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-- The year I became a liar2009., 102, Alliance Vivafilm Call No: FR DVD Fic 1981 S Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1981, the Trogi family moves into a new home. At eleven years-old, Ricardo doesn't understand the meaning of the word "mortgage" but fully feels its impact. He is the new kid in a class where the other students are from wealthier backgrounds, and he feels his honour is at stake. To avoid being exposed, Ricardo resorts to inventing a new family history, which he must vigilantly maintain to keep up appearances for his new friends. Finally, when he can no longer ignore the reality of his family's situation, young Ricardo must decide how to build on his true identity.
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-- Twentieth century women2017., Adult, Elevation Pictures Corp. Call No: DVD Fic 20th Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The story of three women who explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970s.
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2001, Ginny Mule Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Accountant Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A backwoods accountant tries to stop a national conspiracy, change the course of history, amd save a way of life.
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2008., General, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Across Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism.
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-- Génération X-trême2002., General, Alliance Atlantis Call No: DVD Fic American HX Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie)Summary Note: "Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton, Rounders, Primal Fear) the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists, lands in prison for a brutal, hate-driven murder. Upon his release, ashamed of his past and pledging to reform, Derek realizes he must save his younger brother, Danny (Edward Furlong, Pecker) from a similar fate. A groundbreaking controversial drama about the tragic consequences of racism in a family, American History X also stars Faiuza Balk, Elliot Gould, Stacy Keach and Beverly D'Angelo."--Container.
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-- Love2013., General, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Amour Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Insightful. Original. Exquisite. Georges and Anne have known a lifetime of love within their intimate marriage. Though their bond has survived time's test, it's about to meet its greatest challenge. Acclaimed director Michael Haneke brings a performance tour-de-force to the screen in a film that exalts the beautiful, compassionate and courageous within us all."--Container.
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2009., National Geographic Entertainment ; Virgil Films Call No: DVD Fic Amreeka Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryConnect to reviews of this title online. Summary Note: Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card, and she moves with her teenage son to small town Illinois.
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-- Fire & dew2017., PBS Call No: DVD Fic Anne4 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the third installment of this new adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's novels, Anne Shirley, now a young adult, leaves Green Gables to attend Queen's College, preparing to be a teacher. Facing an difficult choice and being overwhelmed by loneliness, Anne finds a silver lining.
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-- Anne.2018., 440, eOne Call No: DVD Fic Anne E 2 Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the late 19th century, brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, both in their old age, decide to take on an orphan boy to help out around their ancestral farm of Green Gables, on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island. When Matthew goes to pick the child up at the railway station, he finds not a boy, but a high-spirited and talkative girl, Anne Shirley. At first, the Cuthberts are inclined to send her back, particularly after Marilla's brooch goes missing, and Anne, in despair, runs away. The family reconciles and Anne settles in her new home. Upon starting school, Anne once again displays boundless enthusiasm which is nevertheless easily turned into despair when things go wrong, which they often do. Slowly, her ebullient nature wins over those around her.
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-- Are you there God? It is me, Margaret2023., Juvenile, Lions Gate Entertainment Call No: NEW DVD Fic Are You Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia, who isn't happy they moved away and likes to remind them every chance she gets.
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2019., Adult, 109, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC Call No: DVD Fic ArtR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Based on the bestselling novel by Garth Stein, this is a heartfelt tale narrated by a witty and philosophical dog named Enzo. Through his bond with his owner Denny, an aspiring Formula One racecar driver, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life. The film follows Denny and the loves of his life: his wife Eve, their daughter Zoe, and his best friend Enzo.
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-- Mission noël2012., Juvenile, Columbia Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Arthur Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son, Arthur, looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.
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2023., Adult, Universal Call No: NEW DVD Fic Asteroid Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
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-- Temps d'un été2014., Adult, Entertainment One Films Canada : distributed exclusively in Canada by Entertainment One Call No: DVD Fic August Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Academy Award Winners Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts star in the darkly hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives converge when a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them. Based on Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Director John Wells skillfully translates from stage to screen, leading an all-star cast that includes Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Shepard and Misty Upham."--Container.
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-- Way of water2023., Adult, 20th Century Studios Call No: NEW DVD Fic Avatar 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Avatar Volume: 2Summary Note: Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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2005, p1991., General, Alliance Atlantis Call No: DVD Fic Ballad Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Merchant Ivory collection.Summary Note: The town bootlegger's life is thrown into chaos with the simultaneous appearance of a long-lost dwarf cousin and her spurned husband.
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-- Les invasions barbares[2004], p2003., Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm Call No: DVD Fic Barbarian Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Examines the varying personal politics - economic and sexual - at play among an aging group of friends, lovers, and ex-spouses. Remy and Louise are divorced. Their son Sebastien lives in capitalist splendor in London. Their estranged daughter sails boats throughout the world. But the slightly estranged family is brought together by Remy's losing battle with terminal cancer, and the hedonistic, ex-radical father and straight-laced son have to overcome their differences.
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-- Anthony Trollope's The Barchester Chroniclesc2005., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Barchester Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A dream cast brings Anthony Trollope's Barchester novels charmingly to life in this engaging production from the golden age of Masterpiece Theatre. Alan Rickman (Harry Potter films) is featured in his breakthrough role as the odious Obadiah Slope. The community of Barchester is shaken from its cozy complacency when a newspaper's crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires. Overnight, Rev. Harding (Donald Pleasence - The Great Escape) becomes a pawn in a battle between his younger daughter's beau, John Bold, and his older daughter's husband, Archdeacon Grantly (Nigel Hawthorne - The Madness Of King George). Little do they realize that the worse is yet to come, until a regime change delivers Barchester into the hands of a most unholy trinity: the weak-willed Bishop Proudie, the domineering Mrs. Proudie, and the insufferable Rev. Obadiah Slope."--Container.
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2018., Adult, 120, VVS Films Call No: DVD Fic Beautiful Boy Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A deeply moving portrait of a family's unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. As David's son repeatedly relapses, the family are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time.
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c2013., Alcon Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Beautiful Edition: [Blu-ray version.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When newcomer Lena arrives in the small town of Gatlin she quickly captures the attention of Ethan, who only wants to escape what he views as a boring and dead end town. He quickly gets more than he bargained for. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.