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Matilda (1996)
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Duration: 98min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Danny DeVito
Plot: Matilda is an intelligent, kind, and bookworm girl. Her brother and dad don't care about her and are cruel to her. She attends a school where Miss Trunchbull, the cruel administrator, utilizes physical force to discipline the students. She meets Miss Honey, a kind instructor who gives her encouragement. When she discovers she has abilities, she utilizes them to aid Miss Honey and foil Miss Trunchbull. The movie Matilda is wonderful and amusing.
Cast: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris
Keywords: based on novel or book, parents kids relationship, school, based on young adult novel, childhood trauma, teacher student relationship, telekinesis, child prodigy, difficult childhood, schoolmarm
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
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Release Date: 1989-06-23
Duration: 93min
Country: US
Cast: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, Thomas Wilson Brown
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Duration: 92min
Country: US
Plot: Nick is the public face of the tobacco business. In addition to speaking like a salesperson every day to persuade people to smoke, he must also handle complaints from scientific, environmental, and anti-smoking organizations, work for the government, and represent the tobacco industry in the Senate. Two more close pals of Nick's are Bobby, who represents the guns business, and Polly, who advocates for the booze industry.
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott
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Holes (2003)
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Duration: 117min
Country: US
Plot: Despite his innocence, Stanley had an unjust trial. Stanley decided to travel to the Green Lake Camp in Texas for labor rehabilitation. The guardians of Green Lake Camp, which is situated in the middle of a large desert, treat the kids like slaves by making them dig trenches in the dried-up riverbed. Stanley soon starts to think that the custodian's request is motivated by something evil.
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Khleo Thomas, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette
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Duration: 95min
Country: US
Plot: Toula is deeply ingrained in Greek culture despite having been born and reared in the United States. However, Toula decides to transform her life as soon as she enters the family restaurant where she works every day! She studies and visits a beautician to freshen up her look. When she radiates confidence, the Prince Charming of her dreams, Ian, appears. They fall in love and are eager to begin a new family. Different morals lead to a litany of jokes, and Ian is practically an outsider in the vast Greek family. The hassles and struggles of the wedding are just getting started.
Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin
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Superbad (2007)
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Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2007-08-17
Duration: 113min
Country: US
Plot: Seth and Evan, a pair of socially awkward and very different friends, are about to graduate from high school and are anxious and fearful about college without each other. One weekend, they receive an invitation to a dance hosted almost entirely by pretty girls. Their obnoxious friend, Fogell, joins them. For three young men about to graduate from high school, it is perhaps the most humbling night they have ever experienced, but it is also a night to remember for the rest of their lives.
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen
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Phenomenon (1996)
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Release Date: 1996-07-05
Duration: 123min
Country: US
Cast: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, Jeffrey DeMunn
