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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The third season brings more spellbinding moments for the Pearsons. The Big Three undergo big changes as they turn 38, and another shocking family truth is revealed. As we join Jack and Rebecca on their awkward first dare, we learn more about other romances. Kevin's visit to the Vietnam village where Jack served brings revelations, Randall enters a new arena, Beth resurrects an old dream, and Kate and Toby refuse to give up on parenthood. Through...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Appears on list
Description
Centered on characters who share the same birthday, the story follows several decades in the lives of Jack and Rebecca Pearson. As the plot unfolds, it traverses numerous timelines, and intertwines the stories of people whose lives connect in unexpected ways. Filled with memorable performances from its acclaimed cast, it is a smart, poignant dramedy.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor's Tour of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell, and announces a...
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen version.
Description
A defrocked, alcoholic, American minister becomes a tour guide, and while travelling in Mexico with a bus-load of school teachers and tehir 18-year-old charge, becomes entangled with the girl, with a woman of eloquence and wisdom, and with an earthly and beautiful former love.
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Katniss realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival; they are for the future. With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends, including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta, Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become...
Series
This is US volume Season 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Chronicles the Pearson family across the decades, from Jack and Rebecca as young parents in the 1980s to their 37 year old kids Kevin, Kate and Randall searching for love and fulfillment in the present day. This grounded, life affirming dramedy reveals how the tiniest events in people's lives impact who they become, and how the connections they share with each other can transcend time, distance, and even death.
10) About Schmidt
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Edition
Widescreen version(1.85:1)
Description
Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From meeting the groom's hippie parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for answers, only to discover that life is full of trick questions.
11) Benny & Joon
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Description
A mentally ill young woman who lives with her older brother finds her love in an eccentric young man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Full of heartfelt wit, drama, and tears the journey of the Pearson family continues in Season Five of this highly acclaimed, award-winning series. With its trademark storytelling style, moving from the past to the future and back again, this season-like-no-other brilliantly incorporates current real-life challenges from the Covid crisis to the complexities of race. Randall pursues the mystery of his birth mother with Beth at his side, Kevin and Madison...
13) Days of heaven
Series
Description
A story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. Bill (Richard Gere), a fugitive from the slums of Chicago, finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan for the love of Abby (Brooke Adams). Winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama at the **Golden Globes**. Winner of the Best Director Award and Nominated for the Palm d'Or at the...
14) Pay it forward
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
When a young man starts "paying it forward" for a social studies project, unusual things happen in this bittersweet and uplifting tale.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked therapist, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come...
17) Story Ave
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood's ruling gang, Kadir tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis on the Story...
18) Moonstruck
Pub. Date
1998
Description
An "unlucky in love" Italian-American widow just weeks away from her wedding falls for her fiance's younger brother.
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Edition
Widescreen format.
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
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