John Adams
[New York, NY] : HBO Video, c2008.
Depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America's least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of
the United States, John Adams. Explores the extraordinary life journey of one of
the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often
been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries. Set against the backdrop of a
nations stormy birth, a moving love story and celebrates the shared values of
liberty and freedom upon which this country was built.
DVD J
John Adams
[New York, NY] : HBO Video, c2008.
Depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America's least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of
the United States, John Adams. Explores the extraordinary life journey of one of
the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often
been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries. Set against the backdrop of a
nations stormy birth, a moving love story and celebrates the shared values of
liberty and freedom upon which this country was built.
DVD J PARTS 3 TO 5
John Adams
[New York, NY] : HBO Video, c2008.
Depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America's least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of
the United States, John Adams. Explores the extraordinary life journey of one of
the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often
been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries. Set against the backdrop of a
nations stormy birth, a moving love story and celebrates the shared values of
liberty and freedom upon which this country was built.
DVD J PARTS 6 AND 7
About Schmidt
[United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes
everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's
upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From meeting the groom's hippie
parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for
answers, only to discover that life is full of trick questions.
DVD A
Analyze that
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003], c2002.
Fearful of his emotional stability, prison officials release Paul Vitti into the custody of his psychiatrist, Dr. Ben Sobel, who becomes even more
exasperated when he learns Vitti will be moving into his home. As Sobel tries to
get to the root of Vitti's real problems, he tries to help Vitti find a straight
job. And adding to all this confusion, several members of Vitti's old crew are
after him, who are determined to see that he doesn't pass along any
incriminating information.
DVD A
Antwone Fisher
[United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Guided by a determined Navy psychiatrist, a troubled sailor embarks on a personal, emotionally inspiring journey to confront his past and connect with
the family he never knew. Inspired by the true life experiences of Antwone
Fisher.
DVD A
Australia
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2009.
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle
barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn
stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the
country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin,
Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months
earlier.
DVD A
Basic
[United States] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003.
When a drill instructor and several of his cadets disappear during training exercises in Panama, a U.S. DEA agent is called in to investigate the
mysterious disapperance.
DVD B
Beerfest
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2006.
Jan and Todd Wolfhouse are given the task of taking their grandfather's ashes to be settled in the family plot in Germany. Little do they know, the
family plot is actually Beerfest, an Olympic-like test of a beer gamer's mettle.
When they get there and are accused by their German cousins of having stolen the
family beer recipe, they are quickly humiliated in a drinking contest and sent
back to America with their tails between their legs. They vow to have their
revenge and come back next year to win the Beerfest competition. Jan and Todd
assemble a team of their best friends and former drinking buddies including
Landfill, Fink and Barry.
DVD B
The big sleep
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.
L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues and the spoiled
rich.
DVD B
The brave one
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2008].
New York City radio host Erica Bain is working and living a wonderful life. One night she and her fiancé, David, are brutally attacked. David is
killed and Erica is almost beaten to death. Erica is traumatized and in order to
cope and work past the tragic event, Erica becomes someone else. She buys a gun
and begins to roam the streets at night looking to take her revenge on the men
who were responsible for the attack. Late one night, Erica is in the back of a
convenience store when a man comes in and kills his store clerk wife. The man
comes after her and she protects herself, finding that is is very easy to shoot
a gun. Days later, Erica is on the subway when she is about to be raped by two
men, and again she protects herself. The city becomes fascinated with the
exploits of this vigilante killer, but NYPD Detective Mercer is trying to catch
this person, before the killer strikes again.
DVD B
Changing lanes
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2002.
A minor traffic accident turns two perfect strangers into vicious adversaries waging an all-out war of personal destruction.
DVD C
Cheaper by the dozen
Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2003.
Set in the early 20th century, this classic family comedy follows the efforts of a husband and wife as they try to maintain control in a home with 12
children.
DVD C
Clash of the Titans
Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2002.
Perseus (Hamlin), the mortal son of Zeus (Olivier), faces the monsters of Greek mythology as he battles to save Andromeda (Bowker) from a primeval sea
beast.
DVD C
Collateral damage
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2002], c2001.
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing
credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Frustrated with the official
investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering
his family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own
hands and tracks his quarry ultimately to Colombia.
DVD C
The curious case of Benjamin Button
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2009].
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline.
Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong
friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary
life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an
old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given
little chance of survival. He does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned
by Thomas Button, his biological father, after Benjamin's biological mother died
in childbirth. Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a
seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident, which is where she first met
Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in
contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they
finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for
Caroline to read.
