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1581) Public enemies
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Organized chronologically and covering every short film, television episode, and blockbuster movie that Steven Spielberg has ever directed, Steven Spielberg All the Films tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how each project was conceived, cast, and produced; from the creation of the costumes to the search for perfect locations. Spanning more than fifty years, Steven Spielberg All the Films details every aspect of the creative processes that resulted...
1583) My friend Dahmer
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Celebrating 30 years since the premiere of Martin Scorsese's signature film, this chronicle of the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster features interviews with the film's major players.
1585) City of lies
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles Police department Detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case - the murders of the notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why, in search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.
1586) We own the night
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
New York City, November 1988. Bobby Green is the manager of a Russian nightclub owned by Marat Buzhayev. The club is frequented by gangsters like Buzhayev's nephew Vadim. Despite Bobby's hedonistic and amoral lifestyle, he is committed to his girlfriend Amada. Bobby has a secret, however, which he guards closely. His brother is Police Captain Joseph Grusinsky and his father, Bert, is a legendary Deputy Chief. Bobby's strained relationship with his...
Publisher
Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
Portuguese
Description
This is the story of the BOPE, a SWAT-like team at war with the drug lords of Rio de Janeiro. Racing against time, its hard-driving captain puts a pair of rookies through hell in an effort to shape a worthy successor and clear out a drug-infested slum before his imminent retirement.
1589) Miracle at St. Anna
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. One of the men will risk his life to save an Italian boy who lives in the city where the Waffen-SS have massacred most of the citizens of the town in retaliation for Italian partisan activity. A sculpted head from the Ponte Santa Trinita...
Series
Criterion collection volume 216
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
Français
Description
A critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners, in which a weekend at a marquis's countryside chateau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haute bourgeois acquaintances. The film was subjected to cuts after premiere audiences rejected it in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II and reconstructed in 1959, which is the version presented here.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"April Eden is about to have the night of her life. After years struggling uphill as a female director, her debut movie The Vanished Woman is up for a major British film award, placing her firmly on Hollywood's radar. Her leading lady, Essie Lay -- a fragile but magnetic former TV host -- is on the cusp of a stunning comeback after being canceled for a disturbing scandal."--
1592) Detroit
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
1593) West Side story
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tony Kushner, this musical tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.
1594) Blitz
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers. A fast-paced thriller set in contemporary London reflects the challenges faced by a group of police officers working in a modern, multicultural society.
1595) Happy feet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection,...
1596) Silent house
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When Sarah finds herself sealed inside her family's secluded lake house with no contact to the outside world, panic soon turns to terror as events become increasingly ominous.
1597) Raices torcidas
Publisher
Laguna Productions
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
Español
Description
Rigo, a law student in Los Angeles, wishes to become an immigration lawyer so he can help his father return to see his parents. But that dream is cut short when his father suddenly dies leaving behind their plans to travel to Mexico to discover his roots. Rigo decides to hit the road with his best friend, Fehr, to search for his grandparents anyway. Their journey will lead them to discover a secret that has long haunted his family.
1598) Demon seed
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When a scientist and his wife separate so he can work on a biological supercomputer, the computer takes over his house and his wife. Follow Susan's desperate attempts to outmaneuver and outthink her captor.
Series
Criterion collection volume 475
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
World-weary and living hand to mouth, small-time gunrunner Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Mitchum) works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he's forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free.
1600) The rover
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In a world ten years following the collapse of society, the rule of the law has disintegrated and life is cheap. Hardened loner Eric travels the desolate towns and roads of the outback. When a gang of thieves steals his car they leave behind a wounded Rey in their wake. Forcing Rey to help track the gang, Eric will go to any lengths to take back the one possession that still matters to him.
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