Hendricks, Christina
Summary: Follows the life of a single woman who raises her grandson after her daughter goes missing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AMESummary: Mrs. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, came from Scotland to London to take up residence at the Claremont Hotel. Though she had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city, she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and gloom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Westlake Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MRSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MRS. RATED PGSummary: Elle, who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GrCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRASummary: The red balloon: A French boy named Pascal discovers a stray red balloon in the streets of Paris. Pascal and the balloon become fast friends and share many adventures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN REDSummary: This is a live-action re-telling of Johanna Spyri's tale of the orphan Heidi who was sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. But this Heidi is different as all of the characters are played by real dogs wearing clothing, wigs, hats, etc.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 4Paws Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HEISummary: Set primarily at Timeless Acres Retirement Home, the film follows a documentary crew who develop an interest in one of its star resident's feisty chess master Helen "Nana" Lewis. With the help of her friends Jennifer, Francesca, Jack, Esther, Kitty, Gladys, and Lisa, Nana begins training for the State Chess Championship. She plans on dominating the competition, but her real plan involves...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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2 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COMEDY NANSummary: Brian Cox is Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island for San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory's life will be unexpectedly transformed through a newly found love for his baby grandson.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ETRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ETRSummary: When Death comes for Gramps Northrup, Gramps isn't ready to go because that would leave his grandson alone, so he uses magic to trap Death in a tree. But with Death on hiatus, others whose time has come and who are ill and in pain, cannot be released from their suffering. Gramps begins to wonder if he has done the right thing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ONSummary: Realtor Oren Little, willfully obnoxious to anyone who might cross his path, wants nothing more than to sell one last house and retire in peace and quiet. Then, his estranged son drops off a granddaughter he never knew existed. Clueless about how to care for the abandoned nine-year-old, he pawns her off on his determined and lovable neighbor Leah and tries to resume his life. But little by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2014
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ANDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie And 2014Summary: By day, 35-year-old Alex is the world's oldest video game tester, but at night he is privately developing the next big game for the X-Box generation. When one of his roommates spends all the rent money on Filipino hookers, Alex gets kicked out of his apartment. He finds himself forced to live with his grandmother and her friends Grace and Bea. To save face with his friends and co-workers, he...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GRASummary: Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AlCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALLCostner, Kevin
Summary: A grieving widower is entrenched in a custody battle with his biracial granddaughter's paternal family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Home Entertainment 2015
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BlCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Black 2015Summary: Belle, an animal-loving 12-year-old, becomes withdrawn after her mother's death in an automobile accident. Rebelling against her father, she is sent to live at the horse ranch of her gruff maternal grandfather. With the help of the animals, Belle's work on the farm transforms the entire family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family All 2008Summary: Through an elderly and old-fashioned grandmother, a spoiled seven-year-old boy learns to accept and understand the simple pleasures of nature and her lifestyle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAYSummary: In Verona, Italy, the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet, there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Letters 2010Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LETCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LETSummary: A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2004
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TRISummary: Sixth grader Peter is pretty much the average kid: he likes gaming, hanging with his friends, and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when he has to give up his most prized possession -- his bedroom -- when his recently widowed grandfather moves in with Peter's family, he's unwilling to let such an injustice stand. Peter devises a series of increasingly elaborate pranks to drive out the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WARSummary: Ruth is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected bond.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JUNCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JuniperSummary: Old-school grandparents Artie and Diane get more than they bargained for when they get stuck babysitting their type-A daughter's overprotected kids. But things go from hectic to hysterical when Artie realizes the kids are running the house with their newfangled technology. By playing by his own rules, which include sugary snacks, old fashioned games, and tough love, Artie manages to outsmart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie ParentalArenberg, Lee.
Summary: Unraveling a series of clues left behind by his grandfather, Mickey Matson and his friends embark on a journey in search of a mythical ancient device. With the future of the country hanging in the balance, they will have to outsmart and outrun an evil conspiracy that dates back to the civil war.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Media Ventures 2013
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Summary: Let's celebrate grandparents! Meet the older generations of some favorite PBS KIDS families through fun, grandparent-focused stories. Arthur gets knitting lessons from Grandma Thora; Rosie celebrates her Abuela's birthday from far away; Daniel is excited to spend the whole day with Grandpere; Donkey Hodie and Grampy enjoy some homemade chili together; and much, much more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV GRASummary: Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her complete lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose when she is in need of financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part because their troubled mother died when they were girls. Maggie discovers hidden letters...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY INSummary: A successful fashion photographer learns that he has a brain tumor that will soon kill him. Hiding his diagnosis, he alienates his family and his boyfriend. During a stay with his grandmother his vulnerability is met with a big heart and sound advice. A chance encounter with a roadside café waitress results in an unusual bargain that provides a happy, playful dimension to the proceedings.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2006