Catalog Search Results
3) Black Widow
Series
Fox film noir volume 22
Language
English
Description
Nancy Ordway is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver, who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter's wife, Iris, comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce, soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series...
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2004, c2000
Language
English
Description
Nominated for an Academy Award, this film tells the inspiring story of the World Music super group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the renowned South African a cappella ensemble best known on these shores for Paul Simon's Graceland album.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Chosen the world's protector against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (pride, envy, greed, hatred, selfishness, laziness, and injustice) young Billy Batson accepts his destiny as Captain Marvel. Battling alongside Superman against nefarious Black Adam, Billy soon discovers the challenge superheroes ultimately face; is it revenge or justice? Superman, Green Arrow and Black Canary follow an internal moral code to guide their actions.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Iwo Jima, a tiny island 660 miles from Tokyo, was defended by 21,000 Japanese soldiers determined to fight to the death. The U.S. campaign, which began on February 19, 1945, was expected to last only a few days. Instead it claimed the lives of nearly 7,000 Marines and lasted for over a month. Features interviews with twenty-one veterans of the 1945 battle and rare combat footage.
Series
Publisher
Distributed Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"They're retirees who are anything but retiring. Robert Duvall and Richard Harris deliver 'two of the year's most spectacular performances' (Bob Campbell, Newhouse Newspapers) as a reserved ex-barber and a salty former sea captain, beached in a quiet Florida town and living solitary lives. But after meeting in the local park one afternoon, these polar opposites soon become the unlikeliest of friends"--Container.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Tales of the Black Freighter chronicles a castaway's increasingly desperate attempts to return home to warn his family of the impending arrival of the Black Freighter, a phantom pirate ship which houses the souls of the damned.
Under the Hood details the establishment and disbandment of the superheroes known as the Watchmen.
11) Black dog
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Action film about two truck drivers being chased by a relentless fanatic.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Through the powerful recollections of atomic bomb survivors, a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first and hopefully last uses of thermonuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors and more.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Four years after agents J and K averted an intergalactic disaster J is still working for the MIB while K has returned to the comforts of civilian life. While investigating a seemingly routine crime, J uncovers a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena, an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a sexy lingerie model. It's a race against the clock as J must find and convince K--who not only has no memory of his time spent with the agency,...
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Grace Tang is an ambitious Wall Street banker determined to work her way up the ladder of life and out of working-class Chinatown. Mistaken as a famous heiress from Hong Kong, Grace is suddenly swept into the inner circle of Manhattan's elite and ushered into the arms of New York's most eligible bachelor. What follows is a whirlwind of romance and white lies, as Grace carefully negotiates her personal ties to Chinatown and the politics of Wall Street...
16) Five easy pieces
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.
17) Year of the dog
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Peggy is a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister. She lives alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Neera is a young girl who becomes seperated from her father in Arabia during World War II. Left alone in the desert, she befriends a wild colt, who she names Shetan. Once reunited with her father, however, Neera remains haunted by images of "the lost horse of the desert". This is the prequel to 'The Black Stallion' and shows the relationship between the stallion and the young girl who have come together, as if by destiny.
19) The shaggy dog
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Wilby Daniels was just an ordinary teenager until a magical ring accidentally transforms him into a sheepdog...whose owner is the leader of a plot to destroy the Space Program! The first live-action comedy Walt Disney produced. B&W and color versions.
Series
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The teacher from the Black Lagoon: On the first day of school, a young boy expects the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monster", Mrs. Green. What's under my bed?: Mary Ann and Louie are convinced there is something scary under their beds. By the light of the Halloween moon: A spying cat, a watchful witch, a hobgoblin sprite, all are scary companions who plan to gobble up a young girl. The three robbers: Three robbers terrify...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request