Julianne Moore
Author
Language
English
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Description
"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. 'My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,' the president...
3) Wonderstruck
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress whose life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
4) Gloria Bell
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Gloria is a free-spirited divorcee who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity, and family.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Across a range of subjects, themes, tones, and narrative voices, Novak's assured prose and expansive imagination introduce readers to people, places, and premises that are hilarious, insightful, provocative, and moving-often at the same time. In One More Thing, a boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins...
6) The hours
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Language
English
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Description
The story of three women from three different eras whose lives are transformed by the timeless power of a masterful novel.
7) Game change
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Game Change is a searing, behind-the-scenes look at John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, from the decision to select Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate to the ticket's ultimate defeat in the general election just sixty days later. Told primarily through the eyes of senior McCain strategist Steve Schmidt, who originally championed Palin and later came to regret the choice.
"...a sharp-edged but not unsympathetic portrait of...
Author
Language
English
Description
Discover this special ebook written and read by bestselling author and award-winning actress Julianne Moore!
In My Mom Is a Foreigner, But Not to Me, Julianne Moore pays homage to all the Muttis, Mammas, and Mamans who are from another country. A foreign mom may eat, speak, and dress differently than other moms-she may wear special clothes for holidays, twist hair in strange old-fashioned braids, and cook recipes passed down from grandma. Such a...
9) Bel Canto
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling novel. A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.
10) Still Alice
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
11) Marie and Bruce
Author
Language
English
Description
Bruce and Marie have been married a long time, but their marriage is crumbling. Sick of the sight of one another, they both fire off comical jibes as they battle to undermine each other amidst a relationship turned sour.
12) What Maisie Knew
Author
Language
English
Description
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
13) Gloria Bell
Author
Language
English
Description
Gloria (Julianne Moore) spends her nights joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles and finds herself thrust into an unexpected and complicated new romance.
14) Freeheld
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a New Jersey police lieutenant is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she and her registered domestic partner must work to secure her pension benefits.
15) The Forgotten
Author
Language
English
Description
What if you were told that every moment you experienced and every memory you held dear never happened? In the psychological thriller The Forgotten, Julianne Moore stars as Telly Paretta, a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her eight-year old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist (Gary Sinise) reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man (Dominic West) who has had a similar...
17) Freedomland
Author
Language
English
Description
Freedomland is a highly charged and gritty mystery of a car hijacking, a missing child and a neighborhood torn asunder, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore.
18) With-In
Author
Language
English
Description
A star-studded anthology filled with funny, dramatic, romantic and familiar stories capturing challenges, human resilience, creativity, and the inspiration to take a deep look at ourselves and make each day better than the last.
19) Suburbicon
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns, the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. The tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit, and violence. This is a tale of very flawed people making very bad choices.
20) Blindness
Author
Language
English
Description
When a plague of blindness strikes and threatens all of humanity, one woman feigns the illness to share an uncertain fate in quarantine, where society is breaking down as fast as their crumbling surroundings. Based on José Saramago's novel, this intense and gritty thriller will lead you on a journey where the only thing more terrifying than being blind is being the only one who can see.
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