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Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong....
5) The big sick
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail connects with grad student Emily after a standup set. However, what they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oliver and Emily meet on a flight from Los Angeles to New York with each of them declaring that they couldn't be more wrong for each other. As they struggle with their respective partners, careers, and breakups, they become closer and closer.
7) Passengers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (559 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher and novelist who is happily married, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of a tragedy. The provocative drama unfolds when Alison and Noah meet in Montauk at the end of Long Island.
9) The Bungler
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The Blunderer is a comedy in five acts and in verse.
When The Blunderer was played for the first time in Paris, it obtained a great and well-deserved success. It is chiefly based on an Italian comedy, written by Nicolo Barbieri, from which the character of Mascarille, the servant, is taken, but the ending is much superior to that of the Italian play. Some of the scenes remind us of passages in several Italian ""Commedia del' arte"" between Arlecchino...
10) Crazy heart
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The powerful story of a country music star's rocky road to redemption. Bad Blake is a boozy, broken-down singer who reaches for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the music. But will Bad's hard-livin' ways and crazy heart cost him his last chance at a comeback?
11) The hating game
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
12) The bikeriders
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The bikeriders captures a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy is inextricably drawn to Benny, the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals led by the enigmatic Johnny. Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to...
13) La la land
Pub. Date
[2017]
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A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ron and Veronica's romance falls apart as the duo anchors a weekend broadcast at a New York-based network in 1980. Ron is fired for being the worst anchor anyone has ever seen and so he leaves Veronica rather than live in her shadow. So he re-creates himself at a CNN-type network in the eighties and accidentally invents the soul-sucking brand of non-news that now rules cable as he tries to win back Veronica's love.
16) Cake
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower while confronting fantastical hallucinations of his dead wife. With her feisty housekeeper-cum-caretaker ever at her side, Claire searches for human connection and self-forgiveness in this tale of personal redemption.
17) Moonlight mile
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the early '70s, Joe is distraught after the death of his fiancée. He moves in with her parents, Ben and JoJo, while trying to sort out all of the legal troubles and painful details of the wedding cancellations. While trying to locate the wedding invitations in the mail, Joe meets Bertie, whose boyfriend has been MIA in Vietnam. Despite his growing relationship with his late fiancée's parents, Joe begins to foster a romance with Bertie.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
When Frank and Lindsay meet on a way to a destination wedding, they soon discover they have a lot in common: they both hate the bride, the groom, the wedding, themselves, and most especially each other. As the weekend's events continually force them together, and their cheerlessness immediately isolates them from the other guests, Frank and Lindsay find that if they verbally spar with someone long enough, anything can happen
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"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."
Jack Worthing is an important and respected person in Hertfordshire. Being a guardian to a young girl and an employer of many in the community, the list of his responsibilities is never-ending. His brother, Earnest, however, leads a scandalous life and Jack is often forced to leave for London to sort it out. What no one knows is that Earnest is not...
20) Don Jon
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jon is handsome, good old-fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to 'pull' a different woman every weekend, but nothing compares to the bliss he finds alone watching porn. Barbara is a beautiful, good old-fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she's determined to find her Prince Charming. Wrestling with good old-fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of...
