Laura Linney
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will. After aiding an injured child, Nancy accidentally stumbles upon the mystery of Josiah Crowley's missing will. While several of Crowley's impoverished relatives claim that he had included them in his will, his arrogant relatives, seem to possess the only copy, which leaves them in total possession of the deceased man's fortune. Nancy is intrigued by the situation and begins
...Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Teenage detective Nancy Drew finds herself in danger when she sets out to track a jewel thief.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After super villain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nancy arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at Shadow Ranch but finds herself embroiled in a baffling mystery involving a phantom horse and buried treasure.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nancy becomes suspicious of a secret society and is drawn to investigate.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's all about love and holiday cheer in London. The Prime Minister is smitten with his caterer; a widower's young son nurses the ultimate schoolboy crush; a writer falls for his Portuguese housekeeper; a devoted wife and mother copes with her potentially unfaithful husband; and a lovelorn American is desperately attracted to a colleague.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (1 hr., 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Susan is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward. The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was...
8) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Sally Potter's THE ROADS NOT TAKEN follows a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter Molly (Elle Fanning) as she grapples with the challenges of her father's chaotic mind. As they weave their way through New York City, Leo's journey takes on a hallucinatory quality as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future. Official Selection at the **Berlin International...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
What do Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Patti LuPone and Alex Sharp have in common? They are but a few of the extraordinary actors who have studied under Moni Yakim at Juilliard, America's greatest performing arts school. With interviews with Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie and Kevin Kline, this compelling portrait of the master teacher-the sole remaining founder of the school's legendary Drama Division-takes us inside the drama classes where Moni and...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager (Jesse Eisenberg) whose parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for...
12) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the...
13) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An elderly Sherlock Holmes reflects on his life, and becomes involved in an unsolved fifty-year-old case.
14) Man of the year
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Language
English
Description
Tom Dobbs makes an offhand comment on his late night talk show that he would be a better president than the leader who currently occupies the White House. A grassroots campaign conducted by his legions of fans finds him unexpectedly ushered into the Oval Office and forced to live up to his promise. Unfortunately for Dobbs, he finds out that his surprise victory was actually the result of a voting computer glitch and not winning the majority vote...
15) Breach
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen [ed.]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Eric O'Neill is promoted from a low-level surveillance job into the headquarters of the FBI, his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent is on the verge of reality. He is hand picked to work for the renowned operative Robert Hanssen within "information assurance," a new division created to protect all classified FBI intelligence. Eric quickly discovers the true reason for his hire: Hanssen is the sole subject of a long-term, top-secret investigation,...
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
17) The dinner
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is a dark psychological thriller about a fierce showdown between two couples during the course of an ornately prepared meal at a fancy restaurant. When Stan Lohman, a popular congressman running for governor, invites his troubled younger brother Paul and his wife Claire to join him and his wife Katelyn for dinner at one of the town's most fashionable restaurants, the stage is set for a tense night.
19) The other man
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Suspecting Lisa, his wife, of adultery, Peter tries to figure out why his wife had disappeared. When Lisa found out that she has cancer, she decides to leave him clues so that he could discover the affair and the secret life she had been leading and that he never knew existed. Peter sets out to track down the other man in her life.
20) Falling
Author
Language
English
Description
John (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his partner, Eric (Terry Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. John's father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. Willis is in the early stages of dementia, making running the farm on his own increasingly difficult, so John brings him to stay at his...