Tim Robbins
Author
Language
English
Description
Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. A follow-up to the provocative documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
3) I.Q
Author
Language
English
Description
Legendary scientist Albert Einstein (played here by Walter Matthau) takes a break from theoretical physics to try to set up his intellectual niece with a handsome auto mechanic in this romantic comedy. The movie's central conceit is that Einstein's brilliance extends to matters of the heart, allowing him to immediately sense that Ed Walters (Tim Robbins), a bright, lower-class mechanic obsessed with Popular Science Magazine, would be perfect for his...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.
"The sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author, a wealth of critical...
5) Dark waters
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything - his future, his family, and his own life - to expose the truth.
7) Bull Durham
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A love triangle surrounds members of a minor league baseball team and its unofficial "handler."
8) Bob Roberts
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A conservative folk singer-turned politician runs a seemingly wholesome Senatorial campaign in this documentary-style film.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed by a right-wing group, college professor Michael Faraday becomes obsessed with the culture of thise groups--expecially when his new neighbors, the all-American Oliver and Cheryl Lang, start acting suspiciously.
10) Dead man walking
Publisher
MGM DVD Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of convicted killer Matthew Poncelet and Sister Helen Prejean, his spiritual advisor, and the journey they undertake in search of the truth.
11) Marjorie Prime
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
in the near future where artificial intelligence has brought about holographic reconstructions of loved ones, 86-year old Marjorie gains a holographic companion in the form of her late husband, but will she take advantage of this opportunity to recreate their life as she wished to have lived it?
12) Green lantern
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest...
13) Noise
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A man loves his neighborhood in New York City, but can't stand the noise around him. He becomes a vigilante and goes after everyone from the next door neighbor to the mayor in order to get some peace and quiet.
14) Mystic river
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean and Dave are reunited after a brutal murder. Reformed confict Jimmy and his devoted wife Annabeth find out that their teenage daughter Katie has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean is the homicide detective assigned to the case. Jimmy gets his relatives, the Savage brothers to conduct their own investigation. Jimmy and Sean soon suspect their old pal Dave, who now lives a quite life, but harbors some...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on holiday. On holiday she finds a job caring for Josef. Josef is a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight. Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.
16) Catch a fire
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The true story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical. That is, until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.
18) Green lantern
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest...
20) Top gun
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maverick and other young U.S. fighter pilots at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as Top gun, compete against each other while training to be the best of the best.