Albert Brooks
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
June 12, 2030 started out like any other day--until a massive earthquake devastated Los Angeles, and the government, always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, was unable to respond. The fallout from the earthquake sets in motion a sweeping novel of ideas that pits national hope for the future against assurances from the past, in this all-too-believable imagining of where today's challenges could lead us tomorrow
2) Finding Dory
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Dory, the forgetful blue tang, suddenly remembers she has a family who may be looking for her, she, Marlin, and Nemo take off on a life-changing quest to find them, with help from Hank, a cantankerous octopus; Bailey, a beluga whale who's convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark! Dive into the movie overflowing with unforgettable characters, dazzling animation, and gallons of fun!
Series
Criterion collection volume 552
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Formats
Description
A caustic inside look at the Washington news media, stars Holly Hunter in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter. James L. Brooks' witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1071
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Series
Criterion collection volume 887
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A hopeless and depressed businessman sells everything he owns and buys a Winnebago to travel across the country, in hopes of finding something important to do with his life.
6) Mother
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A divorced author decides to move home with his mother, only to discover that she isn't the woman he remembers.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
David Howard has put in eight long years at a big-time ad agency. When he hoped to land a Senior VP slot, all he got was a pat on the back and a transfer to New York. David talks his wife into quitting her job, sells the house, liquidates the stocks and bonds, and buys the largest Winnebago and they set out to live the ramblin' laid back life of the world's easiest Easy Riders.
9) Concussion
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of the doctor who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE in football players, and the uphill battle he faced in bringing the information to the public.
10) Concussion
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pittsburgh doctor Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage that football players suffer over the course of their careers.
11) Dr. Dolittle
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.
12) Taxi driver
Formats
Description
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy, he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris.
13) Private Benjamin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A pampered, spoiled upper-middle class widow joins the army. The army will never be the same.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lisa convinces the locals to clean up the polluted Lake Springfield after a crowd of fans sink the Green Day concert stage. Meanwhile, Homer saves a pig from being killed in Krusty Burger and adopts it, calling the animal Spider Pig. After two days, Spider Pig fills up a silo with its excrement and not knowing what else to do, Homer dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. The angry population forces the Simpsons to move to Alaska. Meanwhile, the...
15) The muse
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Steven Phillips is a veteran screenwriter of 17 films who is told he has lost his edge. A fellow writer with a string of successes under his belt refers Phillips to Sarah, a professional muse. In exchange for the royal treatment and a showering of expensive gifts, she will grace writers with her presence, which seems to magically spark profitable ideas in the client's mind. Is her power real or is it all in her clients' heads?
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A hilarious comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Max, a terrier, has his favorite-pet status turned upside-down when his owner takes in a stray named Duke.
17) Out of sight
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A career bank robber busts out of jail with the help of his buddy and kidnaps a U.S. Marshal in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big heist, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.
18) Drive
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
Driver is a Hollywood stunt driver by day, and moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver for hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene. When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best, Drive!
19) Finding Nemo
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The fretful Marlin and his young son Nemo become separated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Nemo, a clown fish, is unexpectedly taken from his home and thrust into a fish tank in a dentist's office overlooking Sydney Harbor. Buoyed by the companionship of a friendly fish named Dory, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero.
20) The in-laws
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When two fathers of an engaged couple meet for the first time, they know they are very different. One is a podiatrist, happy with his quiet life. The other is a CIA operative, who lives life on the edge, and when circumstances gets out-of-hand, involves the other in an arms-smuggling sting.