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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
The women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Though the backstory, we see a community of women come together to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children. Stay and fight or leave....
3) Shirley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. In this semi-biographical film, a famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
DVD-R. While writing a new work of horror fiction, Shirley Jackson's creative process and marriage are disrupted by the arrival of a newlywed couple who will be staying with her and her husband.
4) She said
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation, a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Series
Criterion collection volume 178
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (18 cm)
Description
Ingemar is a working-class 12-year old boy who is sent to live with his uncle after his mother falls ill. There, he takes refuge from his troubles with the help of the town's warmhearted eccentrics. A bittersweet evocation of the struggles and joys of childhood and the pains of coming-of-age.
Pub. Date
[between 1986 and 2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Jean Cadoret, a hunchback who inherits a farm from his mother and foolishly hopes to become a gentleman farmer. But even before he arrives, his powerful neighbor is plotting to steal his land. The ending is heartbreak and tragedy for Jean who is no match for his wily neighbor.
Description
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It tells the story of two brothers, Jake and Peter, whose relationship strains when one of them receives news of a strange inheritance. Deepening the divide between the two, they both grow attracted to a mysterious young woman named Lucia who arrives on their island. Based on Guy de Maupassant's 19th century seaside novel, "Pierre et Jean" is widely credited for changing the course of narrative fiction through its complex and intense psychological...
9) Let him go
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge and his wife Margaret leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, headed by matriarch Blanche Weboy. When they discover the Weboys have no intention of letting the child go, George and Margaret are left with no choice but to fight for their family.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Wild West has gone to Hell, literally, and the world's best hope of being saved lies in the gun-slinging hands of Sheriff Roy Pulsipher as he becomes the newest officer for the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.) enforcing the afterlife's laws. If the Old West was wild while he was alive, wait until Roy sees how weird it gets once he dies. Roy thought joining the R.I.P.D. would give him a chance to revisit his daughter and solve the mystery of...
11) Watership down
Series
Criterion collection volume 748
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams's classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits seeking safety and happiness after their warren comes under terrible threat.
12) Pal Joey
Description
Based on the hit Rodgers and Hart musical of the same name, follow Joey Evans, a charming nightclub singer who is very popular with the chorus girls in his show. Joey has a comfortable relationship with Vera, a former dancer who is now a rich widow. But when Linda enters his life, Joey suddenly has to choose between convenience and something far more substantial. Newly remastered. Special features includes Backstage and At Home with Kim Novak.
Relates...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jacob discovers clues to a mystery and stumbles upon Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. However the mystery is deeper than he had thought, as he gets to know the residents and learn about their special powers. Jacob discovers that only his own special peculiarity can save his new friends.
14) Freakonomics
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by renowned economists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years.
15) The white king
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Djata is a carefree twelve-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors but he will not rest until he sees his father again.
16) Beat the devil
Description
Adventure story set aboard a steamer bound for Africa. The passengers attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a piece of land they think has uranium on it.
17) Dune
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Paul Atreides, a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
18) Seize the day
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tommy Wilhelm's life is falling apart. He's lost his job and his girlfriend, his investments have gone sour, he trusts the wrong people with the little money he has left, and he's rejected by his own father. Quite simply, Tommy is a portrait of failure.
20) The bat
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
Vincent Price stars in this thriller about a down trodden country estate that becomes the site of a horrific murder.
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