Melanie Lynskey
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre. The FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Joel and Molly meet, it's hate at first sight: his big Corporate Candy Company threatens to shut down her quirky indie candy shop. Plus, Joel is hung up on his sexy ex. But amazingly, they fall in love, until they break up about two thirds of the way through, and Molly starts dating her accountant. But then right at the end, well you'll just have to see. (Hint: Joel makes a big speech and they get back together.).
4) Win win
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mike Flaherty is "a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high school wrestling coach ... When Mike ... comes across a teenage runaway who also happens to be a champion wrestler, Mike's luck turns around in spectacular fashion. But his win-win situation soon becomes more complicated than he ever imagined when the boy's family affairs come into play"--Container.
5) Rose Red
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion-- Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When circumstances bring together two bright and highly imaginative teenage schoolgirls they quickly form an unwavering bond, creating a fantasy world that only they can share. Disturbed by the intensity of the friendship, their parents threaten to keep them apart. The girls vow to stay together, devising a secret plan that leads to shocking consequences.
8) Ever after
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young woman of the 16th century stands up to her scheming stepmother and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her, including the crown prince of France.
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In this nuanced and comedic portrait of marriage, newlyweds Alex (Lee Tergesen) and Alice (Melanie Lynskey) host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at their remote cabin in the mountains. However, when Alice's friend brings along a surprise guest—the very young and beautiful Helena (Gillian Jacobs)—the group's facades begin to crumble.
11) Sadie
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The devoted daughter of a soldier, 13-year-old Sadie is disappointed to learn her father is once again re-deploying rather than returning home. When she sees that her mom is developing feelings for a new man, Sadie channels her disappointment into a fierce new mission: preserve her father's place on the home front, whatever it takes. She has her enemy in her sights, and if there's one thing she's learned from the world around her, it's that the enemy...
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (521 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When civilization is destroyed by a worldwide pandemic, hardened survivor Joel is hired to take fourteen-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quaratine zone. What should have been a quick job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey across a post-apocalyptic United States, where no one can protect Joel or Ellie except each other.
13) Shattered Glass
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When renowned journalist Stephen Glass suddenly comes under investigation by a Forbes reporter, the search reveals Glass has fabricated many of his sensational stories, leading to his ultimate downfall in this gripping, fact-based drama.
14) Happy Christmas
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Description
When Jenny (Anna Kendrick), a hard-partying 20-something, moves in with her brother's family to get over a breakup, she and her friend's (Lena Dunham) carefree perspective causes Jenny's sister-in-law (Melanie Lynskey) to question her career and relationship, comically turning the family's everyday life upside down. A comedy from the director of DRINKING BUDDIES.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Melanie is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating a wealthy socialite. One day he pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him. Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high school sweetheart. Now Melanie returns to her hometown to tell her parents the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce. However, the more time she spends with her old flame, the more...
16) 1 Mile to You
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When a teen loses his girlfriend, running keeps her memory alive. Chasing these runner's highs drives him faster, drawing the attention of a new girl. Soon, he's caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
17) The Intervention
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When four couples meet for a weekend away together, an attempt to run a "marriage intervention" goes hilariously wrong as everyone is forced to confront the secrets and fears that seem to be holding them back from finding happiness with each other.
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In this coming-of-age story, four Midwestern high school students embark on an unstoppable quest for concert tickets to the rock band KISS. Over the course of one magical night, each undergoes a harrowing and hilarious experience as their insatiable desire to see their favorite band brings them up against the authorities, their parents and the persistent influence of disco. What begins as the passionate pursuit of a rock 'n' roll fantasy becomes a...
19) Abandon
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From the Oscar-winning writer* of TRAFFIC comes this spellbinding thriller with ingenious plot twists. KATIE HOLMES stars as the success-driven student haunted by the mysterious disappearance of a ex boyfriend.