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It's November 1991. Nirvana's in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie, it's guilt and grief over the shocking...
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Mari doesn't believe in dating-- it can only end with a broken heart. When the rideshare she's taking to a music festival picks up a cute guy, she knows it can't work: she's only staying at her dad's house in Chicago for the weekend. When TJ meets Mari in the back of the rideshare, he feels alive for the first time in a long time. His family's expectations have been casting shadows on his dreams to study art in college. Separated by the crowd at the...
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"In this spiky and hilarious 21st century reboot of the iconic film Taxi Driver, a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity and a living wage . . . until she decides she's done waiting. Damani is tired. Her father just passed away and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in the basement of her parents' old house, caring for her mom, and driving for an app to (not even) pay the bills. Protests are all the rage--everybody's...
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Jessica Vasquez had worked hard to get where she was. Though some in her family had despaired of her future, she put herself through cosmetology school and landed her dream job: overseeing the beauty department for a chain of drugstores. But her fortune abruptly changes. A manager's daughter, on a mission of her own, puts stolen makeup and perfume in Jessica's bag. The girl lies to her dad about what happened, and Jessica is fired. It seems that Jessica's...
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The anonymity functions like a truth scrum, putting our raw, unfiltered selves on full display. But it is in those rideshare confessionals - those moments of authenticity, when human lives are intersecting without the usual pretense, that you discover the heights of human potential. And you hear some powerful stories. A woman stopping a suicide on the other side of the world. A heart attack healing a fractured family. A husband celebrating with...
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"What if the Lift driver who finds your cheating boyfriend's phone holds the directions to true love? 'Who are you and why do you have my boyfriend's phone?' 'He left it in my car. You must be the blonde in the red dress? I'm the Lift driver who dropped you two off earlier.' And with these words, the life of the brunette and t-shirt wearing Maya Maas is turned upside down. Having planned to surprise her boyfriend, she finds herself single and stranded...
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Listopad 1991 roku. George H.W. Bush jest prezydentem, z magnetofonu leci Nirvana, a Charlie Jordan jedzie samochodem z mężczyzną, który najprawdopodobniej jest seryjnym mordercą. Charlie cchce uciec z uniwersytetu po tym, jak jej przyjaciółka zginęła z rąk Kampusowego Zabójcy, stając się jego trzecią ofiarą. Musi się śpieszyć, bo goni ją poczucie winy. Trafia na ogłoszenie Josha, który oferuje transport. Są dla siebie obcymi...
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