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The Wrong Trousers (1993)

ANIMATED ADVENTURE: (1993, NR.) Wallace, a slightly dim inventor, lives with his very intelligent dog, Gromit. Wallace adapts a piece of a space suit into mechanical legs to take Gromit out for walks. Short on money, Wallace decides to rent out a roo

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Sword In The Stone (1963)

ANIMATED ADVENTURE: 1963, G. Young Arthur (destined to be King Arthur), or Wart as he is derogatorily known to those around him, is a 12-year-old boy who is abused by his adoptive father in much the same way as Cinderella is by her stepmother –

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Stuart Little (2002)

BOOK: E. B. White, “Stuart Little.” ADVENTURE COMEDY: (2002, PG.) (Columbia Pictures) (1 hr, 18 min) Stuart, a talking mouse, is part of a nuclear family with father Frederick, mother Eleanor, older brother George, and a baby sister Martha who al

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Escape From LA

Science Fiction Action/Adventure/Satire – 1996, R. Snake Pliskin is blackmailed into going into a futuristic, post-Big One, LA, now an island penal colony, to rescue a remote control for a weapon that can destroy the world’s technology. The r

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De Lovely (2004)

MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY: (2004, PG-13.) (MGM Pictures) (2 hr, 5 min) WARNING: This review reveals plot surprises. The film follows the life of urbane, debonair, and self-absorbed songwriter Cole Porter from 1918 through 1964 told in flashbacks under the di

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Closer

DRAMA: (2004, R.) (Columbia Pictures) (1 hr, 40 min) WARNING: This review reveals plot surprises. Dan, who writes obituaries for his London newspaper, meets Alice, a stripper who escaped a bad relationship in New York and moved to London. Time passes

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DRAMA: 1997, R. Eddie Adams works as a busboy in a disco in 1970s LA. He is spotted and recruited by an adult filmmaker, Jack Horner. Changing his name to Dirk Diggler, he quickly becomes a star and makes friends in the porn community. He begins usin

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Ben Hur

BOOK: General Lew Walace, “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.” Historical Drama (1959, NR.) (3 hr, 22 min) In 36 C.E., Palestine is under the rule of the Roman Empire. Roman Tribune Messala arrives in Jerusalem, and, having been brought up there, vis

Aladdin

Animated Adventure, 1992 – G. Aladdin, an orphan who lives in the streets of ancient Baghdad is recruited by the evil Jafar to go into the Cave of Miracles to recover a magical lamp from among a vast treasure. Discovering the genie inside, Alad

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3 Strikes

Released from prison after two convictions, Rob swears to go straight to avoid a mandatory 25-year sentence under California’s “Three Strikes” law for a third conviction. However, everything goes wrong.

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