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Conversations with Other Women
Conversations with Other Women begins with an appealing promise: Hans Canosa will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart gives Conversations with Other Women an immediate pulse. The story of Conversations with Other Women begins from a specific pressure point: When a man and woman flirt with each other at a wedding reception, the sexual tension seems spontaneous.
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The Quiet
The Quiet begins with an appealing promise: Jamie Babbit will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Camilla Belle and Elisha Cuthbert gives The Quiet an immediate pulse. The story of The Quiet begins from a specific pressure point: Following the unexpected death of her father, a deaf teenager moves in with her godparents, where she discovers the cruel behaviour of their daughter may be indicative of
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Little Manhattan
Little Manhattan begins with an appealing promise: Mark Levin will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Josh Hutcherson and Charlotte Ray Rosenberg gives Little Manhattan an immediate pulse. The story of Little Manhattan begins from a specific pressure point: A 10 year old boy and an 11 year old girl find love in New York City. By the end of its 1h 30m running time, the value of Little Manhattan rest
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Preaching to the Choir
Preaching to the Choir begins with an appealing promise: Charles Randolph Wright will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Billoah Greene and Darien Sills Evans gives Preaching to the Choir an immediate pulse. The story of Preaching to the Choir begins from a specific pressure point: Estranged twins driven apart by their parents' deaths find reconciliation and redemption after following radically dif
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Mobsters and Mormons
Mobsters and Mormons begins with an appealing promise: John E. Moyer will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Mark DeCarlo and Jeanette Puhich gives Mobsters and Mormons an immediate pulse. The story of Mobsters and Mormons begins from a specific pressure point: A Mafia family from New Jersey is placed in the Witness Relocation Program to an all Mormon community in Utah. By the end of its 1h 30m run
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When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat? begins with an appealing promise: Salvador Litvak will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Lesley Ann Warren and Michael Lerner gives When Do We Eat? an immediate pulse. The story of When Do We Eat? begins from a specific pressure point: A family's Passover gets screwy after the patriarch unknowingly ingests a hit of Ecstasy. By the end of its 1h 26m running time, the value of When D
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Don't Come Knocking
Don't Come Knocking begins with an appealing promise: Wim Wenders will treat its music drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange gives Don't Come Knocking an immediate pulse. The story of Don't Come Knocking begins from a specific pressure point: An aging cowboy movie star deserts a film set and tries to reconnect with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in thirty years, only to learn that
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The Heart of the Game
The Heart of the Game begins with an appealing promise: Ward Serrill will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Darnellia Russell and Bill Resler gives The Heart of the Game an immediate pulse. The story of The Heart of the Game begins from a specific pressure point: A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high school basketball team in Seattle, and one player's fight to regain her eligibil
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Lucky: No Time for Love
Lucky: No Time for Love begins with an appealing promise: Radhika Rao will treat its romance framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Salman Khan and Sneha Ullal gives Lucky: No Time for Love an immediate pulse. The story of Lucky: No Time for Love begins from a specific pressure point: In a chain of unfortunate events, a 17 year old schoolgirl narrowly escapes a possible rapist, is caught up in a terror attack, and drin
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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss begins with an appealing promise: Phil Nibbelink will treat its animated adventure framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Daniel Trippett and Tricia Trippett gives Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss an immediate pulse. The story of Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss begins from a specific pressure point: Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss is a fully animated feature fantasy about two
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Last Days
Last Days begins with an appealing promise: Gus Van Sant will treat its music drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Michael Pitt and Lukas Haas gives Last Days an immediate pulse. The story of Last Days begins from a specific pressure point: A Seattle musician's life and career are reminiscent of those of Kurt Cobain. By the end of its 1h 37m running time, the value of Last Days rests less on novelty than on the
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Nine Lives
Nine Lives begins with an appealing promise: Rodrigo García will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Kathy Baker and Amy Brenneman gives Nine Lives an immediate pulse. The story of Nine Lives begins from a specific pressure point: Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life. By the end of its 1h 55m running time
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