Vincent D'Onofrio
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of irreverent and poetic short works from legendary actor Vincent D'Onofrio
This is not a story woven around plot, characters, and contrivance. Rather, it is what acclaimed actor Vincent D'Onofrio's mind produces when on idle, when he is not thinking about servicing a story. His words are, in the purest sense, ideas that fall unexpectedly upon his head, "like an apple from a tree—dropping all at once," though less about...
This is not a story woven around plot, characters, and contrivance. Rather, it is what acclaimed actor Vincent D'Onofrio's mind produces when on idle, when he is not thinking about servicing a story. His words are, in the purest sense, ideas that fall unexpectedly upon his head, "like an apple from a tree—dropping all at once," though less about...
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on her acclaimed autobiography, Novalyn Price Ellis, a feisty West Texas schoolteacher has a torrid and turbulent affair with Robert. E. Howard, the great pulp writer of the 1930s. However, their conflicting personalities along with Howard's emotional baggage, including his sickly mother and absent father, puts a strain on their relationship. The two struggle to carry on the romance as Howard becomes more immersed into his stories and less...
5) Dumb money
Author
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
David vs. Goliath tale about everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video game store) into the world's hottest company.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A timely tale of what can happen when engaged citizens fight the power for the sake of a better world. Arguably no one did more to shape understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. Director Matt Tyranuer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) vividly brings to life Jacobs’...
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When his late mother appears in a vision and tells him to go to Bucharest, Charlie Countryman (Shia LaBeouf, "Transformers") immediately boards a plane across the Atlantic. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival** and **Sundance Film Festival**.
9) Phantom boy
Author
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Leo is a phantom boy due to a mysterious illness. It enables him to leave his body and explore the city as a ghost. In the hospital one day, he befriends Alex, a NYC cop. Alex had gotten injured while attempting to capture a gangster who has caused chaos in the metropolis. Now this extraordinary duo work together to foil the plot of the villianous gangster and save New York from destruction.
11) Wildcat
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Directed by Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT weaves in and out of American writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing?
12) Pelé
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discover the story of the greatest sports hero ever-how a kid from the slums of Brazil named Péle transformed soccer into the world's biggest sport. With Vincent D'Onofrio.
14) CHIPS
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Jon Baker and Frank Ponch Poncherello have just joined the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in Los Angeles, but for very different reasons. Baker is a beaten-up former pro motorbiker trying to put his life and marriage back together. Poncherello is a cocky undercover Federal agent investigating a multi-million-dollar heist that may be an inside job-inside the CHP.
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s and '80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker, rose from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance, and prosperity. Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, it wasn't long before financial improprieties, scheming rivals,...
Publisher
MulticomTV
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930s, a Texas schoolteacher falls in love with pulp writer Robert H. Howard. The two couldn't be more opposite, sharing almost nothing but their uniquely passionate romance. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
17) Being human
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In five distinct yet cleverly interlocked roles, tells of a man who is a cave dweller, a Roman slave, a medieval wayfarer, a Portuguese nobleman shipwrecked in Africa and a modern Manhattanite whose homelife has hit the rocks. Each character reaches for survival, love, belonging; for all the things that made humankind draw together in the first place. Each is a human being faced with an unforgettable and universal challenge: Being Human.
18) Household saints
Publisher
Milestone Film and Video
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Unsettling drama about three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York's Little Italy.
19) Thumbsucker
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
At 17, Justin Cobb releases his anxiety by sucking his thumb, which makes him more of an outcast than he already is. As he seeks treatment for his habit, it causes big changes for him and those around him.
20) The cell
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
©2000.
Language
English
Description
Using an experimental technique, a therapist enters the mind of a serial killer to save a child's life. Her experience becomes a nightmare when she cannot find her way out.