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Orange County (2002)
6.2
PG-13
Duration: 82min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Jake Kasdan
Plot: Shaun lives in quaint Orange County and attends an unremarkable high school. He had a carefree lifestyle and enjoyed surfing, so several pals joined him. However, everything shifts one day when Shaun sees one of his friends suffer a surfing accident. It was then that he happened to find a copy of Marcus Skinner's book The Neat Jacket in a well-known sand spot. Shaun read it multiple times before deciding he wanted to be a writer instead of pursuing his ambition of being a professional surfer.
Cast: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow
Keywords: high school, loss of loved one, college, dysfunctional family, teen movie, girlfriend, surfer, slacker, change, province
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The Hours (2002)
7.5
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Release Date: 2002-12-27
Duration: 114min
Country: US
Plot: Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours served as the inspiration for the movie. It depicts the lives of three women linked by Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway. Author Virginia Woolf wrote the story in 1923. She is suicidal and sad. 1951 reader Laura Brown is the one reading the book. She's pregnant and miserable. Clarissa Vaughan, known in 2001 as Mrs. Dalloway. She is planning a party for her AIDS-stricken pal.
Cast: Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Stephen Dillane, Miranda Richardson
The Last Samurai (2003)
7.8
R
Duration: 154min
Country: US
Plot: The Emperor of Japan engaged a well-known American officer named Captain Nathan Algren to instruct Japan's first army in modern fighting techniques. Algren is thrust into a conflict between two worlds and two eras as the Omura Imperial Cabinet works to eradicate the last of the old Imperial samurai to implement a more trade-friendly and Westernized government policy. His only source of guidance is his sense of honor.
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Drillbit Taylor (2008)
5.7
PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 2008-03-20
Duration: 102min
Country: US
Cast: Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile, David Dorfman