THE RAVEN (1935)

Directed by: Lew Landers

Based on the poem by: Edgar Allan Poe

Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds, Spencer Charters, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Maidel Turner, Raine Bennett, Al Ferguson, Arthur Hoyt

61 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin, who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled, and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiancé and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal, and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience.

WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (1995)

Directed by: Desmond Nakano

Starring: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Tom Bower, Andrew Lawrence, Bumper Robinson, Tom Wright, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judith Drake, Robert Gossett, Wesley Thompson, Tom Nolan, Willie C. Carpenter, Michael Beach, Carrie Snodgress

89 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

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The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a struggling white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate, Pinnock takes a deadly weapon and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice, but the fight he will have to finish will cost him more than his job was ever worth.

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THE PHANTOM EMPIRE (1988)

Directed by: Fred Olen Ray

Starring: Sybil Danning, Ross Hagen, Jeffrey Combs, Russ Tamblyn, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Quarry, Susan Stokey, Michelle Bauer

85 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, gore, nudity)

PLOT:

When a man-eating cave creature appears with a fortune in uncut diamonds around his neck, Dr. Chambers' daughter Denae hires a salvage company to find the underground source of the gems. Accompanied by archaeological intern Andrew Paris, mineralogist Professor Strock, and the salvage company's Cort Eastman and Eddy Colchilde, Denae's hopes of emerging from her famous father's shadow become as remote as getting out of the caves alive!

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NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (2009)

Directed by: Adam Gierasch

Starring: Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Edward Furlong, Bobbi Sue Luther, Diora Baird, Michael Copon, John F. Beach, Tiffany Shepis, Jamie Harris, Michael Arata, Tatyana Kanavka, Zachary Bernard, Hans Longo, Linnea Quigley

93 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, graphic violence, gore, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.

DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE (1971)

Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

Based on the novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by: Robert Louis Stevenson

Starring: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, Susan Brodrick, Dorothy Alison, Ivor Dean, Tony Calvin, Philip Madoc, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Virginia Wetherell

97 minutes

(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, some nudity)

PLOT:

In Victorian London, Dr. Henry Jekyll attempts to create an elixir of life using female hormones stolen from fresh corpses. He reasons that these hormones will wipe out all common diseases and extend his life since women live much longer than men. However, once Dr. Jekyll drinks the serum himself, he transforms into a gorgeous but evil woman. He soon needs female hormones for his serum to maintain, so a number of London women meet bloody deaths.

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LOADED (1994)

Directed by: Anna Campion

Starring: Oliver Milburn, Catherine McCormack, Thandie Newton, Danny Cunningham, Biddy Hodson, Nick Patrick, Mathew Eggleton, Dearbhla Molloy, Caleb Lloyd

96 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, drug references, graphic nudity)

PLOT:
Seven teenagers retreat to a country house for the weekend to make their epic, an impossibly ambitious Celtic fantasy. As the making of the video drifts from playful hilarity to argument, frustrated ambition and accusation, intimate details seep into the script and the gap between fact and fiction closes, foreshadowing later events. When the group decides to lift the mood with an Acid-inspired initiation, secret dreams and fears are revealed, and pent-up emotions released, with all their youthful intensity and passion.

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ONE FALSE MOVE (1992)

Directed by: Carl Franklin

Starring: Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Beach, Earl Billings, Jim Metzler, Robert Anthony Bell

105 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, drug use)

PLOT:

In Los Angeles, after a violent drug rip-off, the Los Angeles Police Department detectives find the identity of the trio - the sadistic I.Q. of 150 and college graduate Lenny "Pluto" Franklyn; his not so bright buddy in San Quentin Ray Malcolm; and his girlfriend Fantasia. Their further investigation indicates that the criminals are fleeing to Star City, Arkansas, and LAPD detective Dud Cole and his partner John McFeely contact the local Chief of Police Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon and they head to the little town. The yokel family man Dale, who is used to resolve domestic issues, is fascinated with the chance to participate of a manhunt and befriends the two detectives. But when he sees the picture of Fantasia, he recognizes her as Lila Walker and is haunted by his past, hiding a secret about Lila Walker.

