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Bright Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic

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At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of carrying the legacy falls into the hands of Matt Warner, the son of the late Norman Warner who has always lived in the shadow of his father.

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Illness as catalyst, Competition for recognition, Legacy vs expectation, Teaching as mentorship, Growth through humility, Students transform educators

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Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

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Realistic Tense Intimate Bleak Deliberate

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The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.

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Illness and resilience, Mentorship under doubt, Romantic support in crisis, Topology as tool, Pursuit under constraint, Phd thesis, Cambridge university

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In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a fiery meteor sent by the gods reveals Siegfried's destiny, sending him on the quest of a lifetime. To save a crumbling kingdom claim the heart of his true love, he'll have to slay the nefarious dragon, Fafnir.

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Playful Tense Fast-paced Stylish Energetic

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Marnie puts her magic on the line to get several Halloweentown teenagers transferred to her high school in the mortal world. But soon, Marnie and her new friends are in trouble and out of luck when the evil Knight Of The Iron Dagger appears. He's determined to destroy all things magical, and it's up to Marnie to save her high school, the human world and her magic.

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Integration pressures, Disguise and exposure, Isolation versus openness, Authority manipulation, Belonging and acceptance, Carnival as social bridge

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Realistic Tense Bleak Restrained Deliberate

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A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

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Mentorship under bias, Racial prejudice in medicine, Institutional barriers to progress, Recognition gaps, Medical innovation under constraint, Collaboration across boundaries

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For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.

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Realistic Tense Intimate Deliberate Measured

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A follow-up to Scenes from a Marriage (1973); some thirty years after divorcing Johan, Marianne decides to visit her ex-husband at his summer home. She arrives in the middle of a family drama between Johan's son from another marriage and his granddaughter.

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Inheritance pressure, Intergenerational estrangement, Economic precarity and duty, Parental control of talent, Artistic autonomy and mentorship, Memory as family bond

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Realistic Claustrophobic Fast-paced Sun-drenched Satirical

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The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island that's halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family breaks apart in front of all their friends on live national television, while the island itself is only a short distance away from Sacramento!

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Bacon eaten as provocation, Island exposure via reality show, Food stolen as conflict spark, Family split under surveillance, Romance coaching for ratings, Reality show manipulation

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Immersive Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Brutal

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After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

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Police siege response, Armed confrontation under time pressure, Armament policy implications, Media coverage shaping perception, Trauma and resilience among responders, Interagency coordination under stress