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The film is based on the true events of a four-day long interview conducted by Rolling Stone Magazine writer, David Lipsky with acclaimed author David Foster Wallace. The interview took place in the final days of Wallace’s 1996 book tour promoting his landmark novel, “Infinite Jest.” The road movie is an extended dramatic and comedic conversation between the two men exploring women, depression, writing, success and jealousy.

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 46 mins

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A Little League coach, John Jennings, turns out to be a bank robber who robbed 13 banks while coaching a team of young boys. The coach does time for his crimes and dies of cancer after his release from prison.

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A group of nerds attempt to steal Nicolas Cage's copy of the "Action Comics No. 1," the landmark 1938 comic that introduced the world to the Man of Steel/Superman. The issue stays missing until 2011, when it is discovered among the contents of an abandoned storage locker. The issue sells for a record $2.1 million at auction in November 2011.

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James "The Amazing" Randi enlists two fake psychics, Steve Shaw (aka Banachek) and Michael Edwards, and fools researchers for two years, making them think the duo has legitimate psychic powers such as spoon bending and moving objects in a sealed transparent container.

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The film tells the true story of Jan Vokes (Academy Award® nominee Toni Colette), a Welsh cleaner and bartender, who decides to breed and rear a race horse. She persuades her neighbors and friends to contribute financially to the scheme. The group’s unlikely investment plan pays off as the horse rises through the ranks and puts them in a race for the national championship.

PG Drama Comedy 1 hr, 42 mins

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Reformed gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife Julia, daughter Saraya and son Zak make a living performing in tiny venues across the country. Ricky and Julia want a better life for their children and when brother and sister get the chance to audition for the WWE, it seems the family dream is coming true and all their troubles will be solved. However, Saraya and Zak are about to learn that becoming a WWE Superstar demands more than they ever imagined possible as athletes and siblings.

PG-13 Drama Comedy 1 hr, 48 mins

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The black comedy is set against the backdrop of a secret Arctic military base in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. It is based on a true story from the Korean War of a hospital where incurably injured veterans of Korea were kept invisible and officially missing until their deaths.

Drama War

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Based on the true story of actor George Hamilton's early years, during which he accompanied his glamorous mother, Anne Hamilton Spalding, on an extended road trip across the country to track down her former boyfriends.

PG-13 Comedy

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Some gamblers will go to incredible lengths. Like Brian Zembic, a 37-year-old Canadian man who bet he could live for an entire year with 38-C breast implants. The true story was originally told in "Maxim" magazine by author Michael Konik, who included it in his recent book "The Man with $100,000 Breasts: And Other Gambling Stories". The movie will show other quirky bets that Zembic has made, but will mostly focus on his life with breasts and how it affects his world and relationships with women.

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Story centers on Colton Harris-Moore (known as the "Barefoot Bandit") — the teenager who’s stolen cars, boats and planes and taught himself how to fly in order to evade local police, Homeland Security and the FBI. He’s still at large and has a massive Facebook following.

Comedy Crime

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Tells the story of the hip-hop group that went from Miami to the 11th Circuit.

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A billionaire offers tens of millions of dollars to any man who succeeds in marrying his lesbian daughter.

Comedy

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A small farmhouse stands in Seattle perfectly fine for about 100 years as the city grows around it, until in 2006 when a big commercial development encroaches on it, buying all the homes in the neighborhood except the one holdout.

Drama Comedy

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A group of animals try to find their rightful place in the world.

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After a guy gets dumped before his wedding, he takes his best man on the nonrefundable honeymoon his ex-fiance planned.

Comedy

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The true story of 19th century graverobbers Burke and Hare who discover a lucrative business in providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.

R Comedy Crime

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Chief Ron Roberts, a conman, claims he has Mohegan ancestry in order to open a casino.

Comedy

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