Matthew Modine
Author
Language
English
Description
Most first-year med students at Chandler University's esteemed school of medicine approach gross anatomy the systematic dissection of the human body with fear, nervous stomachs, and the daunting knowledge that their futures depend on a passing grade. Joe Slovak isn't like his fellow freshmen. A cocky, bright, and outspoken rebel who doesn't believe in sacrificing his social life for long nights of studying, Joe follows his own lesson plan, a curriculum...
2) The Maker
Author
Language
English
Description
Josh is a high school kid who dabbles in small crimes. When his brother Walter resurfaces after ten years, he begins to involve Josh in various new criminal activities, including robbery.
Author
Series
Cat 8 volume 2
Language
English
Description
When an accident sends a solar flare four times larger than Earth plunging toward the planet, Military scientist Dr. Jane Brandt calls upon the one man who can possibly reverse the cataclysm: a government outsider and renegade ad-hoc scientist. He'll have to work fast, as in a matter of hours, the planet's atmosphere will ignite and the countdown to the end of the world will begin.
Author
Series
Cat 8 volume 1
Language
English
Description
When an accident sends a solar flare four times larger than Earth plunging toward the planet, Military scientist Dr. Jane Brandt calls upon the one man who can possibly reverse the cataclysm: a government outsider and renegade ad-hoc scientist. He'll have to work fast, as in a matter of hours, the planet's atmosphere will ignite and the countdown to the end of the world will begin.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
For seven long years, Jacob has labored to earn the right to marry beautiful Rachel. Now the seven years are up-but Rachel's devious father substitutes his elder daughter on the wedding night. Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle play Jacob and Rachel in one of the greater love stories from the Bible. Highlights of Jacob's life-how he usurped his brother Esau's birthright and blessing, the pillow of stone, the ladder to heaven, wrestling with God-are...
7) Redeemer
Author
Language
English
Description
A model prisoner, serving a life-sentence for murder, is contacted by the victim's sister. What happens between them becomes a poignant drama of forgiveness and salvation. With its illuminating messages of hope, Sonar Entertainment's Redeemer speaks to everyone who ever wanted a second chance.
8) Backtrace
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, Macdonald develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. Following his seventh year of evaluation, he is coerced by an inmate and a ward doctor to break out of prison and injected with a serum that forces him to relive the life he's forgotten. Macdonald must now elude a local detective, a tough FBI agent, and the drug's dangerous side effects in order to recover the stolen money....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1987
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A classic depiction of war, this film follows a young Marine through the horrors of boot camp to his wisecracking days as a Vietnam soldier journalist. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.
Publisher
American International Pictures, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After her husband goes missing, Sue Buttons, an under-appreciated suburban wife, gets a taste of being a local celebrity as she embarks on a city-wide search in Yuba County to find him. She stumbles into hilarious hijinks, dodging a wanna-be mobster, a relentless local policewoman, her half-sister a local news reporter desperate for a story, and her husband's dead-beat brother, who all set out to uncover the truth behind the disappearance.
11) Vision quest
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
English
Description
Matthew Modine stars as a high school wrestler trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on the undefeated, tough as nails 168-pound champion.
13) Short cuts
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at human life and American culture with over 20 characters' lives interweaving. Includes a new widescreen restored transfer of the film, a making-of documentary, interviews, deleted scenes, and much more.
14) The Hippopotamus
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the Best-Selling Comedy Novel by Stephen Fry. Disgruntled, cantankerous semi-famous poet Ted Wallace (Roger Allam - Endeavor, The Queen) is hired to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings. Also starring Matthew Modine (Stranger Things, Dark Knight Rises, Full Metal Jacket) and Fiona Shaw (5 Harry Potter movies).
15) Girl In Progress
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a charming and endearing mother-daughter story about a very busy woman and her daughter who is racing to become an adult.
17) Private school
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Romantic comedy: Teens attending neighboring schools compete for affection and engage in pranks.
18) Altar
Author
Language
English
Description
Altar follows one family as they move into an old, dilapidated mansion. In the process of restoring it, they inadvertently unearth its haunted secret by awakening the ghosts of its dark past only to become trapped in an ordeal of demonic proportions.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Emperor’s Club. Dead Poets Society. Stand And Deliver. Film fans fondly recall them as tales of a teacher who inspires his students. The Browning Version the memorable story of a student who inspires his brilliant yet beleaguered and unappreciated teacher. Albert Finney, Matthew Modine and Greta Scacchi star in this richly layered work of truth, tears and triumph. In a widely acclaimed performance, Finney plays a brilliant but stern classics...