Author: Griffin, Camille, film director, screenwriter. Vaughn, Matthew, 1971- film producer. Rattray, Celine, 1975- film producer. Styler, Trudie, film producer. Knightley, Keira, 1985- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: COMEDY SILENT
Format: Video disc
Summary: A family hosts their annual Christmas dinner party for friends and family as an imminent catastrophe is about to destroy the world. A group of old friends, in true British fashion and while the rest of the world faces impending doom, reunite to celebrate Christmas in the comfort of an idyllic country home. Burdened with the inconvenience of mankind's imminent destruction, they adopt a stiff upper lip, crack open another bottle of Prosecco and continue with their festivities. But no amount of stoicism can replace the courage needed for their last night on Earth.
Author: Brewer, Craig, film director. Barris, Kenya, 1974- screenwriter. Blaustein, Barry W., screenwriter. Sheffield, David, 1948- screenwriter. Kanew, Justin, screenwriter.
Published: 2022 2020
Call Number: COMEDY COMING 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male successor to the throne. Akeem and Semmi are back! Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York--where it all began. Additionally returning to their original roles in this long-awaited sequel, are James Earl Jones, John Amos, Louie Anderson, and Shari Headley, alongside new characters from Wesley Snipes, Tracy Morgan, and Leslie Jones.
Author: Hirst, Michael, 1952- creator, screenwriter. Winnick, Katheryn, actor. Skarsgård, Gustaf, actor. Ludwig, Alexander, 1992- actor. Hirst, Georgia, 1994- actor.
Published: 2022 2019
Call Number: VIKINGS SEASON 6 VOLUME 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: Follows the adventures of the sons of legendary Viking, Ragnar Lothbrok, at the beginning of the Viking Age. Season six returns following the battle between brothers which left Bjorn Ironsides a hero to the people who have been under the tyrannical rule of Ivar for so long. As the new leader of Kattegat, Bjorn struggles to fill his late father's shoes as king, while facing critical dilemmas and wrestling with the idea that power overshadows morals. Meanwhile, Ivar travels to Russia and meets his match in Prince Oleg, a ruthless and unpredictable ruler.
Author: Wachowski, Lana, 1965- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Mitchell, David (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Hemon, Aleksandar, 1964- screenwriter. McTeigue, James, film producer. Hill, Grant, film producer.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: MATRIX
Format: Video disc
Summary: "To truly know himself, Neo must follow the white rabbit once again into the Matrix ... What he doesn't know is that the Matrix is more dangerous than ever"--Container. A successful video game developer, the creator of "The matrix" game series, starts to suspect that the stories and characters of his games are not fiction.
Author: Drake, Edward, film director, screenwriter. Large, Corey, screenwriter, film producer. Murphy, Timothy V., actor. Willis, Bruce, 1955- actor. Gough, Rob, actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: AMERICAN
Format: Video disc
Summary: An ex-NYPD officer-turned-sheriff of a small Georgia town must infiltrate a building filled with heavily armed terrorists who have taken a wealthy doctor hostage. When a doctor is taken hostage by a group of outlaws searching for a missing woman, a sheriff tries to handle the situation before the FBI arrives.
Author: Cohn, Jared, film director, screenwriter. Messner, Johnny, 1970- film producer. Large, Corey, film producer. Cannon, Cam, screenwriter. Muldoon, Patrick, 1968- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: DEADLOCK
Format: Video disc
Summary: When a criminal seeking revenge takes hostages at a power plant with a group of mercenaries, an ex-soldier must come to the rescue. Ron Whitlock is a wanted criminal leading a team of mercenaries on a mission of vengeance. Convinced that the government is working against them, the merciless group brutally seizes an energy plant and holds everyone inside hostage. With a nearby town on the brink of massive flooding and destruction, it's up to one retired elite army ranger Mack Karr to save thousands of innocent lives before it's too late.
