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Playing for Pizza

A veteran NFL quarterback winds up on a semi-pro team in Italy after blowing his last chance to lead a team to the Super Bowl.

The Deep Blue Good-by

Travis McGee, a free-living bachelor and reluctant hero who lives on a houseboat in Florida, works as a "salvage consultant," recovering property and money for clients and taking half the fee in return. McGee takes on tracking down a treasure that a solider escaped with and hid after World War II.

Cortes (Series)

In 1519, Hernando Cortez leads an infiltration into Mexico bringing with him religion, diseases like smallpox and a lust for gold & silver. Right away Cortez develops a relationship with Aztec ruler Montezuma. Initially held as a guest/prisoner by the Aztec leader, Cortez eventually turns the tables. The Spanish aggression leads to outright battles with invading forces and when Montezuma finally succumbs, he is killed by his countryman shortly after. The warring continues and, Cortez fathers a child with Montezuma's daughter, following his death.

Dance of the Mirlitons

A dark comedy about 14 year-old Jesse Urchin, an ambitious yet overweight ballerina with an overbearing mother (Kristen Bell) who will stop at nothing to become a star. The girl enters a "Mean Girls"-type environment when she has to prove her worth in class.
Location: US - Massachusetts

Mrs. Doubtfire 2

In the original, directed by Chris Columbus, Robin Williams played an estranged father who poses as a Scottish nanny, Euphegenia Doubtfire, in order to get access to his children and successfully bypass his ex-wife (Sally Field). The film grossed $219 million domestically.

Persuasion

Many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own regrets and unwavering, possibly unrequited love.

Queen of the South

A young Mexican woman flees from the killers of her drug-smuggling boyfriend. She gets involved in the smuggling trade between Spain and Morocco, where she becomes a legend.

Blackwood Farms

Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man, has been haunted since birth by a mysterious doppelganger, “Goblin,” a spirit from a dream world that Quinn can't escape and that prevents him from belonging anywhere.

Born

The film tells the story of a couple who settle down in what seems to be a quiet English town to raise a family. Their lives are turned upside down, however, when the husband - a claymation artist - finds that his creations are coming to life.

Mouse Guard

Set in medieval times, a brotherhood of mice are sworn to protect the common folk. Or rodent, as it were.

Hope’s Wish

Based on the true story of Hope Stout, a 12-year-old girl who, when diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, set out on a mission to fund the wishes of all the other health-challenged children in her part of North Carolina.
Location: US - North Carolina

Preacher

The story of a Texas preacher possessed by a supernatural entity born through the coupling of an angel and demon.

The Black Path

The story is about a brilliant - but unemployed - writer who finds an ancient Incan treasure while doing some research in Ecuador. But people with him in his search party soon begin killing one another to get closer to the loot. It is based on the true story of Atahualpa, a treasure which has never been found but is said to be cursed.

The Corrections

Three generations of a highly dysfunctional Midwestern family meet at the family home for what will be the last Christmas gathering there.
Location: US - New York

13 Reasons Why

A shy California high school student finds seven cassette tapes recorded by Hanna Baker, the classmate he had a crush on. Before she committed suicide, Hannah sent the tapes with instructions to pass them on to a list of students like a chain letter. The tapes explain to 13 people how they played a role in her death.