Barry Mendel
1) Whip it
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Bliss Calendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes 'Babe Ruthless', the hottest thing on eight wheels.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unstoppable event threatens the world's population by attacking the most basic human instinct of all: survival. Elliot Moore is an ordinary man who is trying to save his family from a terrifying, invisible killer. As Elliot discovers the incredible possibility of what is happening, it becomes very clear that no one is safe.
3) Unbreakable
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
David Dunn is the sole survivor of an horrific train crash that killed 131. Everyone, especially David, is wondering how it could be possible. Soon, David is approached by comic book specialist Elijah Prince, who confronts David with an incredible theory that just might explain the situation.
4) Funny people
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
George is a very successful stand-up comedian who learns that he has less than a year to live. Ira, who is a struggling up-and-coming comedian works at a deli. One night the two perform at the same club, and George decides to make Ira his best friend. This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura.
Series
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A noted child psychologist attempts to help a frightened 8-year-old boy who is experiencing terrifying visions of the dead.
6) The big sick
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
7) Trainwreck
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen; unrated version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since she was little, it's been drilled into Amy's head by her dad that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo; enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment, but in actuality, she's kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she's writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners; Amy starts to wonder...
8) Bridesmaids
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she'll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you'll go for someone you love.
9) Rushmore
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A gifted, rebellious teenager finds himself in competition with a wealthy older man for a favorite teacher's affections.
Series
Criterion collection volume 157
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:first).
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
11) Juliet, naked
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Annie, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.
12) Unbreakable
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[DVD version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After David Dunn emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor, and without a single scratch on him, he meets a mysterious stranger. An unsettling stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger, whose obsession with David will change David's life forever.
13) Rushmore
Series
Criterion collection volume 65
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Director approved special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 poster (37 x 49 cm., folded to 18 x 13 cm.) + 1 folded sheet of program notes (37 x 19 cm., folded to 19 x 13 cm.) in container.
Language
English
Description
When two offbeat friends fall in love with the same woman, each takes drastic measures to win her heart.
14) Trainwreck
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen; unrated version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since she was little, it's been drilled into Amy's head by her dad that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo; enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment, but in actuality, she's kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she's writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners, Amy starts to wonder...
15) Serenity
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD], widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their number who is telepathic.
16) Bridesmaids
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen. Blu-ray ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min. rated ; 131 min. unrated) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she'll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you'll go for someone you love.
Author
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Blu Ray Edition
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ellen Page scores huge laughs as Bliss Cavendar, a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Soon Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track...literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes "Babe Ruthless" - the hottest thing on eight wheels!
18) Shanghai
Author
Language
English
Description
John Cusack stars as an American intelligence official who returns to Shanghai in late 1941 to investigate the death of his friend, which leads him to both love and a much larger conspiracy. Also starring Academy Award®-nominee Ken Watanabe, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Li Gong, Yun-Fat Chow, and Hugh Bonneville.
19) Whip it
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ellen Page scores high laughs as Bliss Cavendar, a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Soon Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track...literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes "Babe Ruthless" --the hottest thing on eight wheels!