Queen
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Isabel Bookbinder dreams of pearly white weddings, happy brides, handsome grooms. And champagne towers that don't topple over. She dreams of the perfect wedding. But not for herself ... for her clients. It's all about bride management as far as Isabel's concerned. Even when she misplaces a couple of brides and loses her job working for wedding guru Pippa Everitt, Isabel isn't disheartened. She throws herself straight into launching Isabel Bookbinder,...
3) Bessie
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A newly divorced woman is consumed by vindictive fantasies of her ex-husband and his young bride until she finds unexpected companionship in a bold and sassy jazz singer and a down-on-his-luck elevator operator in her fashionable Fifth Avenue building.
5) Widows
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After finding a gun, money, and detailed plans for the security van hijack that killed her husband, Dolly recruits the other widows to complete the heist.
6) Papillon
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1973
Language
English
Description
Thrilling adventure of an escape from a French Guiana prison.
7) Hunger
Series
Criterion collection volume 504
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dramatizes the final days of Bobby Sands, a twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member who went on a hunger strike at Maze Prison to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners.
8) Joyful noise
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The discord between its two leading ladies threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old.
9) Chicago
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[[2014] 2014]
Language
English
Description
Murderesses on death row, Velma Kelly and Roxy Hart vie for fame and freedom in Chicago during the 1920s.
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
Author
Publisher
Hollywood Records
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Disc 1 contains the complete concert recorded at Wembley Stadium in 1986. Disc 2 includes new interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor; multi angle feature; rehearsal and Friday concert excerpts; and a backstage documentary.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Every crime has a personality, something like the mind that planned it," says Vicki Anderson, the sleek insurance investigator trying to figure out the intellect behind a bank robbery so stunning, it has Boston's finest completely baffled. Sophisticated, handsome Thomas Crow has only one worry about what persona he will take on tomorrow. But when the genius rogue pulls off a crime-of-the-century bank heist and finds himself pitted against a nemesis...
13) The Wiz live!
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Staying true to the groundbreaking Broadway show that put a vivid urban spin on the land of Oz. Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the original hit Broadway show became a cultural touchstone that also spawned the classic film. Here a Tony-winning creative team has brought together the imaginative acrobats of Cirque du Soleil and a cast of extraordinary singers and dancers to create an exciting new version of the show unlike anything...
14) Kinky boots
Publisher
Liberator Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A struggling shoe factory owner and a drag queen form an unlikely partnership to create sturdy stiletto shoes for performers, helping to bring the shoe factory back from the brink of collapse.
Factory owner Charlie is struggling to save his family business, and Lola is an entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. These unexpected pair learn to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy stilettos! But in the end, their biggest achievement...
15) The getaway
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A convict leaves jail on a parole arranged by a crooked politician, and promptly joins his wife in planning a bank robbery.
16) The blob
Series
Criterion collection volume 91
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A cult classic of gooey greatness. Follows the havoc on a Pennsylvania town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of San Francisco, the finishing touches have just been made to the Glass Tower, a 138-story skyscraper. A huge celebratory gala, complete with VIP guests, has been planned to celebrate the dedication of what has been promoted as the world's tallest building. But Doug Roberts, the building's architect, suspects all is not right with the building. He discovers that the contractors have used shoddy wiring, not the heavy-duty wiring he had...