Author: Waugh, Ric Roman, 1968- film director. Mervis, Adam, 1981- screenwriter. Iwanyk, Basil, film producer. Boyea, Brendon, film producer. Eonomou, Greg, film producer.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: NATIONAL
Format: Video disc
Summary: Shortly before the college football national championship game, the star quarterback and a teammate start a player's strike to fight for fair compensation for student athletes. Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James and teammate Emmett Sunday ignite a player's strike declaring they won't compete until all student-athletes are fairly compensated. With billions of dollars at risk and legacies on the line, the stakes could not be higher. Now, with only hours until kickoff, the head coach and various power brokers must race against the clock to protect or destroy the prevailing collegiate athletics system.
Author: Benz, Bill, film director. St. Vincent, 1982- actor. screenwriter, actor. Brownstein, Carrie, 1974- screenwriter, actor. Johnson, Dakota, 1989- actor. Buzzington, Ezra, actor.
Published: 2022 2019
Call Number: DRAMA NOWHERE
Format: Video disc
Summary: When St. Vincent hires a close friend to direct a documentary about her, they soon find the project having a distorted effect on reality, identity, and authenticity. From real-life friends Annie Clark and Carrie Brownstein comes the metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent's music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project, and the duo's creative lives. From first-time filmmaker Bill Benz comes a densely woven, laugh-out-loud funny and increasingly fractured commentary on reality, identity, and authenticity.
Author: Evans, Marc, 1963- director. Clunes, Martin, 1961- actor. Blakley, Claudie, 1974- actor. Lyons, Katie, 1981- actor. Rimi, Sule, actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: MANHUNT SERIES 2
Format: Video disc
Summary: A London police detective must track down a serial killer. Fresh off his success catching a headline-grabbing killer, DCI Colin Sutton is on the brink of retirement when he's asked to review the long running inquiry into another infamous predator. Known as "The Night Stalker" to the press and "Minstead Man" to the police, this serial rapist has stalked the elderly of Southeast London for nearly two decades.
Author: Wachowski, Lana, 1965- film producer, screenwriter, film director. Mitchell, David (David Stephen), screenwriter. Hemon, Aleksandar, 1964- screenwriter. McTeigue, James, film producer. Hill, Grant, film producer.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: MATRIX BLU-RAY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.
Author: Washington, Denzel, 1954- film director, film producer. Williams, Virgil, screenwriter. Black, Todd, film producer. Jordan, Michael B. (Michael Bakari), 1987- film producer, actor. Blumenthal, Jason, film producer.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: JOURNAL
Format: Video disc
Summary: First Sgt. Charles Monroe King keeps a journal for his newborn son while stationed overseas. His wife, the senior editor for the New York Times, relates the story of their relationship to their son as he grows up. The story of Charles Monroe King, a sergeant who, prior to being killed in action in Baghdad, authored a journal for his son telling him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father.
Author: Seeley, Patricia Harris, film director. Prendes, Jose, 1979- screenwriter. Trejo, Danny, 1944- actor. Reeser, Autumn, actor. Cupo, Antonio, 1978- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: HORROR LEGEND
Format: Video disc
Summary: A young family vacationing in Mexico is terrorized by the unrelenting evil spirit known to locals as 'La Llorona.' This legendary specter has been kidnapping children for decades. When she captures their only child, his parents must fight back with everything they've got.
Author: Spielberg, Steven, 1946- film director, film producer. Krieger, Kristie Macosko, film producer. McCollum, Kevin, film producer. Kushner, Tony, screenwriter. Elgort, Ansel, 1994- actor.
Published: 2022 2021
Call Number: WEST
Format: Video disc
Summary: 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.
Author: Blomkamp, Neill, 1979- film director, screenwriter. Pope, Carly, 1980- actor. Chen, Terry, actor. Boltt, Nathalie, actor. Martin, Chris William, actor.
Published: 2021
Call Number: DEMONIC
Format: Video disc
Summary: When the supernatural forces behind a decades-old rift between a mother and daughter are revealed, a young woman realizes that she has released terrifying demons into the world.
