Jeff Daniels
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Formats
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store.
“Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the...
“Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the...
3) Steve Jobs
Formats
Description
Follow the life of the late Steve Jobs. His drive to change technology ultimatly had a negative effect on everyone around him.
"Thanks to Fassbender's revelatory performance, Jobs comes across as a captivating monster, a dictator in a black turtleneck who is impossible to ignore."--Globe and Mail.
4) The Martian
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
"Hell, I'm scared of simply sleeping outdoors and I walked out of the movie with just the tiniest daydream of strapping myself into a rocket and shooting for the stars (ideally with Matt Damon as my co-pilot)."--Globe and Mail.
"What's so...
5) The Martian
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
Author
Description
The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon Several years before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Now, this long-lost memoir-90% Newman's own...
9) Heartburn
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A bitter romance based on Nora Ephron's autobiographical novel about her relationship with Carl Bernstein.
10) Gettysburg
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (254 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old war veteran. He spends his days maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park. Now Eddie's own life is about to come to an end. One morning, an accident occurs on one of the rides. In front of a horrified crowd, Eddie attempts to save the five-year-old's life. The last thing he sees is the little girl's frightened face, the last thing he feels is the child's hands in his. Then, a blinding flash of light...
12) Fly away home
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A 13-year old girl and her estranged father learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them how to fly.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's 1953, and the piece of talking furniture called TV is still a novelty in America's living rooms. On it, Sen. Joseph McCarthy uses fear, falsehooods and belligerence to become arguably the most powerful man in the land. On it , newsman Edward R. Murrow, who's had his fill of the senator's tactics, fights back.
14) Away we go
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Burt and Verona are a loving couple. Burt has always wanted to marry Verona, but Verona resists, not seeing the point of the institution. Regardless, they are having a baby together and question their potential parenting abilities. They decide to move closer to Burt's parents so they can share the experience with the baby's grandparents. In Verona's sixth month, she and Burt learn that his parents are moving to Belgium the month before the baby is...
16) The hours
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it....
18) Traitor
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to point back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn. A mysterious figure with a web of connections to terrorist organizations, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down. The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets with Carter, a veteran CIA contractor who seemingly has his...
19) Blood work
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
There is a masked killer on the loose, and the police believe its the locations that are important and that the victims are just unlucky. But retired FBI agent McCaleb thinks that it goes the other way around. The killer's victims are very specific. Forced to retire after suffering a heart attack, and receiving a new heart 2 years later, he is approached by the sister of the murdered woman whose heart he now has. Now McCaleb has to use his wits to...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s. The patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but ultimately decided to settled into a teaching job. When his wife discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family. The two teenage sons are forced to forge new relationships...
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