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1) The giver
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
2014
Formats
Description
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dr. Will Caster is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him.
3) 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...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014, 2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An alien in the form of a voluptuous young woman combs the streets of Scotland in search of men. She lures a succession of lost souls into her otherworldly lair, where they are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.
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.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
192 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
"This exciting reference format accompanies the eagerly anticipated, first-ever standalone Star Wars-- movie: Rogue One. This beautifully detailed title features in-depth character profiles, plus 5 newly commissioned and fully annotated cross-sections of vehicles and mapped-out locations. With clear and authoritative text, this book is packed with essential information--and presented alongside stunning stills from the movie."--Amazon.
7) Artemis
Author
Description
"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling...
8) Interstellar
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Description
The Ghostbusters team regroup when the infant son of single mother Dana Barrett becomes the target of a demonic force. They must put a stop to an enormous underground river of slime ready to rot the roots of the Big Apple.
10) Venom
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent super alter-ego. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own. Includes French audio description.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Formats
Description
A return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. Haunted by his turbulent past, he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord with his gangs, pursues the rebels ruthlessly...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
vii, 183 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm.
Description
An illustrated fan's guide traces the complete story of the infamous Star Wars villain, exploring his history, myth, and cultural impact while covering his development by George Lucas and spin-off tales as portrayed in comics and novels.
Formats
Description
It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt's fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
14) Ghostbusters
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When ghosts go on a rampage, only three men can save the world. Soon every spook in the city is loose and our heroes face the supreme challenge. If you want your spirits raised, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2003, c1987
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs to a tenement to get rid of the last five tenants. The five are visited by tiny visitors from outer space who turn the tide with magical powers.
Publisher
Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare people for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring the world back from the brink of extinction.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.
20) Silent running
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A botanist has spent three years aboard the space freighter "Valley Forge" preserving the only botanical specimens left from Earth under huge geodesic domes. When he receives orders to destroy the project and return home, he rebels and hijacks the space craft, killing his fellow crewman and injuring himself. He plunges the ship into the gaseous Rings of Saturn, where he embarks on the loneliest adventure of all with only two drone robots to keep him...
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