Author: Burns, Ken, 1953- television director, television producer. Burns, Sarah, 1982- screenwriter, television director, television producer. McMahon, David, 1976- screenwriter, television director, television producer. Jenkins, Stephanie (Motion picture producer), television producer. David, Keith, narrator.
Published: 2021
Call Number: B ALI
Format: Video disc
Summary: A biographical documentary of world champion boxer and political activist Muhammad Ali. Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political positions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing. Four-disc set. Muhammad Ali brings to life one of the best-known and most indelible figures of the 20th century, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated millions of fans throughout the world with his mesmerizing combination of speed, grace, and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it. Ali insisted on being himself unconditionally and became a global icon and inspiration to people everywhere. Ali spoke his mind and stood on principle, staying true to his Islamic faith and refusing induction into the U.S. Army, even when it cost him his livelihood. Banished for his beliefs, he returned to boxing an underdog, reclaimed his title twice, and became the most famous man on earth. "He was," the novelist Norman Mailer wrote, "the very spirit of the 20th century."
Author: McNamara, Tony (Director), screenwriter, creator, television producer. MacGowan, Marian, television producer. Winemaker, Mark, television producer. Fanning, Elle, 1998- actor, television producer. Ward, Brittany Kahan, television producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: GREAT SEASON 1
Format: Video disc
Summary: A satirical interpretation of the biography of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. A satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court on her side.
Author: Miller, Bruce (Television producer and writer), creator. Moss, Elisabeth, 1982- actor. Strahovski, Yvonne, 1982- actor. Fiennes, Joseph, 1970- actor. Bledel, Alexis, 1981- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: TV HANDMAIDS SEASON 3
Format: Video disc
Summary: Handmaid June finds herself once again in resistance to the dystopian regime of Gilead after opting not to flee to Canada with her baby at the end of the second season. Now, she will struggle to strike back against the regime despite overwhelming odds. This season there are startling reunions, betrayals and a journey to the terrifying heart of Gilead that will force all of the characters to take a stand, guided by one defiant prayer: Blessed be the fight.
Author: Jackson, Kosoko, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: Y JACKSON
Format: Books
Summary: "A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out"-- "Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring journalist, he packs up his camera and heads to Baltimore to document a rally protesting police brutality after another Black man is murdered. But before it even really begins, the city implements a new safety protocol...the Dome. The Dome surrounds the city, forcing those within to subscribe to a total militarized shutdown. No one can get in, and no one can get out. Alone in a strange place, Jamal doesn't know where to turn...until he meets hacker Marco, who knows more than he lets on, and Catherine, an AWOL basic-training-graduate, whose parents helped build the initial plans for the Dome. As unrest inside of Baltimore grows throughout the days-long lockdown, Marco, Catherine, and Jamal take the fight directly to the chief of police. But the city is corrupt from the inside out, and it's going to take everything they have to survive"--
Author: Weverka, Peter, author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: 005.5
Format: Books
Summary: "Say hello to Office productivity with this one-stop reference: With Office 2021 All-in-One For Dummies, you can get up and running with Microsoft's legendary software suite. This update covers all the tweaks you can find in the latest version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. You'll also learn how to make these apps work harder for you, because we dig deep into the tips and features that casual Office users might not know about. This edition also offers expanded coverage of Teams and other collaborative tools, so you can nail working from home, or just get a few of those meetings out of the way without having to leave your desk. How can you quickly give documents the same format in Word? What was that one useful Excel function, again? And how does setting up a meeting on Teams work? Office 2021 All-in-One For Dummies serves up quick and simple answers to these questions, along with hundreds of other answers you're expected to know when you work in Office." -- Amazon.
Author: Krahn, Betina , author.
Published: 2022
Call Number: PB KRAHN
Format: Books
Summary: "Brimming with romance and adventure, the second Victorian-era romance in New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn's thrilling new Reluctant Heroes series reveals the hero in every man, as a gentleman swept up by police in a morality raid feels honor-bound to rescue a woman who was also in the wrong place at the wrong time..." --
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