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- Clay footed giants [graphic novel] / by McGuire, Mark,author.; Chevarier, Alain,author,illustrator.; also issued as:McGuire, Mark.Géants aux pieds d'argile.;
- Set in Montréal, Clay Footed Giants is a tragicomic meditation on parenthood, masculinity, and violence. Being a parent is so much harder than Pat ever imagined. While his partner Ester is away on a work trip. Pat loses his temper and transforms into a grizzly bear of a father, scaring his children and compounding his guilt. His friend Mathieu's stay-at-home-dad parenting advice is of no help, and only emphasizes Mathieu's professional shortcomings. The two men soon realize their children are mirrors reflecting old wounds that might never heal. Meanwhile, an unexpected package arrives from Pat's Estranged father containing letters, photos and a mysterious medal from his time as a soldier in Vietnam, and it propels Pat's obsessive quest to understand his family's dark past. As Pat plunges deeper into h i s research, he and his family reach their breaking point. With help from Mathieu and Pat's mom, Pat digs down to the roots of their family's intergenerational trauma and learns how to heal himself in the process Growth is possible, but so is oblivion. Eventually, the light pours in.Rated Teen+.
- Subjects: Domestic comics.; Graphic novels.; Psychological comics.; Estranged families; Families; Fatherhood; Fathers; Generational trauma; Interpersonal relations; Masculinity; Parenting; Stay-at-home fathers;
- Chef [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Hoffman, Dustin; Downey, Jr., Robert; Leguizamo, John; Platt, Oliver; Favreau, Jon; Johansson, Scarlett; Cannavale, Bobby; Vergara, Sofia; Anthony, Emjay;
- Director, Jon Favreau.John Leguizamo, Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Vergara, Bobby Cannavale, Robert Downey, Jr., Oliver Platt, Scarlett Johansson, Emjay Anthony.A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.OFRB rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
- Subjects: Comedy.; Comedy.;
- © 2014., Universal,
- Chef [videorecording] / by Anthony, Emjay.; Cannavale, Bobby.; Downey, Robert,1965-; Favreau, Jon.; Hoffman, Dustin,1937-; Johansson, Scarlett,1984-; Leguizamo, John.; Platt, Oliver.; Vergara, Sofia,1972-; Videoville Showtime.;
- John Leguizamo, Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Vergara, Bobby Cannavale, Robert Downey, Jr., Oliver Platt, Scarlett Johansson, Emjay Anthony.A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
- Subjects: Comedy films.; Cooks; Dysfunctional families; Feature films.; Food trucks;
- © c2014., Distributed by Videoville Showtime,
- Estranged [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Conway, Craig; Cosmo, James; Duff, Bob; Lance, James; Manson, Amy; Mcloughlin, Faye; Noone, Nora-Jane;
- Director, Adam Levins.Craig Conway, James Cosmo, Bob Duff, James Lance, Amy Manson, Faye Mcloughlin, Nora-Jane Noone.It's a modern Gothic tale of a wheelchair-bound amnesiac, a spooky old mansion, and the family that lives within - harboring dark secrets and shocking motives.MWT rating: NR.Blu-ray.
- Subjects: Horror.; Foreign.;
- © 2016., Well Go Usa Entertainment,
- Blue ruin [videorecording] / by Blair, Macon.; Hargreaves, Amy.; Kolack, Kevin.; Plumb, Eve,1958-; Ratray, Devin,1977-; Saulnier, Jeremy.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Scavenger (Firm);
- Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb.A strange outsider's life suddenly changes when he returns to his childhood home to implement an act of vengeance. Proving himself a novice assassin, he ends up in a ruthless fight to protect his estranged family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen, aspect ratio, 2.40:1 ; Dolby digital.
- Subjects: Assassins; Feature films.; Outcasts; Revenge; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
- © c2014., Distributed by Entertainment One,
- The Fitzgerald family Christmas [videorecording] / by Bishé, Kerry,1984-; Britton, Connie.; Burns, Edward,1968-; Coleman, Dara.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm); Tribeca Productions.; Video Services Corp.;
- Connie Britton, Edward Burns, Kerry Bishé, Dara Coleman, Heather Burns.As Christmas approaches, the adult siblings of the Fitzgerald family prepare for the return of their estranged father.14A.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Christmas films.; Christmas; Families; Feature films.;
- © c2013., Video Services Corp.,
- Sneaky Pete. [videorecording] / by Ireland, Marin,actor.; McRae, Shane,1977-actor.; Ribisi, Giovanni,1974-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
- Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Shane McRae.A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, reuniting with his estranged family, that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's escaping.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Television crime shows.; Crime; Ex-convicts; Impostors and imposture;
- For private home use only.
- Estranged [videorecording] / by Cosmo, James,actor.; Levins, Adam,film director.; Manson, Amy,1985-actor.; Noone, Nora-Jane,actor.; Well Go USA, Inc.;
- Amy Manson, James Cosmo, Nora-Jane Noone, James Lance, Faye McLoughlin.January is forced to return home after six years traveling abroad. A near-fatal accident has left her temporarily wheelchair bound and depleted of her long-term memory. Desperate to discover why she left all those years ago, she sets out to find the truth. She soon discover the family are not as loving as they seem to be. Was there a dark reason why she left them in the first place?14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Amnesiacs; Families; Family secrets; Feature films.; People with disabilities; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- For private home use only.
- Fly away home [videorecording] / by Daniels, Jeff,1955-; Paquin, Anna.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
- Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney.A 13-year old girl and her estranged father learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them to fly.Canadian Home Video rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
- Subjects: Children's films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fathers and daughters; Human-animal relationships; Geese;
- For private home use only.
- Fixing Delilah / by Ockler, Sarah.;
- When Delilah, her mother, and her aunt spend the summer in Vermont settling Delilah's estranged grandmother's estate, long-held family secrets are painfully brought to light and Delilah finally learns some difficult truths about her family's past.LSC
- Subjects: Teenagers; Family secrets; Single-parent families; Depression, Mental; Grief; Families;
- © 2011, c2010., Little, Brown,
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