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1) Barbie
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BLU-RAY COMEDY BARBIE
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BLU-RAY COMEDY BARBIE
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To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
2) Ayar
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AYAR, a 1st generation American Latina, returns home to reunite with her daughter. But when her mother refuses to let her see her due to Covid, Ayar is confronted by the many roles she‚ has been forced to play, including the role in this film.
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For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who is also struggling...
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BLU-RAY HORROR ANGRY
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BLU-RAY HORROR ANGRY
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After witnessing her mother's untimely death as a child and her brother's violent murder as a young teen, Vicaria is on a desperate quest to cure death.
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DVD FEATURE BREADWIN
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DVD FEATURE BREADWIN
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BLU-RAY FEATURE BREADWIN
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BLU-RAY FEATURE BREADWIN
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Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her...
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It's 2049 and a druglord owns the streets of the Burn. Young Ti-Jeanne must choose between her fear of dying like her mother, or harnessing the power of the Caribbean spirits to save her people.
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DVD FEATURE CAPTAIN
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DVD FEATURE CAPTAIN
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Set in the 1990's, the film revolves around Carol Danvers, a crack air force pilot. Though trials and tribulations she becomes one of the galaxy's mightiest heroes and joins an elite outer space military team known as Starforce. Her membership in the Kree military team puts her in danger when Earth becomes hopelessly stuck in battle between two other alien worlds, forcing Danvers to take on the role of Captain Marvel and use her new powers for the...
8) The duchess
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DVD FEATURE DUCHESS
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DVD FEATURE DUCHESS
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Chronicles the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. She was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. She was a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. Georgiana is trapped in an unhappy marrital triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with Earl Grey, an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt...
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Follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
10) Harriet
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DVD FEATURE HARRIET
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DVD FEATURE HARRIET
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BLU-RAY FEATURE HARRIET
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BLU-RAY FEATURE HARRIET
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"Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, [the film] tells the story of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Haunted by memories of those she left behind, Harriet ventures back into dangerous territory on a mission to lead others to freedom. With allies like abolitionist William Still and the entrepreneurial Marie Buchanon, Harriet risks capture and...
11) Hidden figures
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BLU-RAY FEATURE HIDDEN
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BLU-RAY FEATURE HIDDEN
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DVD BLU-RAY FEATURE HIDDEN
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DVD BLU-RAY FEATURE HIDDEN
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Thematic elements and some language.
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before...
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Fourteen-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, exploring young love, and experiencing everything that comes with growing up in a country on the brink of enormous change.
13) I am not a witch
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After an incident in her village, Shula, an eight-year-old girl, is accused of witchcraft. After a quick trial, she is found guilty and locked up in a witches' camp.
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In acclaimed director Edgar Wright's psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker.
15) Little women
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BLU-RAY FEATURE LITTLE
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BLU-RAY FEATURE LITTLE
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JUV BLU-RAY LITTLE
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JUV BLU-RAY LITTLE
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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England.
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"Una Mujer Fantástica es la historia de Marina, una mesera y cantante, y Orlando, un hombre mayor, que estan enamorados y planean un futuro juntos. Despues de que Orlando enferma repentinamente y muere, Marina se ve obligada a enfrentar a su familia y a la socidad, y luchar para demostrarles quien es: una mujer fuerte, pasional...fantástica."--provided by container.
Marina and Orlando are in love and planning their future, when one night Orlando...
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"Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn and her cousin Skylar embark across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery, and compassion"--Container.
18) Radium girls
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Based on true events, it follows teen sisters, Bessie and Jo Cavallo, who dream of Hollywood and Egyptian pyramids as they paint luminous watch dials at the American Radium factory in New Jersey. When Jo loses a tooth, Bessie's world is turned upside down as a mystery slowly unravels. She discovers a corporate cover-up and, in a radical coming of age story, Bessie and the Radium Girls decide to take on American Radium. Based on historical events,...
19) Tangerine
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DVD COMEDY TANGERIN
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DVD COMEDY TANGERIN
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It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles.
20) Suffragette
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DVD FEATURE SUFFRAGETTE
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DVD FEATURE SUFFRAGETTE
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BLU-RAY FEATURE SUFFRAGE
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BLU-RAY FEATURE SUFFRAGE
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Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all...