Calif.) Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica
1) La La Land
Publisher
Lionsgate
Formats
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
2) Arbitrage
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Robert Miller is a New York hedge-fund magnate who appears to have it all: money, power, a loving wife, and a devoted daughter working by his side. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is running on borrowed time, trying to unload his crippled trading company before his frauds are revealed. A deadly error throws Miller's life into a tailspin, raising the suspicions of a detective and threatening the future of his financial empire.
4) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Formats
Description
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
5) Warm bodies
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a zombie epidemic, R (a zombie) rescues Julie (a human survivor) from a zombie attack. The two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human, setting off a chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hit man John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After leaving his LAPD narcotics post, Sheriff Ray Owens moved and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. That peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez, one of the most notorious drug kingpins, makes an escape from the FBI. Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border, straight through Sommerton Junction.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For the one hundred and twenty-six people aboard the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, April 20, 2010, began like any normal day. Before day's end, the world would bear witness to one of the greatest man-made disasters in U.S. history. It reveals the brave acts of the men and women who rose to the challenge and risked everything to lead others to safety.
Formats
Description
Hank is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. One day everything changes when a corpse names Manny washes up onshore. The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
10) Casual: Season 1
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (262 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Recently divorced Valerie and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Laura, move in with Valerie's brother, Alex, an eternal bachelor and master of casual relationships. Together, they coach each other through the crazy world of dating while raising her teenage daughter.
11) Patriots Day
Publisher
Lionsgate
Formats
Description
The story of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath.
"Berg's unquestioning faith in law and order could have used, well, a little questioning. But this is a a raw, riveting, emotionally wrenching docudrama from Peter Berg and producer-star Mark Wahlberg."--Rolling Stone
12) Silk road
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht creates the internet's first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a multimillion-dollar pipeline for illicit drugs, Ross is set on a collision course with Rick Bowden, a disreputable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down."--container.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An organ transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. Seven years later, the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.
14) Wander darkly
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A traumatic accident leaves a couple, Adrienne and Matteo, in a surreal state of being that takes them on a disorienting journey through the duality of their shared moments. By reliving fond recollections from the beginning of their romance while also navigating the overwhelming truths of their present, they must rediscover the love that truly binds them together." --container
15) Margin call
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In this adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who is also struggling to adjust...
17) The Green Knight
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
A fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, the film tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, who embarks on a quest to confront the eponymous knight, a gigantic tree-like creature.
18) Adverse
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.