Akiva Goldsman
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001], 1998.
Language
English
Description
The year is 2058. With the earth's resources severely depleted human survival depends upon "The Jupiter Mission." This daring plan will launch an entire family--the Robinsons--into the farthest reaches of hyperspace to colonize "Alpha Prime," the only other habitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space, facing alien invaders, time- warp wonders and non-stop...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Set in a mythic New York City near the turn of the 20th century, "Winter's tale" is a timeless story of sweeping romance and the age-old battle between good and evil. Burglar Peter Lake meets a dying young woman and falls irrevocably in love with her. Peter's only option is to discover a way to conquer evil, stop time and bring her back from death.
4) The 5th wave
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Cassie Sullivan is trying to survive a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion, while trying to save her five-year-old brother Sam from a training camp that was created by the Others (the aliens).
5) Breakthrough
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Examines cutting edge developments in science, technology, and medicine, covering a variety of topics that include: new findings in pandemic research; cyborg technologies; new developments in understanding the brain; the latest advances in extending human life; innovations in energy resources; developments under way to countervail potential water shortages
6) Firestarter
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a...
7) Firestarter
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family2s location, a...
9) Meet cute
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Sheila and Gary meet, it's love at first sight. Turns out, their magical date wasn't fate at all: Sheila's got a time-traveling tanning bed hidden inside a nail salon, and they've been falling in love over and over again. But when the perfect night is never quite enough, Sheila travels to Gary's past to change him into the perfect man.
10) I am legend
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Robert Neville is the last human survivor in what is left of New York City. A pandemic has left only 1% of the population alive and most of those who survived are no longer human. The infected, now lurking in the shadows, watch Neville's every move. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by the only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood.
11) Cinderella Man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a nation was on its knees, a courageous underdog brought them to their feet, overcoming incredible odds to become a legendary champion and an American hero. The inspiring true story of boxer Jim Braddock.
13) The client
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment Incorporated
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
When a boy witnesses the suicide of a Mafia attorney he must hire a troubled attorney to protect himself from the Mafia and the federal prosecutors. Based on John Grisham's best selling novel. This title has been Repackaged.
14) I am legend
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The last man on earth is not alone. Somehow immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, military virologist Robert Neville is now the last human survivng in New York City. He believes he may be the last human alive in the world. Mutant plague victims lurk in the shadows. They watch Robert's every move and wait for him to make a fatal mistake. Robert is driven by only one remaining mission - to find an antidote using his own immune blood. But, he is...
15) Angels & demons
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican's only chance for survival.
16) Rings
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen until now.
17) A beautiful mind
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.
19) The dark tower
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King. The last Gunslinger, Roland has been locked in an eternal battle with the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the epic battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.--From container.
20) Insurgent
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris₂s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past...