Word: townes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Haruki Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun is hard to get into--the book commences with what seems to be an attitude of complaint about the unfair hardships of adolescence. The main character, Hajime, is a young man growing up in a "small, quiet town" in Japan. He lives a normal life in a neighborhood where all the houses match and everyone has a cat or a dog. But he's different--he's an only child in a world of big families, and that means, of course, that he, like all children, must deal with...
What to Look For This is the U.S. debut of Hong Kong director Peter Chan. Filming took place in the quaint, idyllic, sleepy, picturesque town of Rockport, Mass. Star Kate Capshaw, best known as Steven Spielberg's wife, best remembered as the second Indiana Jones girl, long ago made The Love Letter her pet project when she optioned the movie rights of the book. Expect it to have a pleasingly female perspective on what it means to fall in love. The Buzz Dreamworks is taking a gamble by releasing the film during the first Phantom Menace weekend, the idea being...
...Premise The film centers around a fisherman (David Strathairn) left high and dry by a traumatizing sea accident. When a lounge singer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and her daughter (Vanessa Martinez) show up in town, the three meet and their lives forever change. In a touching moment of cliche, they even end up stranded together on a deserted island...
...Premise Corrupted hockey team threatens to destroy a small Alaska town when it challenges the local team to a match. Mighty Ducks II meets Dangerous Liasons...
What to Look For Everyone looks like chalky-white popsicles in this movie, and rightfully so; the town Mystery, Alaska is the namesake of this movie, which stars Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack and Russell Crowe, is situated in the midst of the barren land of glaciers that is our 49th state. Hockey is a huge sport in this lonely town, and it seems that the whole pride of the town rests in the gentle cradle of the hockey stick. But the purity of the game is threatened when the amateur team is challenged to a match by the New York...