DVD C
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #1
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #2
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #4
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #5
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #3
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #6
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #7
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
YA DVD D #8
Death note
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media : Shonen Jump Home Video, [2007-].
Light Yagami is an ace high school student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a
rogue Shinigami death god, in which any human written in it will die, he vows to
rid the world of evil.
DVD D #9
The devil wears Prada
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2006.
Miranda is the editor of "Runway" magazine. She is a terror to everyone who is around. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull
it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and
has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her a second assistant.
When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter
manuscript, it forces Andy to dig it up in order to please her boss. With the
help of one of the magazine's fashion editors, she gets a complete makeover and
a new security. As she is whisked away to Paris with Miranda, Andy faces all of
the glamor that could be hers and is forced to make the decision of where she
wants to be in her life.
DVD D
Discover Tai chi weight loss
Thousand Oaks, CA : Naturaljourneys, 2002.
VHS D
Dracula
Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, c1991.
After a naive real estate agent succumbs to the will of the Count, the two head to London where the vampire hopes to stroll among respectable society
by day and search for potential victims by night.
VHS D
Drumline
[United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Halftime is party time for the gifted street drummer who snares the top spot in his university's marching band. However, he initially flounders in his
new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
DVD D
Eight below
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena
Vista Home Entertainment, [2006].
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry
Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard
also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for
years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men
explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled with a massive
storm front forces them to fly to safety, leaving the dogs behind. Shepard is
determined to rescue his canine friends, but he has to wait until the weather
will allow him to travel back to the mountain. Now, the dogs must struggle
against the elements to survive as they attempt to make their way back home.
DVD E
Field of dreams
Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, 1990, c1989.
An Iowa farmer is inspired by a voice he cannot ignore to pursue a dream and turns his cornfield into a baseball field so that some baseball legends can
come and play.
VIDEO F
Fireproof
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009].
Lt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind - it's a natural instinct. But when it comes to marriage, it's
another story. After a decade of marriage, Caleb and Catherine have drifted so
far apart that they are ready to move on without each other. As the two prepare
for divorce, Caleb's dad asks his son to try The Love Dare experiment. While
hoping the experiment has nothing to do with his parents' newfound faith, Caleb
commits to the challenge. Now he will have to attempt to love his wife while
avoiding God's love for him. He will need to be able to demonstrate love over
and over again to a person who is no longer receptive to his love.
DVD F
Good night, and good luck
[United States] : Warner Home Video, 2005.
George Clooney's critically acclaimed depiction of the high-stakes, historical showdown between broadcast legend Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph
McCarthy during the 1950s.
DVD G
The haunted mansion
[United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.
Jim Evers is a real estate agent whose latest project is to find a buyer for a huge but dilapidated old house in New Orleans. However, when Evers and his
family visits the property before their family vacation, he discovers it's
already inhabited by 999 ghosts, none of whom are interested in sharing the
space. As the spirits make their displeasure known, Evers and his family, with
the help of an eccentric medium named Madame Leota, try to get the ghosts to
leave.
DVD H
Hitch
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures : Distributed by Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment, c2005.
Hitch is New York City's greatest matchmaker. Love is his job and when Albert Brennaman wins the heart of gorgeous society heiress Allegra Cole, Albert
has Hitch to thank. So when tabloid columist Sara Melas decides to uncover the
secret behind the relationships unlikely success, she's shocked to discover that
Alex Hitchens, the charming young man she's been dating, is the legendary date
doctor himself. Exposed in a front-page scoop, it's now up to Alex to try and
save Albert and Allegra's relationship as well as his own.
DVD H
In her shoes
[Beverly Hills, CA] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005].
Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her complete lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her
straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose when she is in need of
financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part
because their troubled mother died when they were girls. Maggie discovers hidden
letters that reveal she and Rose have a grandmother, but Maggie ends up
betraying Rose's trust. Maggie sets off for Florida to find the grandmother. A
failed workplace romance forces Rose to rethink her career, a career that has
been the center of her life. As Rose tentatively begins a new relationship and
Maggie gets to know her grandmother, the two learn a dark family secret that
helps smooth the path toward reconciliation.
DVD I
John Adams
[New York, NY] : HBO Video, c2008.
Depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America's least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of
the United States, John Adams. Explores the extraordinary life journey of one of
the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often
been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries. Set against the backdrop of a
nations stormy birth, a moving love story and celebrates the shared values of
liberty and freedom upon which this country was built.
