Glenne Headly
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Determined to go straight after one final heist, small-time crook Ray Gleason successfully swipes a million-dollar stash of rare coins with the help of two klutzy cohorts. But Ray's plans hit a snag when his long- neglected son Timmy arrives for a surprise visit, steals the stolen loot and announces he'll give it back on one condition: that Ray do time...as a dad!
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Mary Elizabeth Cep, is convinced her real name is Lola. When her Mom moves her family from fashionable New York City to a small suburb in New Jersey, Lola quickly finds a friend who likes the same band that she does. Disturbed by her environment, Lola is quick to wage war against the popular Carla Santini. She's also pursued by high school hunk Stu Wolff, but chooses to focus her attention on winning back her title of Most Popular Girl in School....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newly published as a stand-alone edition, Vogel's widely celebrated masterpiece How I Learned to Drive was the winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Obie and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Play, and other honors. Known for its dark subject matter, the play examines the effects of child abuse on identity and the discovery of strength through trauma.
10) Seize The Day
Author
Language
English
Description
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner calls Saul Bellow "the...
11) Bartleby
Author
Language
English
Description
Cult figure Crispin Glover lends his eerie presence to Bartleby, a modern adaptation of the classic short story by Herman Melville (author of Moby Dick). The manager of a public records firm hires a new clerk named Bartleby. However, Bartleby is eccentric and with each passing day, he begins to refuse his boss' orders. Eventually, the boss discovers even stranger things about him.
12) The Circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
13) Dial a prayer
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Cora McCarthy begrudgingly answers the phones at a prayer hotline run by an enthusiastic leader, and finds her own faith tested when a caller tries to convince her she's his savior.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats up!
15) Don Jon
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Jon is a handsome, good old-fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to 'pull' a different woman every weekend, but nothing compares to the bliss he finds alone watching porn. Barbara is a beautiful, good old-fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she's determined to find her Prince Charming. Wrestling with good old-fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this first feature film based on the hugely popular American Girl book series, Abigail Breslin, the Academy Award-nominated star of Little Miss Sunshine, takes on the role of a resourceful young girl whose bravery, compassion and determination help her solve a mystery and save her family's home-Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Kit's happy childhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, is abruptly interrupted during the United States' Great Depression when her...
18) My Own Country
Author
Language
English
Description
An infectious disease specialist born in India takes a position at an East Tennessee medical center.
19) Eulogy
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When three generations of a deliciously dysfunctional family gather to bury the family patriarch, the beloved granddaughter of the deceased is given the task of delivering the eulogy. In the days leading up to the funeral, family secrets are revealed, old grudges resurface and the household erupts with renewed vigor.