Beth Grant
1) Bad words
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
[DVD].
Language
English
Description
Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A quiet loner finds himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Unable to pay for the repairs he needs, he agrees to spend the night cleaning Willy's Wonderland, an abandoned family fun center. But this wonderland has a dark secret that the Janitor is about to discover. He soon finds himself trapped inside Willy's and locked in an epic battle with the possessed animatronic mascots that roam the halls. To survive, he must fight his...
3) Faults
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To help their daughter escape an evil and dangerous cult, two parents recruit an expert to kidnap and deprogram her. In a shocking twist, he soon learns that the mysterious cult is more powerful than he could have imagined.
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Over the course of one afternoon, in six different parts of L.A., six couples connect, reconnect, or fall apart. Marked by nimble shifts in tone (the six stories range from romping farce to emotionally gutting drama) and a potent combination of innovative cinematic storytelling and evergreen themes of the difficulties and ultimate resiliency of love in all its many forms, SIX L.A. LOVE STORIES is an indie *Love Actually* for our time. Winner of Best...
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A quiet loner (Nicolas Cage) finds himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Unable to pay for the repairs he needs, he agrees to spend the night cleaning Willy's Wonderland, an abandoned family fun center. But this wonderland has a dark secret that the "The Janitor" is about to discover. He soon finds himself trapped inside Willy's and locked in an epic battle with the possessed animatronic mascots that roam the halls. To survive,...
7) The artist
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
8) The rookie
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot...
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Fullscreen edition.
Language
English
Description
When Henry discovers that he has only six weeks to live, he plans to spend his last days in seclusion. But when a miracle transforms his life, his neighbors disrupt his plan and make it much harder to live his remaining days in quiet desperation.
10) Stolen
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Language
English
Description
Detective Tom Adkins is a devoted cop haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his young son eight years earlier. But when Adkins discovers the buried remains of a boy who was brutally murdered more than half a century ago, he becomes obsessed with investigating the long-forgotten crime. Is the 1958 mystery surrounding down-on-his-luck family man Matthew Wakefield and his own abducted son linked in any way to Adkins' tragedy?
11) Bad words
Language
English
Description
Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
"Bateman's directorial debut is a brisk,...
12) Band of Robbers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Follows grown-up versions of Mark Twain's characters Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer as they reconnect after Huck's prison release and Tom, a corrupt cop, forms the Band of Robbers--including friends Joe Harper and Ben Rogers--and together, they set off to find the hidden treasure of their childhood.
14) Matchstick men
Language
English
Description
Neurotic con man Roy suffers from several emotional problems, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. He and his partner Frank swindle people out of money. Frank wants to pull a really big job, but Roy is too consumed with fear and panic attacks to join him. Only cigarettes and his trusty illegal prescription drugs seem to keep him going. When Roy finds himself in desperate need of more pills, he is forced to see legitimate psychotherapist Dr. Klein....
15) Donnie Darko
Language
English
Description
An edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his dark destiny. Donnie Darko is a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past, and deadly predictions for the future.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Willadean Winkler, the wife of a blue collar truck driver, does her best to manage and survive in the abusive prison her husband has built for her. With the help of her best friend, LaSonia, who lives in the trailer next door, and the musical encouragement of a mystical blues singer, Willadean fights to break the tragic cycle.
18) Donnie Darko
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the U.S. presidential election of 1988, a teen named Donnie sleepwalks out of his house one night and sees a giant, demonic-looking rabbit named Frank who tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. He returns home the next morning to find that a jet engine has crashed through his bedroom. As he tries to figure out why he survived and tries to deal with people in his town, Frank continues to turn up in Donnie's...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When Jill learns that her former friend Maddy Usher is dead, excruciating memories of being abandoned by Maddy and her twin Rick are conjured up. But Jill realizes that attending the funeral may be her only opportunity for closure. Arriving at Usher House, Jill encounters her former lover Rick, now afflicted by the same illness that took his sister. Jill is drawn by the seductiveness of the immense mansion and the aristocratic family, but most of...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The optimistic Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) is about to learn that fantasy doesn't always mesh with reality. After a stint in Haiti with her pastor boyfriend, Mindy returns to New York City, only to find that her relationship with Dr. Danny Castellano (Chris Messina) is more complicated than ever before. In this surprising second season, Mindy struggles to get in shape, fast-track her career, and find love in the most unexpected places. Watch all 22...
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