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A professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Jun 7, 2024 - 14 comments

Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his bar band and finds himself in desperate need of work. Posing as a substitute music teacher at an elite private elementary school, he exposes his students to the hard rock gods he idolizes and emulates -- much to the consternation of the uptight principal (Joan Cusack). As he gets his privileged and precocious charges in touch with their inner rock 'n' roll animals, he imagines redemption at a local Battle of the Bands. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 11, 2022 - 7 comments

The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Jun 20, 2022 - 2 comments

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Jun 12, 2020 - 3 comments

Nine years ago two strangers met by chance and spent a night in Vienna that ended before sunrise. They are about to meet for the first time since. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.
posted by jouke on Jan 21, 2019 - 9 comments

Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 10, 2017 - 2 comments

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together. Fortunately, there are two sequels. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 24, 2016 - 16 comments

The adventures of incoming high school and junior high students on the last day of school, in May of 1976. [more inside]
posted by doctornecessiter on Jun 19, 2015 - 15 comments

Next Friday, June 19: SCHOOOOL'S OUT. FOR. EVAH. [more inside]
posted by doctornecessiter on Jun 12, 2015 - 3 comments

The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18. [more inside]
posted by mysticreferee on Jul 20, 2014 - 19 comments