Eileen Brennan
2) Bad Astrid
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Bad Astrid has been terrorizing everyone and everything on her block ever since her family moved in. But when an accident befalls the bully, it's up to a new neighbor to teach Astrid how to be a friend."--
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
While Pippi is sailing with her sea captain father, she is suddenly washed overboard and lost in a fierce storm. Pippi eventually drifts ashore to a small coastal town where she sets up house in an ancient vacated mansion. There, with her horse and monkey, Pippi begins a new life without any adult supervision.
5) The sting
Language
English
Formats
Description
1930s Chicago. After a friend is killed by the mob, two con men try to get even by attempting to pull off the ultimate "sting." No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold, leading up to the one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history.
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Matilda: A modern fairy tale that mixes hilarious humor with a magical message of love."--Container.
"New adventures of Pippi Longstocking: The magical exploits of an ever-optimistic, pigtailed little girl who is self-reliant and endowed with extraordinary talents."--Container.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alone on a desolate highway, two homebound teens are nearly run off the road by a dementd tailgater. Later they spot this maniac disposing a body down into a sewer pipe. When they stop to investigate, they realize the horrible mistake they have made. The unspeakable evil maniac now intends to make them his next victims.
11) Murder by death
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner [at] the isolated mansion of eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain. Twain informs his guests that one of them will be murdered at the stroke of midnight. The pay-off: $1 million to whoever lives through the night. [The film] neatly lampoons both the mystery genre and the characterizations of these instantly recognizable gumshoes and super sleuths"--Container.
12) Texasville
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sequel to the Last picture show, now it's 1984 in Anarene Texas, the sleepy town where women flirt and the men can't say no.
13) Clue
Series
Shout select volume 152
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with the gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul playthings. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes. Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game... And now you can see all three surprise endings!" --Container.
14) Clue
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery.
15) FM
Publisher
Arrow Video ; Universal City Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
L.A.'s top rock D.J. and program director (Brandon) presides over an eclectic family of co-workers that has blasted the station's popularity with listeners.
16) Clue
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery.
17) Working
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book, with songs by James Taylor, Stephen Schwartz and others.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and Annika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Private Benjamin: A pampered, spoiled upper-middle class widow joins the army and the army will never be the same. Protocol: A daffy Washington D.C. waitress saves a visiting Arab dignitary from an assassination attempt and goes from serving drinks to serving her country in the State Department's protocol branch.