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81) 99 homes
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When a single father Dennis Nash is evicted from his home, his only chance to win it back is to go to work for Rick Carver, the charismatic and ruthless businessman who evicted him in the first place. It's a deal-with-the-devil that provides security for his family; but as Nash falls deeper into Carver's web, he finds his situation grows more brutal and dangerous than he ever imagined.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
This acclaimed documentary explores the nature and spectacular rise of the most pervasive institution of our time. Combining analysis with footage from advertising, television news and industrial films, The Corporation is an entertaining and provocative look at the inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures of the modern global conglomerate.
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
After a boy writing a story about a blob monster is electrocuted, he receives a typewriter which makes any sentence he writes a reality; after seeing a ghost playing the piano in his home, a boy is enrolled in piano lessons at a creepy school with an odd instructor; when a boy starts growing hair all over his body, his parents inform him that he is the result of a scientific experiment involving dogs.
87) The naked spur
Pub. Date
[2006], c1953
Description
Smooth-talking outlaw Ben Vandergroat reasons to his captors, three bounty hunters thrown together by chance. They're taking him to justice in Abilene, but Ben has other ideas.
88) Plainsong
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
A heartbroken husband has been abandoned by his wife with two boys to raise. His sympathetic colleague cares for her ailing father. A pregnant high school girl is thrown out of her house with nowhere to go. A couple of bachelors set in their ways face a life-altering challenge. Gradually drawn together through simple acts of kindness and humanity, their paths are indelibly interwoven. With courage and tenacity, they redefine their lives, ease each...
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Dragons of the Galapagos: A look at the iguanas of the Galapagos Islands. -- Africa: Just off the east coast of Africa, Madagascar is an island unique in all the world. Separated from the mainland some 165 million years ago, the island has evolved in near isolation. Join naturalists as they study exotic animals, hike through underground passages, and sight unique creatures such as the crowned lemur, the leaf-tailed gecko and the souimanga sunbird....
92) My One and Only
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Ann Devereaux has just left her philandering husband Dan, a society bandleader, and taken to the road with her teenage sons, George and Robbie, in search of a suitable new mate. But it's 1953, years past Ann's courting days. Now it seems that the losers and playboys outnumber the eligible and willing bachelors.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The Man with the Yellow Hat and George are going on vacation, but their plane is delayed and there's a long wait ahead. The Amazing Balancing Zucchinis are in town, prompting George to try acrobatics. George and The Man with the Yellow Hat are having a sandcastle contest at the beach and George is determined to make the best castle ever. George meets a turtle and decides to bring his new friend home. George has his first underwater adventure and he...
95) Arthur
Description
Lovable billionaire Arthur Bach has always relied on his limitless fortune and nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge. He must choose between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy, Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will finally learn what it means to become...
100) The final cut
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Set in a world where implanted microchips record all moments of one's life. The chips are removed upon death and images are edited by a cutter into a highlight reel for loved ones who want to remember the deceased. Robin Williams plays a troubled cutter.
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