Author: amy

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Morning Glory

Morning Glory follows eager morning show producer Becky, who gets the chance to work for Daybreak, one of the messiest and least watched shows. As the show limps its way down to the bottom of the ratings list, Becky sets out to save the show… and her career.

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Letters from Kanai Nirai

Letters from Kanai Nirai tells the story of Fuki Asato, a girl living in the Okinawan islands away from everything that could resemble a big metropolis, including being away from her mother who left the island when Fuki was only seven. Since then, every year on Fuki’s birthday she receives a letter from her mom, making Fuki dream of meeting again.

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Okuribito

Okuribito tells the story of Daigo Kobayashi, an average cellist who’s lost his job and is forced to go back to his hometown where he finds a job as a traditional funeral “artist” to prepare the dead for their “departure.”

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Paco and the Magical Book

Tetsuya Nakashima’s Paco and the Magical Book tells the story of grumpy old Okunuki (Yakusho) as he enters a board meeting and is sent to a hospital, in which he meets a whole bunch of picturesque characters, including a little girl named Paco who can only retain memories for a day.

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Summer Wars

Summer Wars is part techie-adventure, part family-dramedy. Coming from Japan, home of some of the finest quality animation, it’s got luscious art and flawless animation technique.

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Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce is the story of Mildred, a housewife whose unconditional love for her child would lead her to be involved in a murder investigation.

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HaHaHa

Sang-soo Hong’s HaHaHa follows the story of Moon-Kyeong, a filmmaker who’s going to Canada, and Jong-Sik, a movie critic — two long-time friends who meet and tell each other about their lives over good food and drinks.

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Rushmore

Rushmore is the second feature-length film in director Wes Anderson’s filmography, telling the story of Max Fischer, a very unlikeable, precocious, extracurricular overachieving teenager from a private school obsessively in “love” with Ms. Cross.

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No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached, previously known as the Friends with Benefits movie or F*ck Buddies, is the story of Emma and Adam, two people that had chance encounters in school, university and post-university, and end up establishing a symbiotic casual sex deal.

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Beautiful Boxer

Beautiful Boxer is based on the true life story of model/actress Parinya Charoenphol, a Muay Thai champion who was born a boy. Parinya Charoenphol’s struggle to become what she is today is what makes this film worth a watch.