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The Mighty Nein – The Mighty Nein / Little Spark

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  • Title: The Mighty Nein – The Mighty Nein / Little Spark
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Starting with all six of the core characters together in prison following the disaster at the carnival, the bickering group comes to a consensus to break out of prison, find the toad, rescue Toya, and prove their innocence. Things don’t go exactly as planned, but despite their mistrust of each other the group is able to work together and take down the monster only to return to the prison and find a new fight in front of them in Owelia (Bennett Abara).

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It Was Just an Accident

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  • Title: It Was Just an Accident
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Featuring a similiar setup to Death and the Maiden, writer/director Jafar Panahi‘s film focuses on a small group of former Iranian political prisoners who believe they have found their man responsible for their torture during their captivity. Filmed in secret without approval from the Iranian government, It Was Just an Accident offers a harsh look at the scars left by an authoritative regime while questioning what justice may be found in revenge.

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Sentimental Value

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  • Title: Sentimental Value
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The death of Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes’ (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) mother brings their estranged father (Stellan Skarsgård) back into their lives. A celebrated auteur filmmaker who chose his career over his family years before, Gustav brings with him a script for his first project in 15 years which is inspired by his family’s history. After his hopes to get his eldest daughter to star in the film fall through, Nora being a local stage and television actress, Gustav casts a young Hollywood actress (Elle Fanning) seeking her first serious role.

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NCIS: Origins – The Edge

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  • Title: NCIS: Origins – The Edge
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Dedicated to David McCallum, the actor who played Ducky on NCIS For more than 450 episodes, “The Edge” guest-stars Adam Campbell (who also played the younger version of the character on NCIS) as Ducky is sent to NIS to discover if the West Coast branch needs its own full-time medical examiner. Met initially with anger and suspicion, based largely on the baggage characters are already carrying around this season and due to the rumors that Ducky is a spy sent to judge whether or not they should be shut down, the good doctor wins over members of the team one by one. As for Gibbs (Austin Stowell), who Ducky met years earlier and who the doctor credits with helping changing his life, he also leaves an important gift in which another key component aspect of the show’s main character is unlocked.

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Frankenstein

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  • Title: Frankenstein (1931)
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Mary Shelley’s novel has been adapted several times over the years on both stage and screen, but no version is more notable nor done more to bring the story to a wider audience than the 1931 Frankenstein. The Universal Studios’ film set the look of the classic Frankenstein Monster (Boris Karloff) which, despite being diffent than described in Shelley’s work, is still immediately recognizable today and synonymous with the name.

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