Anna Paquin
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Woodstock festival and the Moon landing in the summer of 1969, this romantic drama follows Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane), a frustrated Brooklyn housewife who spends her summer in the Catskills with her family. Her world is turned upside down when she meets Walker Jerome (Viggo Mortensen), a free-spirited traveling salesman. As Pearl embarks on an affair, she explores her desires and the changing social landscape.
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 1952 Dr. Jean Markham (Anna Paquin) returns to her Scottish hometown to take over her late father's medical practice. She soon becomes ostracized by the community when she begins a passionate romance with a young mother named Lydia (Holliday Grainger). Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Race, sexuality and masculinity are all touched on in a successful attempt to reflect the bigger picture of an era in which the...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Set on an American Army base in 1989, as the Berlin Wall is about to fall, this black comedy follows Specialist Ray Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix), who gets caught up in a web of illicit activities, including black market dealings and drug trafficking. Elwood easily dupes his superior, Colonel Berman (Ed Harris), and has an affair with Berman’s wife. However, the arrival of the new sergeant, Robert Lee (Scott Glenn), threatens to upend Elwood’s schemes,...
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the wake of sobriety and lost custody, Ella finds renewal and purpose through an unexpected friendship with a mysterious teenager, reigniting her belief in herself as a mother and her journey to reclaim her life.
6) Hurlyburly
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (123 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The personal lives of Hollywood players and wannabes intersect as catastrophe threatens to veer its ugly head, becoming more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios.
7) Furlough
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a hilarious, surprising, and ultimately touching road trip.
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...
9) Jane Eyre
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A young governess falls in love with her aloof employer. Based on the famed novel by Charlotte Brontë.
Publisher
Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past; to save our future.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"American Underdog tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who longs to become an NFL player, but years of setbacks constantly prevent him from reaching his goal. As Kurt stocks shelves in a supermarket with his dreams all but out of reach his wife, coaches, and teammates encourage him to show the world the champion they know him to be. Kurt perserveres and finds the strength to become the legendary two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl MVP, and...
12) The piano
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Just one of the men realizes that her affections can only be won through her beloved piano.
13) Roots
Language
English
Formats
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 68
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Gold crown collector's ed; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smuggle children out and place them in safe homes, farms and convents. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi...
16) Straight A's
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
[Blu-ray edition].
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by his mother's ghost, a former drug addict returns to his hometown seeking redemption from his family. His return is not as he expected, as his true love has become his sister-in-law.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 125 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 DVD with special features
Language
日本語
Description
Pazu is an engineer's apprentice who finds Sheeta, a young girl, floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant. Together, they discover both are searching for Laputa, a legendary floating castle, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep them from learning the truth.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Maenadian reign of terror may be over, but Sookie Stackhouse and the townspeople of Bon Temps face a new calamity that makes the bacchanalian evils of Maryanne Forrester seem tame by comparison. Sookie desperately tries to locate her fiancé, ending up in a netherworld of human and undead interlopers, among them the powerful Vampire King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Language
English
Formats
Description
The small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana boasts a wide array of colorful locals. Sookie Stackhouse is a sweet and innocent waitress who hides her powerful ability to read minds. Bill Compton is a 173 year-old vampire who's just moved back to town. Sookie's brother Jason is a ladies' man who can't seem to stay out of trouble. Tough-as-nails Tara is Sookie's loyal best friend and Sam is the owner of Merlotte's who tries to keep his feelings for Sookie...
20) X-Men
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the public becomes aware of genetic mutants with special powers, prejudice grow against them. Professor Xavier brings them together to harness their powers for the good of mankind and to combat the evil Magneto who wants to wage war with typical humans.