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Red Hook Summer
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in...
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Best Summer Ever
A fresh and exhilarating take on the beloved teen musical genre featuring eight original songs and a fully integrated cast and crew of people with and without disabilities.
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John and the Hole
While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and dr...
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Babes in Toyland
11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion an...
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Shout
A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.
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Eragon
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evi...
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Return to the Blue Lagoon
In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned...
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Sidekicks
An otherwise rejected or ignored boy creates a fantasy pal from his martial arts movie hero.
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Pinocchio
A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
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The Sandlot: Heading Home
A successful professional baseball player gets his ego in check when he travels back in time to his boyhood sandlot ball-playing days.
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