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2) Hamlet
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
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Shep Ramsey, a galactic warrior temporarily stranded on Earth while fleeing his evil nemesis, takes refuge with a mild-mannered architect, his wife and two children. Shep's efforts to adapt to suburban life are unsuccessful, but when his enemy tracks him down, he needs all the help from Earthlings he can get.
5) Encanto
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When a magical hidden town in the Colombian mountains is in danger of losing its magic, Mirabel Madrigal, the only member of her family without a magical gift, sets out to save her family and their home.
7) Rose Hill
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Four young boys, street urchins, raise an abandoned baby girl, becoming a family in the process. Their world is threatened though, when they learn the truth about Mary Rose's identity.
9) Uncle Buck
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Uncle Buck comes to take care of his nephew and nieces while their parents are away. Though he has a reputation for being an unreliable bachelor, Buck manages to bring some surprising changes to the family.
11) This Christmas
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This year, Christmas with the Whitfield's promises to be oget. All the siblings have come home for the first time inught plenty of baggage with them.
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"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
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"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her and a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter"--
Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people...
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Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage's novel. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between...
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Harvey, a divorced, down-on-his-luck music jingle composer, and Kate, a lonely British airline employee, are brought together by chance. Harvey comes to London for his daughter's wedding, planning only to attend the wedding ceremony. However, he ends up being let go from his job before going back to America and decides to stay for the reception, asking Kate to accompany him. Thus begins a growing connection between these two guarded strangers.
20) Hop
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Blending state-of-the-art animation with live action, Hop tells the comic tale of Fred, an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny and must take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world's worst house guest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up.
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