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HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022)

Directed by: Anne Fletcher

Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Doug Jones, Sam Richardson, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Lilia Buckingham, Tony Hale, Froy Gutierrez, Ginger Minj, Kornbread Jete, Kahmora Hall, Hannah Waddingham

103 minutes

(PG - some language, scary sequences)

PLOT:

In 1653, in Salem, the teenager Winifred Sanderson is banned from the village by the local Reverend Traske after refusing to get married with John Pritchett. She causes a havoc in the town and runs with her sisters Sarah and Mary to the forbidden forest, where they meet the Witch Mother that gives a magic spell book to Winifred. On the present days, in Salem, people are celebrating Halloween and the aspirant witch Becca will celebrate her sixteenth birthday with her friend Izzy. They both miss their friend Cassie that is dating a school mate. When the owner of a magic store Gilbert gives a magic candle to Becca as birthday gift, she goes to the forest with Izzy and they summon the Sanderson sisters. Winifred Sanderson, Sarah and Mary return seeking children to eat and revenge against the Traske's descendants. What can Becca and Izzy do to stop the sisters?

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HOCUS POCUS (1993)

Directed by: Kenny Ortega

Screenplay by: Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert

Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Thora Birch, Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Amanda Shepherd, Larry Bagby, Tobias Jelinek, Stephanie Faracy, Charles Rocket, Doug Jones, Sean Murray, Jason Marsden, Steve Voboril, Norbert Weisser, Kathleen Freeman, Joe Malone, Garry Marshall, Penny Marshall

96 minutes

(PG - some language, scary sequences)

PLOT:

In the year 1693, three sisters, Winifred, Mary and Sarah were executed for their practicing witchcraft, but not before their living book of spells revealed to them an infernal resurrection ritual. 300 years later, teenager Max Dennison is a newcomer to Salem, struggling to adjust after growing up in California. Now, he must spend the evening escorting his younger sister, door to door for trick or treating while their parents enjoy the town Halloween dance. Max's efforts to impress a girl lead him to inadvertently complete the forgotten spell. From there on out, it's a non-stop, fun-filled chase as the witches pursue the children, determined to perform their spells before sunrise or else the witches will be gone forever. Max, Dani, and Allison work together to outrun, outwit, and outlast the evil trio and their magical arsenal, with the fate of all the children of Salem hanging in the balance.

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THE WRONG MAN (1956)

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Based on the book "The True Story of Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero" by: Maxwell Anderson

Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, John Hildebrand, Esther Minciotti, Doreen Lang, Laurinda Barrett, Norma Connolly, Nehemiah Persoff, Lola D'Annunzio, Werner Klemperer, Kippy Campbell, Robert Essen, Richard Robbins, Peggy Webber, Harry Dean Stanton, David Kelly, Tuesday Weld, Patricia Morrow, Bonnie Franklin, Barney Martin, Alfred Hitchcock

105 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Christopher Emanuel Balestrero, "Manny" to his friends, is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. His eighty-five dollar a week gig playing in the jazz combo at the Stork Club is barely enough to make ends meet. The Balestreros' lives will become a little more difficult with the major dental bills his wife Rose will be incurring. As such, Manny decides to see if he can borrow off of Rose's life insurance policy. But when he enters the insurance office, he is identified by some of the clerks as the man that held up the office twice a few months earlier. Manny cooperates with the police, as he has nothing to hide. Manny learns that he is a suspect in not only those hold-ups, but a series of other hold-ups in the same Jackson Heights neighborhood in New York City where they live. The more that Manny cooperates, the more guilty he appears to the police. With the help of Frank O'Connor, the attorney that they hire, they try to prove Manny's innocence. Regardless of if they manage to prove Manny's innocence or find the actual hold-up man, the situation may cause irreparable damage on the Balestreros.

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POWDER (1995)

Directed by: Victor Salva

Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Bradford Tatum, Lance Henriksen, Brandon Smith, Susan Tyrrell, Melissa Lahlitah Crider, Ray Wise, Esteban Powell, Reed Frerichs, Chad Cox, Joe Marchman, Phil Hayes, Danette McMahon, Barry Berfield

111 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

When sheriff Barnum investigates the death of an elderly rural resident, he discovers a teenage grandson living in the basement. Raised by his grandparents, he has experienced the world only through books, never leaving the family farm. He is sent to a state home for boys where he has trouble fitting in socially. His odd appearance and unusual abilities cause the small town residents to fear and ridicule him. However, not all are afraid. Some begin to view his potential and gifts with wonderment.

