Christine Lahti
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of interrelated personal stories by the actress best known for her work on such productions as "Chicago Hope" and "The Blacklist" focuses on the milestones of her childhood, early career, and midlife while reflecting on the realities of being a woman in Hollywood.
2) The Steps
Author
Language
English
Description
An uptight New Yorker and his party girl sister visit their Dad's lake house to meet his new wife, and her rough-around-the-edges kids. When the "step" parents announce they are also adopting a child to bring this family together, disaster looms in this hilarious new chemistry experiment.
Author
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Bain (Christine Lahti, The Doctor, Swing Shift) is the perfect high school principal for small-town Texas: quiet, strict, strait-laced. Single, but secretly dating the coach (William Russ, Pastime), she is as shocked as anyone when she agrees to go on a date with Ernesto (Ruben Blades, Predator 2, The Super), the school's new janitor. More shocking still, Charlotte and Ernesto find themselves suddenly, unbelievably happy-so on their date...
Author
Language
English
Description
A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit and a landmark in the literature of the Holocaust, this is the true story of Dr. Gisella Perl who, while imprisoned in a concentration camp, became an eyewitness to the experiments of Dr. Josef Mengele, the chief physician at Auschwitz.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from America₂s most beloved neighbor.
6) Swing shift
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A vivid look at the wartime conditions that stood society on its head. Examines what happened to the men and women in the factories making weapons rather than following the troops.
8) Safelight
Publisher
Arc Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Charles, a teenager with physical challenges, lives with his dad in a dusty desert town. He's been beaten down so much in life; it's hard for him to feel much hope. When he meets a troubled runaway, Vickie, he's intrigued, especially when he senses the vulnerability behind her tough exterior. Vickie's psychotic and abusive pimp, Skid, decides he doesn't like their relationship and constantly threatens them.
10) Three Hotels
Author
Language
English
Description
Masterfully written by one of America's most lauded playwrights, this deeply human story unfolds in three hotel rooms in Morocco, the Virgin Islands and Oaxaca, Mexico, as a married couple reflect on their lives as players in the game of international business. A devastating tour-de-force of humor, tragedy, and penetrating insight from one of America's premier playwrights.
11) Yonkers Joe
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The reappearance of his estranged son complicates a dice hustler's plan to make one last attempt at a big score in Vegas.
12) Yonkers Joe
Author
Language
English
Description
The reappearance of his estranged son complicates a dice hustler's plan to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas.
13) Gross Anatomy
Author
Language
English
Description
Most first-year med students at Chandler University's esteemed school of medicine approach gross anatomy the systematic dissection of the human body with fear, nervous stomachs, and the daunting knowledge that their futures depend on a passing grade. Joe Slovak isn't like his fellow freshmen. A cocky, bright, and outspoken rebel who doesn't believe in sacrificing his social life for long nights of studying, Joe follows his own lesson plan, a curriculum...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Gary Gilmore and the tragic chain of events which led him to commit two cruel and senseless murders. These crimes would eventually cause him to become the first person in over ten years to be executed in the electric chair. This "director's cut" combines elements from the 97-minute European theatrical release with the original 157-minute U.S. TV miniseries.
17) Flying Lessons
Author
Language
English
Description
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an Alzheimer's Disease patient who, in an opposing way, shares Sophie's struggle to remember.
18) My first mister
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A lonely seventeen year old and a conservative forty-nine year old salesman strike up an unlikely friendship.
19) The steps
Publisher
Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An uptight New Yorker and his party girl sister visit their dad's lake house to meet his new wife and her rough around the edges kids, prompting a clash of cultures quickly descending into chaos.Lingering bitterness and current disappointments wreak havoc as these strangers slowly, and hilariously, figure out how to perha ps become a family.
20) Gross anatomy
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
First-year med student, Joe Slovak, enrolls in Gross Anatomy - the toughest course in school. His free-wheeling life style puts him at odds with his demanding professor and creates problems when he falls in love with his no-nonsense lab partner.