Denise Di Novi
1) Little women
Formats
Description
Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely.
Pub. Date
2009.
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Description
Adrienne Willis is a woman with her life in chaos. She retreats to the small coastal town in the Outer Banks. She hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs. She has a wayward husband who has asked to come home and a teen-aged daughter who resents her every decision. Upon arrival, a major storm is forecast and a guest named Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. Paul is the only guest at the inn. He is facing his own crisis of conscience. With the...
Pub. Date
[1990]
Description
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. So began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
When popular Landon is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie, the daughter of the town's minister. She tries to run away from the romance until it becomes impossible to deny.
"Moore sparkles! She will steal your heart in this refreshingly warm and honest romantic film."--FOX-TV.
7) Little Women
Series
Pub. Date
1994
Formats
Description
Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other. Based on the best-selling books by Beverly Cleary.
11) Almost Heroes
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A road comedy about 2 guys whose mission is to overtake the famed expeditioners Lewis and Clark and be the more fiery trailblazers of the Western North America frontier.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Nights in Rodanthe: A middle-aged woman retreats to her friend's hotel for a weekend and forms a romance with a guest during a storm.
The notebook: A wealthy young woman must choose between true love and a match her parents approve of.
Message in a bottle: A reporter traces a lonely widower who wrote a heart-felt message, put it in a bottle, and threw it into the sea.
A walk to remember: A popular high school student forms a special relationship...
17) Batman returns
Pub. Date
1997, c1992
Description
Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman. Can Batman battle two formidable foes at once?
18) Cabin boy
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A snobby school boy mistakes a pirate ship for his father's yatch and experiences misadventures.
19) Monte Carlo
Pub. Date
2011
Description
While on vacation in Paris with her best friend Emma and stepsister Meg, high school graduate Grace is mistaken for a British heiress and the three girls are whisked away to Monte Carlo for a glamorous weekend.
20) Unforgettable
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Tessa Connover is barely coping with the end of her marriage when her ex-husband, David, becomes happily engaged to Julia Banks. He not only brings Julia into the home they once shared, but also into the life of their daughter, Lilly. Trying to settle into her new role as a wife and a stepmother, Julia believes she has finally met the man of her dreams, the man who can help her put her own troubled past behind her.