Elliot Davis
2) I am Sam
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When she's fired from her job at an upscale law firm for voicing her stance against the testing of cosmetics on animals, Elle heads to Capitol Hill to fight for her cause before Congress. Once there, she runs into plenty of adversity and red-tape and can't seem to find anyone who will listen to her proposals. She meets and befriends an elderly bellman who's been around long enough to know the ins and outs of the political machine. With his help, Elle...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A beginner's guide specially designed for teenagers. Includes the concepts and perks of coding and basic coding terminology, providing a thorough knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript and step-by-step instructions to create webpages and games.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Ingrid, a smart, free-spirited, and somewhat narcissistic artist kills her deceitful lover in a crime of passion. Even while serving a prison sentence, she exerts control over her adoring teenage daughter, Astrid, who's forced to spend her teenage years in a series of foster homes before becoming her own person. Explores the strange relationship of Ingrid and Astrid, and includes Astrid's relationship with her foster mothers. At first merely an appendage...
6) Thirteen
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie. She fears that she's not cool enough to be friends with Evie, the most popular girl in school. Fueled with genuine adolescent energy, Tracy follows Evie's lead into the harsh realities of sex, drugs, and hard-edged adventure. Consumed with temptations and conflicting desires, Tracy loses her good-girl identity,...
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the legendary Z-Boys, this film is a fictionalized take on a brilliant group of young skateboarders who perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
After being dumped by his girlfriend, Matt sleeps with every girl he meets. Finally, Matt decides the only way to stop his sex obsession is to go 40 days and 40 nights living in a world of total abstinence. Then Matt meets Erica and the betting begins to see how long Matt can hold out.
Publisher
Orion Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Clumsy detective Harry Dobbs is hired by a beautiful woman to tail her boyfriend and ends up following the wrong guy, a bigomist with two different families. As Harry winds up embroiled in confusion, he realizes he too is being followed.
10) The Comey rule
Publisher
Showtime Networks Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of former FBI Dir. James Comey and President Donald J. Trump, two powerful men whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.
11) Shakes the clown
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control. When someone murders Shakes' boss and makes it look like Shakes did it, he goes undercover, posing as a hated mime, and tries to find information that will clear his name.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her boyfriend dumps her to go to Harvard Law School, Elle Woods leaves her sorority life in California, her couture clothes, and fabulous friends to follow him; Harvard lawyer, Elle, heads to Washington D.C. to stop animal testing within the cosmetics industry.
13) Get on the bus
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dives straight into the fascinating controversy of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March and the larger question of what it means to be a black man in modern America. The film follows a group of different men traveling from Los Angeles to the march in Washington D.C. On the way, they will make friends, make enemies, and make history.
15) King of the hill
Series
Criterion collection volume 698
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
King of the hill: Set in St. Louis during the Depression, it follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father's long business trips.
Underneath: A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife...