Lori Petty

Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six....

Stephanie Plum finds the whole town against her when she tries to apprehend a store owner who jumped bail on a weapons charge. It appears he is a vigilante, keeping the town clean of drug dealers.

Young FBI agent Johnny Utah goes undercover at the suggestion of his partner to learn if a group of wild surfers is actually a gang of bank robbers. He soon comes under the dangerous spell of the surfers' charismatic leader, Bodhi, a mystical mastermind who'll do absolutely anything for a thrill-- and expects his followers to do the same

A League of their own (1992, 128 min.): Jimmy Dugan, a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over, is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Baseball League of 1943 and finds himself drawn back into the game by the hearts and heroics of his all-girl team. The Natural (1984, 138 min.): Roy Hobbs, a promising young ballplayer, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years...

Free Willy (1993, 112 min.): A boy risks everything to save a beloved killer whale when he learns the aquarium owners are going to kill it. Free Willy 2 (1995, 98 min.): Jesse and Willy are reunited three years after Willy's escape as Jesse tries to rescue him and other orcas from an oil spill. Free Willy 3 (1997, 86 min.): Jesse and his friend Randolph try to stop an illegal whaler who is trying to kill Willy and his pregnant mate. Free Willy:...

A story about the friendship that develops between a 12-year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family, and a whale confined in a too-small tank at an aquatic park