Actress Annie Corley (1952)

The film Monster (2003), written and directed by Patty Jenkins in her debut as a feature director, follows the story of Aileen Wuornos, a street prostitute who moves from Michigan to Florida in 1989. On the brink of ending her own life, Aileen meets Selby Wall in a gay bar. Despite Aileen’s initial hostility and declaration that she is not gay, the two women strike up a conversation over beers. Selby quickly takes a liking to Aileen, admiring her protective nature. She invites Aileen to spend the night with her at the house where she is staying temporarily (having been kicked out by her parents after being accused ...

The film adaptation of The Bridges of Madison County (1995) follows the story of the 1992 best-selling novel written by Robert James Waller. In the present time, Michael and Carolyn Johnson, adult siblings, travel to their mother’s farmhouse in Iowa after her passing to handle her affairs. To their surprise, Francesca had requested to be cremated and have her ashes scattered from Roseman Covered Bridge instead of being buried next to her late husband, Richard. Despite Michael’s initial refusal, a discovery is made while going through Francesca’s safe deposit box. Inside is an envelope containing ...

The Tommyknockers (1993), a TV miniseries, is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It was aired on ABC and directed by John Power, with Lawrence D. Cohen as the writer. The story revolves around Bobbi Anderson, a Western fiction writer, and her boyfriend Jim ‘Gard’ Gardner, a poet living in Haven, Maine with their dog Peter. While Bobbi is struggling with writer’s block, Gard is recovering from alcoholism and has paused his writing. One day, they stumble upon an unidentified stone object ...