Saoirse Ronan
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Set in the near-future UK, Saoirse Ronan plays Daisy, an American teenager sent to stay with relatives in the English countryside. Initially withdrawn and alienated, she begins to warm up to her charming surroundings and strikes up a romance with the handsome Edmund (George MacKay). But on the fringes of their idyllic summer days are tense news reports of an escalating conflict in Europe. As the UK falls into a violent, chaotic military state, Daisy...
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The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through interviews with the characters closest to Vincent and through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death.
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Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream recalls a 10-year journey that brought the world's first fully painted feature film to the cinema screen. The potential for a truly groundbreaking yet completely unseen project seemed like a huge risk, but when in the hands of two passionate filmmakers willing to risk everything to make their impossible dream come true, nothing could stand in their way.
5) Lady Bird
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[2018] | [English dialogue only version/Spanish subtitled version] | Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD Lady |
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Directed by Greta Gerwig and nominated for five **Oscars**, LADY BIRD is a warm, affecting comedy about a high schooler (Saoirse Ronan) who must navigate a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother (Laurie Metcalf) over the course of her eventful and poignant senior year of high school. **Golden Globe** winner for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy....
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[2019] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens, driving them apart, as each...
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[2018] | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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In England in 1962, a young couple (Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle) find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"There's splendid acting across the board and assured direction by Cooke, a stage veteran making his feature debut..." - Peter Howell, **Toronto Star***
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[2018]. | Cinedigm Entertainment Corp | 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media has 2 DVD Loving |
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The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death.
9) The host
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[2013] | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over humans' bodies and erasing their minds, a young woman risks everything to protect the people she cares about most.
10) Hanna
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c2011 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Hanna |
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A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
11) The seagull
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[2018] | Sony Pictures Classics | 1 videodisc (approximately 98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Seagull |
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Aging actress Irina visits the country estate where her brother Sorin and her son Konstantin reside. She brings her lover Boris, a successful novelist. The estate teems with desire, jealousy and angst. The estate manager's daughter Masha is in love with Konstantin, who is in love with the sweet neighbor Nina, who is in love with Boris. Boris casually uses and discards Nina while Irina continuously treats Konstantin with similar disdain. Emotions run...
12) Brooklyn
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[2016] | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Brooklyn Southside AV DVD Brooklyn |
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An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
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2014 | 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside AV DVD Grand |
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The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.
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[2008] | Widescreen version. | Genius Products | 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD I |
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Rosie is an older, divorced professional who has had little luck in love. She finally finds a fitting companion in the form of Adam, a much younger man. As her relationship threatens to move beyond something simply physical, her teenage daughter, Izzie, begins to wonder if the strange tingling sensation that she feels when she is in the company of a handsome local boy could possibly be what adults refer to as 'love.' Of course anything is possible...
15) How I live now
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2014 | 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Set in the near-future UK; Daisy, an American teenager sent to stay with relatives in the English countryside. Initially withdrawn and alienated, she begins to warm up to her charming surroundings, and strikes up a romance with the handsome Edmund. But on the fringes of their idyllic summer days are tense news reports of an escalating conflict in Europe. As the UK falls into a violent, chaotic military state, Daisy finds herself hiding and fighting...
16) The way back
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©2011 | Distributed by Image Entertainment | 1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Way |
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In 1941 three men walked out of the Himalayas into India. They has survived a 4,000 mile walk to freedom. While there is disagreement on whether or not this is a true story, this film is a textbook example of the "man vs. Nature-red-in-tooth-and-claw" survival film. Janusz, a Polish prisoner of war, is forced to sign a false confession and shipped off to Siberia to rot in the most brutal prison system in the world -- the Gulag. In prison, he meets...
17) Lost river
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[2015] | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Lost |
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A dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger. A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.
18) Violet & Daisy
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[2013]. | distributed by Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media DVD Violet |
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A brutal fable about a pair of teenage assassins who believe they've landed a straightforward assignment but soon find themselves thrown off their game when their latest target isn't who they expected.
19) City of Ember
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[2009] | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
La Farge AV DVD City |
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For centuries, the residents of the underground City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights and quiet contentment. But when the City's massive power generator begins to fail, the streetlamps fade - along with the hopes of the townspeople. Now it will be up to two courageous teenagers to follow a trail of clues left by the ancient builders to find the way out of Ember before their world is plunged into complete darkness.
20) Little women
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[2019] | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely.
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