Renée Zellweger
Formats
Description
Forty-something and single again after breaking up with Mark Darcy, Bridget decides to focus on her job and surround herself with old friends and new. But her love life takes a turn when she meets a dashing American named Jack, the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist, Bridget finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch, she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.
Description
In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hrs., 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept winning...
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A daughter Ellen, gives up her job and boyfriend to take care of her dying mother. Her father, a gifted professor of an English department, is more occupied with having his life running as smoothly as possible than caring for his wife. Living at home, Ellen discovers many new aspects to her parents' personalities, a father who is human despite his imperfections and a mother who loves her family passionately. When her mother finally dies, Ellen is...
7) Judy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
It's the winter of 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It has been 30 years since she shot to stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but though her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has grown. As she prepares for the show, fights with management, and reminisces with friends and fans, her wit and warmth shine through. She also embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans,...
9) Nurse Betty
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Betty never misses an episode of her favorite soap opera, "A reason to love." After a mind-altering run-in with two hit-men while watching an episode, Betty transforms into "Nurse Betty" and embarks on a mission to find her one true love, Dr. David Ravell.
10) Appaloosa
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
1880s, the American West. Randall Bragg is a rich landowner who is wanted for murdering the town marshal. Lawman Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless town from the murderous rancher. Their efforts become complicated and their friendship is tested when a young widow arrives in town.
11) Jerry Maguire
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A sports agent suddenly discovers his scruples and promptly loses his job. But with the help of one loyal colleague and one outrageous client, he learns that loving well is the best revenge.
12) Miss Potter
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Depicts Beatrix Potter's life from her early fascination with woodland creatures to her days as an independent woman pursuing a career in writing and illustrating.
13) Shark tale
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oscar is a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, who becomes an improbable hero when he tells a great white lie. To keep his secret, Oscar teams up with an outcast vegetarian Great White shark, Lenny, and the two become the most unlikely of friends. When his lie begins to unravel, it's up to Oscar's loyal friend Angie and Lenny to help him stand up to the most feared shark in the water and find his true place in the reef.
14) Cinderella man
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hrs., 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept...
15) The bachelor
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Faced with the choice of getting married within the next 24 hours or losing a $100 million inheritance, unrepentant bachelor Jimmie Shannon is suddenly desperate to get to the altar.
16) New in town
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to a small Minnesota town, in the middle of nowhere, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. She endures a frosty reception from the locals, along with the icy roads and freezing weather. She warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she's ordered to close down the plant and put the entire...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (281 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of John Forbes Nash Jr., a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who learned to cope with his disease and win a Nobel Prize; story of Jim Braddock, a fighter during the depression who triumphs against all odds over heavyweight champ Max Baer in 1935.
18) White oleander
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ingrid, a smart, free-spirited, and somewhat narcissistic artist kills her deceitful lover in a crime of passion. Even while serving a prison sentence, she exerts control over her adoring teenage daughter, Astrid, who's forced to spend her teenage years in a series of foster homes before becoming her own person. Explores the strange relationship of Ingrid and Astrid, and includes Astrid's relationship with her foster mothers. At first merely an appendage...
19) Cold Mountain
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
20) Chicago
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.