DVD J PARTS 1 AND 2
John Adams
[New York, NY] : HBO Video, c2008.
Depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America's least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of
the United States, John Adams. Explores the extraordinary life journey of one of
the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often
been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries. Set against the backdrop of a
nations stormy birth, a moving love story and celebrates the shared values of
liberty and freedom upon which this country was built.
DVD J PARTS 3 TO 5
John Adams
[New York, NY] : HBO Video, c2008.
Depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America's least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of
the United States, John Adams. Explores the extraordinary life journey of one of
the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often
been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries. Set against the backdrop of a
nations stormy birth, a moving love story and celebrates the shared values of
liberty and freedom upon which this country was built.
DVD J PARTS 6 AND 7
K-19 the widowmaker
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2002.
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in
1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship
is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to
sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that
serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's
cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload.
DVD K
The Manchurian candidate
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2004.
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben
Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw
eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams
of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to
unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed
as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House. Now the Manchurian Global
corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out.
DVD M
Matchstick men
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2004], c2003.
Neurotic con man Roy suffers from several emotional problems, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. He and his partner Frank swindle people out of
money. Frank wants to pull a really big job, but Roy is too consumed with fear
and panic attacks to join him. Only cigarettes and his trusty illegal
prescription drugs seem to keep him going. When Roy finds himself in desperate
need of more pills, he is forced to see legitimate psychotherapist Dr. Klein.
Roy discovers he has a daughter from his previous marriage and Dr. Klein
suggests Roy spend time with her.
DVD M
Meet the Fockers
Universal City, CA : Universal, 2005.
When Pam and Greg get their parents together it turns into one disaster after another. The hippie Fockers are the direct opposite of the uptight
Byrneses. With one pitfall after the next, the film takes awkward in-law
experiences to new heights.
DVD M
Minority report
[United States] : DreamWorks Home Entertainment : Distributed by
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., c2002.
Washington, D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of
the Pre-crime unit is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours
to discover who sets him up.
DVD M
Monster-in-law
Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home
Video, c2005.
After years of looking for Mr. Right, Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini finally finds the man of her dreams, Kevin Fields, only to discover that his
mother, Viola, is the woman of her most unpleasant nightmares. Viola is a
recently fired news anchor who is afraid she will lose her son the way she has
just lost her career, Viola becomes determined to scare off her son's new
fiancé by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.
DVD M
Mr. 3000
[United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.
Stan Ross was a great Major League hitter, and also a major league jerk. Upon reaching his 3000th hit and securing his place in the Hall of Fame, Stan
retires, leaving his team in a lurch just before the playoffs. 9 years later
when Stan is on the verge of sports immortality, a statistical error reveals
that Stan, "Mr. 3000", is really Stan, "Mr. 2997". Now, at nearly 50 years old,
and 3 hits shy of hitting his goal, Stan decides to make a comeback. The owners
of his old team welcome him back, so how hard could it be to get 3 more hits?
DVD M
National treasure
[United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005].
Since his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that he is a decendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure
hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its whereabouts in the
country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben
has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he had
to steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the
treasure safe is still going to be incredibly hard, especially since the FBI now
knows of his plans.
DVD N
Once upon a time in Mexico
[United States] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.
The saga of El Mariachi contunues when a corrupt CIA agent forces him out of hiding to help sabotage an assassination attempt on the president of Mexico
by an evil cartel kingpin. El Mariachi has his own reason for helping - he is
doing it for revenge.
DVD O
The pacifier
[United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c2005.
Lt. Shane Wolfe is a tough-as-nails Navy SEAL who has controlled military operations in every corner of the globe. Now, the ultimate test comes when he's
assigned to protect the home front. As in a house loaded with five out-of-
control kids! But even when he trades combat gear for diapers and juice boxes,
it's becomes more than just a babysitting job.
DVD P
Paul Blart mall cop
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
Paul Blart is a mild-mannered, dutiful family man who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall. He has applied to become a cop for years, but he
always fails the physical exam because he is overweight. One day, a gang of
organized criminals put the mall under siege and take hostages. Blart becomes
trapped inside and because of he feels that it is his sense of duty, refuses to
leave. He becomes the police department's eyes on the inside and attempts to
stop the criminals on his own.
