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Royal Wedding
Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Their agent books them in London for the same period as the Royal Wedding. They travel by ship where Ellen meets and becomes involved with Lord John Brindale. This causes her to miss a rehearsal. Tom (Astaire) uses the time to dance with a hat rack and gym equipment. Later Tom and Ellen attempt a graceful dance number as the ship rolls. Upon arrival Tom holds auditions and meets Anne. There is much indecision by the siblings about their romantic partners even though they are in-the-clouds. Tom dances on the walls and ceiling of his hotel room. All ends well in this light musical. By the way, there is a vaudeville-style dance number in their show that features slapstick. It's a hoot.

- 1951
Dreamgirls
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due?

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- 2006
Things to Come
A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all anymore, and society has broken down into primitive localized communities. In 1966, a great plague wipes out most of what people are left but small numbers still survive. One day, a strange aircraft lands at one of these communities, and its pilot tells of an organization which is rebuilding civilization and slowly moving across the world re-civilizing these groups of survivors. Great reconstruction takes place over the next few decades, and society is once again great and strong. The world's population is now living in underground cities. In the year 2035, on the eve of man's first flight to the moon, a popular uprising against progress (which some people claim has caused the wars of the past) gains support and becomes violent.

- 1936
The Wedding Veil Unveiled
Emma travels to Italy to teach and research a wedding veil said to bring its owner love. While there, she meets Paolo, the son of a local lace-making family.

- 2022
Magic Mike's Last Dance
"Magic" Mike Lane (Tatum) takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Hayek Pinault) who lures him with an offer he can't refuse...and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he-and the roster of hot new dancers he'll have to whip into shape-be able to pull it off?

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- 2023
Set It Off
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting one another.

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- 1996
Teen Wolf
Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) is a shy teenager with more than a changing voice to contend with; he's a budding young werewolf! And when his new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make...

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- 1985
Forces of Nature
In New York, faithful, boring book-jacket-summary writer Ben Holmes is ready to fly to Savannah, Georgia, to marry his beloved fiancee Bridget, but the plane crashes at takeoff and Ben is stranded in the airport. But soon he meets free-spirited Sarah, who finds a man called Vic who offers them a ride in his rented car if they will split the expenses. Along their troubled journey, the forces of nature seem to conspire against Ben as he gets better acquainted with unpredictable Sarah. Soon he questions whether or not he should go through with marrying Bridget.

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- 1999
Follow the Stars Home
Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad brother pulls his disappearing act. Mark walks out on wife Dianne after learning that the baby they're expecting has severe genetic abnormalities. Dianne is nonetheless determined to bear her child, with support from her mother and Mark's brother David, a pediatrician whose love for Dianne is unspoken but obvious. How do they cope with the challenges of raising this little girl named Julia?

- 2001
Before We Vanish
As vanguards of an invasion of the planet three aliens take possession of host bodies and assume human form. With superior technology, skills, strength and endurance the invading species is learning quickly and is sure to overwhelm the people of this planet. Unexpectedly, however, there is one force that could neuter the offensive.

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- 2017
Nefarious
On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a last minute court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. The killer surprises the psychiatrist with his claim that instead of trying to avoid his fate, he is in fact a demon who wants the execution to go forward... and further claims that before their brief time together is over, the doctor will commit three murders of his own.

- 2023
Baby Boy
This is the story of Jody, an unemployed young black man, who's been living with his mother for several years, even though he's got a child of his own. Romantically, he's having relationships with two women: Yvette, the mother of his son, and a new interest.

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- 2001
Love at First Dance
Hope Hayes is hired by couple and business partners Eric and Adriana to choreograph their wedding dance, including working with the less coordinated Eric, Manhattan's "Most Eligible Bachelor", one-on-one. Both bride-to-be and groom-to-be have reservations about the union, but they've caved to familial pressures for the good of their business partnership. Over time, Hope and Eric grow closer and encourage each other to follow their creative passions - hers in choreography and his in theater. They also share a romantic connection that neither has experienced in the past, but fight it due to Eric's engagement. As Eric's wedding approaches, Hope has the chance to go after her dream job in London. Both Hope and Eric must decide which professional and personal pursuits will bring them happiness.

- 2018
The Love Letter
The power of words and images to open hearts. Helen runs, miles a day, to burn off energy: she's an emotional celibate. Going through the post at her shop, she finds a romantic and poetic letter between the couch cushions, unsigned, and thinks it's for her. It melts her resistance to feelings, and soon she undertakes an affair with Johnny, a collegiate employee. (He sees the letter and thinks she wrote it to him; he quotes some of it, so she thinks he wrote it to her.) In the background are Helen's long-time friend, George, who loves her, and her mother who abruptly left on a long trip months before. Discovering who actually wrote the letter brings insight and promise.

- 1999
Billion Dollar Brain
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. One of his first assignments is to deliver an apparently innocent Thermos flask to an old friend in Helsinki, Palmer is suspicious of the flask' contents and starts to doubt his friend's motives, and those of his boss, a Texan billionaire.

