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Pub. Date
2010
Description
For the past eight years, the MacManus brothers have been living with their father on a remote sheep farm in Ireland, far removed from their past vigilante lifestyle. When their uncle informs them that their beloved priest has been killed by the mob, and they are being framed for the murder, the duo return back to Boston to, not only, bring justice to those who are responsible, but clear their names.
102) Stronger
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Inspired by the true story. Jeff Bauman, a working-class Bostonian, was at the 2013 marathon when the bomb blast occurred and he tragically lost both of his legs. After regaining consciousness, Jeff was able to help law enforcement identify one of the bombers, but his own battle had just begun. Jeff's deeply personal journey tests a family's bond and defines a community's pride as he overcomes adversity to become the living embodiment of ''Boston...
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, and the skeptical workers who are asked to build it. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen Building is something different, a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design. But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer...
104) The heat
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"Uptight FBI agent Sarah Ashburn ... and foul-mouthed Boston cop Shannon Mullins ... couldn't be more incompatible. But when they join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected-- buddies"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When a sightseeing Soviet commander runs his submarine aground off the New England coast, his crew attempts to find a boat to dislodge the sub almost starts World War III. Russian Lt. Rozanov and his crew hit the beaches of Massachusetts unaware of the panic they're about to start. Despite the Russians' harmless intentions, the folks in town think a full-scale Soviet invasion has been launched! What's worse, their police chief has left his hysterical...
106) Harvard man
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
Alan is an all-star Harvard man. He's ambitious, intelligent and star of the college basketball team, juggling two girlfriends. Girlfriend no. 1, his Philosophy professor, Chesney. Girlfriend no. 2, Cindy, a sexy college cheerleader and mob boss daughter with all the right moves, including the beauty, money and power to lure Alan right where she wants him. Needing money, Alan agrees to fix the basketball games. The scheme works until the FBI cathes...
107) 21
Description
Looking for a way to pay his college tuition at M.I.T., a student joins a statistics professor and other students in learning the tricks to breaking the casinos in Las Vegas.
108) The perfect storm
Author
Pub. Date
c. 2000
Description
In the Fall of 1991, the "Andrea Gail" left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the north Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
It tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
On a hot summer day in 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden returns home to the house she shares with her father Andrew, stepmother Abby and sister Emma. She encounters the bloody scene of her parents violently murdered. Evidence keeps pointing back to Lizzie, the seemingly wholesome Sunday school teacher, as the prime suspect. Lizzie's lawyer, Andrew Jennings, proclaims her innocence arguing that it is inconceivable a woman could brutally...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Thin ice: "When Jesse Stone's friend and fellow cop is shot during a visit to Boston, Stone risk is life and career to solve the crime while also investigating the disappearance of a missing child.
Stone cold: Chief of Police Jesse Stone must track down a pair of serial killers and lead an investigation while trying to recover from alcoholism.
Lost in Paradise: Jesse Stone takes some well deserved vacation time and chooses to spend it in Boston,...
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
As the sole survivor of a massacre at the Boston restaurant where she was a chef, it's no wonder Reece Gilmore wants to escape her life. She hits the road with no destination in mind, desperately wanted to make a clean start. When her car gives out in a Wyoming town, Reece takes a job a the local diner, hoping to earn enough cash to keep moving. But when she meet a young writer named Brody, Reece considers putting the past behind her and settling...
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Morning glory: An aspiring actress is mentored to success by several Broadway veterans.Little women: Follows the lives of the four March sisters living with their mother in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is ministering to Union troops during the American Civil War.Stage door: A group of aspiring actresses share a boardinghouse in New York City.Philadelphia story: A socialite's wedding plans are complicated by the appearance of her ex-husband...
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Ten one-hour documentaries directed by 10 award-winning independent filmmakers-highlighting 10 individual days that each triggered change in America. Through compelling storytelling and creative visuals, they provide a portrati of a nation attempting to address some of the tensions and contradictions at the heart of the American democratic experience.
116) Birth of a movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ Spooky (who created...
117) The finest hours
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A Beautiful Place to Die: After being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.
Riddled with Deceit: Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madeiras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also...a murderer.
Ships in the Night: When an art gallery robbery leads to...
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