Paul Dooley
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
"Samantha Baker is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday-- if only someone in her family would remember it. She's your average teen, enduring creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the 'Big Blonde on Campus' who stands between her and the boy of her dreams."--Container.
2) Cars
Series
Language
English
Description
Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
3) Hairspray
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
In 1962 Baltimore, all the kids watch the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, and her best friend Penny run home to watch and drool over teenage heartthrob Link Larkin. When one of the "Council Kids" goes on a leave of absence, Tracy auditions to be the replacement, is sent to detention for skipping school, and thereby meets Seaweed--who shows her how to really shake 'em down....
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Rose Lorkowski is a single mother attempting to support her son Oscar and her unreliable sister Norah. She works a mundane job as a maid. Once the head cheerleader in school with plenty of prospects, Rose now has little to show for her life. She still sees the former head football player, but it is little more than a despondent affair. When Oscar is expelled from public school, Rose takes a job as a bio-hazard crime-scene cleaner to help pay for a...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Experience these masterpieces of storytelling. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For high schooler Samantha Baker, her sixteenth birthday might be the worst day of her life. Her entire family has forgotten about it due to her older sister's impending wedding; her biggest crush, high school hunk Jake Ryan has discovered an embarrassing sex quiz filled out by Sam in which she details how she is saving herself for him; and to make matters worse, she is hounded by a relentless nerd who won't take no for an answer.
8) Insomnia
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.
10) Popeye
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003, c1980]
Language
English
Description
Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Bluto and others join Popeye in his adventures in the harbor town of Sweethaven.
11) A mighty wind
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[A docu-comedy] of 60's-era folk musicians, who, inspired by the death of their former manager, get back on the stage for one concert in New York City's Town Hall including Mitch & Mickey, once the sweeethearts of folk music until their bitter separation; classic folk trio The Folksmen and a color-coordinated harmonizing 'neuftet', The New Main Street Singers. about three folk groups from the 60's who reunite for a memorial concert in New York City...
12) Breaking away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The Academy Award winning comedy about an idealistic young man and his friends and their pursuit to find jobs and a purpose to life in their hometown of Bloomington, Indiana.
13) Comfort and joy
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Jane is a single, career woman who is speed-dialing her way through life. On Christmas Eve, Jane is in a traffic accident and awakens to find that she's a married, stay-at-home mom with two kids and a passion for charity work. So, let the merry mixups and romantic complications begin.
14) Breaking away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The Academy Award winning comedy about an idealistic young man and his friends and their pursuit to find jobs and a purpose to life in their hometown of Bloomington, Indiana.
15) A perfect couple
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The perfect couple meets through a video dating service. Their romance is hampered by the overprotective family of the man and the close-knit rock group to which the girl belongs, but persistence wins.
16) Cars
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on the old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame"--Container.
Language
English
Description
No-name actors are making a low-budget period drama called "Home for Purim, " when an anonymous post on the Internet suggests that one performance is Oscar-worthy. Then, two more cast members get Oscar-related press: buzz in "Variety" and appearances on TV prompt the studio executives to insist on changes in the script in anticipation of a blockbuster. Jump ahead a few months to the days before Oscar nominees are announced: just the possibility...
18) Horsemen
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After the death of his wife, a hardened police detective grows increasingly distant from his two young sons at home, while at work he is thrust into an investigation of perverse serial killings rooted in the Biblical prophecy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
19) Comfort and joy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Jane Berry hasn't been herself recently. In fact, everyone around her insists she's someone else! When we first meet Jane, she's a speed-dialing, PDA-punching, busily unmarried advertising executive who waits until Christmas Eve to do her holiday shopping. One minor traffic mishap later, she awakens to find she's an at-home mom with two kids and a 10-year marriage to charity worker Sam. And as she scrambles to sort out her dual lives and prepare...
20) Insomnia
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.