- 1967
Witness to Murder: A Darrow mystery
Joanna Darrow is tapping into her never used maternal instincts in having a new sense of joy in reconnecting with daughter and granddaughter, Claire and Lou Darrow, and in working smaller cases at Claire's law firm, Darrow and Darrow. That instinct includes advising Lou on her run for class president. The next potential client that walks into Darrow and Darrow is Cassie Piper, a lawyer herself who was about to blow the whistle for malfeasance on the firm specializing in corporate and investment law for which she works, they in turn accusing her of insider trading. This story being eerily familiar to that of Joanna's professional problem is no coincidence as the firm in question is Herrimann, Corrigan and Herrimann - Joanna's old firm - Cassie, to who Joanna then acted as a mentor, being the one who made such accusations against Joanna. Cassie claims that she was just viewing the evidence against Joanna as it presented itself, she now seeing how easily the highers-up in the firm could manipulate what is seen. In evaluating whether she should take Cassie's case, Joanna, with Claire by her side, plans to speak to some Herrimann, Corrigan and Herrimann representatives in town on other business. Out of that meeting, Joanna and Claire witness a drive-by shooting by a largely unseen perpetrator in what is assumed to be a targeted hit, the shooting outside the meeting locale, the home of Gail Reed, so rented due to a relationship of some sort between Ms. Reed and the firm's senior partner, Brian Herrimann. With one fatality of a seemingly innocent person from the shooting, Cassie is charged with murder, the motive to get back at her employers. Because of the shooting, Joanna decides to take Cassie's corporate case, while criminal lawyer Claire takes Cassie's murder case, Claire's findings which may shed some light on Joanna's professional problems. Complicating the case is that Assistant DA Miles Strasberg, the man with who Claire has been seeing personally in what she has not yet defined as a relationship, is assigned the prosecuting attorney. As such, Miles suggests to Claire that they put a pause on the personal side of their relationship. Normally, Claire would not resist such a notion in Miles always being there for her whenever she's ready, however throwing a wrench into this thought is the police lead in the murder investigation, Lt. Sarah Lang, Miles' former girlfriend, Claire believing the re-ignition of sparks between Miles the lieutenant being the reason for Miles wanting the pause.

- 2019
Contraband
Chris Faraday once smuggled illegal items or contraband into the country on freighters. He left that life behind, got married, has a family and went legit. But when his brother-in-law got involved with Briggs, a drug dealer and when he blew a deal, Briggs demands restitution which he can't deliver. So Chris offers to find a way to pay Briggs but then he threatens Chris' family if he doesn't deliver. So he gets on a freighter destined for Panama and he sets out to bring back some counterfeit currency. Briggs "goes to see" Chris' family. When Chris learns of this he asks his friend Sebastian to take care of them which he does. He tells Chris that it would be better to bring drugs instead of the cash.

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- 2012
All Summer Long
Tia's dream job of captaining a dining cruise hits rough water when her ex Jake is hired as the restaurant's chef. Will they be able to open a new business, navigate the sea, and each other?

- 2019
Steps of Faith
Steps of Faith, is a light-heart dramedy about Faith Houston an accountant, who is directed by God to move to a small town to work on a Hippotherapy farm helping children. Faith is mocked by her family since she doesn't have a rapport with children or animals and is not a devout Christian. Faith decides to follow her heart and move after she encounters several challenges. She finds herself at the farm in the horse stalls shoveling manure. Faith cracks under pressure and leaves after a child is almost injured questioning whether she heard God's voice or not.

- 2014
On Golden Pond
The loons have returned to Golden Pond, and so have retired professor Norman Thayer and his wife Ethel, who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer, their daughter Chelsea--whom they haven't seen in years, feels that she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her fiance' are on their way to Europe, but will return in a few weeks to pick up the fiance's son. When Chelsea returns, she is married, and her stepson has the relationship with her father that she had always wanted. Will father and daughter be able to communicate at last?

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- 1981
Angela
True story of an attractive Sicilian mob-wife who participates in her husband's drug-dealing business and falls for her husband's lackey.

- 2002
Rules of Engagement
Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he’s wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead.

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- 2000
Unleashing Mr. Darcy
In this modern day spin on "Pride and Prejudice," Elizabeth Scott is fishing for direction in her life and gets the opportunity to professionally show her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in a fancy New York dog show. Dog show judge Donovan Darcy comes across as aristocratic and rude and a chain of misunderstandings unfold during the competition, complicating their mutual attraction. In true Jane Austen fashion, Elizabeth and Donovan begin to see the error of their ways and it turns out Mr. Darcy is far more kind and interesting than Elizabeth ever imagined.

- 2016
Grudge Match
Henry "Razor" Sharp and Billy "The Kid" McDonnen are two boxers who thirty years ago were rivals. Just before a big match Razor decides to retire because Billy slept with his girlfriend, Sally Rose and got her pregnant. Today a promoter, Dante Slate wants to have them fight each other but Razor doesn't want to. But when he loses his job and learns he's broke, he has no choice. So he trains under his old trainer. Billy while training, meets B.J., the son he had with Sally Rose and he asks B.J. to train him. And Sally Rose tries to get Razor to forgive her but he can't.

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- 2013