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Boyhood

\nRichard Linklater's labor of love, produced over the course of a decade, that chronicles 10 years in the life of a boy and the people in his life. \"Scenes of it will come back to you,\" Stephanie says.\n

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Edge of Tomorrow

\nIn this film, Tom Cruise plays a man who gets forced into being a soldier, and he ends up in a type of Groundhog Day scenario where he gets killed over and over. \"It's an intricate, great movie,\" Stephanie says. \"You wish that action films were more like this.\"\n

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Babadook

\nThis horror film is available via streaming, and it is also playing at MSP Film Society. The story centers on a boy and his mother who have a sad life together. One night she reads a book to him called Mr Babadook … soon Mr. Babadook shows up. \"It is absolutely petrifying,\" Stephanie says, \"but it's got an emotional center to it. It's a great psychological thriller.\"\n

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Grand Budapest Hotel

\n\"Everyone should see it,\" Stephanie says about this Wes Anderson film starring Ralph Fiennes as a hotel concierge trying to keep it together as World War II is beginning. \"I absolutely loved it.\"\n

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Movie Maven: Top film picks of 2014