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BUDDY HOLLY (1994)

 

Directed by: Spike Jonze

Starring: Weezer (Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Brian Bell), Al Molinaro

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the alt-rock band's debut album, "Weezer (The Blue Album)".

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HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008)

 

Directed by: Mike Leigh

Starring: Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough, Sinead Matthews, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Kate O'Flynn, Joseph Kloska, Samuel Roukin, Caroline Martin, Oliver Maltman, Nonso Anozie, Karina Fernandez

118 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank, funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flat mates with her long-time friend Zoe, she's close to one sister and not so close to another. In this slice-of-life story, she takes driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly wound instructor; takes classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard; encounters a tramp in the night; and sorts out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Does her open attitude put her at risk of misunderstanding or worse? What is the root of happiness?

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PERFECT UNDERSTANDING (1933)

Directed by: Cyril Gardner

Starring: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Nigel Playfair, Michael Farmer, Genevieve Tobin, Charles Cullum, Nora Swinburne, Peter Gawthorne, Charles Childerstone

80 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

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LANTERN'S LANE (2021)

Directed by: Justin LaReau

Starring: Brooke Butler, Andy Cohen, Ashley Doris, Sydney Carvill, Robbie Allen, Lisa Roumain, Skip Howland, Justin LaReau

95 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

A recent college graduate and her estranged high school friends return to Lantern's Lane, the location of an evil urban legend and must fight to survive the night.

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THE HIDDEN (1987)

Directed by: Jack Sholder

Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clu Gulager, Chris Mulkey, Ed O'Ross, Clarence Felder, Larry Cedar, Richard Brooks, William Boyett, Maurice Colbourne, Steve Eastin, Katherine Cannon, James Luisi, Danny Trejo, Lin Shaye, Duane Davis, Kristen Clayton

97 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, some nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

An alien parasite with the ability to possess human bodies goes on a violent crime spree in LA, committing dozens of murders and robberies. In pursuit of the extraterrestrial criminal is an FBI agent, and the local officer investigating the rash of violence. As they close in on the vicious intruder, the city faces a brutal threat like no other it has ever encountered.

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THE NINTH GATE (1999)

Directed by: Roman Polanski

Based on the novel "The Club Dumas" by: Arturo Perez-Reverte

Starring: Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo, Jack Taylor, Allen Garfield, Barbara Jefford, Willy Holt, Jose Lopez Rodero, Catherine Benguigui, Jacques Collard, Jacques Dacqmine

133 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, nudity, disturbing images)

PLOT:

In New York, the money-driven dealer Dean Corso is a rare-books expert and partner of Bernie, who owns a bookstore. He is contacted by the renowned collector of books about the devil Boris Balkan, who has just acquired the rare The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows from the collector Andrew Telfer, to verify whether his book is authentic or a forgery. Balkan explains that the book was written by the writer Aristide Torchia, in 1666, with Lucifer and he was burned at the stake with his entire work. There are only three exemplars of The Nine Gates and in accordance with the legend, its nine engravings form a riddle to conjure the devil. The skeptical Corso accepts the assignment and has to fly to Sintra, Portugal, and Paris, France, to contact the owners Victor Fargas and Baroness Kessler and find the genuine exemplar for Balkan. Meanwhile, he asks Bernie to hide the rare book. Before traveling to Europe, the widow Liana Telfer wants to retrieve the book and has sex with Corso, but he does not accept her offer. When Corso returns to Bernie's bookstore, he finds his friend murdered in the same position of an engraving. Corso travels to Toledo, Spain, to meet the Ceniza twin brothers and learn more about The Nine Gates. During his journey in Europe, Corso is pursued by Liana and her bodyguard, who belong to the sect The Order of the Silver Serpents and is protected by a mysterious Girl with supernatural powers. Meanwhile, the owners of the two other exemplars of The Nine Gates are murdered. Corso becomes obsessed with the book and discloses the truth about it.

