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Author
Series
Waiting for Tom Hanks volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Romantic-comedy-obsessed Annie Cassidy dreams of being the next Nora Ephron. She spends her days writing internet content, rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and waiting for her movie-perfect meet cute. If she could just find her own Tom Hanks--a man who's sweet, sensitive, and possibly owns a houseboat--her problems would disappear and her life would be perfect. But Tom Hanks is nowhere in sight. When a movie starts filming in her neighborhood and...
2) Parenthood
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
The Buckmans are a modern family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way.
Series
Criterion collection volume 521
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Enchanting..."--The New York Times.
Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of Memphis in hot pursuit of the elusive 'King' himself, Elvis! Includes documentary, photos, booklet, and more.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Wayne is still living at home and does his own public access TV show from the basement. A local station decides to hire him and his sidekick Garth to do their show professionally and Wayne and Garth find that it is no longer the same.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1980, freshman Jake and his new rowdy teammates must navigate their way between girls, parties and baseball, all in the last weekend before college begins. From **Oscar-nominated** filmmaker Richard Linklater comes the movie that proves good times never get old. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival.** *"Another love letter to the magic hour of adolescence from director Richard Linklater." - Rafer Guzman, **Newsday***
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
High school junior Mia, who hates romantic comedies, must endure the "meet-cute" encounters her best friends set up to help her find a date for her sister's wedding.
Mia hates rom-coms. They're silly, contrived, and not at all realistic. She's more interested in things like how to handle living with her bridezilla sister, Sam, who's never appreciated Mia, and surviving junior year juggling every school club offered and acing all of her classes. So...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Medical transport driver Vic is late, but it's not his fault. Roads are closed for a protest, and no one else can shuttle his Russian grandfather and émigré friends to a funeral. The new route uproots his scheduled clients, particularly Tracy (Lauren "Lolo" Spencer in a breakout performance), a vibrant young woman with ALS. As the day goes from hectic to off-the-rails, their collective ride becomes a hilarious, compassionate, and intersectional...
11) Lost in Paris
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon's signature whimsical style, and stars the filmmakers as a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical French vagabond. When Fiona's orderly life is disrupted by a letter of distress from her elderly Aunt Martha who is living in Paris, Fiona hops on the first plane she can and arrives only to discover that Martha has disappeared. In an avalanche of spectacular disasters, she...
Series
Criterion collection volume 722
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
A rambunctious dark comedy. An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a B-movie porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodovar's international sensation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the world₂s most beloved and provocative auteurs.
13) The Cocoanuts
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Classic Marx Brothers comedy with Groucho as a hotel owner, Chico and Harpo as con men and Margaret Dumont as a wealthy matron.
14) The little hours
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages. Introduced as a deaf blind man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
15) Marguerite
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Français
Description
1921 not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream.
16) Divine order
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Swiss German
Description
It is set in Switzerland in 1971 where, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women, were still denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town's suffragette movement. Her newfound celebrity brings humiliation, threats, and the potential end to her marriage.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Two American women, one engaged to be married and the other sexually flirtatious, both become romantically involved with a painter while on vacation in Barcelona, only to find they have competition in the form of the painter's ex-wife.
18) Monkey Business
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Running from the authorities the Marx Brothers stowaway on a luxury liner where they encounter and become bodyguards for rival gangsters.
19) Primary colors
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Jack Stanton is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan. Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.
20) Ride the eagle
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Leif's estranged mother dies, she leaves him a "conditional inheritance." Before he can move into her cabin, he must complete her elaborate to-do list in this hilarious and heartfelt comedy.
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