Ron Yerxa
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings. One day, Brad, a stay at home dad brings his son to the playground. Sarah is amazed to find these...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother’s (Michael Shannon) urging to help deal with her ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and her father’s (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival.** Nominated for Best First Feature at the **Philadelphia Film Festival.** *"One of the year's best indie dramas, one that should hit home with a wide range of viewers sure to...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck, his idol. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
6) Election
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reese Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter determined to be president of Carver High’s student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) decides to derail Tracy’s obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Nominated for Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Actress at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the **Film Independent...
7) Bee season
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Eliza demonstrates such an amazing gift for spelling any word given to her that her father Saul insists on coaching her himself. As Eliza's success continues, Saul's newfound devotion grows ... causing huge changes for the entire family.
8) Nebraska
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father thinks he's struck it rich, and wrangles his estranged son into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Getting waylaid in the father's hometown in Nebraska, the son tries to reconnect with his impenetrable father.
9) Election
Series
Criterion collection volume 904
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Perky, overachieving Tracy Flick gets on the nerves of history teacher Jim McAllister to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for high-school president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control.
11) The Wood
Language
English
Description
Inglewood, a Los Angeles suburb, is called the Wood. It is largely home to Black middle class families. Mike, Slim, and Roland have been best friends since junior high. It's three hours before Roland's wedding and he has a bad case of cold feet. Mike and Slim must sober him up and help him decide if he wants to go through with the wedding. In flashbacks, they recall key moments of their friendship, including the rites of passage from boys to men.
13) The switch
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
"Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman ..., despite her neurotic best friend Wally's ... objections, decides it's time to have a baby--even if it means doing it herself-- with a little help from a charming sperm donor ... But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later-- when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute--though slightly neurotic--son"--Container.
14) Pumpkin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
When Carolyn McDuffy finds her "have-it-all" existence doesn't have all she wants, she embarks on an unlikely romance. When her sorority chooses a special needs group as their sorority project, Carolyn finds what she has been searching for, and ends up dragging her entire sorority kicking and screaming into a culture clash.
15) King of the hill
Series
Criterion collection volume 698
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
King of the hill: Set in St. Louis during the Depression, it follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father's long business trips.
Underneath: A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife...
16) Cali comedies
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Sideways: Jack and Miles were college roommates, and despite their differences, they have been friends ever since. Jack is an actor, whose career high point is a stint as a soap opera regular. English teacher and oenophile Miles would much rather be a published novelist. Jack is about to get married, so depressed, divorced Miles suggests they hit the road for a week-long bachelor party amidst the rolling hillsides and gorgeous sunsets of wine country...
