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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: Four teenagers spend one final summer night together, before heading to college.
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Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford, Wolfman Jack, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips. Directed by George Lucas.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Juvenile ∙ Education |
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Rated: G Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: A shipwreck leaves a courageous young boy and a wild Arabian stallion stranded on a deserted island.
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Cast: Kelly Reno, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Mickey Rooney. Directed by Carroll Ballard.
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Categories: Children ∙ Family ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: Blu-Ray/DVD 84 min.
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Plot: Three high school friends gain superpowers and soon find their lives spinning out of control.
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Cast: Dane Dehaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hunshaw. Directed by Josh Trank.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Juvenile ∙ Media |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 121 min.
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Plot: A young boy seeks the protection of an unseasoned attorney from both the Mob, who will kill him if he reveals what he learned about a Mob murder, and a zealous federal prosecutor, who won't let up until he tells all.
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Cast: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
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Categories: Witness ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 105 min. B&W
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Plot: Clarence Darrow defends two wealthy Chicago teenagers in this drama based on the true story about the 1924 Leopold-Loeb murder case.
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Cast: Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Martin Milner, E.G. Marshall. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Juvenile ∙ Advocacy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: Examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
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Cast: Narrated by Forest Whitaker. Directed by Stacy Peralta.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Organized Crime ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: VHS 120 min.
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Plot: In 1957, a landmark decision by the Supreme Court mandates the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Violent demonstrations and riots follow as tensions on both sides grow.
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Cast: Joanne Woodward, Charles Durning, Henderson Forsythe, Calins Levels. Directed by Lamont Johnson.
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Categories: Racism ∙ History ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 128 min.
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Plot: A charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm-- changing their lives forever.
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Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles. Directed by Peter Weir.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Education ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 101 min.
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Plot: A mother finds the dead body of her teenage son's gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home an she spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.
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Cast: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Raymond Barry, Josh Lucas, Peter Donat. Directed by Scott McGehee, David Siegel.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Family ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: This is the fictional account of two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon.
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Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell, Bruce McCulloch. Directed by Andrew Fleming.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Government ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
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Cast: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Thomas Haden Church, Amanda Bynes. Directed by Will Gluck.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Juvenile ∙ Education |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: A seemingly ordinary day at an Oregon high school suddenly turns tragic.
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Cast: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor, Carrie Finklea, Nicole George. Directed by Gus Van Sant.
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Categories: Education ∙ Drama ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 82 min.
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Plot: Chronicles two female inmates - victims of horrific violence and tragedy - who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.
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Cast: Mia Guzman, Rachel Lloyd. Directed by Liz Garhus.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Juvenile ∙ Justice |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: When two teens accidentally begin murdering the most popular kids in school, suicide suddenly becomes the 'in' thing to do.
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Cast: Christian Slater, Winona Ryder, Patrick Labyorteaux, Shannen Doherty. Directed by Michael Lehmann.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Juvenile ∙ Education |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min. B&W
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Plot: A lawyer who clawed his way out of the slums finds himself defending an underprivileged teen accused of murder, making the case that the boy is more a victim of society than a cold-hearted killer.
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Cast: John Derek, Humphrey Bogart, Susan Perry, Arlene Roberts, George Macready. Directed by Nicholas Ray.
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Categories: Advocacy ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 94 min.
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Plot: An artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in 2002 California.
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Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts. Directed by Greta Gerwig.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Comedy ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A bullied boy finds love and revenge through a beautiful, peculiar girl. In Swedish with English subtitles.
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Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl. Directed by Thomas Alfredson.
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Categories: Foreign ∙ Horror ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: Abandoned by his mother, an African-American baby is adopted by a white social worker and her husband.
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Cast: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Cuba Gooding Jr., Daisy Eagan, Marc John Jefferies, Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal.
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Categories: Family ∙ Juvenile ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: 97 min.
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Plot: A young teen thinks his town is infested with vampires.
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Cast: Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Juvenile ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 146 min.
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Plot: In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who kidnapped the girl he was hired to protect.
