Josh Peck
Author
Language
English
Description
A wonderfully candid memoir from one of the most recognizable faces of a generation, actor, writer, Youtuber, and television superstar, Josh Peck. In his warm and inspiring book, Josh reflects on the many stumbles and silver linings of his life and traces a zigzagging path to redemption. Written with such impressive detail and aching honesty, Happy People are Annoying is full of surprising life lessons for anyone seeking to accept their past and make...
2) The Timber
Author
Language
English
Description
In the Outback's Wild West, two desperate brothers take a job as bounty hunters to save their home. But in The Timber, brutality and bloodshed is the law of the land.
3) ATM
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After leaving their company Christmas Party together, David Hargrove and Emily Brandt's impromptu first date takes an unexpected turn when their coworker, Corey, asks them to make a late-night stop at an ATM. What should be a routine transaction turns into a desperate struggle for survival when an unknown man appears outside the vestibule. With the wintry temperatures dipping below freezing, and sunrise still hours away, they have no choice but to...
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he changes course with the help of a new friend (Annette Bening) and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. Nominated for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical (Al Pacino)...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Doug Harris is a lovable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scrat's epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
7) Red Dawn
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the windows of a high school classroom, students see paratroopers land on the varsity football field. The invasion of the United States has begun. As their town in overrun by foreign nationals, eight teenagers escape to the mountains. Taking the name of their high school football team, the Wolverines, they wage an unremitting guerrilla action in defense of their parents, their friends and their country.
8) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
9) ATM
Publisher
IFC in Theaters
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Pilot": Worlds collide when schoolmates Drake Parker and Josh Nichols become stepbrothers. "Dune buggy": Drake and Josh are forbidden to drive their beat-up dune buggy, but do anyway. "Two idiots and a baby": Josh volunteers his and Drake's babysitting services, but Drake abandons his duties for a gig with his band, and Josh is left looking for the baby. "First crush": Josh promised to play a birthday song at his crush's party, but he doesn't know...
12) Special
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Les Franken is a kind-hearted and soft-spoken man who loves reading comic books. He's the type of guy who most people walk by on the street without even noticing. He is someone who is completely average and virtually invisible. Everything changes for Les the day he is accepted into an experimental drug study. As he begins to take the drugs, an unexpected side effect occurs -- he develops special powers. In an effort to use his new talents for protecting...
13) The wackness
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against crimes like noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set in this time, is troubled high school student Luke Shapiro who is a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires, a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New...
14) Drillbit Taylor
Author
Language
English
Description
Two bullied high school students place an ad for a bodyguard in a magazine and receive a response from a homeless veteran.
15) Mean Creek
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Follows a bunch of ragtag teenagers who take a boat trip on a nearby creek to celebrate their youngest member's birthday. They have an ulterior motive - to payback a local bully for his cruelities to the birthday boy. This is a hearty dose of how revenge can change a life in 24 hours.
16) What goes up
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When a group of teenage social misfits befriend a jaded journalist on assignment in their small New Hampshire town, they all find themselves searching for meaning and truth in their crazy, mixed-up lives.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles hip-hop mogul and former B-Boy Dante wants to put the country that started the sport back on top. He enlists his hard-luck friend Blake to coach his team. Blake must use every tactic he knows to get twelve talented individuals to unite as a team if they're going to bring the trophy back to America.
18) Junction
Author
Language
English
Description
The opioid crisis told from the viewpoint of three people - a pharmaceutical executive, a doctor, and an addict.
Publisher
FilmBuff
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Arriving in Los Angeles, Daniel settles into a diverse area just 'adjacent' to the popular neighborhood of Silver Lake. There, he quickly becomes entrenched in two worlds pulling him in opposite directions. On one side, a single mother of two and a gang member serve as his closest neighbors. But in the hip epicenter, Daniel is lulled by charismatic new friends with dangerous secrets left to uncover.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While Scrat the Saber-toothed Squirrel is still trying to find his precious acorn, the misfit trio of Manny the Mammoth, Sid the Sloth and Diego the Sabre-tooth Tiger have settled down in an isolated valley with numerous other animals. However, the trio soon discover that the ice wall surrounding the valley is barely holding back a massive body of water behind it and the melting state threatens to break the wall and flood the valley. With their one...
