Christopher Plummer
Author
Publisher
Afred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In this rollicking self-portrait from one of today's great actors, Plummer tells of his privileged Canadian upbringing, rich in Victorian gentility, and how he tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big, bad world of theater.
3) Up
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Carl Fredericksen, a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal and part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager eight-year-old Wilderness Explorer who has never ventured beyond his backyard, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. The world's most unlikely duo reach new heights and...
5) Inside man
Language
English
Formats
Description
NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into an already...
7) Beginners
Series
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
8) Elsa & Fred
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love. After losing his wife, Fred feels disturbed, confused and alone, so his daughter helps move him into a small apartment where he meets Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into Fred's life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live, be it more or less, is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases....
9) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
10) Danny Collins
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Aging rocker Danny Collins can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act."--
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a switness finds Dolores standing over the body. He daughter is the only one who can save her life and tghe only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of...
14) An American tail
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A Russian mouse lands in New York in the 1880s, only to be separated from his family. He must now learn to live on the streets and evade the mean cats.
16) The last station
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is...
17) Remember
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A suspense-filled story of Zev, an Auschwitz survivor who discovers that the Nazi guard who murdered his family some seventy years ago; is living in America under an assumed identity. With the aid of a friend, Zev sets out on a gripping journey that tests both his will and his fading memory as it brings him closer to the retribution he seeks." --
18) The lake house
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, a frustrated architect. When they discover that they're living two years apart, they try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
20) Winchell
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In a nation that loved gossip, Walter Winchell loved gossip, and the nation couldn't help but love Winchell. From young starlets to aging businessmen, from presidents to purse snatchers, Winchell didn't just report the news...he made it.
