Samantha Morton
Author
Series
Tales of the Walking Dead volume 3
Language
English
Description
A story of Dee's evolution. Dee must revisit her violent past in order to protect her child.
3) Two for Joy
Author
Language
English
Description
An increasingly strained relationship between a daughter, her mother and her rascal younger brother reaches critical mass. Something must give.
6) She said
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation, a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
8) Jesus' Son
Publisher
Premiere Digital
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Based on the critically acclaimed book by Denis Johnson, a young man (Billy Crudup), often high on drugs and alcohol, careens through life and makes his way toward recovery and redemption.
9) The whale
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
10) The Libertine
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
11) Mister Lonely
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) performs on Paris streets. At a retirement home show, he falls for a beautiful Marilyn Monroe look-alike (Samantha Morton) who suggests he move to a commune of impersonators. There he finds everyone prepping for the commune's first-ever gala: Abe Lincoln, Little Red Riding Hood, the Three Stooges, the Queen, the Pope, Madonna, Buckwheat, Sammy Davis Jr...and also Marilyn's daughter Shirley Temple and her...
14) River queen
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Amidst New Zealand's colonial wars, the daughter of an Irish doctor is torn between the culture of her Maori son and the Western soldier who loves her.
16) In America
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Told by 11-year-old Christy, a child wise beyond her years. An Irish couple bring their two young daughters to America in search of a better life. Christy and her sister, Ariel find New York's Hell Kitchen a place of magic where anything is possible. To their parents, it represents a place to begin anew. Carried by the girls' youthful hope and faith, the family finds the heart to live and love again.
17) The libertine
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and exploits of the Earl of Rochester.
19) The messenger
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After an injured soldier is assigned the duty of informing soldier's families that their loved ones have died, he faces an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a woman who has recently become a widow.
20) Lassie
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Carraclough family is forced to sell Lassie when they fall on hard times. On her journey of 500 miles, Lassie faces dangers, natural and human, and finds help in unexpected places as she returns to her home and the boy she loves.