Jeff Daniels
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Takes place in the 1950's America, during the early days of broadcast journalism. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to...
22) The answer man
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after writing a self-help book, a reclusive author finds himself falling in love and trying to seek his own answers in life while being pursued by a young man wanting to ask him questions.
23) Arachnophobia
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
A doctor overcomes his fear of spiders while attempting to rid his town of an especially deadly species of spider.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager (Jesse Eisenberg) whose parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for...
25) Howl
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the events leading up to accusations of obscenity against Allen Ginsberg and his poem "Howl," and the subsequent trial where he had to defend his most famous work.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Directed by Oscar winner Alex Gibney and Emmy winner Blair Foster, and narrated by Jeff Daniels, this is a chronicle of the last 50 years of American music, politics and popular culture. This special documentary offers the unique perspective of a celebrated magazine that always understood that rock 'n' roll was more than just music; it was a cultural force that helped shape America and defined generations.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
The story of a divorcee, Paula McFadden, who begins a new life with her daughter, Lucy. Paula's life is thrown for an even bigger loop when an egotistical actor, Elliot Garfield, sublets her Manhattan apartment from her wayward boyfriend. Despite their initial hostility, this unlikely pair discovers romance as they help each other cope with the hardships of life in the big city.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
30) Paper man
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Richard Dunn, a no-hit wonder of a novelist, is sent to Long Island by his wife, who expects him to get cracking on his next novel. Dunn isn't totally alone, though. Along for the ride is a local teen who befriends Richard after he hires her to be a babysitter. His babysitter. Plus, there's Richard's imaginary best friend from childhood, Captain Excellent, a confidante always ready to prod him along toward adulthood, whether Dunn wants it or not.
32) Gettysburg
Publisher
Warner Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Depicts the famous Civil War battle which was the turning point of the war.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the last 50 years of American music, politics and popular culture. This special documentary offers the unique perspective of a celebrated magazine that always understood that rock 'n' roll was more than just music; it was a cultural force that helped shape America and defined generations.
34) Looper
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
An assassin known as a "Looper" discovers that he must kill his future self sent back 30 years in time by mobsters.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000].
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High recruits seven students for an academic decathlon team. They work long hours, preparing for the February regional event, won for ten straight years by a privileged, preppy school. Steinmetz finishes just well enough to be invited to the state meet. When a team member steals a copy of the state test, the teacher and kids face a dilemma: to remain honest, or to cheat and score a victory...
Publisher
Hallmark Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old war veteran. He spends his days maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park. Now Eddie's own life is about to come to an end. One morning, an accident occurs on one of the rides. In front of a horrified crowd, Eddie attempts to save the five-year-old's life. The last thing he sees is the little girl's frightened face, the last thing he feels is the child's hands in his. Then, a blinding flash of light...
37) Blood work
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
There is a masked killer on the loose, and the police believe its the locations that are important and that the victims are just unlucky. But retired FBI agent McCaleb thinks that it goes the other way around. The killer's victims are very specific. Forced to retire after suffering a heart attack, and receiving a new heart 2 years later, he is approached by the sister of the murdered woman whose heart he now has. Now McCaleb has to use his wits to...
38) Away we go
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Burt and Verona are a loving couple. Burt has always wanted to marry Verona, but Verona resists, not seeing the point of the institution. Regardless, they are having a baby together and question their potential parenting abilities. They decide to move closer to Burt's parents so they can share the experience with the baby's grandparents. In Verona's sixth month, she and Burt learn that his parents are moving to Belgium the month before the baby is...
39) American rust
Publisher
Showtime Networks Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In an economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, a complicated and compromised chief of police is forced to decide how far he's willing to go when the son of the woman he loves is accused of murder. A harrowing journey into the lives of a small town with big secrets, where people are driven by loyalty, love, and desperation, and bad choices come far too easy.
40) Pleasantville
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
When 90's teens David and Jennifer get zapped into the perfect suburbia of the black & white 50s sitcom, Pleasantville, chaos ensues.