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Today everyone knows the name of John Wilkes Booth, the notorious zealot who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But in his lifetime, the killer was an actor who was well-known among fans of the theater, well-known but less famous and less admired than his brother Edwin. In the 1860s, Edwin Booth ranked among the greatest and most-respected stars of the stage. He lived in New York and sympathized with the Union cause, while his younger brother stomped the...
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One of William Shakespeare's most farcical comedies, "The Comedy of Errors" is notable for its use of mistaken identity to achieve a slapstick comedic effect. Ripe with the bard's characteristic word play, the comedy concerns the lives of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated shortly after their birth. The play begins by the elderly Syracusian trader Egeon relating the back-story of his family. When Egeon was young, he married...
3) The bigfoot
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The adorable Little Foot embarks on a whole new adventure to find his big brother Big Foot. Will Pinocchio, Little Red Riding Hood, and Snow White come to the rescue?
5) Niagara
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Three brothers in their fifties will have to reconnect on the death of their father, who died prematurely from an unfortunate Ice Bucket Challenge. French closed captioning available.
6) Bilatena
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"Abi, a dynamic and resourceful twelve-year-old boy, lives with his mother Degua and his 26-year-old brother Zelalem. Abi, who is a hard-working boy with two jobs, supports his poor mother and his older unemployed brother through their day-to-day lives. But when their mother dies of hepatitus B and Abi is also infected with the virus, Zele must face the big challenge of supporting his own life and keeping his younger brother alive ..."--Container
7) Brother
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Propelled by the pulsing beats of Toronto's early hip-hop scene, Brother is the story of Francis and Michael, sons of Caribbean immigrants maturing into young men. Exploring themes of masculinity, identity, and family, a mystery unfolds during the sweltering summer of 1991, and escalating tensions set off a series of events that change the course of the brothers' lives forever. Brother crafts a timely story about the profound bond between siblings,...
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The villain Balthazar Bratt, a former child star who's grown up to become obsessed with the character he played in the 80s, proves to be Gru's most formidable nemesis to date.
"Whenever the dialogue goes flat, look for a cut to Gru's Minions, randomly but amusingly jamming to everything from jailhouse rock to Gilbert & Sullivan."--Boston Globe
"This rather clever, breakneck-paced cartoon gives fans exactly what they want: Like the new nemesis voiced...
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