Laura Dern
Author
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
3) Citizen Ruth
Author
Language
English
Description
Meet Ruth Stoops. She's homeless, dumb as a cinder block, and loves to huff spray paint. Life would be dandy if it weren't for one problem - she's gotten herself knocked up for the umpteenth time, and everybody's got an opinion about it - from an angry judge to God-fearing Baby-Savers to radical lesbian feminists. A hilarious, provocative look at what happens when sperm meets egg and sparks fly.
4) The son
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A man's busy life as a professional with a new position at work and the father of a newborn baby is upended when his ex-wife turns up with their deeply troubled teenage son."--
5) The master
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post-World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master unfolds the journey of a naval veteran who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Director Steven Spielberg presents one of the most successful films in worldwide box office history. Featuring incredible special effects and action-packed drama, Jurassic Park takes you to a remote island where an amazing theme park with living dinosaurs is about to turn deadly, as five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
7) Little women
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely.
8) Wild
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Cheryl Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
An archaeologist is invited to tour a new theme park - inhabited by dinosaurs resurrected with their DNA. A double-crossing employee triggers a shutdown of the fencing systems, which causes a terrifying problem. This version has been digitally remastered for enhanced picture and sound. The first installment of the Jurassic Park movie series.
10) October sky
Language
English
Description
The true story of Homer Hickam Jr., a high school student in rural West Virginia, who seemed destined to repeat his father's harsh life in the coal mines, until he turned his attention to the skies.
11) Wild
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.
12) Blue velvet
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A college student stumbles across a bizarre mystery and wants to know more. The strange world he's found lurking beneath his hometown picture-postcard veneer is about to become much stranger.
13) Smooth talk
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Connie is a 15-year-od girl with two things on her mind, boys and how she looks, and she meets a man during the summer.
14) The founder
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.--
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure. Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a new era." --
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
18) 99 homes
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a single father Dennis Nash is evicted from his home, his only chance to win it back is to go to work for Rick Carver, the charismatic and ruthless businessman who evicted him in the first place. It's a deal-with-the-devil that provides security for his family; but as Nash falls deeper into Carver's web, he finds his situation grows more brutal and dangerous than he ever imagined.
19) Marriage story
Series
Criterion collection ; 1038
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. A hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine...
Series
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"How do dinosaurs say goodnight?": Even dinosaurs make a fuss before bedtime. Can parents ever get them into bed? "In the small, small pond": Frogs leap, tadpoles wriggle, geese waddle and minnows scatter. You'll enjoy watching this pond come to life in the spring. "Zin! Zin! Zin! The violin": A lone trombone playing solo is joined by a trumpet to make a duet, until a French horn make it a trio. One by one instruments gather together for a joyous...