Molly Parker
Author
Language
English
Description
"Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history"--
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set thirty years in the future, this epic reimagining of the original family space adventure finds the Robinsons torn off course en route to what they hoped would be a fresh start on a distant space colony. Against all odds, but with endless hope and extensive training, the family bands together to survive on a dangerous alien planet.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Set in 1876 in the Black Hills of South Dakota after the richest gold strike in American history has drawn a throng of misfits to an outlaw settlement where everyone has a price. Tells the story of the settlers, who range from an ex-lawman to a scheming saloon owner to the legendary Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Edward Malus is a California police officer who takes a leave of absence after witnessing a tragedy on the job. Taking pills to soothe the effects of his post-traumatic stress disorder, Edward receives a letter from his ex-fiance, Willow, requesting his assistance in finding her missing child. She asks him come to Summerisle, a small island off the coast of Puget Sound, and help her find her daughter, Rowan. When Edward starts investigating Rowan's...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others,...
7) The road
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A father and his son are two of the last remaining people on earth after an unexplained tragedy has destroyed most of life. As the two head south, they are faced with many trials and tribulations along the way. An intense bond between the father and son is formed as together they strive to not only survive, but to retain humanity as they help the people they encounter along the way
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
For better or worse, times are changing in Deadwood, and the transformation from camp to town is imminent. In an era of hard decisions and brutal power struggles among the camp's founders, they learn the hard way that fortune comes with a price
10) Men with brooms
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a disgraced former curling champion who returns to his hometown in an attempt to lead his former team to glory
11) Jockey
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
12) The confessor
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Catholic priest Daniel Clemens defies the church to investigate murder charges against a fellow priest. He is assisted by a local reporter and a church lawyer in this psychological thriller.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
The dramatized story of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, leaders of the suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. They broke from the mainstream women's rights movement to create a more activist wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Seymour 'Swede' Levov, a once-legendary high school athlete, is a successful businessman married to an ex-beauty queen, Dawn. When Swede and Dawn's daughter disappears after being accused of a violent crime, Swede's perfect life is broken forever and he is left to make sense out of the chaos.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious theater troupe. When the workshops ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives." --
17) The five senses
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An exploration of life and love through the five senses.
18) Marion Bridge
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In the midst of struggling to overcome her self-destructive behavior, the youngest of three sisters, Agnes (Molly Parker), returns to her hometown in Nova Scotia determined to confront the past. Her arrival sets in motion a chain of events that allows a family of women to re-connect with the world and each other in their own ways
19) Pete's Christmas
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
14-year old Pete just had the worst Christmas ever! His busy parents forgot to buy his present, his talented brothers outshine him, the neighboring bullies target him for snowball practice, and his grandfather fights with his dad. Pete is relieved when the day ends. But when he wakes up on what he thinks is Dec. 26th, he finds out that it's Christmas all over again. Stuck repeating the day over and over, Pete panics at first but slowly realizes that...
20) Deadwood
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The once-lawless frontier settlement has grown into a town on the threshold of South Dakota's statehood and modernization. Still, the past isn't easily dismissed as old feuds are revived, sins recalled, and allegiances tested.