Toni Collette
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Wendy is an independent and brilliant young woman with autism. To submit her script on-time for a Star Trek screenplay competition she sneaks out of her group home and travels hundreds of miles not letting anything stop her from achieving her goals.
2) Birthmarked
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 1977, two respected scientists quit their jobs to conduct an experiment about human identity. They aim to raise three children contrarily to their genetic predispositions to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
3) Glassland
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Living in a social housing suburb in Dublin with his mother, John ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver. One day, he returns home to find his mother, Jean, unconscious from an alcohol overdose. With no savings or insurance, John is forced to offer his services to a petty criminal to help pay for his mother's costly rehab program. Although his mother violently rejects John's attempts to support and unite his family, John faces his challenges,...
4) Spotswood
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When a consultant is hired to boost a factory's profits, economic theory collides with shop floor reality to create a deliciously dry social comedy starring Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Russell Crowe and Toni Collette. Wallace is a time and motion expert. After a lifetime of turning men into machines, Wallace has become bereft of emotion, treating all with a frigid indifference. But when he arrives at Balls Moccasin factory he is unnerved by...
5) Dream Horse
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites. Their investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks and becomes a beacon of hope in their struggling community.
6) Towelhead
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
“Who are you?” Jasira Maroun’s strict, Lebanese-born father asks. Jasira isn’t sure. She’s a typical 13-year-old. And an Arab-American who’s anything but typical to folks in her Houston suburb. She’s drawn to a boy at school. And to a hunky, married Army reservist neighbor. She’s curious about sex. And clueless about relationships. Then all these “who are you”s collide in a series of fateful, emotional, frequently funny events,...
7) Enough said
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Divorced mom Eva may be falling for Albert, a sweet, funny, like-minded divorced man. But as their relationship blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne, who's always complaining about her ex-husband. When Eva realizes that Albert is the target of Marianne's rants, she begins to question her own perceptions about first impressions and second chances.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The hit Australian movie that launched the careers of Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths, and put ABBA back on the charts years before Mamma Mia was a musical. Small-town girl Muriel spends every day alone in her room listening to ABBA and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. When she finds the courage to leave on a tropical vacation, she meets a wacky new friend, changes her name to Mariel, and turns her world...
9) Mary and Max
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mary is a lonely eight-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City, which starts a friendship that spans 20 years and two continents.
10) Please stand by
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young autistic women runs from her caregiver and looks to submit her manuscript to a Star Trek writing contest.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
A family road trip to a pageant to support little would-be beauty queen Olive results in comic mayhem, death, and a family full of losers living in a world obsessed with winning.
"Two Thumbs Way Up!"--Roeper & Jay Leno.
"...a sweet, tart and smart satire...an authentic crowd pleaser."--Newsweek.
"...a consistently funny and entertaining road movie."--USA Today.
"A smart, dark road comedy."--New York Post.
"***...a scrappy human comedy that takes...
12) Lucky Them
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Toni Collette is a has-been rock journalist sent to hunt down a long-vanished local rock star (and old flame) in this edgy, moving comedy. Also stars Thomas Haden Church.
13) Imperium
Publisher
LG Premiere / Grindstone
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by real events. When a radical white supremacy terrorist group steals toxic materials in order to build a dirty bomb, FBI Agent Nate Foster goes undercover in order to infiltrate their shadowy underworld. But can Nate find the group's leader and the bomb before his cover is blown?
14) Miss you already
Publisher
Roadside Attractions
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't share everything, secrets, clothes, even boyfriends, but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news. A story for every modern woman, it celebrates the bond of true friendship that ultimately can never be broken, even in life's...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While fourteen year old Duncan is being dragged on a family trip with his mom and her overbearing boyfriend, he finds a gregarious friend at a local water park. The two form a powerful bond as Duncan learns to swim through the challenges of life, love, family and friendship, resulting in a vacation he'll never forget.
16) Madame
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When an American couple in Paris hosts a luxurious dinner party their plans go off the rails when their maid runs off with a wealthy guest.
17) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
18) In her shoes
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her complete lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose when she is in need of financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part because their troubled mother died when they were girls. Maggie discovers hidden letters that reveal she and Rose have a grandmother, but Maggie ends...
19) Hereditary
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
20) Mafia mamma
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American mom inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm's consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.