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Chapter I: A novel exposes the secret past of a journalist when she realizes she is a character in a story with buried transgressions. Chapter II: Do you ever think of me? [more inside]
posted by bcwinters on Oct 15, 2024 - 7 comments

[TRAILER] Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 30, 2023 - 24 comments

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe must leave India and go to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self- worth. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 30, 2022 - 8 comments

The third movie in the Potter series. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, the movie takes a darker and more mature tone that the previous films. [more inside]
posted by toomanycurls on Mar 22, 2016 - 23 comments