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1) Goldfinger
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Sean Connery returns as Agent 007 and faces off with a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox-- and obliterating the world economy.
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Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success.
4) Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Bronte's story of an orphan who grows up to become the governess of a mansion, and who carries a tormented love for a man named Mr. Rochester.
5) Sleuth
7) Billy Elliot
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Eleven-year-old miner's son Billy Elliot is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his family would never understand.
8) Emma
Description
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs.
10) Mr. Turner
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Explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.
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Sisterly rivalry is the basis of this fresh, wonderfully vivid retelling of the story of Anne Boleyn. Before Henry VIII ever considered making Anne Boleyn his wife, her older sister, Mary, was his mistress. Historical novelist Gregory (Virgin Earth) uses the perspective of this "other Boleyn girl" to reveal the rivalries and intrigues swirling through England. The sisters and their brother George were raised with one goal: to advance the Howard family's...
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