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Catherine Hardwicke
Author
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
In this intimate book, readers will follow visionary director Catherine Hardwicke through the creative process that went into transforming Stephenie Meyer's breathtaking novel into box office gold. Discover the inside secrets on wardrobe, storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine's favorite scenes, and much more.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This celebrated film follows female directors working in Hollywood. HALF THE PICTURE uses the current EEOC investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework to talk to these successful women directors about their career paths, struggles, inspiration and hopes for the future. Winner of a #WhatNext Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival.** *"An important piece of testimony in the fight...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't share everything, secrets, clothes, even boyfriends, but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news. A story for every modern woman, it celebrates the bond of true friendship that ultimately can never be broken, even in life's...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Valerie plans to run away from an arranged marriage to be with her true love Peter, but when her sister is killed by a werewolf prowling the forest around the village, Valerie learns she may have a connection to the beast that draws them together.
5) Twilight
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she should leave...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Film based on the true story of the legendary Z-Boys, this film is a fictionalized take on a brilliant group of young skateboarders who perfect their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport.
8) Tank girl
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The year's 2033 and since a humongous meteor hit the earth, the world just hasn't been the same ... A mega-villain, Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), the leader of Water & Power, holds the world in his grasp since he controls all the H2O down to the last drop ... or so he thinks. Two colossal enemies stand in his way: (1) The Rippers -- an army of half-men/half-kangaroo people whose sole purpose is to bring down the W. & P. and (2) a chick with a tank...
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The second season of AMC's post-Civil War series Hell on Wheels; continues the story of former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, whose journey is filled with turmoil and danger as he struggles to leave a troubled past behind. Centered around the traveling town that follows the construction of the transcontinental railroad, the series examines the greed and corruption in man's fight for power.
10) Thirteen
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles teenager and overachiever Tracy is an excellent student in her seventh grade class and gets along well with her mother, Melanie. She fears that she's not cool enough to be friends with Evie, the most popular girl in school. Fueled with genuine adolescent energy, Tracy follows Evie's lead into the harsh realities of sex, drugs, and hard-edged adventure. Consumed with temptations and conflicting desires, Tracy loses her good-girl identity,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Tell It Like A Women is a feature film comprised of 7 short stories whose common denominator is the representation of female protagonists. Each of these extremely different women faces a particular challenge in their life with extreme determination and courage that makes them stronger and more self-aware. Some of these inspirational and empowering stories, which take place all over the world, are inspired by true events while others are narrative...
12) Mafia Mamma
Author
Language
English
Description
While seeing to her long estranged (and now deceased) grandfather's affairs in Italy, Collette, a mild mannered suburban mom, unexpectedly inherits his mafia empire and finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war. Guided by the firm's trusted consigliere (Monica Bellucci), she hilariously defies everyone's expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.