Rita Moreno
2) The Prank
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Ben and his slacker friend, Tanner play a prank on their high school physics professor. When she fails them on a test, they teach the demanding instructor a lesson by falsely accusing her of murder on social media.
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Robert Shurtleff fought with the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment during the American Revolution, suffering at least two wounds in battle. While this is hardly worth noting in our history books, what is worth noting is that Robert Shurtleff was a woman… a courageous young woman named Deborah Gannett who fought bravely disguised as a man.
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Whether it is the first female film director, a leading Broadway lyricist, the first woman network co-anchor, or so many shining stars, we find example after example of women who fought the odds toward achievement and in doing so left a forever mark on the cultural development of society.
6) Remember Me
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Academy Award winner Rita Moreno stars in this quick-witted coming-of-age-at-30 comedy about a Jewish public radio war correspondent forced to deal with a family crisis.
7) Torch
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Clara grew up in the Belize jungles but was sent to live in San Francisco after a childhood trauma. Her older boyfriend, Gabriel encourages a trip back to her jungle home. Once arriving, the familiar faces and tropic environment fills Clara with hope for a brighter future. She's soon reminded that the jungle has a dark side and begins to realize that Gabriel may have an even darker one himself.
9) 80 for Brady
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
As the New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns.
10) Fast X
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Fast and Furious volume 11
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything and everyone that Dom loves, forever.
11) Popi
Pub. Date
1988, c1969
Description
The story of Popi, a struggling widower working three jobs to support his two sons. His plan to give his sons a new life results in a series of mad-cap adventures.
12) West side story
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
15) Rio 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Jewel, Blu and their three kids are leaving their domesticated life in that magical city for a journey to the Amazon. They encounter a menagerie of characters that are born to be wild. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
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Magic School Bus volume 4
Description
Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a dinosaur dig, courtesy of her old school chum, a paleontologist, and travels 67 million years back in time!
19) The Four Seasons
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Three very close-knit upper middle-class couples periodically take vacations together. These gatherings turn into a bittersweet exploration of not only their friendship, but divorce and its consequences, after one of the men leaves his wife for a much younger woman.
20) 80 for Brady
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"As the New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns." --