Manny Dearest 2017

Manny Dearest 2017

Manny Dearest 2017
A Stranger with My Kids (original title)
1h 25min | Thriller | TV Movie 5 February 2017

Storyline:

Single mom Karen Clark hires Alex, a manny (a male nanny or au pair) to help with her two young sons, never suspecting Alex has other plans and wants her family as his own, even if he has to murder to achieve his goal.

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Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn 2014

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn 2014

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn 2014
PG-13 | 1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7 April 2015 (.USA)

Storyline:

The adventure unfolds as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn – Tom’s friend from the streets – witness a murder in the graveyard. Tom and Huck flee to Jackson Island and make a pact never to tell anyone about the incident. However, when the good-natured Muff Potter, who has been blamed for the murder is sentenced to death by hanging, Tom breaks his promise and returns to exonerate Muff Potter. In jun Joe, the actual murderer, makes a hasty exit from the courtroom during the trial. A short time later, Tom and Huck find references to a treasure and have to face In jun Joe again.

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Empire of the Sun 1987

Empire of the Sun 1987

Empire of the Sun 1987
2h 33min | Drama, History, War | 25 December 1987 (USA)

Storyline:

Based on J. G. Ballard’s autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him.

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The Fluffer 2001

The Fluffer 2001

The Fluffer 2001
R | 1h 35min | Drama, Comedy, Romance | 1 February 2002 (UK)

Storyline:

The story, set in the world of adult entertainment, centers around three characters: Johnny Rebel, a straight man who has become a star in the world of gay porn; Johnny’s stripper girlfriend Babylon; and Sean, a naive young man in love with Johnny, who ends up becoming Johnny’s “fluffer”.

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The Squid and the Whale 2005

The Squid and the Whale 2005

The Squid and the Whale 2005
R | 1h 21min | Comedy, Drama | 16 December 2005 (USA)

Storyline:

In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept “philistines” – people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with “philistines”. Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water’s song “Hey You” in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank’s tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili.

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Mio in the Land of Faraway 1987

Mio in the Land of Faraway 1987

Mio in the Land of Faraway 1987
Mio min Mio (original title)
1h 39min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 16 October 1987 (Sweden)

Storyline:

A fantasy about the lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king. In that country he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato.

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