Jason Bateman
1) The Gift
Publisher
Universal Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Formats
Description
A young married couple's lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than twenty years.
"[An] expertly crafted exercise in guilt, ambiguity and revenge."--Boston Globe
"One of the many gifts conferred by The Gift is the unaccustomed pleasure of feeling like putty in the hands of a first-rate storyteller."--Wall Street Journal
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4) Bad words
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (1 hr. 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
Formats
Description
Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mr. Magorium owns the most amazing store in the world, where all the toys literally come to life. When the boss decides to retire, the shop throws a tantrum, and all its wonders begin to cease. Now Mr. Magorium's reluctant manager, skeptical accountant, and most loyal customer must work together to save the emporium by finding a little magic within themselves.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
This playful documentary explores how LEGO bricks went from kids’ toys to a global phenomenon beloved by collectors, artists, innovators and builders of all ages.
12) The family Fang
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adult siblings Baxter and Annie, scarred from an unconventional upbringing, return to their family home. When their parents, performance artists famous for elaborate public hoaxes, go missing under troubling circumstances, Baxter and Annie investigate. Unsure whether it's foul play or just another elaborate ruse, nothing can prepare them for what they discover.
13) Bad words
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
14) The outsider
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (551 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows an investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy as the case begins to involve contradictory evidence and a supernatural force.
15) Hancock
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Description
A superhero with total disregard for the damage he causes while saving people finds himself having his image changed by a public relations executive, in return for saving the executive's life.
16) Zootopia
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Zootopia is a city like no other that is comprised of habitat neighborhoods like ritzy Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, it's a melting pot where animals from every environment live together. But when optimistic Officer Judy Hopps arrives, she discovers that being the first bunny on a police force of big, tough animals isn't so easy. Determined to prove herself, she jumps at the opportunity to crack a case, even if it means partnering with a fast-talking,...
17) Disconnect
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
18) Extract
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joel is the owner of an extract manufacturing plant who constantly finds himself in precarious situations that steadily worsen by the minute. First, his soon-to-be floor manager acquires a serious injury in a machine malfunctioning accident. This subsequently endangers the wellbeing of his company. Second, his personal life doesn't fair much better when he takes his bartending friend Dean's advice while in a drug-induced brainstorming session on how...
19) State of play
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love, or life is safe.
20) Hancock
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
John Hancock is an unhappy and reluctant superhero who is depressed and drinks heavily. He has saved many lives in Los Angeles, but in doing so, he has no regards for the damages he causes. The public has had enough of Hancock. Then one day, Hancock saves the life of Ray Embrey from being hit by a train. Ray is a public relations executive who now can go home to his wife and child, thanks to Hancock. Ray owes Hancock his life, and he makes it his...