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Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Language
English
Description
Art Leroldi is terminal. Terminally irritable, that is. A small-time, cantankerous Reno barber stuck in a rut of haircuts, hot dogs, and horse books, he lives every day like a warmed-over version of the last. Hit with the unexpected death of his longtime business partner and last apparent friend, he's faced with losing the only thing in life he's got left: his "man's man" barbershop. To keep it, he'll be forced to hire the last person on Earth he'd...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Language
English
Description
Someone is dog-napping the canine citizens of Chem City, Texas! Two preteen girls overcome danger and conspiracies as they set out to solve the crime and administer justice with the help of a magical bracelet. As the girls battle the Mob, a punk gang, and a crooked cop, they learn something about friendship, courage, and the importance of hanging with the right crowd.
3) I Am Comic
Pub. Date
[2011], c2010
Language
English
Description
An ode to the art and occupational hazards of stand-up comedy! Through candid interviews and unprecedented backstage access, this documentary explores the world of the working comedian and reveals a funny psychological profile of its practitioners. Also, we follow a retired comic's attempt to get back on stage after a 13-year absence. Ritch Shydner, at the top of his game in the 1980s, had HBO specials, shot five pilot TV shows, and had numerous high-profile...
4) Home
Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Language
English
Description
There are moments frozen under glass... Inga (Marcia Gay Harden) is a poet and mother to a young daughter (Eulala Scheel, Ms. Harden's real-life daughter). Inga is drawn to a house that reminds her of her childhood home, and here she realizes that many things in her life are coming full circle. She wants to buy and restore an old house but her distant husband Hermann (Michael Gaston) sees little value in old houses or many of the things Inga loves...
5) Hurt
Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
There are terrible things happening in the desert. Unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents...ever since she arrived. The Coltrane family's life has been devastated by an untimely death. Widowed Helen Coltrane (Melora Walters, Big Love), along with her teenage son (Jackson Rathbone, Twilight) and daughter, are given shelter by her reclusive and quirky gun-loving brother-in-law. As they grapple with the reality of their shattered,...
6) Harvest
Pub. Date
[2011], c2011
Language
English
Description
Gathered one summer in a beautiful shoreline town, three generations are drawn together by their patriarch, played by Oscar-nominee Robert Loggia. With endearing moments of humor and uplifting spirit, Harvest is a portrait of a family awkwardly yet delicately hanging on to what was, what now is, and to one another. A superb ensemble cast, including Tony-winner Victoria Clark, Arye Gross, newcomer Jack Carpenter, and also featuring Oscar-nominee Barbara...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2000
Language
English
Description
They call it The Endless Summer: the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West Africa, to the shark-filled seas of Australia, to the tropical paradise of Tahiti and beyond, these California surfers accomplish in a few months what most people never do in a lifetime: they live their dream. Director Bruce Brown creates a film so powerful it has become a timeless masterpiece that continues...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2010
Language
English
Description
This film is a smart, rueful, and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in - and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni, the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
It's time to start listening to those voices in your head. How to Be a Serial Killer is the story of Mike Wilson (Dameon Clarke), a charismatic, educated, and articulate young man who has found his life's purpose in exterminating...people. Determined to spread his message about the joy of serial killing, Mike recruits a lost soul named Bart (Matthew Gray Gubler) to be his pupil and leads him through his 10-step program, which includes such quintessential...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2006
Language
English
Description
In this film from the family that made surf-film history, Wes Brown and T.J. Barrack take us to the beautiful waters of Peru, where surfing is a way of life and surfers are worshiped as national heroes. This surf odyssey fuses electrifying surf footage and unique cultural aspects, and includes an enchanting visit to Machu Picchu.
11) Indigo
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of a child, the world can be a wondrous place. Through the eyes of an indigo child, a more enlightened path can be embarked upon. This poignant film co-written by and starring Neale Donald Walsch (author of the bestselling Conversations with God) weaves the journey of a troubled family with the search for understanding that can bring them together. An estranged grandfather, his unprincipled business world in collapse, finds himself...
