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1) In the blood
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"In this modern day riff on The Scarlet Letter, Hester La Negrita, a homeless mother of five, lives with her kids on the tough streets of the inner city. Her eldest child is teaching her how to read and write, but the letter "A" is, so far, the only letter she knows. Her five kids are named Jabber, Bully, Trouble, Beauty and Baby, and the characters are played by adult actors who double as five other people in Hester's life: her ex-boyfriend, her...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An inspiring movie for the whole family that explores the struggles and challenges of a group of inner city kids from a poor neighborhood who bravely take on the undefeated Beverly Hills Junior National Karate Team in the ultimate karate showdown at Nationals.
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
The director's cut.
Language
English
Description
A nerdish florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
"A comedy, a love story and a cult classic starring a giant singing plant from outer space - what else could it be but Little Shop of Horrors? The 1986 film has a surprisingly complex history; it began as a short story, then became a low-budget film, before turning into an Off-Broadway play, when finally Frank Oz and his team...
11) All or nothing
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In a crowded South London apartment building, Penny, a working mom, struggles to keep her wayward daughter, her lazy son and her disillusioned partner on the right path.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1105
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
Directors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the 1990s. There, in the shadow of the riots of 1965 and 1992, young Caine is growing up under the influence of his ruthless, drug-dealing father and his loose-cannon best friend, O-Dog,...
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