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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Sling Blade (1996)
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Mentally disabled Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from the mental hospital where he...
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Good Luck Charlie
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Teens PJ and Teddy and tween brother Gabe are typical kids -- that is, until their mother has...
The Escape (Animorphs, #15)
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Almost nothing could be as bad as finding out your mother is Visser One. The most powerful of all...
Grey Gardens (1975)
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This film explores the daily lives of two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Edie...
The Everyday Witch
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One night a little boy peeps through his curtains and is horrified to see his mother fly past - on a...
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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated I Kill Giants (2017) in Movies
Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)
But with the underlying story that her mother is ill and she takes herself off into a fantasy world to battle giants to escape the reality of true-life is so nicely done, I found myself very emotional towards the end of the film, but still lifted that Barbara has fought her way through against giants, bullies and the fears of losing her mother.