Mark Ruffalo
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
"Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum give superb performances in Bennett Miller's powerfully disturbing true-crime saga."--Variety
"A superbly modulated study of a twisted mind with a career-changing performance by Steve Carell."--Hollywood Reporter
"There is plenty here to draw and hold...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Childhood friends Brian and Paulie do whatever it takes to survive in the dog-eat-dog neighborhood they live in. As they grow up they find themselves involved in organized crime and jail becomes part of doing business on the streets they call home. Brian uses his time in jail to get clean while Paulie makes plans for one last job that requires Brian's help. Brian must decide if he should stand by his friend or salvage his family. Includes: commentary,...
5) Dark waters
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life to expose the truth.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
British songwriter Gretta is adrift in Manhattan after getting dumped by her philandering rock star boyfriend. While playing at an open mic night at a local bar, she is discovered by struggling music producer Dan. Sensing her songwriting potential, Dan pushes Gretta to sign with him and record an ambitious outdoors album all across the city.
"The film's quiet pleasures creep up on you."--Hollywood Reporter
"It's rare to find a movie that uses music...
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Jack and Terry. Hank and Edith. They're two married couples and best friends with much in common. Jack and Hank are professors at Cedar County College. Terry and Edith are both stay-at-home moms. What will split them apart is that Jack and Edith are secret lovers. The interlocked foursome go into uncharted realms of anger, confrontation and lust - and making decisions that may or may not let love slip away
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A tour-de-force performance from Mark Ruffalo leads this family saga, which follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America. The six-episode limited drama series is based on Wally Lamb's New York Times bestseller and award-winning book, I Know This Much Is True.
9) Rumor has it
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Sarah has finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff, but isn't sure if marriage is what she wants. She's on her way home to attend her sister's wedding. While there, she stumbles on a family secret, and starts to question her roots
"It's really funny, true stuff."--Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
"...easygoing but surprisingly likable comedy."--Chicago Tribune
"Two thumbs up!"--Ebert & Roeper
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A film drama that tells the dramatic, poignant, and often exasperating story of the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early '80s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
"...powerful..."--Boston Globe
"...strong performances..."--Wall Street Journal
"...strident,...
11) Collateral
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Max is a cab driver. For twelve years, faces have come and gone from his rear-view mirror: people and places he has long since forgotten--until tonight. When a drug cartel learns of their impending indictment by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witness. Vincent is a contract killer. He has one night in L.A.--and five bodies are supposed to fall. Vincent hijacks Max and his cab, making Max collateral--an expendable...
12) 13 going on 30
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Jenna makes a wish on her 13th birthday to be 30 and grown up. When she wakes up the next day she finds herself, miraculously, just weeks away from her 30th birthday. The new, older Jenna is a successful magazine editor with friends in high places and a lion's share of potential suitors. The problem is that her mind hasn't matured with her body and Jenna finds it a little more terrifying than cool to be living on her own.
13) Poor things
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dennis-with a famous painter father and social activist mother-is a small-time drug dealer and total mess. His hero-worshipping friend Warren has just impulsively stolen $15,000 from his father, an abusive lingerie tycoon. When Jessica, a mixed-up prep school girl, shows up for a date, Warren pulls out a wad of bills and takes her off, awkwardly, for a night of seduction. A wildly funny, bittersweet, and moving story, This Is Our Youth is as trenchant...
15) Rumor Has It
Author
Language
English
Description
Sarah Huttinger, whose return home with her fiance convinces her that the country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her, and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers.
16) 13 Going On 30
Author
Language
English
Description
13 Going On 30 is a delightful be-careful-what-you-wish-for romantic comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. On the eve of her 13th birthday, all Jenna Rink wants is to be pretty and popular. After a humiliating experience with the coolest boy in school, Jenna makes a desperate wish for a new life. Miraculously, her wish comes true, but with one catch... it's 17 years later and she's a 13-year-old trapped inside her 30-year-old body.
Author
Language
English
Description
No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream! The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for!
18) Blood Money
Author
Language
English
Description
The buried sins of a bank executive come back to haunt him when he and his fianc are kidnapped and held hostage by a ruthless criminal seeking revenge.