DVD M
Phone booth
[United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Stu Shepard, a self-centered New York City publicist, suddenly finds himself on the deadly end of a high-powered rifle scope when he picks up a
ringing payphone and the man on the other end tells him that he's going to kill
him if he hangs up.
DVD P
The pianist
[United States] : Universal, c2002.
Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps.
He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the
Nazis.
DVD P
Ray
Universal City, CA : Universal, [2005].
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray'
follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most
beloved performers.
DVD R
Road to Perdition
[United States] : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his
father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his
family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son
and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding
with his emotionally distant father.
DVD R
Rumor has it
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006].
Sarah has finally agreed to marry her boyfriend Jeff, but isn't sure if marriage is what she wants. Now she's on her way home to attend her sister's
wedding, which means spending a lot of time with the tennis-obsessed Pasadena
family that she's never felt quite a part of. It isn't until Sarah stumbles into
a well-kept family secret that she starts to question her roots and sets off in
search of the man who may have answers the she has been looking for.
DVD R
Runaway jury
[United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.
After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun. Her lawyer argues that the firm in
question knew the shop which sold the weapon was not following federal
regulations. As the case goes to trial, the firearm manufacturer takes no
chances on the outcome, and they hire Rankin Fitch, a "jury consultant" who
makes it his business to see that he knows enough about the jurors to be able to
guarantee the result of the trial.
DVD R
The rundown
Universal City, CA : Universal, [2004], c2003.
Beck is anxious to retire from his bounty hunter work, but his boss, Walker, has one more "retrieval" job for him. He sends Beck into the Brazilian
rainforest to bring back his wayward son, Travis. Travis is there looking for a
gold statue, which he could sell for millions if he finds it. The powerful
Hatcher owns the area's huge mine, and feels that anything found in the area is
his property. He refuses to let Beck take Travis back to the U.S. until the
statue is in his hands. Using his estimable fighting prowess, Beck manages to
get Travis out of town.
DVD R
The score
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2001.
Persuaded to help a desperate friend for a $6 million payday, an expert safecracker postpones his retirement to pull off one last heist with a novice
thief. Their foolproof plan turns into a high risk gamble when a clash of egos
threatens to bring them both down.
DVD S
Secondhand lions
[United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, 2004.
To the rest of the world, Garth and Hub are mysterious old men hiding millions. But to Walter, they are family - and now they're about to lead him on
an adventure he'll never forget.
DVD S
Secret window
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2004.
Following a bitter separation from his wife, famed mystery writer Mort Rainey is unexpectedly confronted at his remote lake house by a dangerous
stranger named John Shooter. Claiming Mort has plagiarized his short story, the
psychotic Shooter demands justice. When Shooter's demands turn to threats, and
then to murder, Mort turns to a private detective he knows. But when nothing
stops the horror from spiraling out of control, Mort soon discovers he can't
trust anyone or anything.
DVD S
The sentinel
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.
Pete Garrison is on the presidential protection detail when another Secret Service agent is murdered. An informer tells Garrison about an elaborate
assassination conspiracy that is related to this murder and is well underway.
Garrison also happens to be having an affair with the First Lady, the stress of
which causes him to flunk a lie detector test when word of the plot to kill the
president becomes more than just paranoia. Garrison is soon on the run, being
hunted by his protege David Breckinridge. But Garrison is at the top of his
game and he knows all of the secret service tricks and uses them to evade his
former comrades as the clock ticks down to assassination.
DVD S
Shall we dance?
[United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005].
A lawyer's life and marriage take an unexpected turn when he follows a woman to a dance studio and begins to take lessons and finds he has a passion
for dance. His wife thinks he is having an affair and hires a detective to
follow him.
DVD S
Slumdog millionaire
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2009.
Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20
million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the
show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate
to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he
and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of
vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost.
Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game
show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned
the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns
and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million
viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to
know the things they know about life and love.
DVD S
Syriana
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006], c2005.
As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker,
Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his
partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer,
Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of
two powerful U.S. oil companies Across the globe, a disenfranchised Wasim Khan,
a Pakistani teenager, falls prey to the recruiting efforts of a charismatic
cleric. Each plays their small part in the vast and complex system that powers
the industry, unaware of the explosive impact their lives will have upon the
world.
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Taken
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009].
Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex- CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim
lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces
the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris
with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named
Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan is on the
phone with Kim, Albanese gang members break into the apartment where the girls
are staying. Bryan has Kim give him a detailed description of what she sees and
hears. He tells her she is about to be kidnapped. Bryan promises Kim that he
will come and get her. He immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and Amanda.
