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1) Lady Bird
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Christine "Lady Bird" MacPherson is a high school senior from the "wrong side of the tracks." She longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity, but finds none of that in her Sacramento Catholic high school. LADY BIRD follows the title character's senior year in high school, including her first romance, her participation in the school play, and most importantly, her applying for college" --
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives, This assignment...
3) Father Stu
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization...
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Peter gets engaged to the woman of his dreams, he realizes he has not one friend to serve as his best man. To rectify the situation, he goes on a series of man-dates before he meets Sydney Fife, with whom he instantly bonds. While Peter and Sydney become closer, his relationship with his fiancee begins to suffer, forcing him to choose between her or his new B.F.F.
5) Poltergeist
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Freeling family is a typical middle class family living in the peaceful Cuesta Verde Estates. Steve, his wife Diane, 16-year-old daughter Dana, 8-year-old Robbie, and 5-year-old Carol Ann live in a track house. Soon strange things begin to happen around the house; the pet canary dies, mysterious storms occur, and Carol Ann is summoned to the TV set, where a strange shaft of green light hits her and causes the room to shake. As the curious events...
7) True west
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful, yet funny confrontation between two brothers set in the contemporary West.
8) Sideways
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A pair of friends takes a road trip through wine country to celebrate Jack's final bachelor days. They indulge in a mid-life crisis consisting of wine, women and a yearning for the past, but they eventually collide with reality.
10) Rumor has it
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Sarah has finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff, but isn't sure if marriage is what she wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena family that she's never felt quite a part of. It isn't until Sarah stumbles into a well-kept family secret that she starts to question her roots and sets off in search of the man who may have answers that she has been looking...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the mid-80's, and Marty McFly is your average 17-year-old slacker who happens to be friends with an inventor, Doc Brown. Doc's latest invention is a time machine, that ends up transporting Marty back to 1955 where he must bring his parents together so that he will exist when he gets back to his own time.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
An inspiring true story of courage and friendship the whole family will love. When 15-year-old Jay Moriarty discovers that the mythical Mavericks surf break is real, he reaches out to local surfing legend Frosty Hesson to train him to ride it. What begins as a mentorship turns into an extraordinary bond that transforms both their lives, as Jay and Frosty learn valuable lessons about conquering fear in pursuit of your dreams.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview, whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, and the ongoing involvement...
14) The ugly truth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The search for 'Mr. Right' has left Abby, a romantically challenged morning show producer, hopelessly single. She receives an eye-opening education when she gets teamed up with Mike, a hardcore TV personality, who wants to prove his theories on what makes men tick by helping her find true love. The unexpected results may surprise them both.
15) Surf ninjas
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Brothers Johnny and Adam, laid back California surf-teens, discover they are the long-lost princes of a South Sea island paradise now ruled by Colonel Chi, a demented despot who is half man, half machine. The boys are transformed into ninja super-dudes in order to bring freedom and justice to their homeland, with the help of some ancient magic and an assortment of odd-ball allies!
16) Paint your wagon
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The story of a goldmining boom town centering on the work-and-play partnership of two miners and the wife they share.
17) Last chance
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Lance and Laura were high school sweethearts that married and settled down at The Last Chance Café & Motel in the California desert. Through the years, their hopes and dreams vanished, leaving them in a loveless marriage. Fate steps in one day when Sam, a former writer turned trucker, breaks down at the Last Chance and is forced to stay. He opens Laura's eyes to a world that she has only ever read about. After her husband's infidelity, she begins...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview, whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Getting the oil from the ground is an intensely physical process that later broadens into Plainview's equally indomitable urge to control land and power. Along the way, Plainview deals with a mighty derrick fire, a visit from a long-lost brother, and the ongoing involvement...
19) The Runaways
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
With the success of their all-girl teenage rock band The Runaways, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie's friendship begins to unwind after Currie decides to leave the group.
20) Nope
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
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