Dr Herbert believes there is probably scope for similar centres in any town, for children who have got to the end of their tether, who say "I'm not going to school any more because they are going to get me, they make my life hell".

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Xiaofen, a young legal secretary in the boom town of Zigong, hears bitter and desperate clients recount their tales of personal and commercial woe, but she has problems of her own: her live-in boyfriend is a drunk and a gambler whose chronic debt and jealous anger make her life hell.

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It's designed to make Winehouse respond with a hearty "Oh, hell no, " to make her either pull herself together in defiance or prove Coppola right.

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And lest we forget, the man behind it all, Joss Whedon, is currently trying to figure out how the hell to make a movie out of The Avengers.

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