He has four days to find her and he uses his special skills and contacts to get
her back and seek his revenge.
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Two weeks notice
[United States] : Warner Home Video, [2003].
Lucy Kelson, Chief Counsel for the Wade Corporation, one of New York City's top commercial real estate developers. She's a brilliant lawyer with a
sharp, strategic mind. She also has an ulcer and doesn't get much sleep. It's
not the job that's getting to her. It's her millionaire boss, George Wade.
Handsome, charming and undeniably self-absorbed, he treats her more like a nanny
than a Harvard Law grad and can barely choose a tie without her help. Now, after
five years of calling the shots-on everything from his clothes to his divorce
settlements, Lucy Kelson is calling it quits.
DVD T
Undertow
Santa Monica, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [2005].
John Munn and his two sons live on a solitary farm in rural Georgia. When John's brother arrives, fresh from prison and with a sea of rage and envy
simmering beneath his skin, their isolated world becomes one marked by violence,
greed and murder.
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Walk the line
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006].
Traces Johnny Cash's childhood, including his distant father to his early attempts at a music career. At this point in his life he marries his girlfriend
Vivian. During a tour with singer/musicians Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, he
encounters singer June Carter, and his love for her, and her rejection of him
through the years, spurs him into drugs, drinking, and depression. June is both
a sassy spitfire singer whose charm breaks hearts and eventually becomes a
sympathetic friend who tries to help Johnny get over her. A true love story of
two country music stars.
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Windtalkers
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2004, 2002.
A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard - and ultimately befriends - a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This code, the
Navajo code, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into
action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before
he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. This is the one wartime code
that was never broken by the enemy.
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The wire. The complete second season
New York, NY : HBO Video, [2004].
A horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port of Baltimore harbor inside out.
DVD W EPI. 1-2
The wire. The complete second season
New York, NY : HBO Video, [2004].
A horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port of Baltimore harbor inside out.
DVD W EPI. 3-4
The wire. The complete second season
New York, NY : HBO Video, [2004].
A horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port of Baltimore harbor inside out.
DVD W EPI. 5-7
The wire. The complete second season
New York, NY : HBO Video, [2004].
A horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port of Baltimore harbor inside out.
DVD W EPI. 8-10
The wire. The complete second season
New York, NY : HBO Video, [2004].
A horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port of Baltimore harbor inside out.
DVD W EPI. 11-12
Alexander Graham Bell
Coppell, TX : Nest Entertainment, c2005.
Animated biography of Alexander Graham Bell. Portrays how Bell's work in creating a device to amplify sound for the deaf lead to his landmark invention
of the telephone.
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Abraham Lincoln
Coppell, TX : Nest Entertainment, c2005.
A century ago, only one man stood in the way of the disintegration of the United States: Abraham Lincoln. This is the story of the first Republican
president and how he helped preserve our country during the Civil War.
J DVD L
Akeelah and the bee
Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2006.
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart
girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a
threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling
bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and
embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from Dr.
Larabee, an English professor, for the more prestigious regional bee. As the
possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms,
Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud
of. First Akeelah have to overcome her insecurities, her distracting home life,
and the knowledge that there is a field of more experienced and privileged
fellow spellers.
J DVD A BONUS DVD
Beethoven
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of Beethoven.
J DVD B
Benjamin Franklin
Coppell, TX : Nest Family Entertainment, c2005.
An animated biography of Benjamin Franklin focusing on his roles as scientist and inventor and on his experiments with electricity.
J DVD F
Chicken Little
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena
Vista Home Entertainment, [2006].
Chicken Little causes widespread panic when he mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky. After the fall out, the youngster becomes determined to
restore his reputation . But just as things are starting to go his way, a real
piece of the sky lands on his head. Chicken Little and his band of misfit
friends, Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling), Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of
Water, attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new
panic.
J DVD C
Christopher Columbus
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005, c1996.
Animated biography of Christopher Columbus, who discovered America while sailing west to find China.
J DVD C
Dora the Explorer. Super babies' dream adventure
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
Dora has a special story for her twin brother and sister. It's naptime for the twins and Dora has a super special story to tell. The Super Babies will
need help to wake up the dream fairy so she can deliver all the happy naptime
dreams.
J DVD S
Florence Nightingale
Coppell, TX : Nest Entertainment, c2005.
Animated biography of Florence Nightingale, whose efforts during the Crimean War changed the science and practice of nursing.
J DVD N
Galileo
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of Galileo.
