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(0)Forest Whitaker
Author
Language
English
Description
Hip clothing designer, Amer Atrash, is perpetually on the brink of success. Now, with time running out, he is undergoing a crisis in his business and in his marriage. Soul searching, he attributes his misfortune to bad karma from a wrongdoing committed fifteen years ago and sets out to right this wrong, experiencing a spiritual awakening in the process.
4) Respect
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The life story of legendary R&B singer Aretha Franklin.
5) Big George Foreman: the miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The biographical film of boxing legend George Foreman.
6) Arrival
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team ,including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maurice Sendak's classic story about Max, a rambunctious and sensitive boy who escapes to where the Wild Things are. Max lands on an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures whose emotions are as wild and unpredictable as their actions.
8) Southpaw
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy The Great Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, seemingly has it all: an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis, a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1057
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Jim Jarmusch combined his love for the ice-cold crime dramas of Jean-Pierre Melville and Seijun Suzuki with the philosophical dimensions of samurai mythology for an eccentrically post-modern take on the hit-man thriller. In one of his defining roles, Forest Whitaker brings a commanding serenity to his portrayal of a Zen contract killer working for a bumbling mob outfit, a modern man who adheres steadfastly to the ideals of the Japanese warrior code...
10) Species
Publisher
Shout/Scream Factory (IFC)
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
SETI receives a message from space on how to splice alien DNA with human DNA. The result is Sil, a beautiful half human, half alien hybrid who is desperate to mate with a human. If this happens, the human race is doomed.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 836 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the end of Season Four, the Lyons lost Empire. However, Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) finally found their way to each other and said their "I do's." In Season Five, two years have passed, and the Lyons have yet to reclaim Empire. The family has experienced unimagined tragedies and now must join forces to rebuild from scratch. As their plans begin to take shape, they will be force to learn -- once again -- that fame and...
12) The paperboy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
13) Duke Ellington
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Duke Ellington was hailed as the "King of the Keys." This is a most fitting tribute to a great man who proudly celebrated the history of African-Americans from slavery to civil rights struggles.
14) Zulu
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Caryl Ferey. Set against the backdrop of post-apartheid South Africa, two South African police officers on opposing sides of the apartheid divide work together to fight crime.
15) Powder Blue
Author
Language
English
Description
A top-notch cast fuels this powerful thriller which links the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption on the gritty streets of LA.
16) Bloodsport
Author
Language
English
Description
Ninjitsu master Frank Dux journeys to Hong Kong to enter the Kumite, the Olympics of martial arts, and meets a beautiful American reporter. Before long, he must face Chong-Li, a vicious Korean master of Tae Kwan Do, in a climactic fight to the finish. Superb action sequences.
18) The Crying Game
Author
Language
English
Description
The unpredictable, unconventional, multi-Oscar®-nominated masterpiece. Starring Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson as Irish terrorists, Forest Whitaker as their hostage, and Jaye Davidson as Whitaker's exotic girlfriend, the film is a haunting, humorous a
19) Platoon
Author
Language
English
Description
The film probes the psyche of the young soldiers who fought in Vietnam. Their camaraderie, their struggle for survival amid terrifying violence and madness of combat. Dealing with the day-to-day existence of an infantry rifle platoon of thirty guys from all walks of life, PLATOON examines the fight between good and evil in the outfit and what it was really like to be a foot soldier (grunt) in Vietnam.
20) Smoke
Author
Language
English
Description
A group of people's lives intertwine when a New York cigar store manager, Auggie, befriends them. Among them is a writer, a reluctant father, a streetwise teen, and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend...who returns with some surprising news!