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Movie: Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Sep 24, 2023 - 10 comments

Movie: Searching for Bobby Fischer

When young Josh Waitzkin's parents discover he is a chess prodigy after he picks it up by watching games played in the park, his father hires chess coach Bruce Pandolfini who is searching for the next Bobby Fischer. [more inside]
posted by Fukiyama on Dec 22, 2020 - 3 comments

Movie: The Contender

Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) is tapped by the President (Jeff Bridges) to be the first woman as Vice President. But first she must run the gauntlet of her confirmation hearing, led by Republican Congressman Sheldon Runyon (Gary Oldman). Will the GOP sabotage her career with scandal and innuendo? [more inside]
posted by Monochrome on Oct 31, 2020 - 4 comments

Movie: Pleasantville

Two 1990s teenagers find themselves in a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 17, 2016 - 12 comments

Movie: The Ice Storm

"The Ice Storm" takes place as an early winter storm descends on Connecticut, casting over Thanksgiving a shroud of impending doom. In a wooded suburb, affluent adults stir restlessly in their split-level homes, depressed not only by their lives but by their entertainments, and even by their sins. Their teenage children have started experimenting with the same forms of escape: booze, pot and sex.
- Roger Ebert, ★★★★ [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Nov 26, 2015 - 9 comments

Movie: A Good Marriage

Based upon Stephen’s riveting and suspenseful short-story from "Full Dark, No Stars", A Good Marriage tells the story of Darcy Anderson as she learns the inconceivable truth about her husband of 25 years. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Oct 3, 2014 - 1 comment

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