Aidan Quinn
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) fills her days by reading the personals and following an ongoing romance between "Jim" and "Susan" (Madonna), mysterious drifters who seem to lead the kind of free-spirited lives she can only dream about. And dream she does until, one day, she actually shows up at the couple's pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City. After a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns her into Susan and opens the...
2) The Eclipse
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.
3) Songcatcher
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over for a prominent teaching postition, she leaves the city to visit her sister in the beautifully rugged mountains of Appalachia. It is here she discovers a wellspring of emotional tunes passed down from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in these parts. Determined to document the history of the songs, she immerses herself in mountain life, falls in love with a local musician and...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Michael Collins, one of Ireland's most controversial patriots and revolutionary heroes, leads his countrymen in their fight for independence. Having come of age in the early 20th century, when a monumental history of oppression and bloodshed had divided Ireland and its people, Collins was arrested during the 1916 Easter Uprising, when Irish revolutionaries surrendered to the overwhelming military power of the British forces after a six-day standoff...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
After Madelyn and Lucy meet by chance, they make a pact to fix their unhappy lives: they will only do what the other one says and ignore their own instincts. But Madelyn has a secret. She knows her husband is sleeping with Lucy, a much younger and beautiful woman. Madelyn's plan backfires when Lucy, an aspiring actress, orders her to play King Lear in a very amateur production with Lucy playing the fool.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The erratic, unpredictable, and intellectually incomparable detective Sherlock Holmes cracks case after case for the NYPD with the help of his ever-reliable partner Joan Watson. The balance of this time-tested team shifts as Holmes and Watson face difficult personal choices and impossible crimes. From a murderous drug gang to a rogue intelligence agency, the threats have never been starker. And from snake venom-laced meals, to invisible gunshots,...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he had been told. Since his mute and paralyzed mother offers no answers, he investigates by traveling to an Irish village with his teenage nephew (Jacob Tierney). After this prologue, the film flashes back to the family...
Publisher
Paramount Home Media Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The famed detective Sherlock faces the possibility of losing his one of a kind deductive skills when he is diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome, a disorder that causes physical and cognitive symptoms including memory loss. With his career, calling and sobriety all at stake, he must rely even more on his steadfast partner Dr. Joan Watson. Together, they continue in their mission to crack the NYPDb2ss most baffling crimes and puzzling cases.
10) In dreams
Publisher
Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999, c1998
Language
English
Description
Claire Cooper's peaceful family life takes a chilling turn when a mysterious serial killer invades her seemingly idyllic New England town and haunts her dreams with dark clues to his next deadly moves.
11) Practical magic
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The wry, comic romantic tale follows the Owens sisters as they struggle to use their hereditary gift for practical magic to overcome the obstacles in discovering true love.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A contemporary take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Sherlock Holmes investigates crimes in modern-day New York City as a consultant to the NYPD and is assisted by Dr. Joan Watson, a former surgeon, who is hired by Holmes' wealthy father to help keep the eccentric detective sober.
14) Plainsong
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Tells a story of redemption, healing, and the power of hope in a small Colorado prairie town.
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A contemporary take on the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes who investigates crimes in modern-day New York City as a consultant to the NYPD and is assisted by Joan Watson, a former surgeon, who is hired by Holmes' wealthy father to help keep the eccentric detective sober.
16) Benny & Joon
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2001]
Language
English
Description
A mentally ill young woman who lives with her older brother finds her love in an eccentric young man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
17) Avalon
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
The story of several generations of a family, from the arrival of Jewish immigrant Sam Krichinsky in the suburb of Baltimore called Avalon, down through his children and grandchildren. The family goes from poverty to prosperity as the world changes around them, but their love and humor hold the family together.
18) Blacklight
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Travis Block is a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past. When he discovers a plot targeting U.S. citizens, Block finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect.
19) Empire Falls
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.
20) Songcatcher
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2000
Language
English
Description
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a well spring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording...
