Megan Ellison
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of the British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled...
2) The master
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 video disc (138 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In post-World War II America, a naval veteran arrives home unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
3) Main Street
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"... a contemporary drama about several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community -- from its mayor to a local police officer to a once-wealthy tobacco heiress -- will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships...
4) Foxcatcher
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the world of 1980s college life, it follows a group of college baseball players as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Get ready for the best weekend ever.
8) Booksmart
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Told from a wildly original, fresh, and modern perspective, this is an unfiltered comedy about high school best friends and the bonds they create that last a lifetime. Capturing the spirit of the times, it is a coming-of-age story for a new generation.
9) Detroit
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
10) Joy
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
11) American hustle
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 138 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle is the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Carmine Polito is the passionate, volatile,...
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (366 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Levins are a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey in an Alternate America during WWII, observing the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism.
13) Her
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, Theodore, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet "Samantha", a bright, female voice who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly...
14) Catch .44
Author
Description
When three friends (Malin Akerman of THE WATCHMEN, THE BANG BANG CLUB, Deborah Ann Woll of TV's TRUE BLOOD, RUBY SPARKS, and Nikki Reed of THIRTEEN, TWILIGHT FRANCHISE) are sent by their boss to intercept a drug deal at a remote diner, they think nothing of it. But when they find themselves in a standoff involving a psychopathic hitman (Forest Whitaker of LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND), a grizzled truck driver, a delusional line...