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1) Good people
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With his latest play Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire returns to Manhattan Theatre Club where four of his previous works were produced, including his 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit Hole. The play premiered there in winter 2011 in a production directed by Daniel Sullivan (who also directed Rabbit Hole), and featuring Frances McDormand in the role of protagonist Margie Walsh. Good People is set in South Boston, the blue-collar neighborhood where...
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Fraternal twins Murphy (Norman Reedus, THE WALKING DEAD) and Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery, POWDER) become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense. After both experience an epiphany, the brothers set out to rid Boston of evil while being tracked down by FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe, SPIDERMAN, PLATOON, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE) in this stylish and violent crowd-pleaser.
3) Cell
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An apocalyptic thriller about a mysterious signal that reprograms the minds of cellphone users around the globe.
4) Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spotlight tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" teams of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment....
5) The town
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Doug MacRay is leader of a Boston bank robber gang but not cut from the same cloth as his fellow thieves. When Doug falls into a passionate romance with the bank manager briefly taken hostage in their last heist, he wants out of his life and out of the town. As the Feds close in and the crew questions his loyalty, he has two choices: betray his friends or lose the woman he loves.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
They say friendship isn't one big thing, it's a million little things, and that's true for a group of friends from Boston who bonded under unexpected circumstances. Some have achieved success, others are struggling in their careers and relationships, but all of them feel stuck in life. After one of them dies from suicide unexpectedly, it's just the wake-up call the others need to finally start living. Each friend realizes that they need to finally...
7) The departed
Language
English
Formats
Description
In South Boston, the Massachusetts State Police are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation...
9) Black mass
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
10) Gone baby gone
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amanda McCready is a 4-year-old who has disappeared from her Boston home. The police make little headway in solving the case, so the girl's aunt hires Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, private detectives. They freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons: they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Patrick and Angie must face...
11) Eileen
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken--but her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime"--
12) Love, Rosie
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
A heart-warming, modern and romantic comedy-of-errors. Since the age five, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other, but is it just friendship,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
While a scandalous murder trial rocks the city, it's business as usual at the law offices of Crane Poole & Schmidt, which means a caseload of criminal insanity, hostage situations, cross-dressing, cannibalism and outright mayhem. Ethically-challenged newcomer Jeffrey Coho fits right in, lustful litigator Denny Crane finally meets his match, and attorney Alan Shore continues to stretch the boundaries of the law.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The seventh and final season of the show, which is as thrilling and dangerous as the show has ever been, opens in the aftermath of a shooting that took place in the prior season's finale episode. The team must use every tool at their disposal to find the elusive Alice Sands they've been hunting for, and bring her to justice before she succeeds in destroying Jane's life.
15) The Bostonians
Language
English
Description
Olive, a militant suffragette, takes on the education of Verena, a brilliantly gifted but naive young girl. Olive wants to mold and use this gift for the feminist cause. But Verena is also loved by Basil Ransom, an impecunious young lawyer with views strenuously opposed to the Boston feminists. The contest is met between Basil and Olive. The prize: possession of Verena.
16) Dilettantes
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Follows four friends living in Boston as they transition into adulthood and struggle to find their place in the world.
18) Black Irish
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[Widescreen edition].
Language
English
Description
Although a good kid and gifted pitcher, sixteen-year-old Cole McKay's imploding South Boston Irish Catholic family threatens to drag him down until, while at a crossroads, a life and death situation makes him choose his path.
19) Spotlight: DVD
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A team of investigative reporters for the Boston Globe work to expose decades of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and cover-ups of the crimes by the Catholic Church.
20) Christmas town
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Lauren Gabriel (Candace Cameron Bure) leaves everything behind in Boston to embark on a new chapeter in her life and career. But an unforeseen detour to the charming town of Grandon Falls has her discover unexpected new chapters -- of the heart and of family -- helping her to embrace, once again, the magic of Christmas.
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