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Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Brooks reminisces about the making of Young Frankenstein in 1974. From his first viewing of the original Frankenstein when he was six, to his collaboration with Gene Wilder and the rest of the cast and crew, Brooks provides behind-the-scenes anecdotes, photos, interviews and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When a young fox and hound meet for the first time, they become friends before they know that they are supposed to be enemies; Tod and Copper's friendship is put to the test when Copper gets a chance to howl with a hound dog chorus.
7) Tag
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A group of former classmates organize an annual game of tag which requires travel to various parts of the country.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets, and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her...
11) A Man Called Ove
Author
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Swedish
Description
Ill-tempered widower Ove spends his days enforcing the neighborhood association rules and making clumsy attempts at suicide until he forms an unlikely friendship with a boisterous young immigrant family who has moved in next door.
12) Judy
Author
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
A biography of the late singer/actress Judy Garland.
13) Kick-Ass 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Self-made superhero Kick-Ass and sweet faced, foul-mouthed assassin Hit Girl try to return to life as 'normal' teenagers, but soon they are faced with their deadliest challenge yet. To seek revenge for his father's death, Red Mist has re-invented himself as the leader of super-villains. To defeat their new nemesis, Kick-Ass and Hit Girl must team up with a new wave of masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes, in this battle of...
14) Red
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Frank is a former black-ops CIA agent living a quiet life alone, until the day a hit squad shows up to kill him. With his identity compromised, Frank reassembles his old team - Joe, Marvin, and Victoria - and sets out to prove that they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Stand back and watch the bullets fly in this explosive action-comedy.
15) The prestige
Author
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Magicians in turn-of-the-century London engage in a fierce rivalry determined to out do each other leading to dire consequences.
16) The humans
Author
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When a family gathers in a Manhattan duplex to celebrate Thanksgiving, a series of mysterious events take place, causing tensions to rise.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone--a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with"--
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn't...
Author
Series
Hunger Games volume 2
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After their victory in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta have inspired rebellions across the districts, making them enemies to the Capitol.
20) Die hard
Author
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A New York detective visiting his estranged wife is the only hope when terrorists seize a Los Angeles high-rise and take hostages.