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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Is this what's in store?
June 12, 2030, started out like any other day in memory—and by then, memories were long. Since cancer had been cured fifteen years before, America's population was aging rapidly. That sounds like good news, but consider this: millions of baby boomers, with a big natural predator picked off, were sucking dry benefits and resources that were never meant to hold them into their eighties and beyond. Young people...
June 12, 2030, started out like any other day in memory—and by then, memories were long. Since cancer had been cured fifteen years before, America's population was aging rapidly. That sounds like good news, but consider this: millions of baby boomers, with a big natural predator picked off, were sucking dry benefits and resources that were never meant to hold them into their eighties and beyond. Young people...
3) Finding Dory
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Dory, the forgetful blue tang, suddenly remembers she has a family who may be looking for her, she, Marlin, and Nemo take off on a life-changing quest to find them, with help from Hank, a cantankerous octopus; Bailey, a beluga whale who's convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark! Dive into the movie overflowing with unforgettable characters, dazzling animation, and gallons of fun!
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
5) Concussion
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the doctor who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE in football players, and the uphill battle he faced in bringing the information to the public.
Series
Criterion collection volume 552
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A caustic inside look at the Washington news media, stars Holly Hunter in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter. James L. Brooks' witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing.
Series
Criterion collection volume 887
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this hysterical satire of Reagan-era values, written and directed by Albert Brooks, a successful Los Angeles advertising executive (Brooks) and his wife (Julie Hagerty) decide to quit their jobs, buy a Winnebago, and follow their Easy Rider fantasies of freedom and the open road"--Container.
9) Finding Nemo
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the depths of the Great Barrier Reef, Marlin, an overly protective clownfish, embarks on a daring rescue mission when his beloved son, Nemo, gets scooped up by a diver. With his unforgettable friend Dory by his side, Marlin encounters an ocean full of memorable comedic characters on his momentous journey to find Nemo.
10) Mother!
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem deliver unforgettable performances in MOTHER!, director Darren Aronofsky's praised opus. experience the visually arresting psychological thriller that will leave your heart pounding and your mind blown!
11) Finding Nemo
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The fretful Marlin and his young son Nemo become separated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, a clown fish, is unexpectedly taken from his home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly fish named Dory, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A magical storyline about a desert-stranded pilot (Richard Kiley) and a wandering child from a faraway place. Together, the two share encounters that amuse, charm and touch the heart. Have you ever acquired wisdom from a fox (Gene Wilder)? Cared for a rose that was special beyond all other roses? Visited a far-off, far-out king? Witnessed the wily dance of a snake (Bob Fosse)? The universe-no, life-is an enchanting place, even more so when it's shared...
13) Taxi driver
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a world of filth and corruption.
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Three adventures in one storybook! Blast off with Buzz Lightyear and the whole crew from Toy Story. Dive into the amazing underwater world of Finding Nemo. Race around the track with lightning McQueen in Cars. At the sound of the chime on the CD, turn the pages of this thrilling storybook and follow along with the word-for-word narration. With retellings of three of the best-loved Disney-Pixar films, plus original movie voices and sound effects, this...
15) Taxi driver
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
17) Drive
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Driver is a Hollywood stunt driver by day, and moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver for hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene. When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best, Drive!
18) Out of sight
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A career bank robber busts out of jail with the help of his buddy and kidnaps a U.S. Marshal in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big heist, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.
19) Private Benjamin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A pampered, spoiled upper-middle class widow joins the army. The army will never be the same.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
The tale of an immigrant and his family trying to live the American Dream in the 1980s and expand their business amidst rampant violence, urban decay, and corrupt city officials during one of the most dangerous years in the city's history.
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