Brenda Fricker
1) Cloudburst
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stella and Dot have been together for 31 years and have faithfully accompanied one another through life's ups and downs. Now in their seventies, Stella is hard of hearing and Dot is legally blind. Dotty's prudish granddaughter, Molly, decides the best place for Dot is a nursing home that will provide all the necessities. This forces Stella and Dot to make a bold decision: they will leave their hometown in Maine and make their way to Canada, where...
2) Holding
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Duneen is a small remote town at the tip of West Cork, Ireland, where nothing ever happens until human remains are found buried deep on a local farm. For the first time, local Police Sergeant PJ Collins has to solve a genuine crime. As a lifetime's worth of small-town secrets starts to be unearthed, the residents' dark pasts begin to unravel, alongside PJ's inner turmoil.
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Great news--Kevin McCallister is spending the holidays in New York City. Bad news--his parents are spending them in Florida! Separated once again from his family, Kevin manages to find food, lodging and fun using his dad's credit card. But his big-spending solo act takes a dangerous turn when the Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv escape prison and also land in the Big Apple. Now, Kevin must outrun and outprank them again"--Container.
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
World War II. On June 1, 1944, a United States bomber pilot crashes onto the Cave Hill just outside of Belfast in Northern Ireland. He lives long enough to give a ring to a stranger and asks that he return it to his girlfriend. 50 years later, a young man searches for the woman to make good on a promise.
5) Albert Nobbs
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the toes of his left foot, the only limb on his body he could control. With this proof of intelligence, his schooling begins, and aided by his loving family,...
8) Tara Road
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marilyn Vine's idyllic life in Connecticut is devastated by the tragic death of her only son, Dale, during his 15th birthday party. 3,000 miles away, Ria Lynch's marriage comes to a stunningly abrupt end in Dublin, Ireland, when husband Danny reveals that he is leaving her for his pregnant mistress, Bernadette. An accidental phone call brings these two otherwise unrelated women together and, in their mutual need for space and time alone, they agree...
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on real-life events, the film tells the story of Dublin journalist Veronica Guerin, a relentless crime reporter for The Sunday Independent during the early '90s. In 1994, Guerin--who had previously been reporting corporate corruption and church scandals--turned her attention to Ireland's increasing drug problem. Her investigations, however, brought her to the attention of Dublin's crime underworld; the deeper she dug, the more danger she found...
Author
Description
After achieving a dream retirement with his wife of 50 years to a condo in the South of France, Joseph (James Fox) finds himself utterly miserable. Bored, lonely, and tired of his wife's incessant nagging and slow onset of Alzheimer's, he finds himself gazing hopelessly at the younger women that pass by and catching unflattering looks from the locals his own age. Brenda (Brenda Fricker) eventually begins to sense her husband's loss of enthusiasm...
11) Pete's Meteor
Author
Description
Pete (Mike Myers) is a streetwise ex-junkie running from the mob. After his two best friends die, he feels obligated to help raise their three kids who now live with their grandmother.
Author
Series
Holding volume 1
Description
When human remains are found in a sleepy Irish village, Sergeant PJ Collins finally has a genuine crime to solve. As the gruesome discovery ripples through the community, it threatens to expose a lifetime of secrets.
Author
Series
Holding volume 2
Description
The disappearance of a key suspect casts an ominous shadow over the investigation. PJ and Linus attempt to piece together what happened the day that Tommy Burke disappeared. PJ makes a dangerous decision that leaves him worrying his actions may have jeopardized the investigation. However, a startling breakthrough turns everything on its head and throws the entire case into doubt.
Author
Series
Holding volume 4
Description
When PJ uncovers the truth behind the body, Duneen is changed forever. No longer able to turn a blind eye to those around him, PJ must also confront his own personal demons as he attempts to bring the killer to justice.
Author
Series
Holding volume 3
Description
A month has passed with no new leads, and the case has fallen dormant. As the village tries to put the terrible events behind it, PJ harbors doubts about what really happened. When a new discovery reignites the investigation, PJ is forced to question everything he has learned so far.
Author
Series
Woman of Independent Means volume 2
Description
Following her husband's death, Bess moves into a modest house and works to save his company from bankruptcy. When it's saved by a loan from Arthur Fineman, he ends up proposing to Bess.
Author
Series
Woman of Independent Means volume 1
Description
After marrying her childhood sweetheart, Bess Alcott begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, she faces many personal triumphs as well as losses.
Author
Series
Woman of Independent Means volume 3
Description
Frustrated with her marriage, Bess accompanies her children on a Queen Mary cruise, where she experiences romance with an older man. After her father's death, Bess and Sam reconcile.