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| SHUTTER ISLAND (Psychological, Thriller, Visions, Prison, Adaptation)
PLOT: Shutter Island, off Massachusetts's coast, is an army facility turned hospital for the criminally insane. When a beautiful-and certifiably crazy-patient escapes, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), are called in to investigate. Embroiled in uncertainties and mystery, the two soon learn there's much more at stake than simply finding one missing woman. AUTHOR: Dennis Lehane
 
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| DEAR JOHN (Army, College, Tragedy, Love, Illness, Adaptation)
PLOT: John Tyree (Channing Tatum) meets UNC student Savannah Lynn Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) while he is home on leave from the army. They share two fleeting summer weeks together before he returns to active duty. John can't wait to come home for good, but then September 11th happens and he reenlists. Will Savannah wait for John, or will the tragedy lead to a change in her relationship with her close friend Tim (Henry Thomas), who pines for her? The movie is based on the Nicholas Sparks novel. AUTHOR: Nicholas Sparks
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| DARK FIELDS (Sci-Fi, Techno, Thriller, Drugs, Intelligence, Adaptation)
PLOT: Eddie Spinola (Shia LaBeouf) is hooked on MDT-48. It's Viagra for the brain-a designer drug that's redesigning his life. But while MDT is helping Eddie achieve the kind of success he's only dreamed about, it's also chipping away at his sanity-splitting headaches, spontaneous blackouts, violent outbursts. And now that he's hooked and his supply is running low, Eddie must venture into the drug's dark past to feed his habit. AUTHOR: Alan Glynn
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| ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Children's Book, Fantasy, Disney, Adaptation)
PLOT: In this adapation by Tim Burton, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the whimsical world she encountered as a young girl reuniting her with her childhood friends including The White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), The Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), The Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry) and all your other favorites. AUTHOR: Lewis Carroll
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| PRIEST (Priest, Kidnap, Vampires, Hunt, Adaptation)
PLOT: Based on a series of graphic novels, the movie adaptation tells the story of a priest (Paul Bettany) who disobeys church law in order to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece. Cam Gigandet also stars as a sheriff who is part vampire. He teams up with the priest to save the girl. AUTHOR: Min-Woo Hyung
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