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Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta fills her days by reading the personals and following an ongoing romance between Jim and Susan, mysterious drifters who appear to lead the kind of free-spirited life she can only dream about. And dream she does, until the day she actually shows up at the couple's pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City. After a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns Roberta into Susan.
3) Rocky
Series
AFI's 100 years 100 movies volume no. 78
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Father O'Malley the unconventional priest from 'Going My Way' continues his work for the Catholic Church. This time he is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A Scottish laird lets his castle as a bed and breakfast helped by his assistant Bess. She happens to be in love with him. The role of Miss Nicholson, a tenant on the land, is played by Margaret Rutherford who believes that the laird is the real King of Scotland. The castle is of course haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman and is on the market so the ghost becomes a marketing and selling point. -- back coer.
6) Fremont
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Afghan refugee Donya lives in Fremont but works at a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Seeking connection, she decides to send a message out to the world through a cookie in this offbeat vision of the universal longing for home.
7) Big Eyes
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When they encounter a Native American, they must choose...
10) Io capitano
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Wolof
Description
Nominated for Best International Feature at the Academy Awardsʼ, and from the acclaimed director of Gomorrah and Dogman, Io Capitano narrates the epic journey of a teenage boy and his cousin as they decide to leave Senegal for the promise of Europe. Throughout this compelling odyssey, the young man confronts a myriad of challenges, from the harsh realities of the desert to the harrowing experiences in Libyan detention centers and the risks of the...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Dip into the highly stylized era of film noir with 10 classic crime dramas that heat up the screen and cool the heart with sinister plots and exciting twists. Featuring all-star casts including Edward G. Robinson, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas, and Barbara Stanwyck, prepare to trust no one and enjoy cinema's best!
12) Inshallah a boy
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Arabic
Description
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan's Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A Christmas Story, the tale of Goober and Gumdrop's quest to save Christmas for one little boy. The Town Santa Forgot, based on Charmaine Severson's beloved poem 'Jeremy Creek' about the confusion created by a gargantuan wish list. Casper's First Christmas sees Casper facing a Christmas Eve eviction when he receives holiday help from the likes of Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy.
14) Dog soldiers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A band of soldiers is dispatched to war games deep in the woods. When they stumble across a rival team slaughtered in camp, they realize they're not alone. Something deadly waits in the darkness; something not animal and not human. Holed up in an abandoned farmhouse, the soldiers start a bloody battle against the beasts.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Claire (Lena Olin) lives a quiet domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson (Bruce Dern). Once a promising painter herself, Claire now lives in the shadow of her husband’s illustrious career. While preparing work for his final show, Richard’s moods become increasingly erratic, and he is diagnosed with dementia. As his memory and behavior deteriorate, she shields his condition from the art community while trying...
18) Apple seed
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A man picks up a hitchhiking ex-convict while on a cross-country road trip to rob his hometown bank.
19) Tokyo godfathers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
日本語
Description
In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people2s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future,...
20) Jeepers creepers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After making a horrific discovery, Trish and Darry watch their routine trip home from college turn into a heart-stopping race for their lives. They are the chosen prey of an indestructible force that is relentlessly pursuing them.
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