Brian Cox
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he's never known. When his daughter's abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max's violent past comes back to haunt them all." --container.
2) Zodiac
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. Looks into the lives of the four men most effected by the killer: San Francisco PD Homicide, David Toschi and William Armstrong, the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith. Displays the psychological and emotional effects of the killings, as well as the endless procedural details of the investigation (handwriting experts, the...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U. S. edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter to media magnate Logan Roy in HBO's Succession, Brian Cox has made his name as an actor of unparalleled distinction and versatility. We are familiar with him on screen, but few know of his extraordinary life story. Growing up in Dundee, Scotland, Cox lost his father when he was just eight years old and was brought up by his three elder sisters in the aftermath of his mother's nervous breakdowns and ultimate hospitalization....
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Widescreen and full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A schoolteacher learns that she was once a lethal assassin for the CIA, and teams up with a wise-cracking detective to uncover her past before a hi-tech army of corrupt government renegades kills them both.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth-- which they soon discover to be contained in an audio tape which the man had with him, exposing political manipulations at the highest levels of government. But such underlying agendas require careful considerations to avoid worse things than murder.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version (16x9 ; 1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gordon McLeod is the manager of a second-tier Scottish soccer team. Faced with pressure from his American owner, he is forced to bring on a marquee player to improve the fortunes of the team. With the new addition to the team's roster, McLeod hopes to prevent his team from being moved from the fiercely loyal town it has known for a century.
7) Troy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
2-disc widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 163 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus. The result is an epic war in which the Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and the greatest Trojan warrior, embodies...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jason Bourne has abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been traveling beneath the agency's radar. He has been able to reconnect with Marie, the woman he loves. But Bourne is still haunted by vivid dreams and troubling memories of his days as a killer, and he's not really certain how much really happened and how much is a product of his imagination. When Bourne is led out of hiding by circumstances beyond his control, he must reconcile his past...
9) Pixels
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 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.
10) The rookie
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Fullscreen version (1.33:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot...
11) The rookie
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bourne, is pulled from the sea suffering from amnesia with a pair of bullet wounds in his back. His only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and several passports with different names await. He quickly realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Maria ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. With Maria's reluctant help, Bourne edges...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
14) Rob Roy
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a harsh winter threatens the majestic Scottish Highlands, Rob Roy MacGregor is forced to borrow money from the less-than-noble Marquis of Montrose to provide for his clan. When Montrose's evil henchmen conspire to take the wealth for themselves, they thrust Rob into the most challenging battle of his life.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2008, ©2007.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a lonely young boy named Angus discovers a large, mysterious egg along the shore of Loch Ness, no one is prepared for what lies within. He soon discovers that the strange, mischievous hatching inside is none other than The Water Horse, the loch's most mysterious and fabled creature! But with the Water Horse growing ten times its size every day, Angus finds it increasingly difficult to keep his new friend a secret.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bourne, is pulled from the sea suffering from amnesia with a pair of bullet wounds in his back. His only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and several passports with different names await. He quickly realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Maria ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. With Maria's reluctant help, Bourne edges...
17) Adaptation
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best-selling book, he writes himself into the movie plot.
18) Red eye
Publisher
Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, Lisa Reisert boards the dreaded red eye for a flight back to Miami so she can make it to work the next day. On board, Lisa meets Jackson Ripner and their attraction grows. But moments after take-off, Jackson reveals that he has Lisa's father's wallet that he swiped off his desk and his real reason for being on board. Jackson needs Lisa's help to kill the deputy secretary of Homeland Security...
19) Troy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Special edition ; Director's cut ; Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (196 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Paris, the son of the king of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, the result is an epic war. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand.
20) Super troopers
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A police captain has difficulty controlling his incompetent troops. However, when called upon to solve a real crime, they become highway heroes.