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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A deeply moving portrait of a family's unwavering love and commitment to each other in the face of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. As David's son repeatedly relapses, the family are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time.
2) After Yang
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
3) Dear Zoe
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A year after her family suffers an unimaginable loss, teenage Tess pens a heartfelt letter to her dead little sister Zoe, reflecting on what was lost, her resistance to traveling with her family down recovery road, and the surprising sources from which she gains love and support so that she can begin to get better.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Juggling a new relationship, parental responsibilities, friendship, and a sick brother while earning a living would be difficult for anyone, but it's particularly tricky as a hitman. Ray Shoesmith (Scott Ryan) takes care of people, collecting debts, relieving them of drugs and guns, and often taking care of them permanently. Ray demands respect and does not tolerate anyone who doesn't live up to his very strong and very clear code of ethics. The few...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Just days before Christmas, 1983, the Oliverio family readies an Italian tradition stretching back to the old country. Amidst the festivities, Tony Oliverio, a young man with big dreams and an even bigger heart, is yearning to find love. When he meets the gorgeous Ivy Leaguer Beth, romance blossoms, and it looks like Tony's holiday might make a turn for the better! But their budding romance faces some serious obstacles, including his Great Grandma,...
8) Sicilia!
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Italiano
Description
Something as simple as a herring roasting on a hearth, or a meal of bread, wine and winter melon, takes on the humble aura of a Caravaggio painting in this masterful film. A tragicomedy involving an orange peddler, an Italian recently returned from America, two 'stinky' police officers, a guilt-stricken landowner, a traveling knife sharpener and, perhaps most unforgettably, an indomitable peasant mother who reminisces about meals of snails and wild...
10) Greenland
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When humanity worldwide is in danger of being wiped out by an impending catastrophe, John Garrity has four days to secure his wife Allison and his son Nathan. While chaos reigns widely, John has to rush against the clock to take his loved ones in New York to a secret military bunker in Greenland. -- Provided by publisher.
As cities around the world are being destroyed by a comet, a family races against time to reach a possible safe haven.
12) Instant family
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After adopting three children, a couple finds themselves in over their heads.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Lauren and her best friend Colleen think they have landed their dream job, giving people the best and most magical Christmas ever as their personal "Christmas Coaches." This holiday season promises to be their biggest ever when they land a royal client. When Lauren meets James, the eldest son, he wants nothing to do with planning Christmas as he's busy negotiating a big acquisition for his father's company. But Lauren won't be thwarted in helping...
14) Creed II
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science is not always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted, and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him.
19) Us
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Haunted by trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway: doppelgangers of themselves.
20) Southpaw
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Billy "The Great" Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, seemingly has it all: an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Wills, a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers.
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