David Morse
1) 12th Hour
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Can humans solve the climate crisis? 12th Hour delves into humanity's psychological resistance to ecological change, and why such changes are needed in order to avoid an irreversible cataclysm. Much of our population currently lives with hopeful delusions about climate change. These delusions, many of which have developed naturally as part of human evolution, hamper our ability to meaningfully address a problem with the spatial and temporal scope...
2) Trouble
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maggie and Ben are middle-aged siblings who were given equal halves of their father's land upon his death. Though perpetual screw-up Ben sold his half years ago to his more responsible sister, he is now doing everything he can to get it back. And Maggie is doing everything she can to get him off her property.
3) Disturbia
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
A teen on house arrest begins to suspect his neighbor is a serial killer. Are his suspicions a product of cabin fever, or has he come across a crime that could cost him and his loved ones their lives? Bonus features include deleted scenes and outtakes.
Two thumbs up!--Roeper & A.O. Scott
Cool stuff. Cool movie.--Rolling Stone
...smart and well-acted...--USA Today
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amid violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (141 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) delivers a provocative mix of drama and musical theater in this acclaimed movie that won 2000 **Cannes Film Festival** Best Picture and Best Actress honors (for lead actress Björk). Rural factory worker Selma (Björk) is a single mother losing her eyesight from a hereditary disease. To protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma saves money to get him an operation. At night, Selma escapes into...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miracles happen in unexpected places, even on death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. There John Coffey, a prisoner with supernatural powers, brings a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (594 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A struggle for power and control set in the rugged and mysterious hills of Appalachia, which tells the story of the Farrell clan, a family of outsiders who've been in these parts since before anyone can remember. Living off the grid and above the law on their mountaintop homestead, they'll protect their world and defend their way of life using any means necessary.
8) The Getaway
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (115 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star in this update of the 1972 film about a convict who makes a deal to split his bank-heist loot with a corrupt politician in exchange for early release from prison. Once free, the convict tries to uphold his part of the agreement, but he quickly learns he can trust no one as he tries to get to the Mexican border alive in this fast-paced tale of greed and betrayal.
9) The good son
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Eight-year-old Mark is sent to live with his cousin Henry and his family for a few weeks. Mark soon begins to suspect that all is not right with the seemingly innocent-looking Henry.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Tobe is about 16, living with her dad and younger brother in LA's San Fernando Valley. She invites a gas station attendant named Harlan to come to the beach with her and her friends. He's from South Dakota, wears a cowboy hat, talks country, and has been a ranch hand. They have a great time, his simple expressions seem like wisdom, he's attentive and polite, and even though he's more than twice her age, she wants to spend time with him. When her father...
11) The virtuoso
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A loner hitman must find his target with only a code word, but when he arrives at the location he has been given at the specific time there are several possible targets, including a deputy sheriff. The danger escalates when an erotic encounter with a local woman threatens to derail his task.
12) Shanghai
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nothing is what it seems in this Casablanca-style international thriller set in the ancient Chinese city a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. Secret Agent Paul Soames has just arrived to investigate the murder of his best friend, only to become quickly immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. Shadowed by a Japanese intelligence officer Tanaka, Soames2 investigation quickly centers on a charismatic local gangster, Anthony...
Publisher
Castle Rock Entertainment
Pub. Date
0000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An 11-year-old boy discovers a courage and self-reliance he didn't know he had when he tries to help a friendly boarder with unique powers elude equally mysterious figures pursuing him.
"A poignant and often beautifully acted film."--Dallas Morning News
"A wonderful, wonderful movie."--Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"Two big thumbs up!"--Ebert & Roeper And The Movies