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1) The Plug
Author
Language
English
Description
Unbeknownst to his best friend and partner, Rilow, Derrick makes a dangerous move against their current plug Mook but Mook finds out. Thirsty for revenge, Mook enlists Rilow to kill Derrick and join Mook's organization. Rilow faces death if he refuses.
2) Starlet
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Starlet explores the unlikely friendship between 21 year-old aspiring actress Jane (Dree Hemingway) and elderly widow Sadie (Besedka Johnson) after their worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Jane spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates and taking care of her chihuahua Starlet, while Sadie passes her days alone, tending to her garden. After a confrontation at a yard sale, Jane finds something unexpected in a relic...
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Set on a stretch of highway in a budget motel managed by Bobby (Willem Dafoe), just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, THE FLORIDA PROJECT follows six-year-old Moonee and her rebellious mother over the course of a single summer. Willem Dafoe was nominated for an **Oscar**, a **Golden Globe** and a **BAFTA** for his performance. Nominated for Best Director and Best Feature at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Official Selection at the...
4) Tangerine
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Sin-Dee is back. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend was unfaithful during the days she was jailed, the sex worker and her friend, Alexandra, set out to get to the bottom of this. Their odyssey leads them through subcultures of Los Angeles. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six year old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.
Author
Language
English
Description
In Sparkling Cyanide, Agatha Christie seats six—including a murderer—around a dining table set for seven, one year to the day that a beautiful heiress was poisoned in that very room.
Six people sit down to a sumptuous meal at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary—"rosemary for remembrance." A strange sentiment considering no one is likely to forget the
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Language
English
Description
This ghost story is set on the wild Atlantic coast of North Devon and told through the eyes of Jenny, a girl of nearly nineteen, whose recently deceased grandmother Mary has bequeathed her Windover, the cottage where she is staying with her father and his girlfriend during summer vacation.Before long, Jenny is troubled by visions of two teenage girls and learns from a photograph taken in 1934 that these girls are her grandmother Mary and Mary's friend...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Carol: Two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her twenties, Therese is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a beautiful collaboration, New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman and Kate Greenaway-winning illustrator Chris Riddell have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, "told in a way only Gaiman can" and featuring "stunning metallic artwork" (GeekInsider.com).
The result is a beautiful and coveted edition of The Sleeper and the Spindle that the Guardian calls "a refreshing,
...11) Sparks & Embers
Author
Language
English
Description
Tom (Kris Marshall - Love Actually) and Eloise (Annelise Hesme - Alexander) meet in inauspicious circumstances, trapped in a broken-down elevator after Eloise has Tom fired. Nevertheless, sparks fly. Four years later, they have broken up and Eloise is moving home to France. Tom has forty-five minutes to win her back and keep the love of his life.
13) Tangerine
Author
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back. Hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone, STARLET, Generation Kill) hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the sex worker and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), go on a mission to get to the bottom of this rumor. Their odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles.