Maggie Moore
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Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.
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Yabba-yabba billabong has a ghost...Meadowville has a need...And four children face pirates, banshees, and townsfolk greedy for jewel encrusted riches, hidden in their prized playground.What is a kid to do?Trust a ghost... yea right.. But what is this feeling deep in the pit of their stomachs... Too many gobstoppers, or a reason tofollow a mate into the peat of the past.Pirates Ahoy me hearties!
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Four children gaze out through threads of spider white bandages and itchy plaster. Enticed by the taste of rich pollens, the Ghost of Pebble Rock spins a desperate spell entwining all their futures together, with Charlie the key to the treasure. The adventure splits within a dare, a mate and a friend, and a meaning to what nature gives to their special place. Not forgotten... yesterday, today, or tomorrow.
8) The Visitor
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Walter (Academy-Award®-nominee Richard Jenkins) is a disaffected college professor who has been drifting aimlessly through his life. When, in a chance encounter on a trip into New York, Walter discovers a couple has taken up residence in his apartment in the city, he develops an unexpected and profound connection to them that will change his life forever. As challenges arise for his tenants Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira), Walter finds...