Jay Mohr
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When twenty-year-old Jay Mohr moved to New York City, he never thought he would land his first real job on Saturday Night Live. But he did-and what followed were two crazy years of trying to keep up with his talented cast mates and get on the air as often as possible. Jay offers an intimate first-person account of the inner workings of Saturday Night Live-the audition, the pitch meetings, and how skits make the final cut of the show.
...3) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
4) Hereafter
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
George is a blue-collar American with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. French journalist Marie has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. When London schoolboy Marcus loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might, or must, exist in the hereafter.
Language
English
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Description
"Jerry Maguire [is] a sports agent who's enduring a crisis of conscience. After he suddenly and unceremoniously loses his job and his girlfriend, both his personal and professional careers hit an all-time low. But when a single mother enters his life and his heart, he finds himself negotiating the biggest deal of his life -- for the heart and the hand of the woman he loves"--Container.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
As adorable as she is ambitious, Kate is determined to turn her mid-level advertising job into an executive position and equally determined to snare Sam, the agency's ultra-suave Romeo who prefers illicit affairs with attached women. She achieves both goals by pretending she's getting married to Nick, a man she met at a wedding and barely knows. But her carefully constructed fictional life comes face to face with reality when her boss wants to meet...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Nick offers to take Suzanne's kids cross-country in an effort to win her heart. He must survive 24 hours with two kids bent on destroying him. Through all the road-blocks, he impresses not only Suzanne, but himself also.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Susan is an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake is a single dad of two tomboys who owns a local winery. When Susan's dog Rusty falls for Jake's poodle Cheri, these canine matchmakers help their owners fall in love too. Now with a Christmas Day wedding to plan, and major complications threatening to unravel it all, can two mismatched broods find...
10) Sweet Dreams
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A wild and off-the-wall journey of second chances. Forced into rehab at Sweet Dreams recovery center, Morris struggles to confront the wreckage of his life. But when their house goes up for auction, he reluctantly agrees to coach their misfit softball team of recovering addicts to win a cash prize and prove that everyone, despite their past, can hit a home run"--Container.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A documentary film that will tell the bittersweet story of one of the most innovative comedians who ever graced the stage, screen and television, before his untimely death from a drug overdose at the tender age of only 33. Immortalized for his uniquely bold, energetic, and in-your-face comedic style, Chris Farley's off the charts talent cemented his place as a key player in a movement that evolved and redefined the comedic genre.
13) Even money
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The lives of nine individuals fate begin to increasingly entwine in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. Struggling writer Kate loses her family's savings at a casino; a washed-up Vegas performer tries to help Kate regain her money; Clyde owes so much money to his dangerous bookie that he asks his NBA-destined nephew to throw a game.
14) Suicide kings
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"Avery is desperate. His sister has been kidnapped and ransomed for $2,000,000, and his father doesn't have the cash. So Avery and his buddies concoct a bold semi-suicidal scheme: abduct retired mob boss Charlie Bartolucci, hide out in their uptight friend Ira's house while his folks are out of town, and force Bartolucci to use his contacts to find the girl. Amused by his fledgling captors, the seasoned mobster agrees to help them -- but not before...
15) Paulie
Language
English
Formats
Description
Paulie is a road movie about a bird. A green-and-blue conure parrot, Paulie is found by lonely émigré janitor Misha--padlocked in an old cage in the littered basement of a research institute, where he tells Misha his life story. It began with 5-year-old Marie, the love of his life, and his heartbreaking separation from her. In search of Marie, Paulie has traveled from New Jersey to Los Angeles. Along the way he's spent time in a pawn shop; driven...
16) King's ransom
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Millionaire Malcolm King gets wrapped up in a true mess when he plans his own kidnapping to avoid paying a divorce settlement. Unfortunately for Malcolm, everything falls apart when he's not the only one in on the plot!
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Melinda Gordon has the ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died, providing deeply moving and important closure for them and their loved ones. This season, Melinda and her husband, Jim Clancy, are joined by new friend and employee, Delia Banks, as Melinda battles a dark force taking over her beloved town of Grandview"--Container.
18) Go
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Told from three different views, the story of a group of young Californians who, by becoming involved in drug dealing, embark on a wild, late night ride that won't end until the sun comes up.
19) The Groomsmen
Publisher
Vivendi Visual Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Five long-time friends get together for an out-of-control weekend bachelor party.
20) Mafia!
Language
English
Description
Vincenzo Cortino is the ruthless, powerful and ceaselessly clumsy godfather who rules the underground world. When the time comes to choose the next Don Cortino, a riotous rivalry breaks out between his two sons.