Screen Australia
1) The reef
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the beautiful but dangerous waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, ship delivery man Luke and four friends chart a yacht to its new owner. Along the way, their ship is torn open by sharp rocks and begins to sink, leaving the passengers with a terrifying choice: stay on board with slim hope of rescue, or swim twelve miles to the nearest island, through shark-infested waters.
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Description
Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry, and what seems like a simple investigation unearths a web of crime, corruption human trafficking, and the exploitation of aboriginal lands.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Writer Ned Kendall is asked to return to the family home by his sister Sally, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. The family home is in a very remote and isolated area. While back home, Ned starts having memories of his beautiful twin sister and himself when they were children. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Legends say there's a world beneath this one where a dragon lies sleeping. They say be careful how you wake the dragon. The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the most profound change in the history of human enterprise on Earth: the unleashing of the elemental force within uranium, the explosion of an atomic bomb, the unleashing of the dragon. The story of uranium is part science, part history and all epic adventure. From its creation in an exploding...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack Irish, is a brooding antihero of Australia. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, intent on drowning his demons. When an old client dies after leaving Jack several frantic voicemails, the PI realizes he can't outrun or out-drink his past. Jack returns to the world that took everything away from him: a seedy place of lowlifes, corruption,...
6) Mary and Max
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mary is a lonely eight-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City, which starts a friendship that spans 20 years and two continents.
7) The babadook
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Amelia is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook turns up at her house, she is forced to battle with her son's deep seated fear of a monster. Soon she discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Seventeen year-old J is in the process of becoming initiated into a gang of armed robbers, known as the Cody brothers. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world, but soon discovers that the entire situation is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, senior police officer Nathan Leckie recognizes that J's youth and inexperience may prove to be the key to finally conquering the Codys, and hopes to lure...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (272 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Juggling a relationship, parental responsibilities, friendships, and a sick brother while earning a living would be difficult for anyone, but it's particularly difficult when you're a criminal for hire. Ray Shoesmith takes care of people collecting debts, relieving them of drugs and guns, and often taking care of them on a more permanent basis. Ray demands respect and does not tolerate it when someone disregards his very clear code of ethics.
10) The dry
Formats
Description
For Aaron Falk, going back home is not going to be easy. After all, with the area facing an extreme drought, everyone is in a constant state of alert. It is against this strange backdrop that Falk stumbles into a mystery that is four decades old. Many years ago, a teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances. And the more that Falk investigates this cold case, the more he realizes that it may have something to do with the town's more recent tragedies....
11) Daybreakers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the year 2019, an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, so does the blood supply. Now the vampires must find a blood substitute before time runs out. Researcher Edward Dalton and a clandestine group of vampires have made a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.
12) Red Hill
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On Constable Shane Cooper's first day with the Red Hill Police Department, a convicted murderer escapes from prison and seeks revenge on the men who put him there.
13) Red Dog
Publisher
Arc Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Incredible true story of a wandering, dust-covered Kelpie who hitched his way to the mining town of Dampier and into the hearts of each and every one of its residents ... A great emotional tale of adventure, love and lasting friendship"--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Description
The unforgettable true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most controversial scandals of recent times: the organized deportation of innocent children from the UK to Australia, where they were thought to be lost in the system forever. Against overwhelming odds, and with little regard for her own safety, Humphreys reunited thousands of families and brought worldwide attention to a corrupt system and an extraordinary...
15) $9.99
Publisher
Distributed by E1 Entertainment U.S
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unemployed 20-something man finds that the answers to the meaning of life can be found in a book. Soon his path crosses some of his more unusual neighbors, all looking for something missing in their lives.
16) Bright star
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
18) 100% lobo
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Freddy Lupin, es heredero de una orgullosa línea familiar de hombres lobo, pero cuando llega su compleaños número 14, algo sale mal durante su primera transformación, convirtiéndose en un feroz...Poodle. A pesar du su peinado rosado y esponjoso, Freddy ¿podrá demostrar que es 100% lobo?
20) Holding the man
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of Tim Conigrave's fifteen-year love affair with John Caleo after they met as students at Xavier College and became partners in life, both dying later of AIDS-related illnesses.