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Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta fills her days by reading the personals and following an ongoing romance between Jim and Susan, mysterious drifters who appear to lead the kind of free-spirited life she can only dream about. And dream she does, until the day she actually shows up at the couple's pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City. After a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns Roberta into Susan.
2) Galaxy Quest
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The unemployed actors of the Galaxy Quest television series are reduced to convention appearances and store openings. But when a distressed interstellar cadre of benevolent aliens beam Jason Nesmith and his crew of has-beens onto their ship, they have the misguided hope that these 'historical documents' can defeat a genocidal space warlord.
4) Virtuosity
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
The movie features the struggle between a L.A. police officer and a dangerous, sadistic intelligent notorious killer, a virtual reality creation that has escaped cyberspace.
6) Frozen
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
8) Her
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A withdrawn writer, Theodore Twombly, falls in love with his computer's highly advanced operating system named Samantha.
9) La La Land
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
10) The Marvels
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Carol Danvers gets her powers entwined with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
12) The snowman
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A young boy's snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve and takes him to meet Santa Claus at the North Pole.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Single dad Richard (John Hawkes) meets Christine (Miranda July), a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard's divorce has left him emotionally damaged, and he struggles to remain open to the possibilities of this new relationship. Meanwhile, Richard's sons, the adolescent Peter (Miles Thompson) and 6-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), take part in their own clumsy experiments with the opposite...
14) 4closed
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
John Shaft, a private investigator, is hired by a Harlem crime boss to find his kidnapped daughter. During his investigation, Shaft uncovers a Mafia plot to take over a chunck of the Black underworld's uptown territory.
Richard Roundtree reunites with the director and screenwriter of 1971's trendsetting "Shaft" for "Shaft's Big Score!", the second of Roundtree's three movie portrayals of the street-smart, leather-jacketed private investigator. This...
16) The Switch
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Single woman Kassie decides to have a baby with the help from a charming sperm donor, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's objections. Her plans go awry due to a last-minute switch that is not discovered until seven years later.
17) Focus
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Nicky is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess. As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame, now an accomplished femme fatale, shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop, and...
18) The Lovers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Mary and Michael are a long married, dispassionate couple who are both in the midst of serious affairs. On the brink of calling it quits, a spark between them suddenly reignites, leading them into an impulsive romance.
19) The Color Purple
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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