Matt Dillon
Author
Language
English
Description
Tour the most formative period for religion and philosophy in world history. Join award-winning classics professor Matthew Dillon and explore the myriad developments of the Axial Age.
Axial Age refers to the era (800—200 BCE) when five Eurasian civilizations experienced an unprecedented period of development in philosophy, religion, and art. In this compelling audio course, Professor Matthew Dillon argues that the schools of thought that emerged...
Author
Language
English
Description
An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine runner meets the daughter of the plantation owner and a forbidden, young love blossoms like the white "Kona Snow" of the surrounding coffee trees.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
After both her career and relationship hit the skids, Imogene is forced to make the humiliating move back home to New Jersey with her eccentric mother and younger brother. Adding further insult to injury, there's a strange man sleeping in her old bedroom, and an even stranger man sleeping in her mother's bed
6) Takers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A notorious group of criminals continue to baffle police by pulling off one perfectly executed bank robbery after another. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind, and laying low between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, the crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened detective who is hell-bent on solving the case
7) Old dogs
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dan and Charlie are two best friends who, together, have built a successful marketing empire, but have somehow managed to avoid ever really grown up. Their lives have been turned upside down when they are charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of a big business deal. The clueless bachelors stumble in their efforts, leading to one debacle after another, with a gorilla and some pecking penguins. Dan and Charlie learn as much...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money
10) Capone
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The 47-year old Al Capone, after ten years in prison, suffering from syphilis and dementia, comes to be haunted by his violent past
11) The outsiders
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Coming of age movie set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid sixties
12) Asteroid City
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night
Poms: It is an uplifting comedy about Martha, a woman who moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl, Olive, and Alice, proving that it's never too late to follow their dreams
Book club: Four friends' lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous "Fifty Shades of...
14) Proxima
Author
Language
English
Description
Sarah is an astronaut and lives alone with her daughter. When she is chosen to be part of a space mission, it creates chaos in their relationship.
15) Target
Author
Language
English
Description
When his mother goes missing in Paris, teen Chris has to team up with his father to find her. They engage in a deadly race against time in an odyssey across Europe. Twists and turns abound in this fast-paced, action-adventure thriller.
16) Land of Dreams
Author
Language
English
Description
In efforts to understand and control its populous, the government begins a program to record citizen's dreams.
17) Sunlight Jr
Author
Language
English
Description
Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon play Melissa and Richie, a Florida couple dealing with an unexpected pregnancy while holding minimum wage jobs.
18) Capone
Author
Language
English
Description
A ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Al "Fonzo" Capone (Tom Hardy) was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Capone's mind and his past becomes present as harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life.
Author
Language
English
Description
As World War II draws to a close, a young woman fleeing France gains passage on a troop freighter in exchange for sex. Put ashore, penniless and in Ireland, 18-year-old Bernadette gives birth to an exceptional boy, Frankie Starlight. Through the kindness of Dublin customs officer Jack Kelly (Gabriel Byrne "The Usual Suspects," "Millers Crossing"),Bernadette (Anne Parillaud "Man in the Iron Mask," "La Femme Nikita") is able to raise Frankie (Corban...