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Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1964
Language
English
Description
A man attempts to make peace with his past in order to move forward in his life. Haunted by his relationship with a needy sex symbol, Quentin's remarks to an unseen listener sparks a relentless exploration of the past motives and compromises that still shape his present.
Publisher
Warner Brothers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer has resigned his throne and retired to the City of Angels, where he is indulging in wine, women, and song. When a beautiful pop star is brutally murdered before his eyes, he feels something awaken deep within him, for the first time in ten billion years. Is he actually capable of feelings for a human being? The very thought disturbs him, as well as his best friend and confidante, Mazikeen, a fierce demon...
4) The plot
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written--let alone published--anythingdecent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn't need Jake's help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as...
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great.
A failed American businessman looks to regain his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his idea to a wealthy monarch.
6) Brave
Series
Publisher
[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her kingdom. To restore her kingdom, she must rely on her bravery and archery skills.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an American-born Chinese woman attends a wedding in Singapore with her boyfriend, she discovers that his family is very wealthy and other women in his social class are trying to date him.
A native New Yorker Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend₂s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick₂s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Neera is a young girl who becomes seperated from her father in Arabia during World War II. Left alone in the desert, she befriends a wild colt, who she names Shetan. Once reunited with her father, however, Neera remains haunted by images of "the lost horse of the desert". This is the prequel to 'The Black Stallion' and shows the relationship between the stallion and the young girl who have come together, as if by destiny.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A house of ill repute is in danger of being shut down unless the proprietor's boyfriend - the sheriff - can pull some strings.
A sheriff and a proprietress join together not only in romance, but to fight a big city TV crusader in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down.
A town's sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a TV preacher targets it as the Devil's playhouse....
12) Paris can wait
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The wife of a successful movie producer takes a car trip from the south of France to Paris with one of her husband's associates.
14) Poor things
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father's plans to sell the family farm to his American nephew, Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams.
16) Cruella
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, is a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella's flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Heilman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic...
17) Dope
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
18) Certain women
Series
Criterion collection volume 893
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A stirring look at four women striving to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer who finds herself contending with both office sexism and a hostage situation; a wife and mother whose determination to build her dream home puts her at odds with the men in her life; and a young law student who forms an tenuous bond with a lonely ranch hand. A portrait emerges of flawed, but strong-willed individuals in the...
19) Disengagement
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Ana, a directionless Frenchwoman, must return to Israel to find the child she abandoned at birth. Together with her half-brother, an Israeli policeman, she discovers that her now-grown daughter will soon be forcibly evicted from a Gaza Strip settlement. Amid the explosive clashes between soldiers and settlers, can one woman now face the truth about commitment, identity, and a history that can never be buried?
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