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EATEN ALIVE (1976)

Directed by: Tobe Hooper

Starring: Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Neville Brand, Roberta Collins, Robert Englund, William Finley, Marilyn Burns, Janus Blythe, Kyle Richards, Stuart Whitman, Crystin Sinclaire

91 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

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Judd runs the Starlight Hotel out in some sort of swampy place and is unfortunately a few slices short of a loaf. He has a crocodile conveniently placed on the other side of the hotel's front porch railing. The croc will eat just about anything, as the hapless guests of the hotel find out soon enough. A reformed hooker, an unlucky family, and the father and sister of the hooker all suffer various rates of attrition as Judd tries to implement damage control.

 

KILLER JOE (2011)

Directed by: William Friedkin

Based on the play by: Tracy Letts

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church, Marc Macaulay

102 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic violence, rape, nudity, drug use, disturbing images)

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Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.

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AN EDUCATION (2009)

Directed by: Lone Scherfig

Based on the memoirs by: Lynn Barber

Screenplay by: Nick Hornby

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Sally Hawkins, Matthew Beard, Ellie Kendrick, Ashley Rice

100 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

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In the early 1960's, sixteen-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father Jack's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than him. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working, but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice, but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move on to becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association, Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher education at Oxford.

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LITTLE DEAD ROTTING HOOD (2016)

Directed by: Jared Cohn

Starring: Bianca A. Santos, Eric Balfour, Romeo Miller, Patrick Muldoon, Heather Tom, Marina Sirtis, Brendan Wayne, Amy Argyle, Tony Ketcham, Jake T. Graham, Izabella Alvarez, Taylor Carr, Ashley Doris, Demetrius Stear, Baker Chase Powell, Kevin Ragsdale, Kali Cook, Steven Skyler, Carl Donelson, Amy Landon, Tammy Klein, M.J. Brackin, Danielle Vasinova

88 minutes

(NR - adult language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, gore, nudity)

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For years, the old woman in the woods has secretly kept the wolves of the forest at bay. But when the woman dies, the creatures suddenly attack the residents of a nearby small town. As more and more people turn up dead, the townsfolk discover something far more sinister than wolves lurking in the backwoods and fight to save their home from evil by waging a bloody battle against the ruthless creatures. But as the wolves begin to overpower the town, only the woman's granddaughter may have the key to stopping the bloodbath before it's too late.

 

LOVING ANNABELLE (2006)

 

Directed by: Katherine Brooks

Starring: Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry, Laura Breckenridge, Michelle Horn, Gustine Fudickar, Ilene Graf, Markus Flanagan, Kevin McCarthy

76 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, nudity)

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Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girl's school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly between her and her teacher, Simone Bradley. Annabelle pursues Simone relentlessly until Simone must make a choice between following her heart and doing what's right.

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GODSEND (2004)

Directed by: Nick Hamm

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Robert De Niro, Cameron Bright, Janet Bailey, Christopher Britton, Jake Simons, Elle Downs, Zoie Palmer, Devon Bostick, Munro Chambers

102 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

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Following the death of their eight-year-old son on his birthday, Jessie and Paul are befriended by a doctor on the forefront of genetic research at the height of their mourning. He leads the couple in a desperate attempt to reverse the rules of nature and clone their son. The experiment is successful and under Richard's watchful eye, Adam grows into a healthy and happy young boy, until his 8th birthday. As time goes by, the Duncan's gradually start to see small, subtle differences between the new Adam and the Adam they lost. At the time of the new Adam's eighth birthday, the changes in character are more pronounced. Adam grows distant and fearful as a palpable sense of menace settles within the young boy. This Adam begins to suffer from night terrors and frightening flashbacks as a sinister personality begins to emerge. Paul and Jessie cannot escape the fact that this Adam is different. Terror settles on the couple as they try to come to terms with just what they have done, or what has been done to them.

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SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (2015)

Directed by: Leslye Headland

Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, Jason Mantzoukas, Adam Brody, Katherine Waterston, Andrea Savage, Marc Blucas, Margarita Levieva, Billy Eichner, Michael Cyril Creighton, Margaret Odette, Jordan Carlos, Daniella Pineda

101 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, drug use)

PLOT:

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

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