Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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-- Arrivee2017., Adult, Paramount Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Arrival Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 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.
![Arrival [DVD] (2016). Directed by Denis Villeneuve.](/Library/images/~imageCT83217.JPG "Arrival [DVD] (2016). Directed by Denis Villeneuve.")
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-- Butler2014., Adult, Anchor Bay Entertainment Call No: BLK DVD Fic Butler Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Inspired by a true story, Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker stars as Cecil Gaines, the devoted husband, father and White House butler who served seven presidents during some of the most tumultuous and defining moments of the 20th century. Oprah Winfrey co-stars with a stellar supporting cast that includes John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber and Robin Williams in this powerful drama form the Oscar nominated director of Precious."--Container.
![The butler [DVD] (2013). Directed by Lee Daniels.](/Library/images/~imageCT76965.JPG "The butler [DVD] (2013). Directed by Lee Daniels.")
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-- Soldier's wife[2005], c1992., General, Lions Gate Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Crying Edition: DVD format ; widescreen ed. ; collector's ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus changes his name and gets a job as a day laborer. His starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' real background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus does not know either.
![The crying game [DVD] (1992) Directed by Neil Jordan](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The crying game [DVD] (1992) Directed by Neil Jordan")
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2015., Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: NEW BLK DVD Fic Dope Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
![Dope [DVD] (2015) Directed by Rick Famuyiwa](/Library/images/~imageCT103737.JPG "Dope [DVD] (2015) Directed by Rick Famuyiwa")
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-- Pouvior du jeuc2007., Adult, Alliance Atlantis : distributed exclusively in Canada by Motion Picture Distribution LP Call No: DVD Fic Even money Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Oscar winners Kim Basinger and Forest Whitaker join Danny DeVito and an all-star cast in this compelling thriller that follows the lives of nine individuals as their fates become increasingly entwined in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. Struggling writer Kate (Basinger) loses her family's savings at a casino; a washed-up Vegas performer (Danny DeVito) tries to help Kate regain her money; Clyde (Forest Whitaker) owes so much money to his dangerous bookie (Jay Mohr) that he asks his NBA-destined nephew (Nick Cannon) to throw a game. Also starring Kelsey Grammer, Tim Roth and Carla Gugino, Even Money is a cautionary thriller about addiction and deception that hits a jackpot of suspense."--Container.
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-- Free lancers2012., Adult, VVS Films Call No: DVD Fic Freelancers Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss wants to see if he has what it takes to be rogue. When the truth about his father's death is revealed, he won't stop until justice has been served.
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c2008, p2007., General, Weinstein Company Call No: BLK DVD Fic GreatD Edition: Widescreen [ed.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
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2007, p2006., General, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: SC DVD Fic Last K Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive. Garrigan grows increasingly prone to exploitation.
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2002., Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Panic R Edition: Widescreen version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg and her daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
![Panic room [DVD] (2002). Directed by David Fincher](/Library/images/~imageCT83968.JPG "Panic room [DVD] (2002). Directed by David Fincher")
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2001, p1986., Adult, MGM Home Entertainment Inc. Call No: DVD Fic Platoon Edition: Special ed. ; widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
![Platoon [DVD] (1986). Directed by Oliver Stone.](/Library/images/~imageCT84318.JPG "Platoon [DVD] (1986). Directed by Oliver Stone.")
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c2008., General, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Vantage Edition: [Blu-ray version] ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: U.S. president Ashton is in Salamanca, Spain to announce plans for a major global summit on terrorism. As he stands behind the podium in front of a loudly cheering crowd, he is shot twice. This is followed minutes later by a small explosion and then a massive blast. Secret Service agents Barnes, Taylor, and Holden immediately jump into action, trying to find the terrorists responsible amid all the chaos. First, the events are seen through the eyes of television news producer Rex Brooks. Then, the assassination attempt is replayed from seven different points of view. Each perspective reveals a few more clues.
![Vantage point [DVD] (2008). Directed by Pete Travis.](/Library/images/~imageCT75699.JPG "Vantage point [DVD] (2008). Directed by Pete Travis.")