Simon Curtis
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
It's always tough being the new kid in the coven.
Elliot has had a rough year. His dad died, he had to move across the country, and now he's about to start high school at LA's prestigious Saint John the Baptist Academy, where his mom has accepted the position of Vice Principal. He's quickly taken in by the school's outcasts: the scholarship kids; the queer kids; and the ones who just don't really fit in with the glossy trust fund babies of SJTBA....
Author
Publisher
Legendary Comics YA
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
128 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's always tough being the new kid in the coven. Elliot has had a rough year. His dad died, he had to move across the country, and now he's about to start high school at LA's prestigious Saint John the Baptist Academy, where his mom has accepted the position of Vice Principal. He's quickly taken in by the school's outcasts: the scholarship kids; the queer kids; and the ones who just don't really fit in with the glossy trust fund babies of SJTBA....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling novel by Garth Stein, this is a heartfelt tale narrated by a witty and philosophical dog named Enzo. Through his bond with his owner Denny, an aspiring Formula One racecar driver, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life. The film follows Denny and the loves of his life, his wife, Eve,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thematic elements, some bullying, war images and brief language.
When author A.A. Milne creates the Winnie-the-Pooh books after World War I, their success comes at a price for the author and his family.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark, determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. When his diary account was published, one week was missing. This is the story of that week: an idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.
9) Cranford
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (291 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cranford, in 1842, is a market town in northwest England. It is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules. For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness, and Matty, her dumurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue. Handsome new doctor Frank Harrison has arrived from London; a retired Captain and his daughters move...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barry is a working-class cop assigned to protect the queen's youngest son, a new student at Cambridge University. Grace is an American exchange student both men fall in love with. When the prince proves as inept at love as he is at learning, the macho bodyguard becomes tutor as well as protector, ghostwriting sweet nothings and academic assignments, all while repressing his own feelings for Grace.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2007, ©2006
Edition
Widescreen format ; single sided.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 354 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jane Horrocks stars as Ros Pritchard, a middle-class wife and mother whose frustration with politics as usual sparks a political uprising when she runs for and wins the general election.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 354 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ros Pritchard is a charming and honest woman who becomes Prime Minister. She wants to relocates Parliament to make it more accessible to the masses. She introduces "No cars Wednesday" to trackle global warming. At the same time, she juggles the needs and demands of her increasingly frustrated family, which she fears is slipping away from her. With humor and charm, she takes a bold unflinching look at the modern political process, and the toll it can...
14) Five days
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Leanne vanishes into thin air. Her children, abandoned in her car, also end up missing. As police search for clues over the next three months, Leanne's husband and family soon learn that nobody is what they seem. Everyone is a suspect. In the end, five days prove critical in solving the case.
15) Spectacular!
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nikko has amazing talent and dreams of being a rock star, but he is kicked out of his band and needs money to record a demo. Spectacular is a high school show choir that has lost its best male singer to their rival group, Ta-Da. In hopes of winning the upcoming competition, Courtney, the leader of Spectacular, convinces Nikko to join the choir by offering him half of the cash prize. Will Nikko help lead Spectacular to victory and secure his dream...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (ca. 177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside of Cranford, a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (2 hrs. 5 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc.
Language
English
Description
The follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Through his bond with his owner Denny, an aspiring Formula One racecar driver, a philosophical dog named Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.