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Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse, but the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts decides to join...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A secret base built by the Ancients is found in the ice in Antarctica. The Stargate Atlantis team is sent on a one-way mission to explore the distant Pegasus galaxy. The team encounters many new civilizations, including the sinister Wraith.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on more missions to explore the galaxy, she is commanded by Captain James T. Kirk. Along his side is his First Officer Mr. Spock, who is from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterpirse encounters Klingons, Romulans, time prardoxes, tribbles and many more problems. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hundreds of years after our civilization was destroyed, a new world has emerged. A mysterious young woman named Hester Shaw leads a band of outcasts in the fight to stop London, now a giant predator city on wheels, from devouring everything in its path.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire from the perspective of the barbarian leaders who brought it down. The Roman Empire called them "barbarians", savage tribes beyond the fringe of civilization. But they were also some of the fiercest warriors in history, men and women who rose up against absolute power so that they might live free, or die.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the epic final season, Daryl and Maggie embark on a risky mission with Negan to root out the shadowy Reapers while Eugene and Ezekiel make contact with the sprawling Commonwealth. To secure aid for Alexandria, their goal, they must assimilate, a tough ask for people who have seen no end of deceit, betrayal, and loss. Stunned by the Commonwealth's resources, the group slowly adjusts to their new home, but they cannot ignore what lurks beneath its...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
For centuries, the residents of the underground City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights and quiet contentment. But when the City's massive power generator begins to fail, the streetlamps fade - along with the hopes of the townspeople. Now it will be up to two courageous teenagers to follow a trail of clues left by the ancient builders to find the way out of Ember before their world is plunged into complete darkness.
8) 9
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When rag doll 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone. It is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the newest member of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive and they will need to discover...
Publisher
Comedy Central / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A toast: To the complete series! For six buzzworthy seasons, host Derek Waters heard from actors and comedians about history's most riveting chapters and produced star-studded reenactments of these events. Some of the stories are silly; others are sobering. Some have been taught far and wide, and others highlight the history of marginalized communities that many textbooks omit. All were worth talking about over a few drinks. (OK, sometimes it was...
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sparks fly when Woolsey becomes the new leader of the Atlantis team; McKay faces difficult personal challenges; Teyla must balance her roles as mother and warrior; Ronan's past returns with a vengeance; and Kelly finds peril, then help, from an unlikely source. A provisional relationship with the Wraith takes a shocking turn and new adversaries test the team's courage and resolve like never before.
11) Gamer
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Kable is the superstar and cult hero of the ultraviolent Slayers. Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned, and forced to fight against his will, the modern-day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game, free his family, regain his identity, and save mankind from this ruthless technology.
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