Summary: A heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children, finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMA

Summary: Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LIT
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LIT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIT RATED R

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Little 2006

Summary: Verging on adolescence, Joe finds himself more and more aggravated by his dad's attempts to control his life. Declaring freedom, Joe and his best buddy Patrick, along with an odd kid called Biaggio, escape to the woods, where they construct a house, just for them, with no parents or responsibility. There they discover that they are in control of their destinies, all alone out in the forest.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2013

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY KIN

Summary: Tom goes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to collect the remains of his adult son, who was killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact the journey will have on him as he begins to learn the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: ARC Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WAY

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WAY

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAY

Summary: After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her. Paralyzed by postgraduation ennui, Grover, Otis, Max and Skippy remain on campus, denying the real-world futures awaiting them. Nobody wants to radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, who tends bar and is in his tenth year. The...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COMEDY KIC

Summary: Most 15-year-old boys are obsessed with the opposite sex, Oscar is not exception. He is an honor student at an exclusive prep school, he is confident, intelligent, speaks fluent French, and is well versed in literary works. His parents are divorced and his father has recently remarried. Sensing that his stepmother isn't happy in the marriage, Oscar begins waging a low-key but ardent campaign to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TAD

Summary: A dark comedy that centers around three sisters struggling to achieve happiness and middle class perfection. Includes illicit sexual behavior.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAP

Summary: A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE POL
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POL

Summary: George is a very successful stand-up comedian who learns that he has less than a year to live. Ira, who is a struggling up-and-coming comedian works at a deli. One night the two perform at the same club, and George decides to make Ira his best friend. This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FUN

Summary: It's Christmas Eve in icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist just might have something to celebrate. Charlie is an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, along with his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh, the two have just successfully embezzled $2 million from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard. But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata, who runs the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ICE

Phoenix, Joaquin

Summary: A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his new computer operating system, which has a female voice and personality.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HER

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HER

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Her 2013

Summary: A recently fired father facing eviction agrees to take on an escalating series of insane challenges in exchange for cash payments from a rich couple with a twisted sense of humor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHE

Summary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOP

Summary: A recently fired father facing eviction agrees to take on an escalating series of insane challenges in exchange for cash payments from a rich couple with a twisted sense of humor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHE

Murray, Joel

Summary: A man who is down on his luck sets out on a nation-wide killing of the country's most irritating celebrities.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GOD

Summary: A story about two old friends and ex-lovers whose surprise reunion turns their lives and the lives of everyone else in town hilariously upside down!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY Bra

Summary: A championship ballroom dancer who's breaking all the rules and his ugly duckling dancing partner make their dreams come true together.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY STR

Summary: In order to save money on production costs, a movie production crew moves into a small town in Vermont. The crew soon discovers that their much needed "prop" has burned down, the star can't keep his pants zipped, the starlet won't take off her top and the locals want a piece of the action.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2001

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY STA

Summary: Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author, but when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2012

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TAK