Sandra Bullock
Author
Language
English
Description
A photojournalist (Craig Sheffer of TV's ONE TREE HILL) and an environmental activist (Academy-Award®-winner Sandra Bullock of THE BLIND SIDE, THE PROPOSAL) join forces in a risky murder investigation of a famous environmentalist deep in the hot and steamy Amazonian jungle.
2) Hangmen
Author
Language
English
Description
Can five former commandos defeat the largest, most comprehensive network of government-sanction assassins in the world? In this high-stakes world, someone's already called the Hangmen before the case even gets to trial.
Author
Language
English
Description
In war they found each other, in each other they found love. Caught in the crossfire of World War I, love was the last thing on their minds. An unlikely romance bloomed between a Red Cross nurse and her heroic, young soldier patient. Ernest Hemingway found a love that would become the inspiration for his classic novel "A Farewell to Arms".
4) Gravity
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
A former resident of an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident. When they discover that they're living two years apart, they try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Adapted from Alice Hoffman's novel. A crafty chick flick about two sisters who are witches: one wants to lead a normal life, and the other wants to have fun, but a matter of life and death get in the way of both. This title has been Repackaged.
Funny, clever and smart!--Gene Siskel
10) The heat
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Uptight FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and foul-mouthed Boston cop Shannon Mullins couldn't be more incompatible. But when they join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.
11) Minions
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters--which they are continuously unsuccessful at keeping. One Minion named Kevin, however, has a plan, and he and two of his Minions cohorts venture out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow.
12) The blind side
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.
13) Practical magic
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from Alice Hoffman's novel. A crafty chick flick about two sisters who are witches: one wants to lead a normal life, and the other wants to have fun, but a matter of life and death get in the way of both. This title has been Repackaged.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
1998, c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lucy saves a handsome stranger, Peter, from certain death, but he is left in a coma. His family mistakenly believes that Lucy is Peter's fiancee, and she can't bear to tell the truth. Lucy then begins to fall in love with Peter's brother.
Romantic, sweet without being cloying, and light on its feet.--Austin Chronicle
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neither a New York playwright nor her flaky mother will take steps to mend their long-time rift. This is a job for the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, sworn lifelong friends, who stage an outlandish intervention to bring the two back together. This title has been Repackaged.
16) Infamous
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (118 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Oscar-nominated writer Douglas McGrath (Emma, Bullets Over Broadway) chronicles the story behind In Cold Blood, celebrated author Truman Capote's greatest work, a book that would bring him fame, respect and, ultimately, lead to his destruction--Infamous. Early 1960s. Capote (Toby Jones--Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) travels to Kansas to research the cold-blooded murders of a local family. But what begins as an investigative journey with...
17) Premonition
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
A housewife's life is shattered when she finds out her husband Jim has been killed in a gruesome car accident, but when she awakes the next morning, he is still alive and well. As she keeps having dreams about his death, she must decide what to do.
18) Ocean's 8
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Debbie Ocean gathers a crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala.
19) Crash
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Crash takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.
20) Speed
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus, but until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour, or the bomb will explode.