Melissa Leo
1) Lake News
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
At the center of Lake News is Lily Blake, a talented singer who shuns the limelight and cherishes her privacy. Tricked by a devious reporter into unwittingly giving an interview about her friendship with a newly-appointed cardinal, she finds herself accused of having had an affair with him.
Shocked and dismayed, Lily becomes a pariah as headlines all across the country proclaim her guilt. Hounded by the press, fired from her job, deprived...
Shocked and dismayed, Lily becomes a pariah as headlines all across the country proclaim her guilt. Hounded by the press, fired from her job, deprived...
2) Oblivion
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack Harper is the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth. When he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, her arrival triggers a nonstop chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows, and leaves humanity's fate in his hands.
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
These days. Somewhere in the USA. Claire (Melissa Leo) and Lila (Leïla Bekhti) are neighbors. They both live in the same building, they see each other every day but they hardly know each others names. Until today, when Claire decides to pay a visit to Lila and to ask for something that will definitely put at risk the cohabitation.
4) 21 grams
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A violent car acccident unexpectedly throws together the lives of a college professor, an ex-con and a young mother with a reckless past. The crossing of their paths takes them through the heights of love, the depths of revenge and the promise of redemption.
5) The fighter
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Micky Ward is a struggling boxer long overshadowed by his older brother and trainer, Dicky, a local legend battling his own demons. Their explosive relationship threatens to take them both down. However, the bond of blood may be their only chance to redeem their pasts, and, at last, give their hard-luck town what it's been waiting for: pride.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Explores the power of baseball for people in remote and troubled places. The once princely state of Manipur, in volatile northeast India, defies gun violence, trafficking, and HIV/AIDS through a surprising passion for America's national pastime. Manipur entered the Indian Union under protest in 1949, triggering a corrosive separatist conflict. For decades baseball has delivered release from daily struggles and a dream for healing a wounded society....
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Betty Anne Waters is a young woman whose world is shattered when her beloved brother Kenny is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Steadfastly convinced of his innocence, Betty Anne embarks on an 18-year journey to set Kenny free, using state-of-the-art forensic technology. The unshakable bond between a brother and sister, at the heart of this real-life drama, will stir your emotions and inspire you.
Special features of this DVD:...
8) Always
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
A portrayal of marriage as seen through the eyes of filmmaker, Henry Jaglom, and provides insight into the dynamics of married/about-to be married/and used to be married relatives.
9) The Ashram
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After receiving a cryptic message, American skeptic Jamie journeys deep into the Indian Himalayas to pick up on the trail of his girlfriend who has disappeared. There, he discovers a secretive community led by a guru (**Oscar-winner** Melissa Leo) with strange and mystical powers who may or may not be involved in her disappearance. As Jamie travels deeper down the rabbit hole, he quickly realizes that this mysterious community may be harboring secrets...
10) Frozen river
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Facing economic hardship, two single mothers are lured by the promise of fast money, smuggling illegal immigrants from Quebec into a Mohawk reservation in upstate New York.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Needing to keep his honor-bound commitment, Texas ranch foreman Pete returns the body of illegal Mexican immigrant ranch-hand Melquiades Estrada to his preferred resting place in the Mexican wilderness. Estrada had been accidentally shot by Mike, a newly-arrived U.S. border patrolman. Pete forces Mike to participate in his cross-country ritual of duty -- a voyage filled with revenge and redemption that will change both men forever -- and bring some...
12) The equalizer
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by; he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice...
13) Wayward Pines
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Secret Service agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a hospital in a strangely idyllic mountain town in Idaho. But the more Ethan tries to find out what happened to him, and to two missing fellow agents, the more he discovers that nothing is as it seems in Wayward Pines. Desperate to learn the truth and return to his family, Ethan eventually unveils a terrifying secret that affects all of mankind.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Doug and Louise have been married for many years, but their marriage began to grow cold after their teenage daughter was killed in a car accident. When Doug goes to New Orleans to attend a convention, he meets Mallory, a teenage stripper/prostitute who is on a path to self-destruction. Doug decides to help her whether she appreciates it or not. This act will help to heal his marriage.
15) Prisoners
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests its driver but a lack of evidence forces his release. As the police pursue multiple leads, Dover knows his child's life is at stake and decides he must take matters into his own hands. How far...
16) Flight
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Lillian Cooper’s (Academy Award®-winner Melissa Leo) famous son dies suddenly from a supposed overdose, she conducts her own investigation. With the help of a drug dealer (Bella Thorne), Lillian pursues answers, justice and revenge by any means necessary.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
New Orleans: Crime and corruption are up, culture is being trampled, and the people who matter-the workers, families, and dreamers who still live here-have had enough. They continue to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their culture after of Hurricane Katrina. Rampant crime and government ineptitude continue to cripple the city's recovery. Fed up, the characters demand that their music, art, and well-being be protected; to preserve the individuality...
Publisher
Inception Media Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
On a plane that has been grounded in Texas on the morning of September 11th, 2001, a flight attendant and a 10-year-old Pakistani-American boy make a connection. The flight attendant learns of the boy's connection to the terrorist attacks and decides to go on a cross-country trip with him to New York City to discover his uncertain future.
20) Hide and seek
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
After his wife is found dead, David decides to take his child, Emily, to live in a house upstate. She finds a weird imaginary friend named Charlie. He likes to play games, and is jealous of anyone who tries to come between Emily and her dad.