Mary-Louise Parker
1) Dear Mr. You
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary literary work, Dear Mr. You renders the singular arc of a woman's life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved priest from her childhood to remembrances of former lovers to an homage to a firefighter she encountered to a heartfelt communication with the uncle...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later and approaching 40, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered 20 years earlier,...
5) Red
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Frank is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone, until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him. With his identity compromised, Frank reassembles his old team - Joe, Marvin, and Victoria - and sets out to prove that they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Stand back and watch the bullets fly in this explosive action-comedy.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Gus finds that alimony payments are cutting into his dream of renovating a rundown Brooklyn bowling alley, so he sets out to find the right guy for his ex-wife. When he finally finds "Mr. Wonderful", Gus realizes that he wants her back.
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Nancy and her family hit the road with blood on their hands and the Mexican Mafia on their tail, and they are not looking back. But even with new looks and new identities, the newly minted "Newman" family is bound for a whole new crop of trouble.
10) Red: Red 2
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Red: Frank is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone, until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him. With his identity compromised, Frank reassembles his old team; Joe, Marvin, and Victoria, and sets out to prove that they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Stand back and watch the bullets fly in this explosive action-comedy.
Red 2: Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites with his team to track down a missing portable nuclear...
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
To the folks of Conway, Duncan Mayor is a very cranky guy. To his wife Suzy, he's a doting pussycat. But Suzy is ailing and is being cared for by Nurse Natalie, whom Duncan tries his best to ignore. Duncan decides the best medicine for Suzy, and a Christmas present she'll never forget, is a ride on a Ferris wheel, set up in their own backyard.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1998
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
14) Jamesy Boy
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events. Rage-filled teenager James is never one to back down from a fight. He jumps at the chance to run drugs and guns for a gang and quickly ends up behind bars. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted murderer.
15) Solitary man
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ben Kalmen, a fifty-something New Yorker, discovers that he is not the man he wanted to be. Through many business and romantic indiscretions he has lost his once successful car dealership. Now he must make the decision to face the challenges of his not so youthful life.
16) Howl
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Allen Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless, electrifying, and controversial work of his career. Pushing the limits and challenging the mainstream, the passionate and provocative Howl and its publisher find themselves on trial for obscenity, with prosecutor Ralph McIntosh setting out to have the book banned, while defense attorney Jake Ehrlich fervently argues for freedom of...
17) Red dragon
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Will Graham is an FBI agent who brought Hannibal Lecter to justice; however, his confrontation with Lecter proved to be a bloody, near-death experience. Retiring from the Bureau, he moves to Florida. However, a particularly grisly killer is on the loose, and Jack, Graham's one-time mentor at the Bureau, asks him to return to duty to find him. "The Tooth Fairy" is a vicious murderer who kills entire families at once, covering the eyes of his victims...
18) R.I.P.D
Publisher
distributed by InnoForm Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Two cops are dispatched by the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.) to protect and serve the living from increasingly destructive spirits hiding among the unsuspecting Earth. When they uncover a plot that could end life as we know it, the new partners have to turn grudging respect into top-notch teamwork to restore the cosmic balance-or watch the tunnel to the afterlife begin sending angry souls the very wrong way.
19) Cupid & Cate
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 37
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Cate DeAngelo is a talented and slightly quirky individual whose life and identity seem to be stuck in neutral until her sister decides to play "Cupid" and introduces her to a handsome and truly endearing man.
20) Red 2
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses rejoins his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.