Children on Their Birthdays 2002  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Medoff
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Joe Pichler, Jesse Plemons, Tania Raymonde, Christopher McDonald, Tom Arnold, Phyllis Frelich, Tom Brainard, Ritch Brinkley, Brazhal Brewer
Set in a small Alabama town in the summer of 1947, this a warm and humorous coming-of-age story during the post-war era. Thirteen-year-old Lily Jane (Tania Raymonde) arrives in town with her mother (Phyllis Frelich) who is mute. The self-assured Lily Jane quickly fits in, though many schoolmates are shocked when she befriends African-American Rosalba (Brazhal Brewer). She also catches the eye of Billy Bob (Joe Pichler) and his mischievous friend, Preacher (Jesse Plemons). As Billy Bob tries to impress Lily Jane, he also must deal with his widowed mother's romance with a local mechanic. Based on a short story by Truman Capote.
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 Hoot 2006 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Wil Shriner
Cast: Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Cody Linley, Luke Wilson, Eric Phillips, Dean Collins, Tim Blake Nelson, Clark Gregg, Kiersten Warren, Neil Flynn, Jessica Cauffiel, Robert Wagner, Jimmy Buffett, Tom Brainard
Eighth-grader Roy Eberhart (Logan Lerman) has just moved from Montana to Florida where he comes across more than a few bullies, but he does form new friendships with Mullet Fingers (Cody Linley) and Beatrice (Brie Larson). After Roy discovers a family of endangered owls, Mullet Fingers and Beatrice help him in a fight to protect the owls from a local pancake chain that wants to use the owls' land for development.
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Joshua 2002 G, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Purdy
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Kurt Fuller, Stacy Edwards, Colleen Camp, Giancarlo Giannini, Jordan Allen, Tom Brainard, Alec De Rosa, Kevin Scott Greer
A stranger, Joshua (Tony Goldwyn), arrives in a small town where he creates an immediate impact by resurrecting a burned-down church and helping the townsfolk. He is also a woodworker, and gets to know the local Catholic priests, sometimes criticizing their sermons. Who could this stranger be and what will be the fate of mankind?
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| 1. Children on Their Birthdays (2002)
2. Hoot (2006)
3. Joshua (2002)
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