Albert Brooks
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
June 12, 2030 started out like any other day--until a massive earthquake devastated Los Angeles, and the government, always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, was unable to respond. The fallout from the earthquake sets in motion a sweeping novel of ideas that pits national hope for the future against assurances from the past, in this all-too-believable imagining of where today's challenges could lead us tomorrow
3) Concussion
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of the doctor who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE in football players, and the uphill battle he faced in bringing the information to the public.
4) Concussion
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pittsburgh doctor Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage that football players suffer over the course of their careers.
5) Taxi driver
Formats
Description
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy, he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris.
6) The muse
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Steven Phillips is a veteran screenwriter of 17 films who is told he has lost his edge. A fellow writer with a string of successes under his belt refers Phillips to Sarah, a professional muse. In exchange for the royal treatment and a showering of expensive gifts, she will grace writers with her presence, which seems to magically spark profitable ideas in the client's mind. Is her power real or is it all in her clients' heads?
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A hilarious comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Max, a terrier, has his favorite-pet status turned upside-down when his owner takes in a stray named Duke.
8) Out of sight
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A career bank robber busts out of jail with the help of his buddy and kidnaps a U.S. Marshal in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big heist, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.
11) Taxi driver
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.