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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Taming of the Shrew is perhaps one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays by modern standards. Hinging on the courtship between the arrogant Petruchio and the "shrew" of the title Katherina, it is unclear whether Shakespeare's blatantly misogynistic themes were in earnest or tongue in cheek. The charming and tender Bianca is forbidden to marry until her elder sister, Katherine is spoken for. Bianca's suitors enlist Petruchio to woo
...Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
John and Jane Smith are a married couple who are beginning to get bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they are both assassins, secretly traveling around the world and killing for hire. But their separate lives are about to collide when the discover they are each other's next target.
6) Weekend
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them. Featuring a justly famous centerpiece sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society retreating to savagery, and, according to...
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
Already facing a rift in their marriage, Pomme and Pierre find things getting worse when their son leaves for college. During one of the couple's regular hikes, Pomme decides to take a break from her discontent and stays behind to live in the woods.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When Shrek married Fiona the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King of Far Far Away. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Recruiting Donkey and Puss in Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne. Meanwhile back in the kingdom, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. Fiona and...
11) The gift
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A young married couple's lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than twenty years.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2011, 1967
Language
English
Description
Paul, a happily married father of one, is nonetheless intrigued by his pal Ed's many extramarital affairs. In a series of lessons and parables, Ed gives Paul a crash course in how to have the perfect affair while still being considerate of one's wife.
13) Rocky II
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in his win against heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed, announces his retirement. But he soon realizes he can't escape his true calling, and prepares for the fight of his life.
Publisher
Venevisión International
Pub. Date
[2006], c2004
Language
Español
Description
Esta pícara pero realista historia es protagonizada por tres parejas que en diferentes momentos de su relación se enfrentan a la infidelidad, cediendo a la seductora lucha de poderes entre la tentación y el amor.
Infidelity is not just a man's game anymore! This film portrays three women in relationships and their different stories of infidelity, matching the power of temptation against the power of love.
16) A kind of murder
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A crime novelist obsessed with an unsolved murder case begins to fantasize about committing a crime of his own. His marriage is an unhappy one, and his desire to be free from his beautiful but damaged wife becomes an obsession. But when his wife is found dead, the lines blur between innocence and intent, forcing the question: who, in fact, is the real killer?
17) 5 flights up
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A married couple's attempts at selling their New York apartment don't quite go as planned over the course of one crazy weekend.
20) The vow
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A young couple have a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. After she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband sets his sights on winning her heart again.
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