Rosario Dawson
2) Rent
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on Puccini's classic opera La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's revolutionary rock opera Rent tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in the gritty background of New York's East Village. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. One of the longest running shows on Broadway, Rent was the winner...
3) Krystal
Author
Language
English
Description
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Augmenting her limited income by smuggling contraband to survive on the Moon's wealthy city of Artemis, Jazz agrees to commit what seems to be a perfect, lucrative crime, only to find herself embroiled in a conspiracy for control of the city.
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
With only 60 years of farmable soil left on Earth, THE NEED TO GROW offers an intimate look into the hearts of activists and innovators in the food movement. Follow an 8-year-old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organization - a renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource efficient agriculture - and an accomplished visionary investor faces catastrophe in the midst of developing a game-changing technology. Narrated...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
LA WOMAN RISING presents the morning rituals of 50 Los Angeles women, as director Nana Ghana gracefully captures their stories of uncertainty, struggle and success. Described as a love letter to the real and diverse women of Los Angeles, Ghana’s documentary is a distinct celebration of the female voice. Executive produced by Rosario Dawson.
8) The Captive
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Eight years after the event, Matthew (Ryan Reynolds) finds himself immersed in a complex web that surrounds the mysterious disappearance of his daughter. CAPTIVE is a psychological thriller about a man whose only option is to plunge into a world of deceit. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*...one of the most satisfyingly baroque thrillers of the year, and thanks to a perfectly judged performance by Ryan Reynolds, it's quietly...
9) Clerks II
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons, but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disn ey-McDonald's- style fast-food empire. Sequel to the 1994 film by Kevin Smith.
11) Find Your Groove
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In FIND YOUR GROOVE we explore the current state of our country's youth arts programs. Speaking to the some of the most prolific stars and musicians of our time, we learn how vital these programs were to shaping their artistic capabilties.
Publisher
Ncircle Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan continues to navigate the monster apocalypse alongside his genius best friend, Quint; reformed middle school bully, Dirk; lone wolf survivor, June Del Toro; and Jack's loyal pet monster, Rover. Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk create a new community with the monsters of Joe's Pizza the best home Jack has ever known. But when the kids discover a radio transmitter broadcasting a signal from other survivors, Jack fears that...
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
When a hot boy band discovers the truth about the subliminal messages being added to their record by the record industries, their manager, under his evil, corrupt boss, has the plane they are flying in crashed and him looking for a new band to use for their evil schemes. When Josie and the Pussycats, a small band who wants to make it big, are discovered, they give in and become big rock stars. But will they find out that they are just pawns for the...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version; rental [edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (1 hr., 4 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble, LEGO Batman, stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from the Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others, and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim Evers is a real estate agent whose latest project is to find a buyer for a huge but dilapidated old house in New Orleans. However, when Evers and his family visits the property before their family vacation, he discovers it's already inhabited by 999 ghosts, none of whom are interested in sharing the space. As the spirits make their displeasure known, Evers and his family, with the help of an eccentric medium named Madame Leota, try to get the...
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A coming-of-age story about a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fate by various so-called saints. He goes back home after fifteen years when he finds out that his father is ill. There he finds old friends, lost friends, and new relationships as he comes to term with his father's rage and love.
17) Unstoppable
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
18) 10 years
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The night before their high school reunion, a group of friends realize they still haven't quite grown up in some ways.
19) Rent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...
20) Seven pounds
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, when using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give 'pounds of flesh' that will give new life to seven deserving individuals to make up for the seven lives he destroyed.