Beau Bridges
Author
Language
English
Description
The events of that small-town summer forever alter David Hayden's view of his family: his self-effacing father, a sheriff who never wears his badge; his clear sighted mother; his uncle, a charming war hero and respected doctor; and the Hayden's lively, statuesque Sioux housekeeper, Marie Little Soldier, whose revelations are at the heart of the story. It is a tale of love and courage, of power abused, and of the terrible choice between family loyalty...
3) Losing Chase
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Chase, a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown is cared for by a younger woman, Elizabeth. At first they're enemies, then slowly they become friends. When Chase's husband fears that the two women's relationship has gone beyond friendship, he sends Elizabeth away, leaving Chase feeling lonely.
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Jesse, a sassy, intelligent woman, is still looking for Mr. Right when she bumps into Ethan, a struggling writer in need of inspiration. A romance ensues with one huge complication. Shortly after meeting Mr. Right, Jesse meets Mr. Perfect, a confident Casanova set to sweep her off her feet.
7) Wildflower
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Drama of an abused, backwoods girl coming of age in the Depression-era South.
8) Norma Rae
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Norma Rae, a textile worker in a small Southern town, discovers that she has a social conscience when a labor organizer arrives at her mill to establish a union.
10) Princess Cyd
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
PRINCESS CYD follows 16-year-old athlete Cyd Loughlin (Jessie Pinnick) while visiting her novelist aunt (Rebecca Spence) in Chicago over the summer. Eager to escape life with her depressive single father, Cyd falls for a girl in the neighborhood, while she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit. Official selection at the **BFI London Film Festival**.
11) Sordid Lives
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this cult classic comedy from writer-director Del Shores, a gay West Hollywood actor returns home to his small Texas town for his grandmother’s funeral. As we meet the three generations of his dysfunctional family, the hilariously trashy truth of their “sordid lives” is revealed. SORDID LIVES features an all-star ensemble cast, including Olivia Newton-John (Grease), Delta Burke (TV’s “Designing Women”), Bonnie Bedelia (TV’s “Parenthood”),...
13) For love of Ivy
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A white family has had the same black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine her, dine her, but who won't marry her thinking that this will turn her aside from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate.
14) RocketMan
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
When his guidance software malfunctions, Fred Z. Randall, a bumbling computer nerd, is picked as a last-minute replacement for the Mars mission--to keep it running.
15) Night crossing
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
This British film is a true story of two families' escape from East Berlin via hot air balloon.
16) Child's play
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Paul Reis starts teaching at the exclusive all-male Catholic boarding school he attended as a boy, he is drawn into a feud between two older instructors who blame each other for the puzzling outbreak of violence among the students.
17) The descendants
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
18) Hal
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
19) Nightjohn
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
The story of a young slave girl and the man who, at great risk to each other, teaches her to read, opening up a whole new world for her.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
A scene of sexuality, peril, injury images, and brief strong language.