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1) Unforgiven
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Description
Two retired, down-on-their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
2) By the sea
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A married couple takes a vacation in France in the 1970s and find that their time in a sleepy seaside town, complete with a unique array of locals, strengthens their bond and reaffirms their marriage.
3) Fear of rain
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A girl living with schizophrenia struggles with terrifying hallucinations as she begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. The only person who believes her is Caleb, a boy she isn't even sure exists.
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A fast living, cynical London music executive heads to a remote Cornish village where he's pranked by his boss into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen. He struggles to gain the respect or enthusiasm of the unlikely boy band and their families. Soon he's forced to reevaluate his own integrity and ultimately question what success really means.
5) Coda
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A famous pianist (Patrick Stewart) struggling with stage fright late in his career finds inspiration with a free-spirited music critic (Katie Holmes). CODA also stars Giancarlo Esposito.
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The story of Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez), a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome heir to a political dynasty who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Destiny throws the unlikely pair together for one night, but when Marisa’s true identity is revealed, the two...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Heavenly bells are ringing, jubilant choirs are singing, and Christmas joy is blanketing the world like freshly fallen snow. But the Yuletide spirit has yet to warm Bishop Henry Brougham's Victorian home. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his loving wife, Julia, and now only divine intervention can save their marriage! But the powerful and handsome angel sent from above has a mind of his...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The astonishing true story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of nineteen, that they are identical triplets, separated at birth and adopted to different parents. The trio's joyous reunion in 1980 catapults them to fame but it also sets in motion a chain of events that unearths an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond their own lives, a secret that goes to the very heart of all human behavior.
9) Jojo Rabbit
Pub. Date
[2020].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
10) Tolkien
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire...
11) Trading places
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
12) Band aid
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Anna and Ben, who can't stop fighting. Advised by their therapist to try and work through their grief unconventionally, they are reminded of their shared love of music. In a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, they decide to turn all their fights into song, and with the help of their neighbor Dave, they start a band.
13) Licence to kill
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 2 hr., 13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a newlywed couple is brutally murdered, James Bond resigns from Her Majesty's Secret Service to pursue a "personal vendetta."
Description
Once upon a time, Spinal Tap had a big hit song. Now, nearly two decades later, Spinal Tap still clings to some glint of their lost glory as they embark on an accident-plagued tour across America. In Cleveland, the group gets lost underneath the stage. In Washington, they're accidently booked at an Air Force formal dance. And in a Chicago record store, no one shows up to get their autographs.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir, Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes joins the battle against the terrorist group COBRA. Pushed to his limits, Snake Eyes will become the ultimate warrior. But, when past secrets are revealed, his honor and allegiance will be tested - even if that means losing everything he has been fighting for."--container.
16) Uncut gems
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Description
A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pierre and Manon are a married couple working in fragile harmony on Pierre's documentary film projects, the latest of which is a portrait of a resistance fighter. When Pierre takes a lover, he feels entitled to do so, and he treats both wife and mistress with disengagement bordering on disdain. When Manon catches Pierre in the act, her immediate response is to find common ground with her husband.
19) Hawaii, Oslo
Series
Film Movement volume 4, film 1
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hawaii, Oslo is the story of a handful of desperate people whose paths cross on the hottest day of the year in Oslo. Frode and Milla have their first child, but learn he will not live long without an expensive operation they cannot afford. Bobbie-Pop is a faded singer who tries to commit suicide. Leon is an institutionalized mental patient, who hopes to keep a 10-year-old date on his birthday with his teenage sweetheart. Leon's brother, Trygve, gets...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the battered body of a French student is found on Twickenham Green in London, hardworking and humble DCI Colin Sutton is appointed the lead detective on his first big case. Despite objections from his superiors, Sutton believes the young woman's murder may be connected to a previous attack and embarks on a quest to catch a serial killer. Realistically portraying the ins and outs of police investigations, it tells the story of one detective's...
