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Marjorie Taub, a middle-age, middle-class New Yorker, is only trying to make a better life for herself. While her mother sits at home complaining and her husband is too busy helping others, Marjorie spends her days attempting to improve her mind and soul. However, a visit from a childhood friend could leave lasting repercussions on Marjorie's dedication to self-improvement.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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First there was an opportunity; then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie. Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him,...
5) Tag
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
7) The Cuban
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a naïve pre-med student gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, an elderly Cuban musician, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Frankie (Mischa Barton) has studied ballet her whole life. Her grandmother (Joan Plowright) has raised her to be the next prima ballerina, but Frankie has other plans. Meanwhile, Frankie's best friend Hazel has plans of her own with dreams of becoming the town's youngest mayor. Together Frankie and Hazel set out to prove that all it takes is a little kid power to make a big difference.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (247 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jonathan, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, is the ungainly, neglected eldest son of a family living in the Black Country. His younger brother Harold is everything he is not. Despite the favoritism shown to Harold, the two boys build a close friendship that lasts a lifetime and ends in tragedy.
10) The mountain
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An incredible true story of a sixteen-year-old girl named Amy who, in dealing with the PTSD of witnessing her father's tragic death, finds herself in a Neuro-Rehab Center in rural New Hampshire. She bears witness to the malpractice, corruption, and neglect that takes place within the facility. Amidst the chaos of her stay, Amy seeks comfort in the arms of a staff member named Charity. Their relationship quickly grows into something more.
12) The boat builder
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Embittered old mariner Abner is a widower living a solitary life. Withdrawn from his family and the tight-knit community of his small marine town, he is a grumpy and unsociable man who seems to live in the past, only finding comfort in the countless hours spent building a sailboat in his yard. When neglected young orphan Rick wanders onto Abner's property, hiding from the local bullies, the two find common ground and form an unlikely bond which will...
13) Fading gigolo
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murray talks his friend Fioravante into becoming a gigolo as a way of making some much needed cash after an out-of-the-blue request from his dermatologist. With Murray acting as Fioravante's 'manager,' the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
14) The relationtrip
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At an age when everyone around them is settling down and finding love, Beck and Liam are self proclaimed loners, emotionally hibernating through adulthood. After bonding over their mutual disinterest in relationships, they decide to go away together on a 'friend' trip. And that's when things get weird. Really, really weird.
15) Cosas imposibles
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Matilde, a woman in her sixties, has lived with her husband Porfirio since she was fifteen years old, in a relationship of violence and contempt for her. One day, Porfirio dies and leaves her alone in the company of her cat Fidel, but Matilde believes that Porfirio continues to torture her with his appearances and cannot be released. As if that were not enough, his insurance pension to survive is canceled. Miguel, her neighbor, a young and skilled...
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the brink of graduating high school, equestrian Lee hatches a plan to travel cross-country on horseback, believing it will inspire a vision of her future. Jordan is an ambitious academic and athletic standout, planning to take a scholarship and move out west. But when a tragedy impacts their dreams, their friendship unexpectedly escalates, blossoming into a romance. They must decide if their dreams are worth fighting for and if they can make a...
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. A short film by director Pedro Almodovar. After twenty-five years, Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his ex-lover, now friend, Sheriff Jake. A lifetime after their shared stint as hired gunmen, they celebrate their reunion. However, the next morning, it is revealed the trip is not to revel in the memory of their friendship.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Odysseus left Troy it took him ten years to get back to his home in Ithaca. Steve and Rob have only six days on their odyssey in. On the way, they argue about tragedy and comedy, astronomy and biology, myth, history, democracy, and the meaning of life! Featuring locations such as: Temple of Apollo at Delphi, the Ancient Agora of Athens, the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, the unique island of Hydra, the Caves of Diros, and more.
19) Boys on the side
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three women form an unlikely friendship during a roadtrip, and stick together throughout the craziness of their lives.
20) Runaway Ralph
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Runaway Ralph: Beverly Cleary's beloved, daring mouse comes to life in the third installment of the best selling series. Join Ralph on a string of adventures after he runs away from home at the Mountain View Inn and makes a new friend. Commander toad in space: Commander toad and the crew of the spaceship have a mission to go where no spaceship has gone before and to bring a little bit of Earth back to the alien stars.
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