Steve Guttenberg
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"After his father--the hero and strength of the family--is diagnosed with kidney failure, actor Steve Guttenberg dedicates himself to becoming a caregiver and reflects on their life together, from childhood through his Hollywood career, in his father's final years. Since moving to Hollywood at age seventeen, Steve Guttenberg has delighted and moved audiences with his film and television work. But when his father is diagnosed with kidney failure, Steve...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Short circuit: after a short circuit during an electrical storm, a military robot escapes and find a home with a young woman.
Short circuit 2: Johnny, the Robot, is out for some "urban input," but some street hoods, a greedy banker and a gang of crooks see his naivete as their high-tech ticket to easy street.
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Zeus is a rowdy little ruffhouse of a dog, but no less rough around the edges than his owner Terry and Terry's son Jordan. They've moved in next door to Mary Beth, a marine biologist who is more than a little preoccupied with studying Roxanne, a delightful dolphin, and keeping a watchful eye on her two uncontrollable daughters. When Zeus and Roxanne develop an unexpected relationship, it changes the lives of both families.
Pub. Date
[1991?]
Description
Three carefree bachelors are sharing the upbringing of Mary, an adorably curious 5-year-old. Mary's mother accepts a marriage proposal, which means relocation in England, and she takes Mary with her. The ex-dads quickly discover how empty life is without their little lady, and go to outrageous lengths to get her back.
12) The day after
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Following a nuclear strike against the United States, families in small-town Kansas try to survive as radiation slowly kills everything around them.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
When 12-year-old Josh Peters' dog digs up a gold medallion that supposedly leads to a fortune in hidden Conquistador gold, the boy and his dog pair up with newcomer Ana to reclaim the treasure in hopes of saving their home from foreclosure. Little do they know that the woods ahead are riddled with booby traps and plagued by an ancient curse. Plus, two conniving thieves will track them into the endless maze of trees, bent upon claiming the treasure...
14) Cocoon
Description
"When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens who had expected nothing more from life than bingo, shuffleboard, aches and pains, the chance to recapture their youth"--Container.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
America's sweetheart, Megan Valentine, has been humiliated in the public eye after her latest movie is declared a bomb. A crooked accountant has left her broke. After she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident, she enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain that it will change her life. Now, there's no star treatment, no stunt doubles and no second takes. But with the help of the other recruits, she'll find the motivation she needs to be all she...
16) Diner
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Set in 1959, a band of long-time buddies since high school gather at a local diner to share their escapades and make sense of their lives. As one by one they drift off to join the mainstream of life they still cling to their shared boyhood dreams.
17) Police academy
Description
The mayor decides to loosen the restrictions at the Police Academy. Soon, the new class is overrun with misfits and losers, including Carey Mahoney, who must choose between the force or jail; Karen, a pretty cadet whom Mahoney has his eye on; Moses Hightower, a mountain of a man who likes to tend flowers; and Larvell Jones, who has the ability to imitate the sound of practically anything. Commandant Lassard and Lt. Harris, are not thrilled with their...
18) Diner
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Set in Baltimore in 1959, a group of school buddies meet and socialize before they go off on their separate ways.
19) Zeus and Roxanne
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
Zeus the pooch and Roxanne the dolphin are able to communicate with one another; working together, they change the life of two families, assist in scientific research and foil the criminals!
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore the...