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MAY 06, 2013
Brooklyn Castle
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsBrooklyn's I.S. 318 is home to America's best junior high school chess team, but budget cuts are threatening to undermine the team's success. This inspiring documentary goes inside the fight to keep chess alive and well at the struggling school.
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Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThis romantic comedy centers on soft-spoken Jai and spitfire beauty Aditi, complete opposites who can't see what their family and friends know to be true -- that they're a perfect match despite their differences.
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Kiss Me
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhile celebrating her own recent engagement, Mia travels to the Swedish countryside to attend the engagement party of her estranged father. When she meets her soon-to-be stepsister, sparks fly and Mia finds herself unexpectedly falling in love.
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Lagaan
2001 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match. If the villagers win, they'll avoid taxation for three years; if they lose, they'll pay the tax thrice over.
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Taare Zameen Par
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIshaan is upset when his parents send him away to boarding school, hoping he'll become more disciplined. But his misery abates when an unconventional art teacher tries to help his imaginative young student discover his true identity.
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MAY 04, 2013
Mao's Last Dancer
2010 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsA delegation from Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy selects 11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become one of China's greatest dancers. His efforts win him the opportunity to dance in America, opening his eyes to a new love and the possibility of a dramatic defection from China in this remarkable true story based on Cunxin's autobiography.
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My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAn illiterate handyman named Germain (Gérard Depardieu) befriends Margueritte (Gisèle Casadesus), a highly educated 95-year-old woman. The two couldn't be more different, with the oafish Germain bewildered by the literature that gives Margueritte such pleasure. Slowly the two form an unusual and intense bond, leading them to a greater understanding of their place in the world, and in each other's lives.
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MAY 01, 2013
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHonest Abe: he was the 16th president, the Great Emancipator ... and a righteous slayer of the undead spurred to action by his mother's vampiric murder. History and legend are both turned upside-down as Lincoln tracks the creatures of the night.
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2012 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThis compelling documentary explores three years in the life of celebrated Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who uses social media and his art to inspire protests against the state, and suffers government persecution for his actions.
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Anna and the King
1999 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this fact-based 19th-century tale, English widow Anna Leonowens travels to Asia to tutor the king of Siam's 58 children. Brimming with prejudice, Anna at first believes the king is a barbarian, but the two soon develop a mutual respect.
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAce FBI agent Malcolm Turner is forced to don a dress again and go undercover as livin' large granny Big Momma when his stepson, Trent, witnesses a murder and must hide out at an all-girls school, disguised as a big-boned coed named Charmaine.
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Borgia: Rules of Love, Rules of War: Season 2
2013 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter the murder of Juan Rodrigo's powers are fading away. A new, stronger force will carry on the fight in his name: Cesare. He evolves into a fierce, ruthless warrior, The Prince, as celebrated by Macchiavelli.
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsReferencing the popular Halo video game, this futuristic live-action series follows freshman cadet Thomas Lasky through training at the prestigious Corbulo Academy of Military Science -- and a battle to defend the academy from the Covenant.
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Karakara
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsPierre has decided to pare down his life, renouncing sex and dedicating himself to achieving spiritual peace. But when Junko, a young Japanese woman, shows up at his hotel seeking refuge from an abusive husband, things don't go as planned.
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Less Than Zero
1987 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen college freshman Clay returns home to Los Angeles from school, he finds that his former girlfriend and his best friend have established a troubled relationship fueled by a fondness for clubs, wild parties and endless amounts of cocaine.
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Lucky
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen an aspiring serial killer strikes it rich in the state lottery, he uses the cash to marry his dream girl -- and advance his career as a murderer. But there's trouble when his wife -- and a curious detective -- uncovers the truth.
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Season 3
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSeason 3 of this warmhearted animated adventure finds Twilight Sparkle and the other unicorns dealing with a bully, protecting a magical kingdom in the winterlands of the north and entertaining an important envoy from the Equestria Games.
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Portlandia: Season 2
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsFred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein return for a second season of poking fun at Portland, Ore., where the dream of the 1990s is alive and well. The city's quirks provide most of the comedy, brought to life by a crew of kooky characters.
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Private Parts
1997 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsFirecracker Howard Stern exposes his personal side in this big-screen biopic, which tracks his rise from nerdy student to radio shock-jock, chronicling Stern's X-rated on-air behavior, scuffles with executives and tender relationship with his wife.
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Que Pena tu Vida
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsJavier Fernández, a publicist, just lost his job and girlfriend. His best friend offers her support, but Facebook and Twitter won't let him forget.
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Rugrats Go Wild
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe Pickles family sets sail on a cruise ship, but their vacation takes an unexpected turn when they're shipwrecked and stranded on an island. There, the Rugrats cross paths with the Thornberry kids, whose parents are filming a documentary.
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Shameless: Series 1
2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe quirky Gallagher family includes a mum who's disappeared, a boozing dad and six very dissimilar kids: surrogate mother Fiona, moody Lip, in-the-closet Ian, bipolar Debbie, rowdy Carl and toddler Liam -- all living in a Manchester housing project.
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Shameless: Series 2
2005 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsFrank is now expecting his seventh kid with valium-fuelled lover Sheila. On the back of a fiddled insurance claim, the Gallagher children have extended their home into next door. Fiona and Steve are now hopeful for a bit of privacy in the West Wing.
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Shameless: Series 3
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsOff-his-head of the family, Frank, embarks on more misadventures despite the best efforts of his remarkably well-balanced children: Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl and Liam (plus the other two nippers from Frank's increasingly hazy lover, Sheila).
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Shameless: Series 4
2007 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe lives of the Gallagher children are thrown into disarray with the return of their supposedly gay mother, Monica. Meanwhile, the Maguires -- a local gangster family -- move in next door.
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