Mercedes Ruehl
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"What happens when families come together for Thanksgiving? Almost anything! Tale of four very different families, as they cook up some tasty holiday surprises: love betrayal and even a few outrageous secrets! And, ultimately, discover the astonishing power love has to reconnect us all"--Container.
2) Hustlers
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspired by a true story, Hustlers follows Destiny, a young stripper struggling to make ends meet. That is, until she meets Ramona, the club's savvy top earner, who shows her the way toward making big bucks. But when the 2008 economic collapse hits their Wall Street clientèle hard, Destiny and Ramona concoct a plan with their fellow strippers to turn the tables on these greedy power players in this wild, modern-day Robin Hood tale"--Container.
3) Big
Language
English
Formats
Description
Josh is a 12-year-old who makes a wish from an old machine to be big. Not really believing it will work, Josh is very surprised to find himself BIG the next morning. Now he looks like a 30 years old guy, but he still behaves like a boy. He decide to go with his best friend to New York and try to find the machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a job in a toy company and develops a romantic crush on a beautiful woman. Now Josh must learn...
Series
Criterion collection volume 764
Language
English
Formats
Description
Language and violence.
Parry is a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Jack is New York's #1 shock deejay, whose off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy which ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors-Parry. And so the amazing story of the Fisher King unfolds a modern quest for redemption and the...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Set during World War II, this is the story of two brothers sent to live with their domineering grandmother after their mother's death. Also living with her is their Aunt Bella, a somewhat backward 36 year-old who escapes to the movies whenever she can. But when Uncle Louie, a small-time gangster, arrives, everyone gets a surprising second chance at happiness.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Parry is a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights, and damsels in distress. Jack is New York's number one shock deejay, until the day his off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy that ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors, Parry.
9) For Roseanna
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Marcello is a trattoria proprietor in an Italian village who will stop at nothing to make sure his beloved but ailing wife, Roseanna, realizes her dream of being buried at the local cemetery.
10) Loving Leah
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 67
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When his brother dies, Jake, a 30-year-old cardiologist, is called upon to marry the widow, Leah, under orthodox Jewish law. While initially just going through the motions to satisfy their mothers, the two soon find themselves in love.
11) Another you
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognize George as the missing millionaire Abe, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation"--Summary written by Lars J. Aas.
12) The nana project
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set primarily at Timeless Acres Retirement Home, the film follows a documentary crew who develop an interest in one of its star resident's feisty chess master Helen "Nana" Lewis. With the help of her friends Jennifer, Francesca, Jack, Esther, Kitty, Gladys, and Lisa, Nana begins training for the State Chess Championship. She plans on dominating the competition, but her real plan involves reuniting her estranged grandsons, Andrew, a dedicated veterinary...
13) Lost in Yonkers
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Set in World War II, Lost in Yonkers tells of two brothers who are sent to live with their domineering grandmother after their mother's death.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
This film is the first feature-length documentary about how health care professionals actively implemented and covered up the tortures in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and the CIA Black Sites. The film shows how the torture of detainees could not continue without the assistance of these American doctors. The little-known story is told by military, legal and medical experts and portrayed through staged demonstrations as spelled out in declassified government...
16) Loving Leah
Publisher
Cinedigm Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Leah's husband Benjamin dies suddenly, Benjamin's brother Jake is stunned to learn he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on his brother's name. Jake suggests to Leah that they get married and maintain a secretly platonic relationship. The harder they try to disguise their 'pretend' marriage, the more their appreciation for each other's worlds grows.
17) Bad apple
Publisher
Paramount Studios
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The FBI agents Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons, bringing down the Mob is all in a day's work. But their latest assignment, putting the sting on a loan-sharking business run by llocal mafioso, Buddha Stanzione, might well be their last. Going undercover, Tozzi finds himself surrounded by double-crossing wise guys as he helplessly falls for the sister of his key informant. But as they get closer to a takedown, it is Tozzi's partner Gibbons who may discover...
18) Gia
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Based on the tragic life of America's first supermodel.
Drama based on the life of supermodel Gia Carangi.
19) The lost child
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Adoptee Rebecca Hoffman experiences culture conflict when she brings her family to meet her birth family on a Navajo reservation.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Life is good for Susan, her two children and her new boyfriend, Russell. But life changes abruptly when she discovers her perfect boyfriend is a drug dealer. Realizing the danger this could bring her family, she tells him to leave. Suddenly her house is raided and Susan is arrested as a co-conspirator in Russell's drug business.