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21) Little Women
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"[T]his is a film in love with its characters' passions, a rich and effortlessly vibrant examination of the four March "little women" and the ways... they're practically bursting with the innocent it's-happening-right-now joy of being young and alive."--Los Angeles Times
"A tremendously resonant, sometimes heartbreaking and always entertaining hoot."--USA Today
"Gerwig has taken a treasured perennial of popular American literature and reshaped it...
22) A Star is Born
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally. She has given up on her dream to become a successful singer, until she meets Jack, who immediately sees her natural talent. This is the raw and passionate tale of Jack and Ally, two artistic souls coming together, on stage and in life. Theirs is a complex journey through the beauty and the heartbreak of a relationship struggling to survive.
"Like its finest antecedents,...
23) The Post
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Determined to uphold the nation's civil liberties, Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post, and hard-nosed editor Ben Bradlee join forces to expose a decades-long cover-up. However, the two must risk their careers and their freedom to bring truth to light.
"Steven Spielberg's tense, terrific new drama, with Streep and Hanks at their finest, celebrates the passionate bond between a free press and every thinking human being, however diminished...
25) Madame Bovary
Author
Formats
Description
In “Madame Bovary”, Charles, an awkward country doctor courts and weds Emma, the beautiful young daughter of a patient. Emma, unsuited to the role of housewife, quickly gets restless and begins to explore her passions. This leads to infidelities which she hides from Charles and, eventually, mounting debts as she turns to merchandise for her happiness. Flaubert’s novel is cited as the first example of literary realism and has been called a “perfect”...
26) The Good Liar
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Isabel has devoted her life to working with the children in a Calcutta orphanage. Theresa is the multimillionaire leader of a media company who lives with her artist husband and twin boys in New York. When Isabel hears of a mysterious and generous grant for the financially strained orphanage, she must travel to New York to meet the benefactor, Theresa, in person.
"A beautifully acted drama with a tantalizing mystery at its center."--Newsday
"A mesmerizing...
28) Chappaquiddick
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on historical events, this suspenseful thriller examines the infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and the moral and legal complexities that play out over the following week.
"John Curran's gripping story about a 50-year-old scandal has plenty to say about modern politics."--Newsday
"We've been so awash in hackneyed Kennedy brogues and caricatured portrayals...
29) First Man
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
"A movie so revelatory in its realism,...
30) Driven
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by true events, this is a wickedly comedic look at a bromance gone bad. Set in the opulence of early 1980s California, the story follows the meteoric rise of John DeLorean, and his iconic DeLorean Motor Company, through his friendship with charming ex-con turned FBI informant, Jim Hoffman.
31) The Goldfinch
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
"A little bit of faith is all you need to see it through."--Los...
32) Overcomer
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team's state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down and hundreds of families begin moving away, John must come to grips with the challenges facing his family and his team. John is frustrated and questioning his worth, until he crosses paths with a student struggling with her own...
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues...
34) Red Joan
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging...
35) Bel Canto
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Roxanne Coss becomes trapped in a hostage situation when she's invited to perform at a lavish party for a wealthy industrialist in South America. As a lengthy standoff ensues, hostages and captors form unexpected bonds as they overcome their differences to find their shared humanity.
36) 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.
37) Dark Waters
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything - his future, his family, and his own life - to expose the truth.
"It's enough to make you want to chuck all of your non-stick and waterproofed products after seeing this movie."--Toronto Star
"The brilliance of 'Dark Waters' is that...
38) The Assistant
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One day in the life of Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand, only to discover the true depth of the system into which she has entered.
"Its...
39) Bombshell
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A group of women decides to take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.
"Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow at the top of their game in a solid recap of sexual harassment at Fox News."--Richard Roeper
"Here's the thing about sexism: It doesn't discriminate. It's an equal opportunity prejudice that cuts across history, culture, political affiliation. 'Bombshell' gets this."--New York Times
"Theron,...
40) All is True
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (circa 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family.
"Slowly, as the thematic center of the film begins to take shape, so does Branagh's character - and in those moments the audience is treated to what amounts to nothing short of a Christmas...
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