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761) Paradise Texas
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A boy from a small town meets a Hollywood actor when they're cast in the same movie, and teach each other life lessons, when one tries to shake his father's plans for him, as the other tries to salvage the family his career has torn apart.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When two star-crossed lovers, set on eloping, are forced into having a big wedding, the bride develops a plan of her own. Unfortunately, the groom is not privy to the plan. Meanwhile, family and friends start to take sides at a reception for a wedding that never took place!
766) Evergreen
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Living in a leaking shack on the edge of town with her mother and grandmother, fourteen-year-old Henrietta wants everything she doesn't have. After meeting Chat Turly, she believes his wealthy family is ideal, and tries desperately to become part of their family. When she can no longer ignore the severe flaws in Chat's home life, Henrietta comes to appreciate what she does have.
767) Insomnia manica
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Illiad is the leader of a band of thieves who rob drug dealers in Los Angeles. His group is fearless, which prompts Illiad to start robbing indiscriminately; but when he lifts a gypsy's purse, she curses him to a life of no sleep--until he dies.
768) Nights and weekends
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Mattie and James are in love and living in separate cities. As they both struggle with the distance between New York and Chicago, their visits become reminders of the difficulties rather than the pleasures of their relationship.
769) Fargo
Language
English
Description
A saccharine-sweet car salesman in a small Minnesota town is heavily in debt, but he has a plan: he'll go to Fargo, ND, and hire two thugs to kidnap his wife, in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. However, the plan goes awry, and the local Police Chief, coffee-drinking, parka-wearing, and extremely pregnant, will stop at nothing to get her man.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Filmmakers Sarah and Greg set out to critically explore American culture, compassion, and fear by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Traveling through 30 states in 60 days, they spend every day in a new town, learning why people may or may not be willing to open their homes. At times funny, heartbreaking, and inspirational, these individual stories reflect the daily choices we make to trust, to confide, to care for, and to...
771) Putty Hill: Hamilton
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Putty Hill: A beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America, dislocated from the progress and mobility around them, but united in pursuit...
772) Raising Arizona
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An ex-con and his wife set out to kidnap a baby when they find they can't have or adopt one of their own.
773) What lies upstream
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Investigating a massive chemical spill in West Virginia that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months, filmmaker Cullen Hoback uncovers government and corporate collusion with frightening nationwide public health implications.
Series
Criterion collection volume 378
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
日本語
Description
As Japan is slowly beaten down during World War II, Private Tamura and his fellow soldiers are stranded in the Philippines, forced into a terrible sacrifice when supplies run out and discipline crumbles.
776) Clerks
Pub. Date
c1994, c2021
Language
English
Description
The story of one really bad day in the life of convenience store employee Dante Hicks.
Series
Criterion collection volume 909
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A group of strangers become stuck in a house together as zombies rise in search of living human flesh.
"The horror classic shot outside Pittsburgh in 1968 on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark. Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great production of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively...
778) Our Nixon
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
Throughout Richard Nixon's presidency, three of his top White House aides obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras. Young, idealistic and dedicated, they had no idea that a few years later they'd all be in prison.
779) The revenant
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.
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