Ally Sheedy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In Boston, a young woman finds herself pregnant--even though she is still a virgin. In Ireland, another young woman discovers she is in the same impossible condition. And in cities all around the world, medical authorities are overwhelmed by epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse. It all feels like a sign that something awful is coming. Anne Fitzgerald, a former nun turned private investigator, is hired by the Archdiocese of Boston to...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Doug and Louise have been married for many years, but their marriage began to grow cold after their teenage daughter was killed in a car accident. When Doug goes to New Orleans to attend a convention, he meets Mallory, a teenage stripper/prostitute who is on a path to self-destruction. Doug decides to help her whether she appreciates it or not. This act will help to heal his marriage.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five high school students-- a Rebel, an Athlete, a Brain, a Princess and a Basketcase-- find themselves thrown together serving a Saturday morning detention. They do not have much in common, except giving up their day, sitting in the school library, and writing an essay for the principal. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some of the Rebel's marijuana, they begin to pour their hearts out to each other. They talk about their...
5) Amnesia
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Paul Keller is a minister who has found himself heavily involved in an illicit affair with his son's teacher. Unable to see an end to his deceptive and sinful path, he concocts a scheme to fake his own death. However, his cunning plan goes awry and he is left with no recollection of himself or his former life.
6) Amnesia
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Paul Keller is a minister who has found himself involved in an affair with his son's teacher. Unable to see an end to his sinful path, he concocts a scheme to fake his own death. His plan goes awry and he is left with no recollection of himself or his former life.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Betsy's wedding is a funny, feel good movie about a wonderfully eccentric family and their hilarious trials and tribulations. It's about everything but their daughter's wedding! Anything can and does happen when the freespirited bride-to-be casually announces her engagement, setting off a series of crazy events, including accidental meetings with the mafia, oddball romances and rioutous schemes! Betsy's wedding is the perfit hit.
8) The pickle
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A renowned film director has been stung by a series of flops. In an attempt to get out of debt, he takes the only option open to him--directing a teenage science-fiction movie about a flying pickle.
9) Day zero
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The military draft has been reinstated. Three best friends, George is a successful lawyer, Dixon is a tough-as-nails cab driver, and Feller is a writer with a lot of insecurities. The three are drafted into the Army and given 30 day to report for duty. In that time, the three friends will be forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor.
10) The veteran
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Burgeoning politician Ray Watson returns to Vietnam, thirty years after the fall of Saigon, but instead of laying his ghosts to rest he is confronted by the enraged POW comrade "Doc" whom he left behind. Doc forces Ray to plunge back into the terrifying events of their ambush and capture, while government agents assigned to tracking MIA/POWs secretly listen in on their conversation. It seems the past has more secrets to offer, and neither man is who...
11) Shelter Island
Publisher
Distributed by Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, 2002.
Language
English
Description
Lou Delamere seems to have it all: fame, money, and a beautiful best friend, Alex. When she and Alex retreat to her estate on Shelter Island looking to relax, they find themselves trapped by a severe storm and cut off from all communication. Soon a stranger knocks at the door and a dangerous game begins where no one is who he appears to be.
12) Noise
Publisher
Velocity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"After divorcing her husband and giving up alcohol, Joyce Chandler needs a quiet space of her own where she can recover and adjust to her new life. Joyce manages to find a secluded Manhattan apartment that suits her perfectly ... or so it seems, until Joyce meets Charlotte Bancroft, her upstairs neighbor. It isn't long before Charlotte makes Joyce's perfectly peaceful space a nightly Hell on Earth. Not wanting to give up her apartment and independence,...
13) WarGames
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998, 1983]
Language
English
Description
Young electronics wizard David Lightman unwittingly hooks into America's supersecret wargames computer and the world is suddenly threatened with nuclear annihilation.
15) St. Elmo's fire
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Seven friends, recent college graduates, search for a place in the real world and face the issues of career and commitment. Against the backdrop of St. Elmo's, their local hang-out, they save, betray and love each one another as only the closest of friends can.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Short circuit: after a short circuit during an electrical storm, a military robot escapes and find a home with a young woman.
Short circuit 2: Johnny, the Robot, is out for some "urban input," but some street hoods, a greedy banker and a gang of crooks see his naivete as their high-tech ticket to easy street.
17) WarGames
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A young computer whiz kid accidentally taps into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In SpaceCamp, a group of teenagers attend a summer camp designed to teach them the workings of the NASA space program.
In Wargames, young computer genius David Lightman breaks into the Defense Department's war computer, but what he thinks is a game just may start World War III.