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Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Family tension again provides dramatic comedy in Wes Anderson's new film, The Darjeeling Limited, about three American brothers traveling by train to find their reclusive mother in rural India. Like Royal Tenenbaums, this film succeeds because of its smart, funny script in addition to the visual beauty of India and its luxurious locomotive transportation. In Darjeeling, the oldest brother, Francis (Owen Wilson), blackmails his two younger siblings,...
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
"Dad, what does 'fluorescent' mean?" asks a winsome young Dory of his doting dad, played by David Duchovny. Pondering a moment, dad answers, "It means, 'lit from within." "So Dad, am I fluorescent?'" "Yes, Dory, you are." The touching, brief moment telegraphs the bond Duchovny's character, Brian, has with his family, including wife Audrey (Halle Berry) and daughter Harper (Alexis Llewellyn), and the love that radiates through and around him. When...
48) Meet the Fockers
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Domesstic disaster looms for male nurse Greg Focker when his straight-laced, ex-CIA father-in-law asks to meet his wildly unconventional mom and dad. It's family bonding gone hysterically haywire, in the must-see comedy critics are calling "A laugh riot!".(Larry King.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors is a wickedly funny, brave and moving tale of surviving a most unusual childhood. Augusten's (Joseph Cross) mother (Annette Bening) is a deluded aspiring post with bipolar disorder whose marriage to his dad (Alec Baldwin) is in ruins. Soon, she is seeing a very eccentric therapist named Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), while Augusten is left in the care of Finch's wackly family, including...
50) Prodigal sons
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
When Reed returns to her small hometown in Montana to attend her high school reunion and hopefully reconcile with her estranged, adopted brother, issues of gender identity, sexual orientation, and sibling rivalry challenge them as they try to come to terms with their past.
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
Experience Frozen, the epic animated hit from Walt Disney Animation Studios, like never before in an all-new, full-length sing-along edition. Join Anna as she sets off on an epic journey, teaming up with mountain man Kristoff and a snowman named Olaf, to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
53) Blood ties
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"Brooklyn, 1970--Chris ... is released from prison. Reluctantly waiting for him on the outside is his younger brother Frank..., a cop with an aspiring future. After trying to stay on the straight path without any success, Chris inevitably descends back into a life of crime and puts Frank in a tough predicament. Does he cover for his brother and salvage the only family he has? Or does he do the right thing and risk destroying everything, and everyone,...
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Through interviews with experts and personal testimonies, this video presentation offers a guide to understanding what an addiction is, understanding the addict you love, how addition affects a family, how to respond to feelings of shame and stigma, common difficulties for loved ones, and the meaning and hope of recovery.
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.
57) A Christmas snow
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Kathleen has carried around the unwanted memory of her father abandoning her and her mother on Christmas Eve. For the past 30 years, she has blamed her mother for that night and refuses to celebrate Christmas in any fashion. Although she has tried to forget her past, it has not forgotten her, and in the days leading up to Christmas she finds herself stuck in her own home with two strangers, because of an unforgiving blizzard. As the storm brings her...
59) American heist
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Two brothers, both with troubled pasts, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.
60) Brainiacs. com
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Eleven-year-old Matt Tyler devises a plan to buy his father's company, Tyler Toys, so his dad has to work less and spend more time with the family. So Matt and his friend Danny start up TheBrainiacs.com to attract investors in a microchip that his sister Kelly is inventing. The money rolls in and through on-line trading, the "cyberkids" buy enough stock to take over Dad's company. Unfortunately, they find the company is deep in debt, and a ruthless...
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