Tagged: marya recommends

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Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine chronicles the life span of a relationship between Dean, a hard-working, chilled man, and Cindy, whom he meets at her grandma’s nursing home.

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Fighter, The

The Fighter tells the story of Micky Ward as he struggles to make it as a professional boxer under the care of his crack-addicted brother Dicky and his controlling mother Alice.

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Exit Through the Gift Shop

Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary by mysterious street artist Banksy as he obtains the footage to chronicle the effervescent rise of Thierry Guetta as “street artist” Mr. Brainwash.

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TiMER (American Film)

TiMER is an unusual romantic dramedy that mixes in a little sci-fi. In an alternate universe, they’ve created a biotechnological clock that you attach to your wrist that will activate and countdown to the day you will meet your soulmate.

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Somewhere (2010)

Somewhere tells the story of a worldwide Hollywood superstar named Johnny Marco, who’s wasting away at the Chateau Marmont as he makes time for his next gig and lives in his routine.

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Rabbit Hole (2010)

John Cameron Mitchell takes on the adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s play of the same name, which tells the story of a couple grieving the loss of their son. However, the story is far from mere drama and is infused with dark comedy… to ease the pain.

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Tangled (2010)

After the success — or not-success — of The Princess and the Frog, Disney decided to give the old fairy tale of Rapunzel a spin, called it Tangled and amped the male character. Call it a creative spin, or a marketing spin, it proved to work for Disney.

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Never Let Me Go

Based on the novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go tells the story of a group of children growing up in a very special kind of boarding school.

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I’m Still Here

I’m Still Here is the big mockumentary of the year that was supposed to be kept a secret, but got found out long before it was even done.

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Town, The (2010)

Adapted from the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan, The Town tells the story of a group of bank robbers from the city of Charlestown in Boston. Passed from father to son as if it were traditional work.