Sigourney Weaver
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 sound discs (3 hr., 36 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy.
2) Alien 3
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lt. Ripley is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's prison. This is the story of her fears that an Alien was aboard her craft and the realization that may compel her to try to destroy not only the creature but herself.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Two hundred years have passed since Ripley made the ultimate sacrifice on Fiorina 161. But over the years, and after seven horrific failures, scientists have finally cloned a perfect replica of Ripley, which includes the alien Queen growing inside her at the time of her death. But this new breed of alien is far more intelligent than its predecessors, a fact the scientists don't realize until after The Betty has arrived with additional human hosts....
4) Aliens
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ripley returns to the alien planet to stop them from killing off an entire colony. But when she gets there, along with a group of marines, they only find one survivor, a small girl. Now they must fight hordes of aliens to save her.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Guy Hamilton, an ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment, is befriended by a Eurasian cameraman, Billy Kwan, with connections in high places. Hamilton soon gains an entree to Indonesian Communist Party leaders, as well as insight into Jakarta's grim realities on the eve of a major political upheaval.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (409 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ratatouille: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen of one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini,...
8) Chappie
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. But now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind....
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This program chronicles the emergence of the powerful Roman Enpire from a chaotic period of violent coups, assassination, overarching ambition, civil war and clashes between the classes as well as the sexes.
10) Avatar
Language
English
Formats
Description
Experience the spectacular world of James Cameron's Avatar as never before with this collector's ed. release. Watch all three versions of the film, than treat your senses to an unprecedented beyond the scenes look at the greatest adventure of all time! When his twin brother dies in an accident, paraplegic ex-Marine Jake Sully takes his place on a mission to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is...
11) Copycat
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Features the desperate hunt for a mass murderer with an elusive m.o.: he copies serial killers of the recent past.
12) Alien quadrilogy
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
9 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Includes 2-disc versions of: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection, plus a bonus disc loaded with special features. Includes the original theatrical versions and the extended cuts of each Alien film.
13) Galaxy quest
Language
English
Description
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space ... and then their series was cancelled. Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beamed up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, one of his first actions was to ban Jews from working in that country's film industry, praised as the most creative cinema in the world. Men and women who had made landmarks of movie history fled their homeland in the ensuing months and years. Many went to Hollywood. This compelling documentary traces the experiences of the exiles who took refuge in Hollywood, and examines their impact on both...
15) Imaginary heroes
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A suburban family struggles to understand and accept one another after a stunning tragedy begins to unravel them.
16) Ghostbusters II
Language
English
Formats
Description
Doctors Venkman, Stantz and Spengler regroup to nuke the spooks in this high-spirited comedy. Sidelined after their spectacular save of New York CIty five years ago, the heroes of the hereafter once again answer the call when an underground river of ghoulish goo threatens to rot the Big Apple to the core.
17) A monster calls
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Ghostbusters: When Doctors Venkman, Stantz and Spengler suddenly find themselves downsized from the University's parapsychology department, they decide to go the entrepreneurial route, chasing down ghostly ghosts, unappetizing apparitions and the occasional insolent succubae. Ghostbusters 2: The doctors Venkman, Stantz and Spengler regroup to nuke the spooks in this high-spirited comedy. Sidelined after their spectacular save of New York CIty five...
20) Ghostbusters
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suit up for classic comedy! When Doctors Venkman, Stantz and Spengler suddenly find themselves downsized from the University's parapsychology department, they decide to go the entrepreneurial route, chasing down ghostly ghosts, unappetizing apparitions and the occasional insolent succubae.