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Pub. Date
2015
Description
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. Back then she played the role of an alluring young girl but now she is being asked to step into the older role. With her assistant Maria prepares to play opposite a young Hollywood starlet and finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an unsettling reflection of herself.
"Stewart's blazing,...
Pub. Date
2014
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Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom or risking it all to seek justice for his brother.
"It's...
43) Whiplash
Series
Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
44) Monsters, inc
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-producing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
"...as visually inventive as its Pixar predecessors."--USA Today
"...cheerful, high-energy fun..."--Roger Ebert
"...funny and sweet...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Follow-up to the popular Here Come the ABCs from the Grammy Award winners. Includes original songs and music videos that will make learning numbers fun and entertaining for children and parents.
"Grade A. TMBG continue to crank out schoolhouse rock..."--Entertainment Weekly
"The album's main value is that it offers music adults can feed their kids without shame or disgust; songs that they can guiltlessly enjoy along with them."--Paste Magazine
46) Hidden figures
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
48) Bambi
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The world's most endearing animated tale about the beauty of nature and the miracle of life. Bonus features include Inside Walt's Story Meetings and the game DisneyPedia Bambi's Forest Friend.
50) The fifth estate
Pub. Date
2014
Description
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg team up to become underground watchdogs of the very powerful. They create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society, and...
51) Lady Macbeth
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Rural England, 1865. Katherine is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family are cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
"Florence Pugh announces herself as a major talent to watch in William Oldroyd's impressively tough-minded Victorian tragedy."--Variety
"Lady...
52) Oculus
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Seeing is deceiving in this 'deeply terrifying' film that reflects heart-stopping terror as you've never imagined! It's been ten years since the lives of siblings Tim and Kaylie Russell were shattered and Tim was convicted of murdering their parents. Now released from a mental institution, Tim wants to move on, but his sister has other plans. Kaylie blames their childhood nightmare on the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror with a grisly history, which...
53) To Be Loved
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Michael Buble follows up his chart-topping Christmas album with with To Be Loved, his highly anticipated sixth studio album. Along with appearances by Bryan Adams and Reese Witherspoon, the CD includes the single It's a Beautiful Day.
55) A family man
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Dane Jensen is a hard-driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When Dane's boss announces his retirement, he pits Dan's boss announces his retirement, he pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equally driven, but polar opposite rival at the firm, in a battle for control of the company. As Dane gears up for the professional battle of his life, he learns his ten-year-old son, Ryan, has been diagnosed with cancer.
56) Miss Juneteenth
Pub. Date
2021
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Description
Turquoise Jones is a single mom who holds down a household, a rebellious teenager, and pretty much everything that goes down at her job. She’s also a bona fide beauty queen, once crowned the winner of the Miss Juneteenth pageant. Life didn’t turn out as beautifully as the title promised, but Turquoise, determined to right her wrongs, is cultivating her daughter, Kai, to become Miss Juneteenth, even if Kai wants something else.
57) What if
Description
What if God gave you a second chance? Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker left his girlfriend and his ministry calling for a business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancee, he is visited by an angel, who gives him a glimpse into what his life would look like had he followed his calling.
"...extremely well made, funny, heartwarming..."--Movieguide
"...an enchanting, provocative, bighearted story..."--NYC Movie Guru
59) S#!%house
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
A homesick college freshman goes to a party at Shithouse and ends up spending the night with his sophomore RA who’s had a shitty day and wants someone to hang out with.
60) The Hero
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Description
A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis. "(Elliot) is virtually perfect."--Rolling Stone. "The Hero is true cinematic zen."--New York Post. "Is there an American actor of more meaningful solitude than Sam Elliott?"--Toronto Star.