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Entries Tagged as 'Mother/daughter relationship'

Poltergeist (1982)

September 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Synopsis
Five year old Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O’Rourke) wakes in the middle of the night and wobbles downstairs, where the TV has been left on, transitioning to white noise. She talks to the static, waking the household. Life in the Southern California suburb of “Cuesta Verde” is otherwise uneventful: Steven (Craig T. […]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Beasts and monsters · Famous line · Father/son relationship · Mother/daughter relationship

Secretary (2002)

May 18th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Synopsis
“I got out of the institution the day of my sister’s wedding,” narrates Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The socially repressed Lee has an alcoholic for a dad (Stephen McHattie) and a mom (Lesley Ann […]

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Tags: Based on short story · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Mother/daughter relationship · Unconventional romance

Testament (1983)

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Synopsis
In the town of “Hamlin,” Tom Wetherly (William Devane) presses his 12-year-old son Brad (Ross Harris) to keep up with him on their morning bicycle ride. Tom’s teenage daughter Mary Liz (Roxanne Zal) […]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · End of the world · Mother/daughter relationship · Mother/son relationship

Lone Star (1996)

March 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

 
Synopsis
In “Frontera,” Texas, men collecting ordinance on an old army rifle range stumble upon a human skeleton and a sheriff’s badge. Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) suspects the remains are those of Charlie Wade, a notorious lawman who disappeared in 1957 shortly before […]

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Tags: Crooked officer · Forensic evidence · Midlife crisis · Military · Mother/daughter relationship · Murder mystery · Shot In Texas · Small town