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1) Hamlet
Author
Formats
Description
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet's opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A family mansion needs domestic help. Mulberry, the son of Death and Springtime, turns up one day with no qualifications, no one knows where he's from, yet he sweet-talks his way into the job. Suddenly the dull old house isn't so dull anymore.
4) Alpha male
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Jim Ferris is the "alpha male"--Warm, charismatic, and successful, he is the consummate provider for his wife Alice and children, Jack and Elyssa. It feels as though nothing can touch the idyllic world he has created. But when he dies suddenly, grief, jealousy and dysfunction fill the vacuum-- until the family's tensions surface a decade later at Jack's 21st birthday party.
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old war veteran. He spends his days maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park. Now Eddie's own life is about to come to an end. One morning, an accident occurs on one of the rides. In front of a horrified crowd, Eddie attempts to save the five-year-old's life. The last thing he sees is the little girl's frightened face, the last thing he feels is the child's hands in his. Then, a blinding flash of light...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. Shirley Maclaine makes her screen debut in this New England romp that includes romance, humor ... and several unearthings of the corpse.
10) A fish story
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
After his sudden death, a devoted father's search for Heaven brings him back to his distraught family and his wilderness fishing camp for a few precious days in the body of a wanted man.
13) Year of the dog
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Peggy is a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister. She lives alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life.
14) For one more day
Publisher
Distributed by Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Chick Benetto, a broken-down former baseball player who has collapsed into alcoholism and despair, returns one night to his small hometown with plans to take his life. At the final moment, he is magically granted one more day with his departed mother, Posey Benetto, who illuminates the secrets of both their lives and shows him a way to redemption.
15) Reservation Road
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Two fathers are forced to live with the same tragedy in two very different ways after an incident that involves them both on the same road.
16) Wolves
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
After he finds his parents murdered, a high school student stumbles upon a town of werewolves and realizes that he is turning into one of them.
18) Grace is gone
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Stanley Phillips is a sad, disconnected man unable to tell his young daughters that their mother, a soldier, has died in Iraq. Instead, he takes the girls on a road trip, where their innocent charm helps him rediscover a healing joy he thought he'd lost forever.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Brenda grew up with some incredible hardships. She had a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a 'father.' Now, Brenda is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral in Georgia, she's not sure how to feel. Growing up, Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things...
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The journey of a lifetime for young Lily Strickland begins not out of her love for adventure but out of heartache. Longing for the father she lost to the ocean and having no way to say goodbye, Lily strikes out on her own. Leaving behind a safe, loving environment with her grandparents and loving mother, she faces not only her fears but the obstacles the wilderness presents.
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