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82) 47 Ronin
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Kai is an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. They embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
83) Silence
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two Catholic missionaries face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan looking for their missing mentor, at a time when Catholicism was outlawed.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive Daisy race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Losing their lead on the blizzard, they seek refuge at Minnie's, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our travelers come...
85) Never cry wolf
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c1983
Language
English
Description
Story of a life-changing experience for a biologist studying the wolves in Canada's inhospitable North. A green young biologist named Tyler (Smith), is sent by the Canadian government to "prove" that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. Dumped unprepared in the wilds by a hard drinking bush pilot (Dennehy), Tyler learns survival skills from the aged...
86) The maze runner
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape.
87) Pacific Rim
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee, who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In ancient Greece, 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who is promised to his brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or fulfill his...
89) Blindsided
Publisher
Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
It's New Year's Eve in NYC and everyone's getting ready to party. Watching, waiting, a man called Hollander has a different kind of party in mind. Alone in her high-rise apartment, Sara has no idea that her boyfriend was a thief. But what he stole -and from whom -is about to put her life on the line. Trapped in the penthouse with Hollander and his sadistic partner, these two will kill, maim, and tear the place apart to find a fortune in diamonds.
90) Train to Busan
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Korean
Description
While a zombie-virus breaks out in South Korea, a couple of passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare people for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring the world back from the brink of extinction.
93) Spectre
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In lawless, storm ravaged New Orleans, a beleaguered detective is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wife. Facing a probable suspension from the department, he is teamed with a young homicide detective to help solve a series of brutal murders that have plunged the city into a major gang war. The two quickly realize there is something far more sinister going on than either could have ever imagined.
95) Snitch
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A father's teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of ten years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission, risking everything, including his family and his own life.
96) Attack the block
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A gang of tough inner-city kids try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, which turns a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial warzone.
97) Need for speed
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tobey Marshall, a mechanic who moonlights as an underground race-car driver, strives to take the top prize in America's most prominent street race in order to have his revenge against the ambitious ex-NASCAR champ who had him framed and sent to prison.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed,...
99) 3 days to kill
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger. First, he must complete one last mission, even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years while his wife...
100) North to Alaska
Publisher
Fox
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Two gold prospectors in the Alaska of 1900 are battling for gold, land, and the woman they both love.
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