12) Road to Nowhere
Pub. Date
[2011], c2011
Language
English
Description
There's a murky, tenuous balance between reality and fiction - particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune, and suicide. A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. He finds himself unsuspectingly drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue, obsessed with the woman,...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2008
Language
English
Description
The journey of a lifetime for young Lily Strickland begins not out of her love for adventure but out of heartache. Longing for the father she lost to the ocean and having no way to say goodbye, Lily strikes out on her own, beginning a journey of the spirit and of the heart. Her mother has found a new man to share her life with and Lily is the bearer of unpleasant secrets in his life that only she knows. Leaving behind a safe, loving environment with...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2008
Language
English
Description
In 16th century Spain, Don Francisco reluctantly betroths his daughter, Blanca, to the arrogant Don Ramiro in order to preserve the family estate. When Don Juan, Don Francisco's nephew and Blanca's true love, returns from the war in Flanders, the dashing Don Juan (Mimmo Palmara) returns home, he is attacked by a group of rebels led by Hercules (Sergio Ciani). Don Juan dons a mask and joins with a gypsy band led by Estella to fight against the forces...
15) Restitution
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Language
English
Description
In a picturesque city on the shores of Lake Michigan, a series of murders has an unlikely but common thread-Bryan Spikes, an insurance fraud investigator who is inexplicably killed and then framed for the crimes. One year later, Alex Forrester (Mark Bierlein, Street Boss) arrives in town claiming to be a writer researching the case. But as he begins uncovering the shocking truth behind the murders, his informants turn up dead, and he soon learns he...
16) Stiffs
Pub. Date
[2011], c2010
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-nominated Danny Aiello stars as Frank Tramontana, a hearse driver who unwittingly gets drawn into a scheme his coworkers have concocted for a series of unfortunate "accidents" designed to clean up the neighborhood and fill their Mob-owned funeral parlor with much-needed customers. As the body count rises, they stumble and bumble their way through the sidesplitting antics of this new business plan strewn with familiar faces like Jon Polito...
17) Ripple Effect
Pub. Date
[2011], c2008
Language
English
Description
A hip, new-age fashion designer, Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) left Lebanon in pursuit of the America Dream. Living in the fast lane and always just on the brink of success, something unexpected always seems to get in the way. In the weeks before the launch of his cutting-edge clothing brand, and on the brink of major financial success, Amer finds himself in an all-too-familiar predicament when the rug is pulled from under his feet at the eleventh...
18) The Scenesters
Pub. Date
[2011], c2011
Language
English
Description
Someone is killing beautiful young hipsters in East L.A. But while the bloody trail is cold for the super-apathetic detectives, Charlie - a crime scene cleaner with a penchant for Sherlockian deduction - begins finding some unusual clues in the demo CDs of indie bands left behind at the murder sites, which he shares with two out-of-luck filmmakers turned crime scene videographers. Problem is, nobody is really sure that Charlie isn't the serial killer...
19) On Any Sunday
Pub. Date
[2011], c1971
Language
English
Description
In this classic Academy Award-nominated film, writer, producer, and director Bruce Brown explores the dizzying and intoxicating world of rugged road riders where motorcycles hit incredible speeds. Segueing into the grueling excitement of a muddy and murderous motocross race, the film then moves on to the tortuous mayhem of the Mexican 1000 off-track trial race down the Baja Peninsula. An exhilarating experience that puts you in the driver's seat!...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2008
Language
English
Description
In an awe-inspiring fusion of dream/reality, this off-beat drama about man's search for meaning amidst the ache of despair chronicles Finn (David Strathairn), a middle-aged English teacher, as he enters a midlife crisis impelled by a recent tragedy. As he sets off afoot selling encyclopedias to the town locals, Finn's anxieties begin to consume him as he finds himself pursued by an unrelenting ghost. Circling through sleepless nights and desperate...
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