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Series
Publication Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Seven gunmen are hired by a small village to protect them from the bandits destroying their town. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai was a natural for an American remake--after all, the codes and conventions of ancient Japan and the Wild West (at least the mythical movie West) are not so very far apart. Thus The Magnificent Seven effortlessly turns samurai into cowboys. The beleaguered denizens of a Mexican village, weary of attacks by banditos, hire...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid (Series) volume 11
Publisher
Amulet Books
Publication Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley's mom wants him to take a break from video games while Halloween approaches and he comes up with an idea to make a movie.
5) Ghost
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corp
Publication Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Patrick Swayze is a spirit who teams with a reluctant psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder--and to rescue his lover from a similar fate.
6) NYPD Red 4
Author
Series
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
Description
An audacious jewel heist. A murdered actress. A killer case for NYPD Red. In a city where crime never sleeps, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only when a case involves the rich, famous, and connected. Detective Zach Jordan and his partner, Kylie MacDonald--the woman who broke his heart at the police academy--are the best of the best, brilliant and tireless investigators who will stop at nothing to catch a criminal, even if it means antagonizing...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Publication Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Jack Campbell, a workaholic Wall Street exec, gets to see what his life might have been like if he'd stayed with his former sweetheart, Kate. Thirteen years after they split up, Jack falls asleep in his posh New York apartment, then awakens to find himself a family man, with his now-wife Kate, daughter Annie and new baby.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hit the road with author and illustrator Jeff Kinney and get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the...movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Find out what it takes to film a flock of seagulls invading a minivan. Learn about a robot pig and an animatronic three-year-old. And discover everything that goes into making a feature film. Complete with exclusive set photos, storyboards, and original cartoons by Jeff Kinney..."--Page 4 of cover....
Author
Publication Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 0 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Director Billy Waddler is trying to film a documentary about moose, but the moose in question has no intention of spending his life in the woods and his animal friends, who have dreams of their own, help him prove his point.
10) Pretty woman
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Publication Date
1990
Language
English
Description
When successful corporate mogul Edward Lewis meets independent streetwalker, Vivian Ward, their two lives are worlds apart. But her energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense, business-minded approach to life, sparking an immediate attraction. He teaches her the finer things of life, she teaches him that love could be the best investment he ever made.
Author
Series
Bellinger Sisters volume 2
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time-in bed and out-and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his ... personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom....
13) Tropic thunder
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Watch John 'Four Leaf' Tayback as he fights a gruesome battle during the Vietnam War. But, this is actually a scene from 'Tropic Thunder,' a big-budget adaptation of Tayback's wartime memoir. Starring as the central platoon are Speedman, Lazarus, Chino and Portnoy, as well as young character actor Kevin Sandusky. To play the character of African American Sgt. Osiris, Lazarus dyes his skin dark and refuses to break from character. When a scene goes...
14) Spider-Man
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate.
15) The deal
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli, but can only get financing if he casts a well-known action star. Production is halted however, when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set, so the producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie"--Distributer website.
Author
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it's her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage's collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it's picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old-home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne'er...
17) Be kind rewind
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Two local outcasts attempt to save a local video store. Amateur film director Mike must find a way to save the business after his magnetized friend, Jerry, erases every movie in the store. Using an outdated video camera and their own special effects, the two embark on an adventure to remake all the movies, from "Ghostbusters" to "Driving Miss Daisy," turning the two town misfits into local celebrities.
18) Rush hour 2
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Publication Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
These mismatched detectives are looking forward to a much needed vacation in Hong Kong, when a bomb explodes in the American Embassy. Suddenly, they're tracking a group of slippery suspects, including a beautiful assassin, and mysterious mobster.
19) Chomp
Author
Publication Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father.
20) Excalibur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Publication Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The legends of King Arthur live in the last great battle between magic and reality.