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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers led by Lt. Aldo Raine, known as 'The Basterds,' are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premiere, including Adolf Hitler.
"A big,...
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
4) Game night
Publisher
Warner Brothers Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.
"Mark Perez has written one of the tightest comedy scripts to make it to be the big screen in ages."--Village Voice.
"McAdams, whose comedic skills have gone unsung for way too long, is dizzy fun. The whole movie is, actually..."--Entertainment Weekly.
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics. He makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China. He meets the drunken kung-fu master, Lu Yan; an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk; and the vengeance-bent Golden Sparrow. Jason...
6) Transformers
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
On the planet Cybertron, a war was waged between the Autobots and the Decepticons for control of the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Allspark is smuggled off the planet, but Megatron goes in search of it. He tracks it to Earth and his desire for power sends him into the Arctic Ocean. The sheer cold forces him into a paralyzed state. His body is later recovered, and before going into a comatose...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo's frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The Journey : a young boy travels across the country to find his father -- Lost in the barrens : An orphaned teen and a young tribal hunter get lost in the wilderness -- Red fury : An inspiring story of three people, their unlikely friendship, and the wild stallion that changes their lives forever -- Devil's Hill : A young boy from remote Tasmania must team up with his mean-spirited, city-dwelling cousin in search of a lost cow -- Rugged gold : Rugged...
11) The last knights
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A fallen warrior rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master.
12) Dune
Publisher
Warner Brothers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey that tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest...
Publisher
Warner Brothers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
"Yates...has brought...
14) Hercules
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on Radical Comics' Hercules by Steve Moore, this ensemble-action film is a revisionist take on the classic myth. It offers the truth behind the myth by presenting the fashioning of a warrior who, for all his strength and courage, is flesh and blood.
15) Fast Charlie
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Charlie Swift is a fixer with a problem: the thug he's whacked is missing his head and Charlie will only be paid if the body can be identified. Enter Marcie Kramer, the victim's ex-wife and a woman with all the skills Charlie needs.
16) John Wayne
Series
Great American western volume 24
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"Rainbow valley: John Martin, a covert government, is sent to protect the men building a road in Rainbow Valley, from the gang who claims the territory and whose main interest lies in the area's gold mines. And when the gang plans to engage in illegal activity by blowing up the road with dynamite. Martin realizes he must put a stop to the gang for good."--Container.
"His private secretary: Dick Wallace is a young man with little on his mind other...
17) Ant-Man
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
18) The jungle book
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
19) Jumanji
Series
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
When Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers until he is magically transported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan tries to outwit the game's powerful forces.
20) Kandahar
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.