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Stand and Deliver

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In the area of East Los Angeles, California, in 1982, in an environment that values a quick fix over education and learning, Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos) is a new teacher at Garfield High School. He is determined to change the system and challenge the students to a higher level of achievement. Leaving a steady […]

Flashdance

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Alexandra “Alex” Owens (Jennifer Beals) is an eighteen year-old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who lives with her Pitbull dog Grunt in a converted warehouse. Alex aspires to become a professional dancer, but she has no formal education and she works as an exotic dancer by night at Mawby’s, a neighborhood bar […]

Parenthood

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This Ron Howard hit, written by fellow family men Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is an original comedy about contemporary life and the eternal responsibilities of raising children. Steve Martin has never been better than as a dedicated husband and father trying (and inevitably failing, as do most of us) to balance the demands of […]

Zodiac

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The film opens on July 4, 1969, with the Zodiac killer’s second attack, the shooting of Darlene Ferrin (Ciara Hughes) and Mike Mageau (Lee Norris) at a lovers’ lane in Vallejo, California. Mageau survives while Ferrin dies from her injuries. One month later, a letter written by the Zodiac arrives at the San Francisco Chronicle. […]