Shawn Hatosy
Pub. Date
2017
Description
When his mother dies of a heroin overdose, seventeen-year-old Joshua 'J' Cody moves in with his estranged relatives in a Southern California beach town. Heading up their petty crime dynasty are J's manipulative grandmother, Janine 'Smurf' Cody, whose iron-fisted, velvet-gloved tough love controls her four sons; adopted right-hand man 'Baz'; intense, mentally disturbed Pope; tough, hyperactive Craig; and troubled 'baby,' Deran.
Pub. Date
c2019.
Description
The Codys are back, and the ties that bind them are about to be stretched to the limit in the third season of this bold, adrenaline-fueled hit drama about a Southern California crime family. Cody clan matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody, takes in estranged grandson Joshua 'J' Cody following his mother's overdose on heroin. In last season's shocking conclusion, second-in-command Baz was shot while on his way to Mexico after framing Smurf for murder.
4) Dallas 362
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
Rusty wanders through his life, happily finding himself in the middle of trouble with the only person he can relate to, his best friend Dallas. A gritty portrait of the journey one man takes and the choices he must make to find his way home.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Season two explodes into action with the brash Cody bad boys in the midst of a high-adrenaline heist. Their haul is a dud, and the frustrated brothers rebel against their all controlling mother, Smurf, as well as each other. An external threat from Smurf's past adds to the chaos, jeopardizing her gift, and ominous responsibility.
Pub. Date
2021
Description
In season four, the ruthless Cody crime family is as much of a threat to each other as they are to their targets. Smurf is back on top reminding her boys who’s boss no matter whom she hurts in the process. And as always, outsiders move in to threaten the Cody’s fragile peace, including a new criminal crew with a surprising connection to the Codys.
11) John Q
Pub. Date
[2002]
Formats
Description
John Q. is a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace. He and his wife soon discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant. Although they have an HMO, they are informed that their policy doesn't cover such an expensive procedure. Unable to raise the money for the surgury himself and with no recourse but to take his son home to die, John snaps and holds the staff and patients of the...
12) Alpha dog
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Based on the real-life case of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer in California's San Gabriel Valley who, in 2000, became one of the youngest men to appear on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. With family links to organized crime, Johnny Truelove is on the warpath against Jake Mazursky, a sleazebag addict who owes him money. Fate intervenes when Johnny and his friend Frankie encounter Jake's 15-year-old half-brother Zack and hold him as collateral...
13) The cooler
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Bernie is extremely unlucky at gambling and he owes the Shangri-La casino's mob boss Shelly Kaplow over $100,000. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler". He gambles next to high rollers and gives them some of his bad luck to stop them from winning. This arrangement works out for awhile, but when Bernie has almost paid off his debt, he meets cocktail waitress, Natalie. The two start to fall in love and Bernie's luck begins to change. Unfortunately,...
14) Nobel son
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay, it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal, and ultimately revenge.
15) Nobel Son
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay, it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Brian Worthington reluctantly returns home for Thanksgiving after a long estragement, carrying the baggage of unresolved conflict with his father, who has replaced his maturing children with his pets. Family friend Allison is happy to find Brian back for a visit- she might appreciate his family more than he does, and help to make his return home bearable.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Ben can't believe how much he has to be thankful for: a wife, a daughter and a steady paycheck. But when he unexpectedly loses his job, Ben foolishly turns back to crime, joining his ex-con brother in a robbery that has deadly consequence. Facing lethal injection, Ben must say goodbye to his family. Ben regains consciousness neat a psychiatric. Now he must determine if his previous life was only a dream or if he is part of something more sinister....
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Anywhere but here: Tired of her life in a small Wisconsin town, Adele August leaves her second husband and moves to Beverly Hills with her teenage daughter, who resents the move and her mother's dreaminess and flamboyance.
Where the heart is: After generating notoriety by giving birth in the Wal-Mart where she lives after being abandoned by her boyfriend, a teen mother begins to rebuild her life with the help of quirky strangers who become her surrogate...
19) A Guy Thing
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Description
Paul is a regular guy who is engaged to marry Karen. Shortly before the wedding, Paul's friends throw him a bachelor party. Paul strikes up a conversation with one of the dancers, Becky, and the next morning, he wakes up bleary-eyed with a massive hangover -- and Becky in bed next to him. Karen comes over and Paul attempts to explain some incriminating evidence with a few white lies, but this messy situation gets messier when Paul runs into Becky...
20) A Guy Thing
Author
Description
Paul Coleman (Jason Lee) is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky (Julia Stiles) and can't remember the night before. Worse than that, she also happens to be his fiancee's cousin.