Glenn Close
2) Hoodwinked
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Little Red Riding Hood, Granny, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Woodsman all face Detective Flippers as he attempts to determine the real events of the Little Red Riding Hood story.
3) The wife
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The story of the couple's youthful passion and ambition interwoven with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later, a lifetime's shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love.
5) Tarzan
Formats
Description
Deep in the African jungle, a mama gorilla names an orphaned baby boy "Tarzan" and adopts him as her own. Tarzan develops all the instincts and prowess of a jungle animal. But with the sudden appearance of Tarzan's own kind, two worlds are about to become one.
6) Albert Nobbs
Description
A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
7) The natural
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
Roy Hobbs determines to fulfill his boyhood dream of being a baseball superstar; he is making progress when a mysterious woman shatters his dream and later, overcoming physical pain, he has a chance to lead his team to the pennant.
10) Air Force One
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Terrorists have seized Air Force One thirty thousand feet in the air with the President, his family, and more than fifty other people on board. The terrorists threaten to execute a hostage every 30 minutes if their demands are not met. The official word from Washington is "no negotiations".
11) 102 Dalmatians
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Oddball is the newest puppy. She is searching for her spots. Waddlesworth is a macaw who thinks he's a rottweiler. After a spot of therapy Cruella De Vil is released from prison and is a changed woman who is devoted to dogs and good causes. She is delighted that her parole officer, Chloe, has a dalmatian family and big connections with a dog charity. But the sound of Big Ben can reverse the treatment so it is only a matter of time before Cruella is...
12) Mars attacks!
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Mean, green invaders from the angry red planet attempt to take over the Earth.
13) Jagged Edge
Description
Close stars as an attorney who falls in love with her client, a man accused of killing his wife.
14) Skylark
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
15) Caleb's story
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Sequel to: Skylark.
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces Jacob to deal with his past.
17) The Big Chill
Pub. Date
1983.
Description
Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bonds.
18) Paradise Road
Description
Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Bright and sharp law school graduate Ellen Parsons becomes the protegee of the successful and hard-hitting high stakes litigator Patricia Hewes. But nothing is what it seems.
"...an enjoyably complex thriller."--USA Today.
"Close's performance illuminates..."--Los Angeles Times.