Danny Aiello
1) I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else: My Life on the Street, On the Stage, and in the Movies
Author
Language
English
Description
Beloved stage and screen actor Danny Aiello's big-hearted memoir reveals a man of passion, integrity, and guts-and lays bare one of the most unlikely success stories ever told.
Danny Aiello admits that he backed into his acting career by mistake. That's easy to see when you begin at the beginning: raised by his loving and fiercely resilient mother in the tenements of Manhattan and the South Bronx, and forever haunted by the death of his infant brother,...
2) Dinner Rush
Author
Language
English
Description
At a popular NYC Italian restaurant on a dramatic, busy evening, there are 2 gangsters, cop detective, food-critic, ex bookmaker owner, his chef son, indebted gambler sous-chef etc.
3) Radio Days
Author
Language
English
Description
Gripped by wild radio stories, 10-year-old Joe Needleman longs for adventure and dreams of the day he'll see enemy spies or German subs. But while Joe's life is filled with fantasies, the people behind the voices have fantasies of their own. As stars rise, careers fall and a nation hurtles toward the future, one thing is certain: The days of radio may fade...but the magic will always endure.
4) One Moment
Author
Language
English
Description
Middle-age siblings struggle to manage their personal lives, families and careers, while also caring for their recently widowed, aging father...welcome to the Sandwich Generation.
7) One moment
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It is the humorous and heartwarming story of middle-aged siblings struggling to manage their own lives while also caring for their recently widowed aging father. Welcome to the 1Sandwich Generation' where you care for your parents while still parenting your kids.'
9) Man on fire
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
English
Description
Creasy, a broken, cynical ex-CIA agent on the brink of collapse, accepts a position as bodyguard for the young daughter of one of Italy's wealthiest families. He reluctantly grows attached to the little girl, giving her the friendship and support that her parents are unwilling to provide. When the child is kidnapped by violent terrorists, Creasy is thrown into a world of treachery and turmoil, where he must fight for his young friend's life, whatever...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
BlacKkKlansman: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
Dear white people: A sharp and funny comedy about a group of African-American students as they navigate campus life and racial boundaries at a predominately white college. A sly, provocative satire about being a black face in a white place.
If Beale Street could talk:...
11) Reach me
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A motivational book written by a mysterious man quickly gains popularity, inspiring a group of people that includes a journalist, his editor, a former inmate, a hip-hop mogul, an actor and an undercover cop to re-evaluate their choices and decisions by confronting their fears in hopes of creating more positive lives.
12) Moonstruck
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A story of a widow engaged to one man and in love with his brother. Special features include: commentary with the stars of the film, documentary, featurettes, and more!
"A vast improvement on the original DVD, this edition aims for the heart and also hits the arteries. Now, that's amore."--Entertainment Weekly
"***1/2...delightful...Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
13) Hudson Hawk
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A cat burglar is blackmailed into stealing several of Leonardo Da Vinci's artworks for a world domination plot.
Series
Criterion collection volume 97
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
During the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, racial tensions are quickly inflamed and violence ensues.
17) Moonstruck
Author
Language
English
Description
In her Academy Award winning role, Cher, while waiting for her timid fiancé to decide between her and his mother, falls in love with her fiancé's estranged brother (Nicolas Cage), a bakery worker with a love of opera and life. Supporting actress Olympia Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley also won Oscars in this comedy classic.
18) The Stuff
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Series
Language
English
Description
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called "The Stuff," a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it's made or what's in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
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Language
English
Description
When three life-long friends--Esther, Doris and Lucille--suddenly find themselves middle-aged widows, they discover the transition from mating to dating is a tricky proposition at best, and that starting over takes more effort the second time around. Although this trio of newly-eligible ladies is an added attraction on the over-50 singles circuit, they quickly find that the harvest years have produced a fallow field of suitable single men. But, among...
20) The January Man
Author
Language
English
Description
A killer comedy that has an ex-cop trailing a serial murderer... and the mayor's sexy daughter! Kevin Kline leads an all-star cast that includes Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel and Rod Steiger.