Diane Ladd
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"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
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Burt Munro, a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his dreaming is threatened to come to an end. Luckily, Burt is not ready to stop dreaming. He decides to mortgage his house and bring his dream to life. He and the motorcycle head for American...
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It's Christmas time and Clark decides to invite all the family to have 'the most fun-filled old-fashioned family Christmas, that no one will ever forget.' When the first relatives arrive, Clark goes out on the roof to rig the lighting. The one thing that Clark wants is to surprise the whole family with is the installation of a pool, which he already ordered. Unfortunately, the bonus check Clark expects any minute is overdue. Tempers rise and not just...
5) Joy
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A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
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When multimillionaire cattleman Jack Mercy dies, he leaves his Montana ranch to his three daughters. The women are half-sisters and complete strangers to one another. But according to his will, the three women will only receive their inheritance under one condition: they must live together at the ranch for a full year. The sisters are challenged by a mysterious saboteur who is determined to see them fail and must solve some mysteries their father...
7) 28 days
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A high-flying party girl gets herself a DUI and 28 days in rehab -- and ends up discovering that real happiness must come from within.
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Two families are brought together by a service dog named Banner. Eight-year old Emily Barnett, who fosters Banner for the Kansas Specialty Dog Service, runs away with him rather than return him to the service to continue his training. Curtis Peterson is hurt in a construction accident and his wife contacts the KSDS looking for a dog to help Curtis regain his independence and self-reliance.
9) Amerigeddon
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A group of citizens fight back when a global terrorist organization disables the United States' power grid and establishes martial law.
11) Gigi & Nate
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In this uplifting drama inspired by actual events, Nate suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic just weeks before departing or college. As Nate tries to adjust to his new life challenges, his mother helps him bring home an unlikely service animal, Gigi, a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey. Nate and Gigi form an unbreakable bond, but when it's threatened by a group trying to outlaw capuchins, Nate's family rallies behind him to...
12) Embryo
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Frightening tale of a genetic scientist who creates a beautiful woman from an embryo. The woman-child is addicted to a drug she must take from the bodies of pregnant women.
13) Enlightened
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Season two picks up with Amy immersed in gathering evidence against Abaddonn. In the season's eight episodes, Amy enlists the help of journalist Jeff Flender, and as they work together on a searing expose, she dreams of a bigger life and develops romantic yearnings for the handsome, well-travelled reporter.
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"Dramedy" that centers on Amy Jellicoe, a 40-year-old woman who returns home to California after a month's stay at a holistic treatment facility in Hawaii, a result of having a mental breakdown at work triggered by her self- destructive ways. Amy returns to her old life with a new cultivated approach and perspective, which includes daily meditation and exhorting the power of self-help and inner healing.
16) Gracie's choice
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Gracie and her sister and brothers, each the product of a different dead-beat dad, have been dragged through life by their drug-addled mother. At the age of 17, Gracie decides to get a job, succeed in school, and be the mother her siblings never had.
18) All night long
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When George is passed over for a promotion, he punched out his superior, is demoted to night manager of a seedy drugstore, leaves his wife, has an affair with his neighbor's wife, and that's just some of the fun that goes on.
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"In this heartwarming holiday film...a troubled war vet's family finds new hope from a scrappy little rescue dog. Discharge and sent home for the holidays, John tried hard to adapt to civilian life--and to son Jimmy's new pet, a feisty terrier named Charlie. As the family meets other struggling local veterans, they know it'll take a miracle to bring peace to them, and to John. It's a good thing Charlie has a direct line to the man upstairs..."--container....
20) Get a clue!
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Turtle Wexler's family just moved to a new neighborhood, right next to the haunted Westing Mansion. On a dare from her new friends, Turtle sneaks into the mansion only to find the scene of a crime. It's the biggest mystery in the city's history. With a handful of clues and house full of suspects, Turtle gathers the evidence with her brainy partner Chris to cash in on a $20 million dollar reward.
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