John Malkovich
4) Disgrace
Author
Language
English
Description
In a landmark performance, Oscar nominee John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire, 1993) stars as Professor David Lurie, whose world is shattered when he is fired for seducing a college student. He finds peace at his estranged daughter's modest farm in South Africa until a horrific incident of terror and violence forces Lurie to confront his beliefs and the disturbing racial complexities of the new South Africa. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel,...
Author
Language
English
Description
From Patricia Highsmith's series of novels featuring the murderous Tom Ripley comes this thriller about a terminally ill English aristocrat whose desperate need for money leads him to the malicious Ripley and an escalating spiral of violence and murder. Nearly 20 years after The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley, now married and living in an Italian villa, has become excessively wealthy from both his in-laws and the spoils of his criminal exploits....
7) Noseland
Author
Language
English
Description
This insanely hilarious documentary takes you into the wild underbelly of classical music. It follows famous violinist Julian Rachlin as he puts on his annual music festival in Croatia, but things go wrong from the start.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 386 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1715 on the island of Santa Campana and the diabolical pirate Blackbeard reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. An extraordinary action adventure where one can't be sure whether the pirates or the British crown are the villains.
10) Warm bodies
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
After a zombie epidemic, R (a zombie) rescues Julie (a human survivor) from a zombie attack. The two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human, setting off a chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009, c1987
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a British boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him.
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A juxtaposes abundance and poverty through the eyes of an anguished writer, a bizarre trillionaire, and a struggling Navajo community armed with only a now-imminent ancient legend.
15) The survivalist
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a viral pandemic decimates the world, a survivalist is forced to take on a group of heavily armed religious fanatics who believe that he is harboring a woman who could be the key to ending the virus and repopulating the world.
16) Mindcage
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this spellbinding thriller, detectives Jack Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist after a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jack are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Buck Howard is a mentalist extraordinaire who used to spend his days in the limelight. But nowadays, it's become clear to everyone but Buck that his act has long ago lost its luster. Yet, Buck is convinced his comeback is imminent. With the help of his new personal assisstant, recent law school drop-out and would-be writer Troy, not to mention his fiery publicist, Buck surprisingly lands back in the American consciousness, taking Troy along for the...
18) Red 2
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses rejoins his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
19) Supercon
Publisher
Con Men LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of comic convention performers come together over the fourth of July weekend to take down a shady promoter and ego mania star.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
...delivers the popcorn in gigantic fist-fulls of fun.--Orlando Sentinel
...among Mr. Bay's best movies...--A.O. Scott
...sensations are undeniable...--New York Times