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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Two lions on a man-eating rampage have shut down the construction of a railway in 1896 East Africa. The beasts hunt together, showing no fear of man or fire. What's more, they're killing for sport rather than for food--and they have an almost supernatural knack for knowing what traps await them. Big-game hunter Remington and construction engineer Patterson set out to stop these unstoppable monsters. But, in this astonishing tale of man against beast,...
Publisher
Midwest Tape
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Castle in the Sky: Pazu is an engineer's apprentice who finds Sheeta, a young girl, floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant. Together, they discover both are searching for Laputa, a legendary floating castle, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep them from learning the truth.
Howl's...
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
A thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice-taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000, c1988
Language
English
Description
Continuing the adventures of the eccentric Australian, Crocodile Dundee, he and his beautiful girlfriend are threatened by a ruthless gang of drug dealers. Dundee evens the odds by leading the hoods to his turf, the Australian outback.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The road warrior: Story is set in the post-nuclear outback of Australia where a battle is raged by a tiny band of civilized survivors and a group of barbarians over a precious cache of gasoline. Mad Max beyond thunderdome: Max, the world-weary hero stands alone against the barbarians of a post-nuclear Australia.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
While Flynn is bidding on a Ming vase, his girlfriend is ready to call their relationship off because he stood her up again. By the time he gets to their meeting place she has left, and once again he is alone and depressed. His employers tell him to take a vacation, and when he dreams about a woman asking him to find her he decides to go to New Orleans. In New Orleans he meets the girl in his dream, is chased by some Russian goons, and meets a professor...
10) Jaws
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A man-eating shark causes havoc off the Long Island coast and three men join together to hunt and destroy it.
11) Jurassic Park
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
12) Stand by me
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
This film about friendship and the indelible experiences of growing up takes place in a small Oregon town as four boys set out on a two-day search for a missing teenager's body, a search that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery.
13) Twister
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weather front to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in 50 years.
14) Cool hand Luke
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Set in the southern United States, Luke is caught cutting off parking meters and is sentenced to the "chain gang."
15) Ronin
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A group of freelance intelligence agents work together to steal a mysterious package, only to have a doublecross throw things into confusion.
17) Looper
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c2012]
Language
English
Description
In the year 2074, the mob sends problem people back in time, where a hired gun awaits to eliminate them. Joe is one such hired gun, good at what he does. But problems arise when the mob tries to 'close the loop,' and Joe comes face-to-face with his future self during a hit. When Joe's future self escapes after he hesitates to finish the assignment, Joe must chase himself down and finish the job.
18) Beyond
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A detective teams with a tabloid psychic to track down a missing child.
19) Outlander
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A futuristic warrior from another world crashes in Viking-era Norway and brings a bloodthirsty alien creature along for the ride, bent on destruction.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The behind-the-scenes story of the larger-than-life action stars who ruled '80s and '90s Hollywood-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, and Jean-Claude Van Damme-and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, Rambo, and The Terminator. The Last Action Heroes opens in 1990, at the Cannes film festival, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone finally...
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