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Pub. Date
2012.
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When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: "Can't we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away." His prayer is seemingly answered when Ravi's entrepreneurial cousin sets up a retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of indulgent living at a bargain price, but...
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"Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama - one of the greatest - played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation's physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is something entirely new: an unprecedented and engrossing personal look at the intimate Jefferson in his final years that will change...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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White Feather is back to solve another intricate and twisting mystery. And once again, the old geezers show why life after 65 can still be interesting.
St. Jude Methodist Retirement Center is impacted when illegal marijuana grow sites are raided by multi-agency task forces and three members of a Cuban Cartel ring manage to escape. Will Ralph's military experience save him?
The prestigious Columbine Ladies Club decides to celebrate their 100th anniversary...
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2021.
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"As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency, including being at his side when he died and subsequently facing the challenge-and great honor-of being in charge of his state funeral. Full of heart and wisdom, THE MAN I KNEW is a vibrant behind-the-scenes look into the ups and downs of heading up the office of a former president by one of the people who knew him best....
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2014.
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Quarterback Alex Dare had it all -- an all-star football career and his choice of willing women -- until injury forces him into early retirement. When he is offered a ground-breaking position with a rival team, he's intrigued, but there's a catch. He'll be working alongside the same woman he callously hurt when she got too close for comfort. Social worker Madison Evans grew up in foster homes and knows what it means to have-not. She isn't impressed...
291) Some kind of heaven
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Looks at life at The Villages in Sumter County, Florida, America's largest retirement community.
292) Waltzing Anna
Pub. Date
C2008
Description
Dr. Charlie Keegan is ordered to serve 6 months as the staff doctor at a second rate retirement home or lose his medical licence after accusations of swindling elderly patients. What the doctor expects will be a brief interruption from his lucrative career turns out to be something very different, thanks to the wacky residents and a beautiful nurse.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Focuses on: reducing risk in your retirement investment portfolio [and] how much money should you withdraw from your portfolio annually? The program also reexamines the conventional wisdom that stocks are an essential part of a retiree's investment. It does this in a discussion with Professor Zvi Bodie of the Boston University School of Management and Pamela Hess, director of Retirement Research at Hewitt Associates. To help retirees keep their program...
295) O'Horten
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Odd Horten is a train conductor winding up 40 years of service for the Norwegian railways. He wonders about life after timetables and defined journeys along narrow tracks and how he will spend his free hours.
296) Boynton Beach Club
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find the emotional support needed after lossing a loved one. New love and romance do not end before retirement, but can bloom long after. These five do not see themselves as becoming old, and these residents of Boynton Beach aren't about to start. Sometimes we all need...
298) Is anybody there?
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Ten-year-old Edward lives in his family-run retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward leads an increasingly lonely existence until he meets Clarence, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age.
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The Retirement Gamble reveals how fees, self-dealing, and kickbacks bring great profits to Wall Street while imperiling the prospects of a secure future for individuals. The film questions who has the consumer's best interests in mind, and whether there is a better way to manage our retirements.
300) A late quartet
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
A powerful story that blends raw emotion with fiery passion to form an unforgettable cinematic masterpiece. After 25 years together, the members of a world-renowned string quartet learn that their beloved cellist may soon be forced to retire. But the news stirs up equally painful challenges when competing egos, harbored resentment, and irrepressible lust threaten to derail the group as they struggle to maintain harmony in their music, and their lives....