Bryan Cranston
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Now, in his riveting memoir, Cranston maps his zigzag journey from abandoned son to beloved star by recalling the many odd parts he?s played in real life?paperboy, farmhand, security guard, dating consultant, murder suspect, dock loader, lover, husband, father. Cranston also chronicles his evolution on camera, from soap opera player trying to master the rules of show business to legendary character actor turning in classic performances as Seinfeld...
2) The upside
Formats
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this 'funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy.' From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
3) Argo
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics still felt today. But there's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
4) Why him?
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Over the holidays, Ned, an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird. The rivalry develops, and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge go on an exciting multi-million dollar winning spree to revive their small Michigan town. But when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all.
6) Trumbo
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
©2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. It tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.
7) Why him?
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Over the holidays, Ned, an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird. The rivalry develops, and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.
8) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in Japan, this follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
10) Trumbo
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (2 hr., 5min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses after he and other Hollywood figures were blacklisted for their political beliefs during the 1940s.
12) Detachment
Publisher
Tribeca Film
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Henry Barthes is an educator with a talent to connect with his students. Yet as a substitute teacher he hides his gift to avoid emotional connections. When an assignment places him at a school with a burned-out administration and an apathetic student body, he becomes a role model as a teacher. His emotional bond with the students and teachers help him see he is not alone in a life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless...
14) All the way
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
Bryan Cranston stars in a riveting look at the formidable challenges and demons faced by President Lyndon Johnson on his tumultuous first year in office, from his accidental ascension to the presidence in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of a landmark Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
15) Wakefield
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A successful suburbanite commuter Howard Wakefield takes a perverse detour from family life: He vanishes without a trace. Hidden in the attic of his carriage house garage, surviving by scavenging at night, Howard secretly observes the lives of his wife and children and neighbors. Wakefield becomes a fraught meditation on marriage and identity, as Howard slowly realizes that he has not in fact left his family, he has left himself.
17) Last flag flying
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Vietnam veteran reunites with two of his buddies to bury his son, a Marine killed in the Iraq War.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Television
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (610 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In season four, Walt and Skyler try to use gambling to explain how Walt has made all of his money; Skyler tries to launder money through a car wash; Hank's discovery of Gus Fring's fingerprint in Gale Boetticher's apartment is enough for DEA and Albuquerque PD to bring Gus in for an interview; and much more.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (613 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Even though his cancer's in remission, chemistry teacher turned meth maker Walter White still can't catch a break. His wife has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law is out to bust him, and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family's future still at stake, Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune, a scheme with a terrible price.
20) The infiltrator
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.