This movie, based on the Firefly series, surrounds a psychic named River, who was imprisoned as the alliance tried to suppress her knowledge of certain events. Unfortunately her brother walked into the facility and broke her out. Along the way, they meet up with the crew of Serenity, who are naturally not friendly with the authorities, and thus begins the adventure.

The band of brigands aboard Serenity have no idea what secret River is holding, nor do they know what secret she herself is hiding – mostly because she doesn’t seem to know. What they do know is that they don’t really like the people she’s hiding from, so they don’t have a problem keeping River away from the people who want her, and that’s about all that matters.

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Diane Lane stars as lovesick Sarah Nolan, who just can’t seem to get her life on track after her husband left her for a (significantly) younger woman. Now her sister is pushing her to try dating via the Internet, and her first try nets her a date… with her dad.

Meanwhile, her dad actually seems to be doing pretty well at this Internet dating thing – at least, he typically seems to have a number of women who he is hanging out with, which doesn’t help Sarah feel better at all. As it turns out, he’s just trying to pass the time, because after spending more than 40 years with the love of his life, he knows he cannot hope to compete.

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