Chris Columbus
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 1
Formats
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
Author
Series
House of secrets (Chris Columbus) volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
465 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Brendan, Eleanor y Cordelia Walker deben mudarse con su familia a la antigua casa de un famoso escritor, Denver Kristoff. La mansión parece demasiado buena para ser verdad... y así es, porque está llena de secretos. Muy pronto, ¡los hermanos vivirán aventuras fuera de este mundo! Guerreros medievales con sed de sangre patrullan los alrededores, piratas sobrenaturales surcan los mares vecinos y una poderosa reina los gobierna a todos. Para sobrevivir,...
Author
Series
Description
The final book in the New York Times bestselling House of Secrets series that was called "a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure" by J. K. Rowling. Created by Hollywood director Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini (It's Kind of a Funny Story), with the acclaimed author of the Codename Zero series and the Fourth Stall saga, Chris Rylander.
With their last adventure just barely over, the Walker kids...
6) Stepmom
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents are divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time-mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After he learns he is the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, Percy Jackson sets out to recover the bolt, prove his innocence, and prevent a war between the gods that could destroy the Earth.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Kevin McCallister is ... ready to turn the Big Apple into his own playground ... The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps that the bumbling bandits will never forget"--Container.
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other esteemed cast members across all eight Harry Potter films as they travel back to Hogwarts for the first time to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise's first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which premiered twenty years ago. The retrospective special will tell an enchanting making-of story through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations,...
10) Home alone
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin! Left to his own devices he sets out to have his own private Christmas but two bumbling burglars force Kevin to come up with a bewildering battery of booby traps to thwart them.
11) Rent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (313 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending a secret school of magic; when the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
13) Gremlins
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Formats
Description
When a young bank teller inadvertently breaks the rules of Mogwai care, his new pet Gizmo multiplies into a bevy of mischievous brothers, who soon morph into malevolent scaly creatures.
14) Nine months
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The news that his girlfriend is expecting a baby sends Sam, an unflappable child psychologist, into a panic. Torn between advice given by a well-meaning but over-bearing couple and his confirmed bachelor buddy, Sam is in serious danger of losing his mind and his girlfriend.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Harry, Ron, and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts. There they are forced to face escaped prisoner Sirius Black, who poses a great threat to Harry. Harry must overcome the threats of Dementors, outsmart a werewolf, and finally deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship with his parents. Harry and friends master advanced magic classes, cross time barriers, and change the course of more than one life.
17) Bicentennial man
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Martin family purchased Andrew, an andriod, they soon discover that he is one extaordinary droid.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager, he's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world!
19) Only the lonely
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comedy about a 38-year old Chicago cop who still lives with his mother, a domineering widow used to controlling her son's life. When he meets and falls in love with a young woman, Mama sets out to break up the romance.
20) Mrs. Doubtfire
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A divorced father who wants to spend more time with his children disguises himself as a British nanny and applies for a housekeeping job in his ex-wife's home. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, he soon creates a whole new life with his entire family.