensational thrills and surprises around each turn.
9) Babel
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From acclaimed Director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams) comes the third film in his trilogy, Babel, a critically celebrated and emotionally gripping film about the barriers that separate humankind.
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A short one act play. This is a play within a play which takes a humorous look at a society where nudity is accepted except for the nose. The nose has become the new genitals. People wear nose bags to hide their noses from the public. We take a look at group of actors on stage who are totally nude except for their nose bags. The conversations between these actors take a look at our own obsession of hiding the genitals and, in the case of women, nipples....
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OTB Kaanapali follows Dan Martin, Dan has two life dreams, winning the lottery and moving to Maui. After winning the lottery, and the initial excitement wanes, he finds that his wife and his family have different plans for his winnings. He struggles to make his dream, a place "on the beach" comes true and in the process he loses his family. On Maui, he finds a new life, a bigger extended family and eventually a new love. But he only finds his new...
12) Odd Whitefeather
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When Billy Proudfoot and Terry Blackbird return to the reservation for the funeral of a beloved friend, they are shocked to find themselves alone at the funeral home. When their friend rises from his casket, they make tracks to the only man they know who can help them, Odd Whitefeather. The old man explains that a Windigo is on the loose and that the two of them must defeat it, or die trying
13) Stolen Innocence
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Alicia Johnson, a strong, independent, well renowned Corporate Attorney for one of the largest law firms in Atlanta is a woman haunted by her past. The facade that she is forced to portray is unbeknownst to those closest to her in order to cover up a dark secret that she's had to deal with since childhood. Love and Men don't coincide in her world, being that relationships in her eyes only end in heartache and pain. Thinking that by changing her name...
14) Coming Up
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An illiterate and poor community of tea pickers in Assam slowly undergoes change as education breaks into their ranks. Coming Up is a remarkable story of resilience. One determined family breaks the shackles of an exploitative social order setting up an example for everybody else.
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Others in The Paladin Papers Series:"PAVE BOLO: Target Iran" is the fifth story in "The Paladin Papers" military techno-thriller series. It is also a thought-provoking prequel to its companion story "411: Cybergeddon. Iran is reeling. The "Stuxnet" computer vrus infects its nuclear program control systems. Iranian leaders are hungry for revenge. Resisting calls to halt their nuclear programs, a crushing cyber-strike against the United States is planned....
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When Huckleberry Brindle is hired to demolish the old Soliah Home, he has no idea what he is up against. The house refuses to go silently into the night and it claims Brindle's crew in the process. As if things weren't bad enough, Huck meets the long-dead owner of the house, Barnabus Soliah, who has cloven hoofs and claims to be Huck's grandfather.Soliah made a name for himself during the Indian Wars and he explains to Huck that his war is far from...
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On the Beach at Waikiki is a story about Mark Massman a software developer who visits Oahu for a software conference. His marriage is on its last legs, he is on the verge of industry changing software, but the allure of the island captures his heart and passion during the conference. Mark for a lack of a better word, goes wild; he is out of control, which spells his doom and downfall. His life deteriorates leaving him broke and homeless on the beach...
18) La oportunidad
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La moralidad puede esconder secretos inconfesables que pueden aflorar en cualquier momento y terminar de la manera más inesperada.
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When the chips are down, and they certainly are in these desperate times; friends and family stick together. Julie finds this out in an unlikely fashion. As the economy is crumbling around them, people are forced to make hard choices as to where they want to make their stand. They also must choose who to stand by. Julie's life is about to change, but not without a little help from a friend.
20) Tap Dancers
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A City wakes to no water. Not a drop. Panic grips the suburbs. Hospitals, schools, businesses shut down. Fights break out in supermarkets over bottled water. We must now imagine life without nature's precious drop. After a devastating cyber-attack a city's water has been cut off. Terrorists have threatened to poison supply. Millions are terrified, scared to turn on their taps. ...