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463) Cuna de lobos
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One-eyed "black widow" Catali Creel poisons and kills her husband to control her pharmaceutical empire, only to discover that she has left it to either of her two sons: Alejandro, whom she adores, or Jos ̌Carlos, whom she despises. She produces a son and heir for Alejandro, whose wife is infertile seduces, and impregnates the unsuspecting Leonora Varro. After the birth of his son, Alejandro reveals his true intentions, takes the child, and makes...
464) Magpie Lane
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"When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. As Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging, an eerie and ancient house, a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah, pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity, almost...
466) What kind of girl
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When Mike Parker's girlfriend shows up at school with a bruise on her face, she walks into the principal's office and said Mike hit her. The students have questions. Why did she go to the principal and not the police? Why did she stay so long if he was hurting her? Obviously, if it's true, Mike should be expelled. But is it true? Some girls want to rally for his expulsion-- some want to rally around Mike. Someone is lying. And the truth has to come...
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When her heightened sense of smell disappears, jeopardizing her career, Poppy Patel, a gifted Paris perfumer, returns home to tend to her grandmother's aromatic garden only to discover it has been uprooted and destroyed, while navigating family drama, childhood friendships and a former love to heal an unscented life.
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Revenge is given life when egos prefer war… After successfully fleeing Mexico, Ace “Cabello” Wales makes it back to the States for two reasons. First, to reunite with the love of his life, Arbella. And secondly to make his father, Banks Wales, pay for selling him into slavery. Since the details of Ace’s insidious plan are sealed, we get glimpses of the treachery he has in store after he visits Aliyah, his twin brother’s baby mother, and...
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"Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded fac̦ade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream of theirs--a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know, the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead. Half a world...
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"Fugitives from a man as alluring as he is violent, Andrea Jarrell and her mother develop a powerful, unusual bond. Once grown, Jarrell thinks she's put that chapter of her life behind her--until a woman she knows is murdered, and she suddenly sees that it's her mother's choices she's been trying to escape all along. Without preaching or prescribing, I'm the One Who Got Away is a life-affirming story of having the courage to become both safe enough...
473) Truce: 4,The finale
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"Can a never-ending war really lead to a truce? It's true, Banks Wales is back with a vengeance. After regaining most of his memories, he makes it his business to resume his regularly scheduled program. Getting his family to the new and improved Wales Island. But when a blast from the past with a vendetta learns of his plans, he releases Baltimore's grimiest hoodlums, which cause Banks more problems than he can foresee. But outsiders are not his only...
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"Crecer con unos padres emocionalmente inmaduros puede hacer que te sientas solo, confundido y abandonado. Es posible que luego, en la edad adulta, te resulte difícil poner límites, expresar tus sentimientos o establecer relaciones sanas, y que tu padre o tu madre, ya mayores, sigan quitando importancia a tu experiencia interior o burlándose de tus emociones socavando tu sentido de autonomía. ¿Quieres recuperarte del comportamiento egocentrico...
477) Hard man
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"A Texan ravaged by alcoholism encounters some of his biggest struggles when his estranged daughter decides to place him in a nursing home. Distraught at his daughter's decision, he becomes angrily determined to die at the ranch rather than the nursing home. He is then forced to work with a considerate caretaker, encountering Texas-sized drama along the way. This film confronts the issues often found within dysfunctional families, and leaves viewers...
478) The Carter boys
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So, what happens when a slick-mouth girl from Brooklyn decides to go off to college in the unofficial capital of the South? She is quickly introduced to the Atlanta lifestyle, where "Bruh" is part of every other sentence; dreaded fros are a must; hot lemon pepper wings are law; west side accents are always thicker; nobody says ATL unless they're from out of town; HBCU life is unlike any other; and most importantly, it's all about family. In particular,...
479) Where the heart is
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Fourteen-year-old Tommy is a troublemaker with a good heart, in spite of the awful circumstances of his home life. When his mother abandons him, he is sent to foster care where he must learn to fend for himself. Then he meets Daquan, and the two young men try to navigate life without a parent's guidance and avoid the darker elements of Boston.
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"Apple has never gotten over Citi stealing her money. Still salty from what she considers the betrayal of the century, she places Peaches in Kola's care and embarks on a mission to resolve some more unfinished business. Cartier has made a life for herself on the west coast while waiting for the love of her life, Head, to get a release date. She's out of the game, but now Apple wants to pull her back in. Citi resurfaces in New York with a strong team,...