Fairuza Balk
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In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.
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In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.
3) August Falls
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In the aftermath of the tragic and mysterious death of her 22-year old son, August, Anna Ellison arrives alone and out of place in the city where he died. The police, concluding that it was suicide, offer little solace. Anna takes up in August's old apartment, trying to make sense of the loss of her only child and as an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.
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14 year-old Logan is in the middle of middle school, crushing on a boy, daydreaming of another self, and waiting to see a mountain lion. An Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival and Executive Produced by Gus Van Sant, Altered Innocence proudly presents a brand new version of Cam Archer’s angst-fueled experimental classic Coming-of-Age film WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN.
5) Trespassers
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Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a gorgeous house in the desert for a sex- and drug-fueled escape from reality. As tensions escalate throughout a debaucherous night, things take an unexpected turn when a woman claiming to be a neighbor with car trouble shows up at the door. She seems harmless enough, or so they think.
6) The craft
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A supernatural horror story filled with special effects about a group of unpopular high-school girls who dabble in witchcraft. Once unleashed, the power becomes too much for them to handle, leading to a battle for control between Sarah, the new girl in the group, and power-crazed Nancy.
10) Almost Famous
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A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour. Winner of Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards** and the **BAFTA Awards.** Winner of Best Motion Picture - Comedy and Best Supporting Actress at the **Golden Globes.** *"A blissfully sweet coming-of-age movie in which everyone, young and less young, comes of age." - Peter Rainer,...
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When a powerful mob boss gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint one last job, it's an offer he can't refuse. All Jimmy and his partners had to do was intimidate their target. But when the job goes awry resulting in a fatal accident, they are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams.
12) Return to Oz
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Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz. She believes that her friends have sent her a key. Auntie Em, worried for Dorothy's health, takes her to a famous doctor who works miracles with electricity. Dorothy escapes from the mental hospital. When she awakes, she and a chicken named Billina find themselves in Oz. Dorothy tries to find her old friends in the Emerald City, but learns that they have all been transformed by the Nome King....
14) Almost famous
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It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music.
16) Battle Scars
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After a tour of duty in Afghanistan, Luke returns home to a violent world every bit as dangerous as the war he so desperately tried to leave behind. Suffering through P.T.S.D., Luke must face his past in order to finally find his way home.