Holland Taylor
Author
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ella (Isabella Blake-Thomas) is a city girl forced to spend the summer on the New Mexico ranch of her reclusive grandmother, Violet Von Stern (Holland Taylor), while Ella's mom (Kelly Lynch) undergoes chemotherapy in another state. As she tries to cope with her grandmother's strict rules and snooty friends, Ella longs for her mother and begs her estranged father for rescue. But Ella's dad (Sean Patrick Flanery) has his own reasons...
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Language
English
Description
When 'Average Joe' signs into a political chatroom and starts to discuss current events with a savvy citizen, neither knows the other's true identity. Soon, the entire country discovers that the nation's hottest new political mind belongs to an ordinary middle school student. 'Average Joe' turns out to be the President Of The United States.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The coolest spy kids anywhere are back for a huge new adventure! Carmen and Juni are on a mission to recover a device that threatens the entire world. They enlist the skills of Mom and Dad, and even their spy grandparents, in a thrilling show of family teamwork! With even more cool gadgets, imaginative creatures, and awesome special effects, it's a nonstop high-tech adventure for everyone!
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this continuation of the Spy Kids saga, Juni Cortez has now retired from being a spy and is trying to live a normal life, while Carmen is still with OSS. When his sister Carmen is trapped inside a groundbreaking new video game, the only way to free her is to enter the game's virtual world and make it to the highest level. Juni goes in to rescue her, and together, the Spy Kids battle through tougher and tougher levels of the game, overcoming challenges...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film ... and the humble comic book that inspired it. Part one of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and,...
Author
Language
English
Description
An aspiring writer faces up to the responsibilities of marriage and family in this romantic comedy from writer, director, and producer John Hughes. Despite the misgivings he pours out to best friend Davis McDonald (Alec Baldwin), Jake Briggs (Kevin Bacon) marries high-school sweetheart Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern). After an abortive attempt at graduate school in New Mexico, the couple settle in suburban Chicago. Jake fakes his way into a job as an...
10) The Truman Show
Author
Language
English
Description
Truman doesn't realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator (Ed Harris), that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player.
