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Balboa, Rocky (Fictitious character) Drama Boxers (Sports) United States Drama Boxing managers United States Drama Boxing Tournaments United States Drama Father-son relationship United States Drama Fathers and sons United States Drama Feature films Mothers and sons United States Drama Retirement United States Drama United StatesSummary: Dan Burns is a local newspaper advice columnist. He has three daughters and is a widower. He brings the family to his parent's house for a family gathering. When Dan goes to a local bookstore, he meets Marie. When he gets home, he finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother Mitch. Dan's mother Nana announces that she met an old acquaintance of Dan's, Ruthie Draper and that she has set...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2008
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DANCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie DanSummary: Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FOUSummary: Minor league baseball player Carlton Garrett takes an unplanned road trip to find his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garrett, after his mother becomes ill. Knowing that his father is charming, yet extremely immature, he brings along his sometimes girlfriend for support. After father and son are reunited, Carlton must struggle to deal with the misadventures brought on by his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Open 2009Summary: After his father's death, Kale Brecht becomes a sullen, withdrawn, and troubled young man. He finds himself under a court-ordered sentence of house arrest after a run in with the law. His mother, Julie, works night and day to support herself and her son, only to be met with Kale's indifference and lethargy. As the walls of his house begin to close in on Kale, he turns into a voyeur as his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DISSummary: A story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen. The film was shot intermittently over a twelve-year period from May 2002 to October 2013, showing the growth of Mason and his older sister, Samantha, to adulthood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BOY RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BOYSummary: When Margot and her son, Claude, come to attend the wedding of her sister, Pauline, it seems as if a family rift is being mended. Despite their best efforts, Margot and Pauline revert to their most dysfunctional selves. It does not help that Pauline's fianc ǐs woefully depressed. Margot's lover is as narcissistic as she is. Margot's estranged husband can't seem to recognize that Margot cringes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MARSummary: After seeing a less-than-conventional psychiatrist for her problems at home who gives her too many prescriptions and bad advice, a mother ends her marriage and sends her young son to live with the doctor and his odd family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RUNSummary: John Farley grew up as a chubby kid with no athletic skills and poor self-esteem. During his early teenage years his nemesis was Mr. Woodcock, the school's gym teacher. Woodcock took a sadistic glee in tormenting John and others like him. Years later, John has slimmed down and has come to terms with his self-image. He has become a best-selling author, publishing a self-help book on overcoming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MR.Summary: Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramificications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pursuit 2007Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PURSummary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROCSummary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016