Tim Matheson
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, is banned from flying when a particularly thorough airport security search causes him to lose his cool. Now, he must take the train if he has any chance of arriving in Los Angeles in time for Christmas with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he sells a story about a train ride taken during the Christmas season."
2) Child's play
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A mother gives her son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature." --
3) Fletch
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is a Los Angeles journalist who really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. This time, Fletch is in disguise as a bum, living at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of $50,000, Fletch should kill poor cancer-ridden Mr. Stanwyk with a gun,...
4) 1941
Series
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
This zany comedy spectacular from Steven Spielberg is set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor when the fear of a Japanese invasion threw the city into a state of pandemonium.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Morgan Carter is an out-of-control blonde teen Hollywood actress who goes from the red carpet to rehab before being sent to live in an Indiana suburb with her Aunt Trudy. Now, a brunette nobody named Claudia, Morgan must learn to deal with going from celebrity royalty to being the unpopular new girl in school. She will have to survive sobriety and her senior year, she just needs to make certain that the paparazzi and the cute boy next door don't discover...
Publisher
Lightyear Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Brian Cox (Golden Globe Winner for HBO's Succession) is Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island for San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory's life will be unexpectedly transformed through a newly found love for his baby grandson." --
11) Black sheep
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Every time Mike tries to help his brother Al during his campaign for governor it becomes a disaster. Campaign-aide Steve volunteers to baby-sit Mike and soon realizes he made a big mistake. When Mike discovers the incumbent is a crook he reaches a new level of destruction.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage. This becomes a source of depression for him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.
13) Fletch
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
While working on a drug expose, investigative reporter Irwin Fletch attracts the attention of a strange businessman. The wily Fletch senses a scam and soon he's up to his byline in frameups, murder, police corruption and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year, if he can stay alive to meet his deadline.
Publisher
Sterling Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Jake Peterson (Tim Matheson) returns to his home town to close the local tractor factory. He hides his intentions and becomes the town hero and when the truth is discovered he returns to the city and his lonely life. There he formulates a plan to return, save the factory, and earn the love of Emma Murphy (Melissa Gilbert).
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Zoe Hart's life was going according to plan: she was on her way to becoming a heart surgeon just like her father. But when she's told that she didn't have the bedside manner needed for an important fellowship, she's devastated. If she wants to get the fellowship next year, she must become a general practitioner. So, the New Yorker takes a chance on an offer from an admirer--in the deep south." --
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Colombia is in chaos, caught in a bitter war between its government and insurgent guerrillas. A team of U.S. Navy SEALS are sent on a secret mission to observe a meeting between the factions and ensure peace is the end result. But when the meeting is attacked and the leaders of both sides are murdered, the SEAL team is framed for the assault. Abandoned by their own government and trapped behind enemy lines, the group must survive long enough to find...
18) Judas
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Judas Iscariot is a lowly wine seller with a fiercely rebellious streak. Resentful of the treatment of his people by the Romans, Judas wants radical action. Hearing rumors of a Messiah, Judas senses the time has come. He seeks out Jesus, who preaches love, heals the sick and rocks the boat. Welcomed into his band of disciples, Judas is at once in awe of Jesus. But tensions soon surface. While Jesus draws on spiritual powers, Judas has more physical...