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23) Bang: Series 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Loner Sam and his ambitious sister, Gina, live in a decaying steel town in South Wales. Since the death of their father twelve years earlier, the two have taken divergent paths. Gina has a promising career in the police force, but Sam's life is going nowhere, until one day he gets his hands on a gun. Emboldened by newfound confidence, he begins to commit increasingly daring crimes.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Still mourning the loss of her family, Ellie agrees to watch her brother's children when he has to leave town. When a fire is set, Ellie works with a handsome deputy to clear a friends name and learns that if she can trust her faith, this Christmas may bring more miracles than she hoped.
25) Ender's game
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c1996-c1997
Language
English
Description
Follows the Camden family, with Eric, the minister father, and Annie, the stay-at-home mom, and how they deal with the drama of having seven children. The kids range in age from toddlers to adults with families of their own. The friends, neighbors, and love interests of the various members of the family are heavy issues and are addressed in a real-life matter.
Publisher
ADV Films
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
日本語
Description
The Countess' mutants begin to question her motives and their own. To quell their curiousity, the Countess invites them to a public ceremony for the dying leader of Mitleid, where they meet an aging monster, his henchman and his creepy daughter. Then, the Gilgamesh assassins show up to give the funeral a true purpose.
28) The vault
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. The heist begins smoothly, but mayhem ensues when the defiant bank manager sends them to a basement-level vault, home to something truly evil.
29) People like us
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
While settling his recently deceased father's estate and reconnecting with his estranged family, a twenty-something salesman discovers he has a half sister.
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When cocky naval yard worker Chesty O'Connor battles Chief Petty Officer Biff Martin over a dame, he not only loses the fight but the gal and his job as well. Joining the Navy to get even with Biff, Chesty's warned he'll get thrown in the brig if he clobbers a superior officer. Deciding to steal his girlfriend instead, Chesty learns she's actually Biff's sister Dorothy, a discovery that soon leads to war when her brother declares her off-limits.
31) Adverse
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
Publisher
CBS DVD / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tis the season for the Bradys! Mike, Carol, Marcia, Greg, Alice, and even more of the favorites from the iconic television series are home for the holidays! A heartfelt comedy that proves no matter how many years pass or how many miles separate them, the Brady's will always be connected by love, friendship, and the holiday spirit.
36) Dark places
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Libby Day was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were murdered and her brother Ben was jailed for the crime. Now, twenty-five years later, Libby discovers shocking evidence that Ben may be innocent, and the real killer still at large.
38) Oculus
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Seeing is deceiving in this 'deeply terrifying' film that reflects heart-stopping terror as you've never imagined! It's been ten years since the lives of siblings Tim and Kaylie Russell were shattered and Tim was convicted of murdering their parents. Now released from a mental institution, Tim wants to move on, but his sister has other plans. Kaylie blames their childhood nightmare on the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror with a grisly history, which...
39) Serenity
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River's brain aboard a space-freighter. Captained by a down on his luck soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs, whether they are legal or not, while trying to avoid the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe. Then things get out of control and the true extent of River's powers becomes known. At the same time, the Alliance sends a new Operative...
40) Cold weather
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
After abandoning a promising academic career in forensic science, self-styled detective Dough returns to Portland, Oregon to live with his more responsible sister Gail. He lands a dead-end job working in an ice factory, but soon finds an opportunity to use his passion and skill in detective work when his ex-girlfriend Rachel goes missing. Enlisting a team of ramshackle slacker-sleuths, Doug leads the way down a complex trail of clues that brings him...
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