Emily Blunt
Author
Language
English
Description
Wallace stages his own death and buys himself a new identity as Arthur Newman. However, Arthur's road trip towards a new life is interrupted by the arrival of the beautiful but fragile Mike, who is also trying to leave her past behind. Drawn to one another, these two damaged souls begin to connect as they break into empty homes and take on the identities of the absent owners.
Author
Language
English
Description
Stephen Poliakoff-penned drama, which follows Gideon, a leading PR consultant, over a few months in 1997 as he is courted by the government to manage the millennium festivities. However, he finds that the hollowness of the high-profile public life is exposed by his relationships with his daughter, who is on the brink of leaving home for university, and Stella, a woman grieving the loss of her young son in a cycling accident.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Trying to better her financial situation, a single mother starts a crime scene cleaning business and asks her unreliable sister to join her. Together they clean up the deadly messes left by others, and deal with the messes in their own lives as well
"A smartly done morality tale that couldn't be more in sync with these troubled times."--Los Angeles Times
"Dark humor intersperses with poignant moments."--USA Today
"It's a solid depiction of a relatable...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son, and a single father to three daughters. Things get complicated when he finds that the woman he's in love with is his brother's new girlfriend.
"Blissfully funny and touching."--Rolling Stone
"Two thumbs up."--Roeper & Michael Phillips
"The feel-great comedy of the year."--Maxim
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel, all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When a shipwreck lands a lowly mailroom clerk named Gulliver on the fantastical island of Lilliput, he transforms into a giant, in size and ego! Gulliver's tall tales and heroic deeds win the hearts of the tiny Lilliputians, but when he loses it all and puts his newfound friends in peril, Gulliver must find a way to undo the damage. Through it all, Gulliver may just learn that it's how big you are on the inside that counts.
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Andy, a young assistant to an impossibly demanding New York fashion magazine editor, has a job that every girl would dream of. Unfortunately, her heaven-sent appointment as a personal whipping girl just might be the death of her!
"Sinfully funny."--Rolling Stone
"...funny excursion into the catty realm of women's magazines."--Los Angeles Times
"...classy, elegant and really entertaining film..."--Rex Reed, New York Observer
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
"...McGregor and Blunt make fetching lovebirds..."--Total Film
"...it's an engaging love story that should appeal to moviegoers..."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"These are characters with whom it's a pleasure to spend a couple of hours."--New...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A man glimpses the future fate has planned for him and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under, and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father Tony's plans to sell the family farm to his nephew. Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams in this comedic, moving and wildly romantic tale.
16) A quiet place
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A powerful and evil force threatens to attack a family whenever they make a noise, causing them to plunge into lives of silence. Any move they make, they live with the terrifying threat of being ambushed at any moment. With their existence on the line, they will need to develop a plan to escape their perilous circumstances. The question is whether or not time has already run out on their aspirations to lead normal lives.
17) Oppenheimer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
18) Jungle Cruise
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on...
19) Sherlock Gnomes
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
20) IF
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
With her dad in the hospital, Bea finds herself staying at her grandmother's apartment the same way she did the summer before her mother died. As she avoids her fears about the situation, she discovers she can see imaginary friends, and they enlist her to help them get reassigned to new children after their people have grown up and moved on, thinking they no longer need their old emotional supports. The more she tries, the more she realizes that...