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Legend has it, if you climb the 28 stairs leading to the school dormitory and count each step aloud, a 29th step will appear and a spirit will grant you a wish. If you're intentions are honorable, your wish can be a blessing of good fortune. But at this high school, where paranoia and jealousy reign, malicious wishes are about to unleash an unspeakable evil. Be careful what you wish for, some wishes were never meant to be granted.
3) In my dreams
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Natalie and Nick don't know each other, but they share lots in common. They're both frustrated in their work lives and in the romance department; Natalie despairs of finding Mr. Right, while Nick's meddling mother is forever trying to set him up. After tossing coins in Hayward Fountain, Nick and Natalie begin dreaming about each other. But there's a catch. They may be perfect for each other, but according to fountain legend, they only have one week...
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Mouse is practical and cheerful while Mole always gets himself into trouble and needs looking after. After delivering Twelfth Night party invitations to their friends, Mouse makes a 'snow-mole' for Mole who dreams that his new snow-mole comes to life and takes him to a land where his every wish is granted! Will Mole learn to be careful what he wishes for? This DVD also includes ten bonus animated tales which are wise, witty, and filled with timeless...
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While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he's real, and second, because she's a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she's beguiled and makes a wish that surprises...
8) Stalker
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Inside a mysterious realm called the zone there is The Room, a place that will grant you your innermost desire. Stalker, a man that knows how to pass the deadly secrets of The Zone, escorts a group of people to the Room.
9) Big
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A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big'. He manages to land a job at a toy company where he experiences the complications of being an adult.
10) 13 going on 30
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A delightful be-careful-what-you-wish-for romantic comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. On the eve of her 13th birthday, all Jenna Rink wants is to be pretty and popular. After a humiliating experience with the coolest boy in school, Jenna makes a desperate wish for a new life. Miraculously, her wish comes true, but with one catch… it’s 17 years later and she’s a 13-year-old trapped inside her 30-year-old body.
11) Big
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Josh is a 12-year-old who makes a wish from an old machine to be big. Not really believing it will work, Josh is very surprised to find himself BIG the next morning. Now he looks like a 30 year old guy, but he still behaves like a boy. He decide to go with his best friend to New York and try to find the machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a job in a toy company and develops a romantic crush of a beautiful woman. Now Josh must learn...
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When Sara Shaw's big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finally have the courage to stand up for herself. Santa grants her wish but only gives her 48 hours. When she reveals to Peter Williams, the handsome owner of the company, that her boss stole her idea, she can't help but wonder if the wish is actually working. As time runs out on Sara's wish, she'll have to find a way to channel the magic and speak...
13) Wish
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Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force, a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
14) Wishmaster
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Wishmaster: a supernaturally evil entity known as the Djinn has the power to grant wishes, but uses its ability to unleash one's darkest nightmares. Wishmaster 2: A young thief is the only one who can prevent the Djinn from plunging the earth into horror and chaos.
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In "Scarecrow walks at midnight" there is something funny about Jodie and Mark's grandparents' farm, but nobody's laughing, especially when twelve strange new scarecrows scare more than just the crows. In "Don't go to sleep" Matt Amsterdam wishes his family were different, until he wakes up from a nap in the attic to find things are suddenly very different. In "Calling all creeps" Ricky Beamer hopes for revenge by placing a mean girl's phone number...
16) Wish upon
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After her father presents her with a mysterious music box, Clare Shannon is surprised to find her every wish coming true. Her joy slowly morphs into terror as she begins to realize the bloody price of each new wish.
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Since her father's death, the kind-hearted but also courageous Cinderella lives with her cruel stepmother and spoiled stepsister Dora who treat her like a servant in her own house. During one of her daily escapes to the forest, Cinderella prevents a couple of men from hunting wild animals, amongst them the handsome prince of the kingdom. They immediately feel attracted to each other, but he is expected to find a suitable bride at the next royal ball...
18) Four kids and it
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Four children on holiday with their parents in Cornwall, England meet a magical creature with the power to grant wishes. They find out the hard way that the sand fairy's wishes only last until sundown, and they aren't the only family members who would like to be using the magic.
19) The djinn
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A mute twelve-year-old, Dylan Jacobs, discovers a mysterious book of spells inside his new apartment. Grieving the loss of his mother, and feeling isolated from everyone except for his father, Dylan performs a ritual that promises to deliver his heart’s desire: to have a voice. But he soon discovers that every gift has a toll when a sinister djinn arrives to collect his soul. Now trapped in his new home with nowhere to hide, Dylan must find a way...
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