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Freedom Writers
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsWhile her at-risk students are reading classics such as "The Diary of Anne Frank," a young teacher asks them to keep journals about their troubled lives -- hoping they can apply history's lessons to break the cycle of violence and despair.
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Shakespeare in Love
1998 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsYoung Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman (Gwyneth Paltrow) auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy. This bittersweet romance won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress.
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The Awakening
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn post-World War I England, a boarding school haunted by a boy's ghost calls on Florence Cathcart, who disproves hoaxes for a living. But Cathcart senses something truly strange about the school, leading her to question her belief in the rational.
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How About You
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen the manager of a retirement home in the Irish countryside asks her younger sister, Ellie (Hayley Atwell), to run the facility during the holidays, four mischievous residents take advantage of the power vacuum and turn the place upside down. As Ellie learns to take charge, the residents also come to terms with their own troubles. Anthony Byrne directs this heartwarming comedy-drama co-starring Joss Ackland and Vanessa Redgrave.
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Rat
2000 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsIt's an unlikely cross between Stuart Little and Franz Kafka. An ordinary, working-class Dublin family sees their lives turned upside down when their father (Pete Postlethwaite) comes home from a night of Guinness-swilling and transforms into a rat! The family's reactions vary from annoyance to opportunism in this unlikely comic fantasy from the director of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Guilty Hearts
2006 | NR | 2.3 out of 5 StarsOver the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter future.
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