Jessica Lange
Author
Language
English
Description
Jessica Lange and Halle Berry give performances of uncommon poignancy and depth. Lange plays an adoptive mother who gives an abandoned child a new chance at life. Berry, in a remarkable portrayal heralded as her dramatic breakthrough, is the birth mother who cleans up her life and sets out to reclaim the child. Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) portrays her firebrand attorney.
2) Tootsie
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
An out-of-work actor makes himself up as a woman in order to land a role in a popular soap opera.
3) Big fish
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his yourth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
4) Neverwas
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A young man finds out that his childhood fantasyland may really exist. Searching for insight into his father's life and the magical place he wrote about in the beloved children's book, Neverwas, psychiatrist Zach Riley takes a job at the institution where his father lived on and off. Once there, Zach meets Gabriel, a patient whose alternate reality is startlingly close to the world his father created.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Step inside a madhouse of horror and experience the chilling new incarnation of TV's most daringly provocative series. The sins of the past haunt the present at the notorious Briarcliff home for the criminally insane, ruled with an iron fist by Sister Jude. Forbidden desire and terrifying evil lurk around every corner, from alien abduction to demonic possession to a skin-wearing psychopath known as 'Bloody Face.'
8) The gambler
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
9) Wild oats
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Eva, a widow and retired history teacher, enjoys a quiet life. Everything changes when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. At the not-so-gentle urging of her best friend Maddie, Eva deposits the money and the two friends head to the Canary Islands with every intention of living it up. But their fantasy is short-lived when they discover that they have become media sensations overnight....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The exceptional young witches at Miss Robichaux's Academy are under assault by forces of ignorance and hate. Caught in the turmoil is new arrival, Zoe, who harbors a terrifying secret of her own. Fiona, a Supreme Witch with unimaginable powers, is determined to protect the Coven, but her obsessive quest for immortality will lead her to cross paths with a formidable voodoo queen and a murderous slave owner cursed with eternal life.
12) Sybil
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
SYBIL is a 2007 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and written by John Pielmeier based on the 1973 book of the same name by Flora Rheta Schreiber which fictionalized the story of Shirley Ardell Mason, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder (more commonly then as "split personality", now called dissociative identity disorder). This is the second adaptation of the book, following an Emmy Award-winning 1976...
13) Titus
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's story of the Roman general Titus Adronicus, who unleashes a cycle of violent revenge when he ignores the pleas for mercy of his captive, the queen of the defeated Goths, Tamora.
14) In Secret
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Thérèse grows up with her aunt and cousin. Around 1860 the aunt decides they move to Paris and that her son and Thérèse get married. The joy- and loveless life changes when her husband brings a friend home. The affair turns ugly for all. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
15) Rob Roy
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
When a harsh winter threatens the majestic Scottish Highlands, Rob Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) is forced to borrow money from the less-than-noble Marquis of Montrose (John Hurt) to provide for his wife Mary (Jessica Lange) and his clan. But when Montrose’s henchman (Tim Roth in an Oscar®-nominated performance) conspires to take the wealth for himself, Rob is thrust into the most challenging battle of his life...one that escalates into a climax...
16) Broken flowers
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertaiment
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Language
English
Description
An aging ladies-man recieves an anonymous letter informing him that he is a father.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A string of grisly murders is traced back to the sinister, sensuous Countess, an infamous resident of the stylish Hotel Cortez in downtown Los Angeles. It is a visually stunning, visceral feast. Come explore the hidden corridors of this fiendishly entertaining show with accommodating extras.
18) Hush
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Without a family of her own, Helen is initially charmed by her impressive in-law and the sprawling estate where she lives. But behind the storybook scene lie dangerous secrets and dark motives.
19) Grey Gardens
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world...
20) Rob Roy
Author
Language
English
Description
Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange battle evil landowners among the breathtaking landscapes of the majestic Scottish Highlands in this riveting adventure of courage, love and uncompromising honor.
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