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41) Judy
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thirty years after rising to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at the Talk of the Town. While preparing for the shows, Garland battles with management, reminisces with friends and adoring fans, and embarks on a whirlwind romance with soon-to-be fifth husband Mickey Deans, all while bravely struggling to overcome intensifying anxiety and physical decline.
"...not exactly...
42) Ophelia
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One of the world's greatest dramas is turned on its head through a bold and new perspective. Set in medieval Denmark and spoken in a modern tongue, it recalibrates the classic Shakespearean tragedy of Hamlet so that its unspoken, complex heroine may share her own story. As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections...
43) Othello
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
44) Little Women
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's novel. The story details the passage from childhood to womanhood of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy. Despite hard times, they cling to optimism. As they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters.
"...for newcomers, it is a sweet film that should inspire them to explore the book and the more traditional adaptations."--Roger...
45) Waves
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times.
"Waves...
46) The Photograph
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A lovely ghost of a movie, the kind of thing we used to call, in the days before the ascent of the superhero film, a popular entertainment."--Time Magazine
"...a movie of seductive, slow-savored pleasures."--Los Angeles Times
"For a Valentine's trip to the movies, you couldn't wish for a hotter and more talented pair of lovers than Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield."--Rolling Stone
"... it represents the growth of something unseen for far too long:...
47) The Chaperone
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become. Written by Julian Fellowes and based on the beloved novel by Laura Moriarty.
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind him to the reality of his situation.
"[A] story that doesn't announce its themes but instead transforms...
49) Wild Rose
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rose-Lynn Harlan is bursting with raw talent, charisma, and cheek. Fresh out of jail and with two young kids, all she wants is to get out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer in Nashville. Her mom Marion has had a bellyful of Rose-Lynn's Nashville nonsense. Forced to take responsibility, Rose-Lynn gets a cleaning job, only to find an unlikely champion in the middle-class lady of the house.
"When the story shifts to Nashville, the screenplay...
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This stylized film of Shakespeare's masterpiece from the National Theatre celebrates the theatrical imagination. In this contemporary retelling, a company of actors in a shuttered theater bring to life the tale of two young lovers who strive to transcend a world of violence and hate. Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley star as Shakespeare's immortal star-crossed lovers.
51) The Tomorrow Man
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come, and Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. These two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other's stuff.
55) American Woman
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in rural Pennsylvania, Deb Callahan's life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
58) My Cousin Rachel
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The movie is based on the 1951 novel by Daphne Du Maurier and tells the story of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian
"Female characters are seldom allowed to loom so large, and 'My Cousin Rachel' reminds what a delight it can be when they do"--Variety
"Not only a triumphant exercise in dark and delicious romantic ambiguity, the pitfalls of being taken in are what...
59) Tolkien
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire...
60) White Boy Rick
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe, who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s, before he was arrested for drug trafficking, abandoned by his handlers, and sentenced to life in prison.
"A compelling if sometimes muddled true-life crime drama."--Newsday
"...an engrossing-enough cautionary tale, if that's what it is. It's even an entertaining one, in an unsavory kind of way."--Washington...
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