Hector Elizondo
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
"A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic belief in the U.S. legal system. The story's focal point, known only as Juror Eight, is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not...
2) Pretty woman
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Vivian is a spirited, streetwise prostitute working on Hollywood Boulevard. She meets the prince of her dreams in Edward Lewis. Edward is a ruthless and wealthy businessman who does not realize that she could be more than just a girl from the sidewalk. He changes his decision after the first night with the beautiful stranger. Edward hires her for a week of business events in Beverly Hills. Vivian gets the chance to start life over again.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Description
Princess Mia has just graduated college. She is soon going to take over as Queen of Genovia from her grandmother, Queen Clarisse. However, Mia learns that she must marry in 30 days or forfeit the crown of Genovia to another rightful heir, Nicholas Devereaux. His uncle, Viscount Mabrey is really the one who wants Nicholas to be King. Not trusting Nicholas, Mia picks a decent guy who's sweet and charming and likeable, but can she go through with the...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Princess Mia has just graduated college. She is soon going to take over as Queen of Genovia from her grandmother, Queen Clarisse. However, Mia learns that she must marry in 30 days or forfeit the crown of Genovia to another rightful heir, Nicholas Devereaux.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelenos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
For teenager Mia Thermopolis, just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then she receives the shocking news from her grandmother that she is a real-life princess. So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country.
Language
English
Description
Three grown sisters, Maribel, Leticia and Carmen try to cope and live with the fact that their father Martin, a veteran chef, is slowly losing his sense of taste. Martin has one simple rule: be at home for Sunday dinner and attendance is both mandatory and non-negotiable. A rift in the family develops when the sisters develop relationships and an obnoxious woman sets her sights on Martin's affections.. Winner of Best Supporting Actress in a Motion...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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Description
Your basic Cinderella makeover story with a fresh and affectionate twist. Mia is a frizzy-haired, glasses-wearing 15-year-old girl whose two highest ambitions are to become invisible and to get a few kisses from an attractive school heartthrob. She is stunned and horrified when her coolly continental grandmother shows up and informs her that she's the crown princess of the European principality Genovia. Soon enough, Mia has to undertake "princess...
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
As future queen of Genovia, Princess Mia has everything a girl could want -- except the enchanting romance she's always dreamed of. Comic complications rule the day in these stories about finding out who you really are and discovering what it takes to make your dreams come true.
12) American gigolo
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Julian Kay is on the prowl and looking for someone to please. Boyish and sensual, he speaks five or six languages, and is equally comfortable as a chauffeur for a wealthy middle-aged matron, and as a translator/companion for the lonely wife of an executive. He is the American gigolo. But Julian's love-for-sale lifestyle turns deadly when a client is murdered and Julian becomes the prime suspect." --Container.
14) Being human
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Robin Williams stars in five unique and intimate tales linked by a common theme: a man's need to find his place in the world. In each tale, a man is set on a journey. Collectively, they experience an odyssey that crosses thousands of years, from Bronze Age wilderness to contemporary metropolis. Each taking a few more steps towards whatever it is that men search for: the sense of belonging that we call home, and the closeness of relationships that...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After the events of the eighth season finale, during which Kristin went into labor with her baby daughter and Mandy was pregnant with her first child, the series jumps ahead into the near future, when Mike and his wife, Vanessa, contemplating their own future, including Mike's imminent retirement from his lifelong job at Outdoor Man, and who could be his successor"--Container.
18) Frankie & Johnny
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Frankie, a waitress at a N.Y.C. coffee shop, has had a series of hurtful relationships and the last thing she's looking for is a new man. Johnny, an outgoing ex-con hired as the new short-order cook, falls head-over-heels for Frankie, who wants nothing to do with him.
20) Pocket money
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Cowboy Jim Kane's bank loan is due. So is his next alimony payment. And the Appaloosas he brought in from Mexico have been slapped into quarantine. What Jim needs is some pocket money.