Marcia Gay Harden
Author
Language
English
Description
In this lyrical and deeply moving memoir, one of America's most revered actresses weaves stories of her adventures and travels with her mother, while reflecting on the beautiful spirit that persists even in the face of her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Marcia Gay Harden knew at a young age that her life would be anything but ordinary. One of five lively children born to two Texas natives-Beverly, a proper Dallas lady, and Thad, a young...
2) Home
Author
Language
English
Description
'Inga struggles to find meaning amidst her crumbling marriage and her own mortality through the lens of her own poetic writing and her relationship with her 8-year-old daughter.
3) After Words
Author
Language
English
Description
A librarian facing a mid-life crisis travels to Costa Rica.
Author
Language
English
Description
Madelyn (Marcia Gay Harden) is a successful, self-possessed, middle-aged businesswoman - until she finds out that her husband's late nights at work are actually intimate dinners with a sexy young aspiring actress, Lucy (Leonor Watling). When Madelyn starts stalking this new mistress, she witnesses what she thinks might be the beginnings of a suicide attempt and ends up talking her down. While Lucy is ignorant of Madelyn's true identity, the two form...
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2009]
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...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Felicity is a spirited girl growing up in Virginia just before the American Revolution. She knows she's supposed to stay quietly indoors doing girly things, but she yearns for the freedom of the outdoors and for the adventure of riding horses.
7) Gigi & Nate
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this drama inspired by actual events, Nate suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic just weeks before departing or college. As Nate tries to adjust to his new life challenges, his mother helps him bring home an unlikely service animal, Gigi, a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey. Nate and Gigi form an unbreakable bond, but when it's threatened by a group trying to outlaw capuchins, Nate's family rallies behind him to help him...
8) Flubber
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Professor Brainard discovers a miraculous elastic goo that when applied to anything, makes it bounce super high and fast. The professor uses the goo to re-win his fiance and save his financially strapped college.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Returning from college one Christmas, Thomas Kinkade finds his mother is ready to lose the family cottage to foreclosure. He is inspired to paint a mural of his hometown, which launches his career and helps the town rediscover their Christmas spirit.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Anastasia has broken off her relationship with the troubled Christian to pursue a new career in a Seattle publishing house. While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.
11) Parkland
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
November 22, 1963 is a day that changed the world forever when beloved American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Parkland is the true story behind that tragic day, told from the vantage point of individuals who are forced to make split-second decisions after this incomprehensible event that will change the world's landscape forever.
12) Hill towns
Author
Language
English
Description
A couple traveling through the hill towns of Italy find themselves and learn something about marriage on their journey.
13) Into the wild
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.
14) Knox goes away
Publisher
Saban Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
John Knox is a hit man attempting to make amends before his recently discovered dementia takes over. Aided by a trusted friend with his own shady past, Knox races against the police and his own rapidly deteriorating mind to save his estranged son from a vengeance-fueled mistake and "cash out" before it's too late.
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.
16) Bad News Bears
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Morris Buttermaker, former--very briefly--a professional baseball player turned exterminator, is recruited to coach and train a failing Little League team. Having lost every game they have ever played, the kids challenge the coach to help them change their losing ways before the season is over.
18) A cat in Paris
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night Dino sneaks out the window to work with Nico-a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline.
19) Confess, Fletch
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this delightful comedy romp, the roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit -- from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch's Italian girlfriend. Crime has never been this disorganized.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A local plumber is plunged into the national spotlight when he takes on the former President of the United States, who can't believe he's running against a man who installed his toilets. To make matters worse, the ex-president is trying to steal the election -- and the affection of the handyman's girlfriend. Whoever wins, one thing's for sure, this town is not small enough for both of them.