Joan Plowright
Author
Language
English
Description
A genteel widow moves to London to start her life anew at the dowdy Claremont Hotel, which is not quite the picture of loveliness it was in the brochure. When she meets a young aspiring writer, she learns that real family ties can be chosen, not inherited. With echoes of Tuesdays with Morrie, the intimacy portrayed brings surprising layers and emotion, enveloping the viewer like a cozy shawl.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainemnt
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935, and their initial response to the rise of fascism is to arrange a polite meeting with Mussolini to make sure he and his soldiers mean well.
4) I am David
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
David is a 12-year-old boy who escapes from a Communist concentration camp. He has little more with him than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into a world free of Communism for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. For David, this is a spiritual voyage of discovery, where he slowly loses his instinctual mistrust of humanity and begins to...
5) Dinosaur
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001, c2000
Language
English
Description
Aladar, a young orphan dinosaur, has been raised by a clan of lemurs. Forced to leave their island home due to a meteor shower, the lemurs and Aladar roam the mainland, meet other dinosaurs for the first time, and encounter real dangers.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
A wicked comedy set in Egypt and London in the late 1950s. Lili descends on deeply conservative Monica, who is frantically preparing for her daughter's wedding. Forming an unholy alliance with the groom's mother, Lili prevents a disastrous marriage by causing a scandal that suburbia will never forget.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Brittania Hospital attempts to put on its best face in preparation for a visit from the Queen Mother, despite the presence of dissatisfied patients, angry protesters, and a chief surgeon turned mad scientist. This very British black comedy mixes broad farce with pointed political satire and features a large ensemble cast including Malcolm McDowell (*A Clockwork Orange*). Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival.** *"...an outrageous...
10) Dinosaur
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Dinosaur tells the story of Aladar, an iguanodon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs. When a meteor shower destroys their home, Aladar and his family follow a herd of dinosaurs heading for the safety of the "nesting grounds." Together they must stand strong amidst food and water shortages, the threat of Carnotaur attacks, and Aladar's run-ins with the herd's stubborn leader, Kron.
11) 101 dalmatians
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In their small London flat, Dalmatians Pongo and Perdy, along with their human pets Roger and Anita, are overjoyed by the arrival of their litter of 15 puppies. But when the spotted-fur-loving Cruella De Vil and her clumsy cohorts, Jasper and Horace, dognap the litter along with every other Dalmatian pup in London, it will be up to Pongo and Perdy to rally the town's animals to aid in the puppies rescue. Now the puppies have to outwit their captors...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A divorced L.A. lawyer, Peter, thinks he has met the girl of his dreams online, until she shows up at his door and is a sassy, African American ex-con. She moves in and really begins to shake up his boring suburban lifestyle.
13) Widows' Peak
Author
Language
English
Description
Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar, and Jim Broadbent star in this dark drama set in 1920s Ireland. When a mysterious young American woman, Edwina (Richardson), arrives in Kilshannon, a small town inhabited largely by widows led by Mrs. Doyle Counihan (Plowright), no one can get any information about her, including Mrs. Counihan's son, who is wooing Edwina. Miss Catherine O'Hare (Farrow) and Edwina immediately dislike each...
14) Mr. Wrong
Author
Language
English
Description
An outrageous comedy about love in the 90s. Martha, a producer of a morning talk show, is holding out for "Mr. Right" despite pressure from family and friends. While she has a casual relationship with a younger P.A., Walter, she is sure that the man of her dreams is out there somewhere. Her luck finally changes when she meets a handsome stranger, Whitman, at a local bar. The next few days are magical but gradually Martha realizes Whitman is far from...
Author
Language
English
Description
Ever since man and woman first discovered the romance of dining over a flickering campfire, fire and love have been inextricably entwined. after all, both are ignited, often suddenly and mysteriously. Both are affected by sudden shifts in wind or mood and each can, with little prompting, blaze totally out of control. "A Pyromaniac's Love Story," is a comic fairy tale, where six confused romantics can't quite find the words to tell each other about...
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