Chris Columbus
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
The final book in the New York Times bestselling House of Secrets series that was called "a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure" by J. K. Rowling. Created by Hollywood director Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini (It's Kind of a Funny Story), with the acclaimed author of the Codename Zero series and the Fourth Stall saga, Chris Rylander.
With their last adventure just barely over, the Walker kids...
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With their last adventure just barely over, the Walker kids thought life would finally go back to normal. But things don’t remain calm for long... especially when the colossus Fat Jagger turns up in San Francisco Bay--and he’s in danger! With the police closing in, the Walkers must figure out how to save their giant friend. When a frost beast is spotted in Santa Rosa--and more mystical creatures start appearing all over America--it’s soon clear...
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
465 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
5) Pixels
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant saved the world thousands of times, at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. Now, they're going to have to do it for real. In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens discover video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the video games as the models for their assaults.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A boring evening of babysitting turns into high adventure when a babysitter and her three charges set out to rescue her friend from the downtown Chicago bus station.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle's house is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy. Includes the theatrical and extended versions.
8) The help
Publisher
distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1960s Mississippi, Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Language
English
Description
Harry, Ron, and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts. There they are forced to face escaped prisoner Sirius Black, who poses a great threat to Harry. Harry must overcome the threats of Dementors, outsmart a werewolf, and finally deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship with his parents. Harry and friends master advanced magic classes, cross time barriers, and change the course of more than one life.
10) Rent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
2-disc widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Extended director's cut; Blu-ray; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (89 min.) : sound, color, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A father, desperate to buy a hot-selling Christmas toy, endures a frantic last minute shopping spree on Christmans eve.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (152 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
13) Home alone
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Blu-ray disc ;
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Kevin is left alone for the holidays and must defend his house from a pair of bumbling burglars.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry, Ron, and Hermione are in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and they must use all they have learned so far to ward off attacks from a mysterious dark force. Includes theatrical and extended versions.
15) Gremlins
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young bank teller inadvertently breaks the rules of Mogwai care, his new pet Gizmo multiplies into a bevy of mischievous brothers, who soon morph into malevolent scaly creatures.
16) Nine months
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The news that his girlfriend is expecting a baby sends Sam, an unflappable child psychologist, into a panic. Torn between advice given by a well-meaning but over-bearing couple and his confirmed bachelor buddy, Sam is in serious danger of losing his mind and his girlfriend.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
℗2009
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kevin McCallister accidentally boards the wrong plane, and ends up in New York City instead of Florida. There he meets up with the two crooks that terrorized his house the Christmas before.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. He applies for a job at the Museum of Natural History and is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse has caused the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life.
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen, High definition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled night as Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic that brings the museum exhibits to life, before it is gone forever.
20) Home alone
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin! Left to his own devices he sets out to have his own private Christmas but two bumbling burglars force Kevin to come up with a bewildering battery of booby traps to thwart them.