Roland Emmerich
1) Stonewall
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (129 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A young man's political awakening and coming of age during the days and weeks leading up to the Stonewall Riots.
3) The patriot
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
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.
5) 10,000 BC
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a remote mountain tribe, the young hunter D'Leh finds his heart's passion in the beautiful Evolet. But when a band of mysterious warlords raid their village and kidnaps Evolet, D'Leh leads a small group of hunters to save her. As they venture into unknown lands for the first time, the group discovers there are civilizations beyond their own and that mankind's reach is far greater than they ever knew. At each encounter the group is joined by other...
6) Godzilla
Author
Publisher
HarperPrism
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
222 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
7) MIDWAY
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
9) Anonymous
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Was Shakespeare a fraud? Who really wrote about cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne? Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, intrigue and suspense advance the theory that it was really Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dramatized global warming event triggers a barrage of epic natural disasters: tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. An assortment of individual narratives are threaded together to follow the various catastrophes and their effects on local populations, including the stories of climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and other small bands of survivors as they ride...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begns to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature.
12) Godzilla
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nuclear testing resurrects Godzilla and it's up to a select group of people to stop him before he completely destroys New York City and perhaps the world.
13) Stargate
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
Ultimate edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home.
14) 2012
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A geophysical team, who are investigating the effect radiation from other solar systems has on the Earth, learn that the core of the Earth is heating up and warn the President of the United States. While the leaders of the world race to build 'arks' to escape the impending doom, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc all over the world.
15) White House down
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen version ; [English, French, Spanish, Thai dialogue version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
16) El patriota
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Edicion especial; widescreen version (2.35:first).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.
Heroe de la batalla entre los franceses e indios, Benjamin Martin renuncio a pelear para siempre para cuidar a su familia en paz. Pero cuando los ingleses llegan a su hogar en Carolina...
17) Midway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
18) Moonfall
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life, as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler is convinced she has the key to saving us all, but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible...
19) The patriot
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Special edition, widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the British arrive at his South Carolina home, French and Indian War hero Benjamin Martin takes up arms again to protect his family after swearing off violence and fighting.
20) Trade
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen Edition
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off on a desperate mission to save her. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl's abductors, he meets Ray, a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally.