Kim Dickens
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All Staff Favorites GHPLD
OBD Book to Screen Adaptations - ADULT
Staff Favorite Movies GHLPD
Touchdown! Football Films
OBD Book to Screen Adaptations - ADULT
Staff Favorite Movies GHLPD
Touchdown! Football Films
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Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with...
2) Land
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English
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A bereaved woman seeks out a new life off the grid in Wyoming after a devastating life event.
3) Gone girl
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Book to Movie Adaptations (WPL-ADULT)
OBD Book to Screen Adaptations - ADULT
Page to Screen
Page Vs Screen: Which Did It Better?
OBD Book to Screen Adaptations - ADULT
Page to Screen
Page Vs Screen: Which Did It Better?
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On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
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It's a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark and English teacher Travis Manawa have managed to assemble.
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As it returns for Season 3, families will be brought together in the vibrant and violent ecotone of the U.S.-Mexico border. International lines done away with following the world's end, the characters must attempt to rebuild not only society, but family as well.
8) Lizzie
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In August, 1892 Lizzie Borden is famously charged with the murder of her stepmother and father. It causes a huge media sensation, perhaps the first example of a tabloid court case. But what really happened on that night? Did Lizzie really do it? What happened in her quietly idyllic Massachusetts life that unfurled this chain of events? Did her father's strict hand send her down this treacherous path? Perhaps it is Bridget's influence, the maid that...
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Returning but not on land, action packed and boat adventures await. Constant threats made after the last escape from land. Truly makes protecting one another the most important on the unsafe waters. Just because zombies can't swim, doesn't mean there isn't anything to be worried about.
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English
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Seven years after Morgan and Madison₂s plans to rescue Mo from PADRE end in failure, the people they brought to the island are forced to toil under PADRE₂s cynical rule. But the promise of a better world remains, resting with the only person able to reignite everyone₂s belief in it: a now eight-year-old Mo.
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Kathy gets evicted from her home for failing to pay a tax she never should have been charged to pay in the first place. The house is swiftly put up for auction and bought by a former military officer from Iran named Behrani. When legal efforts fail her, Kathy turns to a sympathetic cop who wants out of a loveless marriage and who is willing to step over legal boundaries if it might give him the fresh start he is so badly craving.
14) At any price
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In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood.
16) The gift
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"Annie has 'the Gift'. Some fear her, others claim she's a witch. But now, a murder has been committed and only she can solve it. On a twisted trail of open infidelity and jealous rage, she sees visions that will haunt her and discovers a truth that will tear the town apart"--Promotional materials.
17) Deadwood
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English
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The once-lawless frontier settlement has grown into a town on the threshold of South Dakota's statehood and modernization. Still, the past isn't easily dismissed as old feuds are revived, sins recalled, and allegiances tested.
18) The in between
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English
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After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.
20) Zero effect
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English
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Daryl Zero is a genius as a private investigator but a basket case in life. Steve Arlo is Zero's smooth-talking front man and beleaguered gofer. Their search for a shady tycoon's missing keys uncovers blackmail, revenge and murder. But when love zeroes in on Zero, the world's greatest detective suddenly doesn't have a clue.
