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1) Hamlet
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
6) Blackbird
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their country house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her life on her terms after a long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily's daughters Jennifer and Anna. Joining the collective farewell is Lily's son in law, her lifelong friend, daughter's partner, and grandson.
7) 1985
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Closeted advertising executive Adrian returns to his Texas hometown for the holidays during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened with an unspeakable tragedy in New York City. Adrian looks to reconnect with his preteen brother Andrew while navigating his relationship with religious parents Eileen and Dale. When he reaches out to his estranged childhood friend, their unresolved issues force Adrian to confront an uncertain future that will significantly...
8) Knives out
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English
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A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
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When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
World War Two has been declared and the Chivers children are sent to the safety of the countryside. They are delighted to be brought back home when it looks like the Germans aren't going to invade after all. But the air-raid siren goes off and this time it's frighteningly real.
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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On the tenth anniversary of his father's mysterious death, Gio brings a birthday cake prepared by his mother to a memorial celebration hosted by his uncle Angelo, a Brooklyn mafia boss. Gio's life begins to change as he pieces together what happened to his father all those years ago, coming face to face with a kind of violence he has been trying to avoid his whole life.
13) Jack and Jill
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.
16) Four Christmases
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When their flight to an exotic vacation is cancelled, a couple have no choice but to spend Christmas with each of their divorced parents and dysfunctional families.
17) Opposite day
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After a nine-year-old boy wishes that kids were in charge of the world, he wakes up the next day to realize that his wish came true.
18) The father
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality.
19) The note
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
After finding a note in the remnants of a plane crash, a columnist seeks its recipient.
20) The nest
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Rory, an ambitious entrepreneur, and former commodities broker persuades his American wife, Allison, and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the '80s. Sensing an opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison's horses and plans to build a stable. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple has to...
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