Chris Messina
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Kenny (Chris Messina, *The Mindy Project)* is a disillusioned and apathetic ice cream vendor. He meets Lolita (Abigail Spencer, *True Detective*), a quick-witted, downtrodden insurance actuary, on a Chicago bridge. Lolita invites Kenny to travel with her to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Along the way, they meet a host of characters, and as their relationship deepens, they begin, reluctantly, to fall in love. As they...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Young Mona idolizes her father, a brilliant mathematician. When he suddenly demonstrates signs of mental illness, Mona begins to obsess about numbers, using them to interpret an unpredictable and threatening world. Now an adult (Jessica Alba), Mona's old superstitions and compulsive behaviors continue to flourish, but a new job as an elementary school math teacher may force her out of her protective shell.
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In a small U.S. town, far from the horrors of the Nazi labor camp where Maja (Noomi Rapace) was held with other Romani prisoners, she and her American husband Lewis (Chris Messina) have built a cozy life. But as she runs errands along the main street of her small town, Maja glimpses a stranger (Joel Kinnaman) whistling a nightmarishly familiar tune. Spiraling back to a night she has tried to forget, she fears he is the German soldier named Karl who...
4) Manglehorn
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Al Pacino and Holly Hunter give moving performances as a cat loving locksmith and a lovelorn bank teller who are both transformed by a new romance in this magical love story.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A coming of age journey about a boy with an illness that causes hair growth over the entirety of his face and body. After a disastrous carnival experience, he goes in search of his mother who abandoned him at birth. In the wilds of New Jersey he finds fast friends, but is pursued by an enigmatic carnival owner, and a police officer enlisted by his father.
7) Monogamy
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Rashida Jones) and bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Chris Messina) begins a side business, clandestinely snapping voyeuristic photos of his clients. A sexy exhibitionist client leads Theo into an all-consuming obsession, and as he follows her, he is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home. Winner of the Jury Award for the Best NY Narrative Feature...
10) I.S.S
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The optimistic Mindy Lahiri is about to learn that fantasy doesn't always mesh with reality. After a stint in Haiti with her pastor boyfriend, Mindy returns to New York City, only to find that her relationship with Dr. Danny Castellano is more complicated than ever before.
12) Cake
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A woman who’s been suffering from chronic pain since the car accident that cost the life of her child finds the will to go on from the most unexpected places.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Young Ob/Gyn doctor, Mindy, balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by co-workers in a small office. This season, Mindy is embracing motherhood, career advancement, and a new romantic interest(s).
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
Meet Mindy, a single OB/GYN who wants her life to be like a romantic comedy but just can't find the right leading man. As she attempts to balance her unpredictable workplace with some truly offbeat dating situations, Mindy soon discovers that the prescription for happiness is filled with comical side effects. Contains all 24 episodes from the first season.
16) Julie & Julia
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise....
17) Argo
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants storm the American embassy in Tehran and capture dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escape and a mid-level CIA agent named Antonio Mendez devises an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A twisted tale told by Harley Quinn herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya's paths collide, and the unlikely foursome has no choice but to team up to take Roman down.
19) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
20) Sharp objects
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A reporter confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to cover a violent murder.