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A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends--screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently...
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Hashtag holidays volume 2
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English
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"A whirlwind trip to Ireland is supposed to end with a suitcase full of wool sweaters and souvenir pint glasses, not a husband you only just met! But after one too many whiskeys, fledgling screenwriter Cara Kennedy takes a page out of someone else's script when she gets caught up in the Irish tradition of women proposing on Leap Day. Waking the next morning with a hot guy in her bed and a tin foil ring on her finger was definitely not what she expected...and...
3) The Marvels
Publisher
Marvel Studios
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
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Rock star John Norman Howard has noticed that his career has begun to decline. Too many years of concerts, bad managers and life on the road have made him cynical. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. John shows Esther the way to stardom while forsaking his own career. As they fall in love, her success only makes his decline even more apparent
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Amid the glitz and glamour of 1950s New York, Phoebe Adler pursues her dream of screenwriting. A dream that turns into a living nightmare when she is blacklisted--caught in the Red Menace that is shattering the lives of suspected Communists. Desperate to work, she escapes to London, determined to keep her dream alive and clear her good name. There, Phoebe befriends fellow American exile Hannah Wolfson, who has defied the odds to build a career as...
8) Harriet
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history
9) Little women
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the lives of the four March sisters during the American Civil War as they learn to navigate love, loss and the trials of growing up
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career, and even her sanity
11) The immigrant
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ewa Cybulski and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctors discover that Magda is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while her sister is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with Magda, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno, a charming but wicked man who takes her in and forces...
12) Madame Web
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
After a near-fatal accident in the line of duty, Cassandra Webb -- a New York City paramedic -- starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Through her visions and a journey of self-discovery, she is forced to confront revelations about her past and how it is connected to a specific spider, and learns she must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story
Series
House of cards volume 3
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"In Season 3 of 'House of Cards, ' President Underwood fights to secure his legacy. Claire wants more than being the first lady. The biggest threat they face is contending with each other."--Container
15) Little women
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
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
17) Women talking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith
The women of an insular, ultraconservative religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. Through the backstory, we see a community of women come together in the aftermath of pervasive sexual assault to figure out how they might move forward to build a better world...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When her friend's multimillion-dollar investment scam ruins Diane Lockhart's plan for retirement, wipes out her savings and taints her reputation, she is literally at a loss. In Season 1 of The Good Fight (from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King), a disgraced Diane is forced out of her own law firm and joins another distinguished company as a junior partner. She recruits Maia Rindell, a promising young attorney with her own baggage: Maia's...
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. Titles include: For colored girls ; A Madea family funeral ; Acrimony ; I can do bad all by myself ; Madea goes to jail ; Diary of a mad black woman
For colored girls (2010): A vibrant world where friends and strangers dream, fear, cry, love, and laugh out loud in an attempt to find their true selves. Adapted from Ntozake Shange's acclaimed choreopoem, this gripping...
20) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, 'Respect' is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice
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