Ellen Burstyn
Language
English
Description
Playwright Siddalee Walker is on the verge of opening a new play. She gives a magazine interview in which she discusses her unhappy childhood. Her mother is furious and cuts her off. Her mother's friends, who as children formed a secret society, the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, kidnap Siddalee from her New York apartment and take her home to Louisiana. The Sisterhood hopes to explain her mother's history and to patch up the rift between mother and daughter.
42) W
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States, from his beginnings as a privileged alcoholic to his becoming a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How Christianity turned his life around, how he met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq are featured.
45) Lovely, still
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
With the approach of Christmas causing him to feel lonely in life and love, Robert Malone braves the wintery snow to arrive home from his job at the grocery store only to find a stranger standing in his home. What begins as an odd and awkward encounter quickly blossoms into what appears to be a romantic late life love affair that takes a heartfelt and wonderful journey with an unexpected turn. Bonus features include interviews.
47) The Ambassador
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
His career is in jeopardy, his marriage on the rocks, his life in danger--he's through negotiating.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent to the seaside to stay with relatives for the summer, Anna strikes up a friendship with Marnie, who lives there in an old mansion surrounded by marshes. As their friendship grows, so does Anna's curiosity about the truth surrounding her new friend.
50) The exorcist
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured.
52) Coma
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A young woman doctor is determined to discover why healthy patients are slipping into irreversible comas during routine operations and uncovers a secret medical research facility.
54) Harry and Tonto
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Art Carney plays Harry, an aging widower who is forced from his New York apartment. After trying to live with his son in the suburbs and his single daughter in Chicago, he and his cat Tonto set out across the country in a second-hand car.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Christmas box, a widow and the young family that moves in with her discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really about. Timepiece, follow-up to "The Christmas Box", begins on the wedding eve of Richard's daughter, Jenna, when he gives her Mary's rose gold watch and tells her the story of Mary's life. Mary came to work for David Parkin, a wealthy businessman, during World War II. Despite Mary's lack of social position,...
58) Love, Marilyn
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two boxes of Marilyn Monroe's private writings were discovered in the home of her acting coach, 50 years after her death. Watch as actors read her letters onscreen in a fascinating and illuminating film.
59) Main Street
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"... a contemporary drama about several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community -- from its mayor to a local police officer to a once-wealthy tobacco heiress -- will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships...
60) The exorcist
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The frightening and realistic tale of an innocent girl inhabited by a terrifying entity, her mother's frantic resolve to save her, and two priests, one doubt-ridden, the other a rock of faith, joined in battling ultimate evil always leaves viewers breathless.