Matthew McConaughey
1) Greenlights
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English
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Description
"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"--
"I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five." McConaughey sat down with those diaries. He found lessons he learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions,...
2) Interstellar
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
3) Sing
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version; special edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
©2014.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Andi is the "How to" girl at an up-and-coming women's magazine who needs to prove she can pick up any guy and dump him in 10 days. And in order for Ben to win an advertising presentation he needs to prove he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Now that they are a "couple" and the clock is ticking, anything goes ...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Connor Mead is the kind of guy who dumps three girlfriends - at one time and by teleconference. So when he goes home to attend his brother's wedding, he has a singular goal in mind: score with the only bridesmaid he has somehow managed to miss. But the ghost of his departed Uncle Wayne - who taught him to love 'em and then leave 'em - has another goal in mind: restore Connor's lost faith in true love. This will be a tough assignment, one that will...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (1 hr., 42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.
8) Serenity
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain that leads tours off Plymouth Island. His quiet life is upended when Karen, his ex-wife, tracks him down to ask him for help. She begs him to save her and their son from her new husband. She requests that Dill take her husband out on a fishing expedition and leave him to the sharks.
9) Sahara
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Three intrepid adventurers, including the legendary Dirk Pitt, set out to claim a massive treasure and foil the efforts of ruthless enemies intent on world destruction.
10) Scorpion Spring
Author
Language
English
Description
A crime-ridden road picture that follows the random meeting of two off-beat characters: Dennis Brabant (Alfred Molina - "Chocolat," "Spider-Man 2"), a sleazy French actor, ditched by his mistress in the middle of nowhere when he tells her his wife is pregnant, and Zac Cross (Patrick McGaw - "The Basketball Diaries," "Cookers"), more or less Dennis' opposite, a handsome, naive all-American guy trying to reconcile over the phone with his former sweetheart,...
12) Surfer Dude
Author
Language
English
Description
Longboarding soul surfer Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) returns to Malibu for the summer to find his cool hometown vibe corrupted.
14) Fool's gold
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[Widescreen edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Finn is looking for a lost Spanish galleon in the Caribbean, and believes he has marked its location with his own sunken boat. He enlists the help of his ex-wife, Tess, who is intrigued until she finds he has no real proof of the Spanish ship's location. Fate has put the two together again, this time onboard the boat of multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt and his daughter, Gemma.
15) Amistad
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. A battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice...
16) Magic Mike
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
17) We are Marshall
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to cope with a devastating loss and restore their community after one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. On the evening of Saturday, November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying Marshall University's football team, coaches and fans, was on its way home from a hard-fought game in North Carolina. Less than a minute...
18) The dark tower
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King. The last Gunslinger, Roland has been locked in an eternal battle with the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the epic battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.--From container.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc(DVD) (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller....
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late '80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'