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Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together...
83) The Switch
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's objections, decides it's time to have a baby, even if it means doing it herself, with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later, when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute, though slightly neurotic, son.
84) The father
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality.
85) West Side story
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
86) Dear John
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
While John, a young soldier, is home on a temporary leave, he meets and falls in love with Savannah, a college girl on her spring break. Savannah promises to write to John when he is sent overseas. Over the next seven years, the couple continues to be separated by John's increasingly dangerous deployments. Though they meet only sporadically, they continue to stay in touch through love letters that eventually bring fateful consequences.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c2009]
Language
English
Description
A farmer moves his family to South Africa and suffers a series of seemingly insurmountable losses. Through unlikely friendships and much needed divine intervention, he discovers his life's true purpose and it sustains his unwavering belief in the power of faith.
88) Fences
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.--
89) The hedgehog
Publisher
Madman Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2009], c2012
Language
Français
Description
The timely story of Paloma a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, she begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renee Michel. She begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors.
90) Stand by me
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Formats
Description
Friendship and the indelible experiences of growing up take place in a small Oregon town as four boys set out on a two-day search for a missing teenager's body, a search that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery.
91) Nobody's fool
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Are you ready to bust out of the sewers with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Join Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, and their best friend, April O'Neil, as they battle a gnarly gang of bad-guy mutants who want to take over the world. The junior novelization retells the exciting story and features an eight-page full-color insert."--
95) The choice
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Travis is a fun-loving, smooth-talking bachelor who's never considered a serious relationship--until he falls hard for his beautiful new neighbor, Gabby. But when fate threatens Travis and Gabby's love, Travis must make a choice that will alter their lives forever in this unforgettably moving romance.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
Als de hoofdredacteur van de Franse Elle Jean -Dominique Bauby door een beroerte volledig verlamd raakt, ziet hij kans door met zijn oog te knipperen te communiceren en een boek te schrijven.
The French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world,...
99) Judy
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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.
100) The Danish girl
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
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