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin, Mickey Rourke. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: Action ∙ Juvenile ∙ Justice |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 96 min. B&W
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Plot: A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead.
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Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep. Directed by Woody Allen.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: When a teen is bullied, his brother and friends lure the bully into the woods to seek vengeance.
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Cast: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder. Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars:
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: Chronicles the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young black man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
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Cast: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson. Directed by Barry Jenkins.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Juvenile ∙ Sexuality |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: Two twelve-year-olds fall in love and run away together into the wilderness.
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Cast: Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand. Directed by Wes Anderson.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Juvenile ∙ Family |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: A private detective searching for a runaway girl stumbles upon an unsolved murder.
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Cast: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith. Directed by Arthur Penn.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: Two gangs of teens, the Greasers and the Socs, fight each other and defend their "turf" in 1966 Oklahoma.
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Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Drama ∙ Family |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 150 min.
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Plot: A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
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Cast: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, Jessie Miskelly, Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols. Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 102 min.
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Plot: A high school freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
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Cast: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Kate Walsh. Directed by Stephen Chbosky.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 96 min.
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Plot: A poor girl must choose between her childhood sweetheart and a rich playboy.
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Cast: Molly Ringwold, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts. Directed by Howard Deutch.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Family ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: High-powered Chicago attorney defends a penniless altar boy accused of murdering the local archbishop.
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Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney. Directed by Gregory Hoblit.
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Categories: Religion ∙ Juvenile ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 94 min.
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Plot: At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers, a young girl decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp.
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Cast: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, Ningall Lawford, David Gulpill, Kenneth Branaugh. Directed by Phillip Noyce.
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Categories: Family ∙ Human Rights ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: PG-13 (2 disc set) 111 min.
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Plot: A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, making both friends and enemies.
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Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt. Directed by Nicholas Ray.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A hilarious journey into young womanhood.
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Cast: Molly Ringwold, Justin Henry, John Cusak, Blanche Baker. Directed by John Hughes.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Family ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: Ten years after being abused by authorities, four men have a chance for revenge.
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Cast: Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt. Directed by Barry Levinson.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Sentencing |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A high school tomboy has a crush on her best friend, and is distraught when he falls for a rich snob.
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Cast: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, Lea Thompson. Directed by Howard Deutch.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Juvenile ∙ Romance |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A loving and strong family of sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933 face a serious family crisis when the father is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp.
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Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks. Directed by Martin Ritt.
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Categories: Family ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
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Cast: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Dayo Okeniyi. Directed by James Ponsoldt.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Romance ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: Follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: winning the National Spelling Bee.
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Cast: Harry Altman, Angela Arenivar, Ted Brigham, April DeGideo, Neil Kadakia, Nupur Lala, Emily Stagg, Ashley White. Directed by Jeffrey Blitz.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Family ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 97 min.
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Plot: Young Oliver Tate's coming of age is coming even sooner than expected.
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Cast: Craig Roberts, Noah Taylor, Paddy Considine, Sally Hawkins, Yasmin Paige. Directed by Richard Ayoade.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Juvenile |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
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Cast: George C. Scott, Tom Cruise, Timothy Hutton. Directed by Harold Becker.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Drama ∙ Education |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 100 min.
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Plot: Anxiously trying to fit into the peer-pressure cooker environment of junior high, a thirteen-year-old goes to shocking lengths in order to befriend the most popular girl in school.
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Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Vanessa Anne Hudgens. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
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Categories: Family ∙ Juvenile ∙ Education |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: When a seemingly ordinary 15-year-old is sentenced to a juvenille hall for a stunning crime, a teacher and aspiring writer dream of making his story into a book.
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Cast: Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Willliams. Directed by Matthew Ryan Hodge.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
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Cast: Amy Aquino, Alison Lohman, John Billingsley, Michelle Pfeiffer. Directed by Peter Kosminsky.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Welfare ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 115 min.
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Plot: A detective and slick attorney trail a guidance counselor accused of raping two scheming high school vixens.
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Cast: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Denise Richards, Daphne Rubin-Vega. Directed by John McNaughton.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Women |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
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