J DVD G
George Washington
Irving, TX : Nest Entertainment, 2005.
Animated biography of George Washington, telling of the challenges he faced during the Revolution.
J DVD W
Harriet Tubman
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment, 2005, c1996.
Animated biography of Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, who helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom in the North.
J DVD T
Helen Keller
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of Helen Keller, the blind and deaf woman who with the help of teacher Anne Sullivan overcomes her obstacles and ends her isolation in
a dark and silent world.
J DVD K
The Incredibles
[United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005].
Bob and his wife Helen used to be among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later,
they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs
where they live "normal" lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-
Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious
communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He
soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from
total destruction.
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Joan of Arc
Coppell, Tex. : NEST Family Entertainment, 2005, c1996.
Tells the story of Joan of Arc who leads the battle to protect the French city of Orleans from the English invaders and is later kidnapped and burned at
the stake by the English.
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John the Baptist
Coppell, Tex : Nest Family Entertainment : Distributed by NestFamily,
c2005.
John grows in strength and integrity as he stands against political and spiritual adversity to preach the coming of the Lord.
J DVD J
Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2005], c2004.
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first
to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested
in their inheritance.
J DVD L
Leonardo da Vinci
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of Leonardo da Vinci, master painter, celebrated artist , and brilliant inventor..
J DVD L
Louis Pasteur
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of Louis Pasteur.
J DVD P
Maccabees : the story of Hanukkah
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of George Washingtin.
J DVD M
Madagascar
Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, c2005.
A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa.
When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of
Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
J DVD M
Marco Polo
Coppell, TX : Nest Entertainment, c2005.
An animated biography of Marco Polo. Shows a life of this Venetian explorer focusing on the highlights of his travels to India, China and other
many exotic lands in the thirteenth-century.
J DVD P
Marie Curie
Coppell, TX : Nest Family Entertainment, c2005.
The animated story of Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist. Her shared research with her husband Pierre gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the
discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She was the first person to
receive two Nobel Prizes.
J DVD C
Over the hedge
[Redwood City, CA] : DreamWorks Pictures, c2006.
A scheming raccoon tricks a family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food by invading the new suburban sprawl that arrived while they
were hibernating.
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A Plumm summer
[Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
When TV puppet Froggy Doo is kidnapped and held for ransom, two young brothers and their new neighbor band together to crack the case and get Froggy
Doo back on the air. In the process they learn more than just who the kidnapper
is - they also learn how to become best friends.
J DVD P
Pocahontas
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment, 2005.
Animated biography of Pocahontas, the Native American princess whose brave intervention saved the settlers' lives and brought peace between two very
different peoples.
J DVD P
SpongeBob SquarePants. Sea stories
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2002.
SpongeBob and his friends Squidward, Gary, Patrick and Mr. Krabs go on one sea adventure after another.
J DVD S
Stuart Little 2
[Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2002.
Stuart Little is back for more action-packed adventure. This time around Stuart and the reluctant Snowbell embark on a dangerous mission to rescue
Stuart's new friend Margalo from a villainous falcon. But the journey proves
more difficult than he ever imagines, and Stuart has to decide if he's up to the
task.
J DVD S
Thomas Edison and the electric light
Coppell, TX : Nest Family Entertainment, c2005.
This bird's eye view of Edison's legendary career takes you behind the scenes to reveal the hard work and sheer excitement of daily discoveries with
"the Wizard of Menlo Park."
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The wild
Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2006.
Sampson is a lion on display at a zoo in New York City's Central Park, and he holds court over all the other animals, including Nigel, a testy koala
bear; Larry, a dumb but well-meaning snake; Kazar, a wildebeest with a passion
for choreography; Bridget, a bright but cynical giraffe; and Benny, a squirrel
who is good friends with Sampson and is trying to romance Bridget without much
success. Ryan is the pride and joy of Sampson's life and he becomes devastated
when one day Ryan is crated up and sent away to another zoo. Sampson is
desperate to find his boy, and with the help of his pals he escapes the zoo and
sets out on a rescue mission. However, midtown Manhattan is unfamiliar territory
for Sampson and the other zoo animals, and they have a hard time adjusting to
the concrete canyons of the Big Apple.
J DVD W
William Bradford
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of William Bradford.
J DVD B
The Wright brothers
Coppell, TX : NEST Family Entertainment , 2005.
Animated biography of the Wright brothers, two men who ignored all those who said it couldn't be done and became the first to manage powered flight.
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