Julia Roberts
1) Wonder
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A boy with a facial deformity, who enters a middle school after being homeschooled for his whole life, struggles to fit in and get accepted by his classmates.
2) Ben is back
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When a drug addict surprises his family by returning home on Christmas Eve, he and his mother realize that they must rebuild their relationship.
3) Mystic Pizza
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The coming-of-age of three best friends who work at a pizzeria in the seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut.
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For an awkward, self-conscious girl like Kiki (Julia Roberts), being the personal assistant to a beautiful megastar like Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is no bowl of cherries. But when she dutifully accepts the task of helping Gwen and her estranged megastar husband Eddie (John Cusack) make it through one last public appearance masterminded by legendary but neurotic press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal), forever devoted Kiki finds that her job satisfaction...
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Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts heads an all-star cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marcia Gay Harden in Mona Lisa Smile, an uplifting and poignant drama about one woman's desire to enrich the lives of her students. In 1953, a time when women's roles were rigidly defined, novice art history professor Katherine Watson (Roberts) begins teaching at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, which despite its academic...
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"I Love Trouble" is set amidst the frenzy of daily newspaper life in Chicago. Hot on the trail of a career-making story, reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett indulge in an intriguing odyssey narrowly escaping every danger thrown their way except each other. The two reporters meet when called to the scene of a train derailment. Brackett, a legendary columnist for the Chicago Chronicle, is there by default it has been years since he's acturlly...
8) Larry Crowne
Pub. Date
2011
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When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher. Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might find your reason to live.
9) Ben is back
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[2019]
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Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must do everything she can to help her family.
10) Stepmom
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Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time-mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She can't...
12) Ocean's eleven
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
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A gangster and his associates plan the simultaneous robberies of three large Las Vegas casinos.
13) Mirror mirror
Pub. Date
2012
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An exiled princess is assisted by seven rebels in order to reinstate her stolen birthright.
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A mysterious map sets Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting and thrilling race through the Forbidden Forest filled with magical creatures to find a mysterious lost village before the evil wizard Gargamel does. Embarking on a roller-coaster journey full of action and danger, the Smurfs are on a course that leads to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history!
"It's a pure digital fantasy, with elegant and...
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2016
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A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
"...a solid genre outing with unsettling topical resonance."--Hollywood Reporter
"What DOESN'T get lost in translation is what made 'El Secreto De Sus Ojos' so effective: the visceral, devastating empathy we feel when a horrible injustice is committed and it ruins multiple...
17) Ocean's Twelve
Pub. Date
[2005]
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Ocean's Twelve reintroduces Ocean and his perfectly trained team of con men. Dividing forces to hit Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome, the heist-meisters move beyond casinos to tackle new objectives, one of which involves stealing a famous painting.
18) Mother's Day
Pub. Date
[2016]
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This celebration of mothers everywhere invites all to enjoy the laughter, tears and love as three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother's Day.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
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What do you do when you are a nanny to an obscenely rich Park Avenue matron named X? Mrs. X refuses to do anything for herself, including cook, clean, or take care of her four-year-old son. You are expected to do everything, including maintaining the mental health of said four-year-old, even while Mrs. X decides that it is time for a divorce. You'll have to bear up under the strain with wit and panache, even as the boundaries between your working...
20) Steel Magnolias
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1989.
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In the South, a diabetic girl decides to risk having a baby and is supported by her mother and four loyal friends.