Melanie Lynskey
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English
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Description
Melanie is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating a wealthy socialite. One day he pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him. Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high school sweetheart. Now Melanie returns to her hometown to tell her parents the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce. However, the more time she spends with her old flame, the more...
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When civilization is destroyed by a worldwide pandemic, hardened survivor Joel is hired to take fourteen-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quaratine zone. What should have been a quick job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey across a post-apocalypic United States, where no one can protect Joel or Ellie except each other.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this nuanced and comedic portrait of marriage, newlyweds Alex (Lee Tergesen) and Alice (Melanie Lynskey) host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at their remote cabin in the mountains. However, when Alice's friend brings along a surprise guest—the very young and beautiful Helena (Gillian Jacobs)—the group's facades begin to crumble.
7) Sadie
Author
Language
English
Description
The devoted daughter of a soldier, 13-year-old Sadie is disappointed to learn her father is once again re-deploying rather than returning home. When she sees that her mom is developing feelings for a new man, Sadie channels her disappointment into a fierce new mission: preserve her father's place on the home front, whatever it takes. She has her enemy in her sights, and if there's one thing she's learned from the world around her, it's that the enemy...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Jenny (Anna Kendrick), a hard-partying 20-something, moves in with her brother's family to get over a breakup, she and her friend's (Lena Dunham) carefree perspective causes Jenny's sister-in-law (Melanie Lynskey) to question her career and relationship, comically turning the family's everyday life upside down. A comedy from the director of DRINKING BUDDIES.
10) 1 Mile to You
Author
Language
English
Description
When a teen loses his girlfriend, running keeps her memory alive. Chasing these runner's highs drives him faster, drawing the attention of a new girl. Soon, he's caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
11) And then I go
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their families and demoralized at school daily, their fury simmers quietly until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Set in a too-near future, two neighbors, Dodge ... and Penny ... react in their own unique ways to the announcement that a 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to the Earth. He wants to return to his first love. She just wants to get back to her family. As the unlikely companions' respective journeys converge, their outlooks--if not the world's--brighten in surprising and hilarious ways"--Container insert.
13) The Intervention
Author
Language
English
Description
When four couples meet for a weekend away together, an attempt to run a "marriage intervention" goes hilariously wrong as everyone is forced to confront the secrets and fears that seem to be holding them back from finding happiness with each other.
14) Coyote ugly
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A shy, innocent girl new to New York City gets a job as one of the barmaids at the hottest nightclub in town.
15) Up in the air
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert who flies all over the world on business. Just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles, and meeting the frequent traveler woman of his dreams, his company grounds him. When Bingham goes on his last cross country firing expedition, he will learn that life isn't about the journey, but about the connections made along the way.
Publisher
Hbo
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In 2003, a parasitic fungal infection ravages the planet, turning humans into violent creatures known as the Infected. Twenty years later, hardened survivor Joel is hired to smuggle fourteen-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone in hopes of delivering her to the rebel Fireflies. But what should be a quick job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they traverse the desolate U.S. while depending on each other's unique skills...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Welcome back to the Harpers' Malibu beach house. Bachelor Charlie is trying (but not very hard) to remember the name of the girl currently taking a shower upstairs. Alan, Charlie's tightly-wound, divorced brother is trying to figure out how he can get his ex-wife to remarry so he can stop paying alimony. And Jake, Alan's 11-year-old son, is just trying to figure out what's for lunch and where's the TV remote. After a year of living together, the guys...
18) Abandon
Author
Language
English
Description
From the Oscar-winning writer* of TRAFFIC comes this spellbinding thriller with ingenious plot twists. KATIE HOLMES stars as the success-driven student haunted by the mysterious disappearance of a ex boyfriend.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this coming-of-age story, four Midwestern high school students embark on an unstoppable quest for concert tickets to the rock band KISS. Over the course of one magical night, each undergoes a harrowing and hilarious experience as their insatiable desire to see their favorite band brings them up against the authorities, their parents and the persistent influence of disco. What begins as the passionate pursuit of a rock 'n' roll fantasy becomes a...