Kathleen Turner
Author
Language
English
Description
Few actors have had a career as dynamic as that Kathleen Turner's; success has followed her from the television screen to major blockbusters, from indie films to the theater stage. Over her forty-year career, Turner has developed an instinctual knowledge of what it takes to be a successful actor, and, in her conversations with esteemed film professor Dustin Morrow, she shares these lessons with the world.
With her iconic wit on full display,...
With her iconic wit on full display,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From her film debut as the sultry schemer in Body Heat to her award-winning role as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, actress Kathleen Turner's unique blend of beauty, intelligence, and raw sexuality has driven her personal and professional life. Now, in this gutsy memoir, the screen icon tells us of the risks she's taken and the lessons she's learned-sometimes the hard way.
For the first time, Turner shares her childhood challenges-a life...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents an introduction to the gods, goddesses and legendary figures of ancient Greece -- mighty Zeus, with his fistful of thunderbolts; gray-eyed Athena, goddess of wisdom; Helios, the sun; greedy King Midas -- depicted by Caldecott winners Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. These artists bring to life the myths that have inspired great European literature and art through the ages.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marley & me : John and Jen are journalists who are a newly married couple. Marley is the adopted puppy that no one wants, a high-strung lab who is virtually untrainable. Marley shreds cushions, destroys floors and walls and most everything in between. Instead of taking him to the pound, they love their dog and he faithfully loves them in return. John and Jen eventually have three children and Jen gives up her career to be a mom. John's career continues...
8) The estate
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea in this hilarious comedy about family being the worst.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joan Wilder is a mousy romance novelist who receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, but quickly becomes lost in the jungle. She is waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. Joan meets an...
11) Body heat
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A likable, unambitious lawyer and his siren-like lover plot to kill her wealthy husband.
12) The swearing jar
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is a rare and miraculous thing to find your one true soul mate. Carey soon learns that finding two of them can pose an even greater problem. Equal parts humour and heartbreak, THE SWEARING JAR tells two love stories at once, exploring the challenges of marriage, parenting, loss, and moving on.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 77 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two documentaries saluting William Powell, originally silent film star and loveable villain and Myrna Loy's passage to the reigning queen of Hollywood.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When school hunk Trip Fontain convinces the beautiful but sheltered Lisbon sisters to go to the prom, the romantic fantasies of a group of neighborhood boys threaten to come true--until all are engulfed in a stunning chain of events that will change their lives forever.
15) Undercover blues
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jeff and Jane Blue are parents of the 90s. They also happen to be espionage agents and the United States' only chance at national security. Just as they are ready to embark upon "phase 2" in their lives-- the phase that will allow them a normal lifestyle in which to raise their baby-- the cosmopolitan couple is persuaded out of their prolonged maternity leave to save the world from a corrupt Czech arms embezzler. Not an easy task for a couple who...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wacky brain surgeon mourns for his wife and then falls for a beauty who hides a heart of stone. The situation is hopeless until his oddball research offers a ray of hope.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Peggy Sue, a mother of two who runs her own business & is coping with an impending divorce, attends her 25th high school reunion, where a freak mishap sends her decades back in time, giving her the power to create an entirely different future for herself.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (4 hr., 28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big Business : Two sets of twins who were separated at birth meet forty years later.
Straight Talk : Romantic comedy about a country girl who becomes Chicago's hottest talk radio celebrity.
V.I. Warshawski : Warshawski a private detective, is hired by a 13-year-old to investigate the death of her ex-hocky star father.
19) Prizzi's honor
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hit man goes against his family ways when he falls in love with another hired killer.
20) Marley & me
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen 2-disc bad dog special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 digital copy (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
John and Jen are journalists who are a newly married couple. Marley is the adopted puppy that no one wants, a high-strung lab who is virtually untrainable. Marley shreds cushions, destroys floors and walls and most everything in between. Instead of taking him to the pound, they love their dog and he faithfully loves them in return. John and Jen eventually have three children and Jen gives up her career to be a mom. John's career continues to advance...