Jean Smart
Publisher
Frontier Productions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When Calls the Heart" tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), a young teacher accustomed to her high society life, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coalmining town where life is simple, but often fraught with challenges. Lori Loughlin plays Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, the foreman of the mine, along with a dozen other miners, has just been killed in an explosion. The...
5) Babylon
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
6) Hope springs
Language
English
Description
Kay and Arnold are a middle-aged couple who have been married for 30 years and now are sleeping in separate rooms and barely interact in any meaningful loving way. Finally, Kay has had enough and finds a book by Dr. Feld which inspires her to sign them up for the doctor's intense week-long marriage counseling session. What follows is an insightful experience as Dr. Feld manages to help the couple understand how they have emotionally drifted apart...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her. The seven-part limited series is an exploration into the dark side of a close community and an authentic examination of how family and past tragedies can define our present.
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher trades high society life for a classroom on the prairie, determined to prove she is brave enough to live on her own. She learns through her aunt's secret diary that she had been a pioneer woman herself, and uses it as a guide to embark on her own adventures.
10) Miss meadows
Publisher
Myriad Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Miss Meadows is a schoolteacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgiveable.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Focuses on sisters Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker, who, despite being opposites, run a business together. Julia is an elegant, outspoken liberal intellectual, Suzanne is a rich, flashy, often self-centered former beauty queen. Together they have launched Sugarbaker Designs.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Designing Women is about female empowerment, politics, human rights, ethics, and, oh yeah, big laughs! Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Designing Women ran on CBS from 1986-1993 for seven hysterical seasons becoming a premier landmark sitcom in television history. Includes all 24 episodes of Season Five.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on sisters Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker, who, despite being opposites, run a business together. Julia is an elegant, outspoken liberal intellectual, while Suzanne is a rich, flashy, often self-centered former beauty queen. Together they have launched Sugarbaker Designs.
15) Mare of Easttown
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her. From creator and writer Brad Ingelsby, with all episodes directed by Craig Zobel, the seven-part limited series is an exploration into the dark side of a close community and an authentic examination of how family and past tragedies can define our present.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Season three finds Julia running for the office of supervisor against a sexist pig, Suzanne brandishing a semiautomatic weapon to protect a pig of her own, Mary-Jo deciding that a breast implant might be a good idea, Charlene deciding to drag them all down to Graceland for an Elvis nostalgia weekend, and Anthony getting nominated for homecoming queen. Includes 22 episodes and commentaries.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
This season Sugarbaker's is hired to decorate the Governor's mansion for its annual ball and Julia gets her head stuck in the banister; Suzanne attends her high school reunion, where people shun her because she has gained weight since high school; Charlene goes into labor; Anthony and Mary Jo cast votes in a call-in poll unaware that each call costs money; and much more. Includes 27 episodes.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A divorced L.A. lawyer, Peter, thinks he has met the girl of his dreams online, until she shows up at his door and is a sassy, African American ex-con. She moves in and really begins to shake up his boring suburban lifestyle.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Melanie is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating a wealthy socialite. One day he pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him. Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high school sweetheart. Now Melanie returns to her hometown to tell her parents the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce. However, the more time she spends with her old flame, the more...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Multiple Emmy Award winner Jean Smart stars as a legendary Las Vegas comedian who is forced to hire an ambitious young writer. These two talented comedic voices from different generations form an unlikely bond in this new comedy from "Broad City" alums Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky and Emmy Award winning executive producer Michael Schur.