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21) The gift (DVD)
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A widowed psychic in Georgia gives readings to support her three young sons. Her visions unravel the secrets of the town and she finds herself in increasing danger from the unfriendly inhabitants. Includes interviews, music videos, and trailer.
"...solidly crafted, suspensefully written, powerfully acted..."--Boston Globe
"A well-told murder mystery."--Citysearch
"The smartest and scariest supernatural thriller since 'The Sixth Sense.'"--New York...
22) Deadly Seasons
Language
English
Description
A mysterious Superintendent with a troubled past teams up with a young, reckless inspector to solve a series of troubling murders.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.
"...an excellent...
25) The debt (DVD)
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The story begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stephan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by Israel because of the secret mission that they embarked on for their country back in 1965-1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel, the feared Surgeon of Birkenau, in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission...
26) A time for mercy
Author
Language
English
Description
Court-appointed lawyer Jake Brigance puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line to defend a sixteen-year-old suspect who is accused of killing a local deputy and facing the death penalty.
27) One by One
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Language
English
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Description
A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the...
28) Don't Shoot
Language
English
Description
After the unarmed shooting of William King, a college bound black teen, by two white officers, a city is on fire as it seeks justice in these times of racial division.
30) Noxious
Language
English
Description
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Georgia unfold as the reckless Kennedy discovers her lovers darkest secrets.
31) The Lost Choices
Language
English
Description
A young woman is raped on her way home. When the police refuse to help her, she sets out for revenge on both her rapist, and the police who did not believe her.
32) Murder Gardens
Language
English
Description
Chase Washington, a 19yearold young man whose world has been turned upside down after he leaves a comfortable home provided by his foster father for a life of crime and corruption that he's introduced to by his older brother Rell Washington.
33) The Quarry
Language
English
Description
A visit home with her new boyfriend ends in murder after Alicia introduces him to old friends.
37) Sweet Mahogany
Language
English
Description
While they are working through the complications of being a 'trouple', and enduring the questions from their children and the judgments from the outside which include family and friends while trying to maintain the family unity inside their own home.
38) Paradise
Language
English
Description
Jacob and Mia Patterson have a seemingly perfect life. Good jobs, a healthy relationship, and financial freedom until one decision makes them question everything thats happened between them.
40) Clowning
Language
English
Description
Unable to make ends meet with the sales of his homemade lip balm, Dante a peace loving hippy sets out to earn extra cash before his first baby arrives. Finding a gig as a party clown, he thinks his troubles are behind him.
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