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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city's next skyscraper. And if things weren't bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare, a romantic comedy, and she is the leading lady.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, follow a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
"...a romance with fantastic elements, utterly lacking in cynicism, heading straight for the grandest emotions and deepest issues in life..."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Winter's Tale" is ambitious with its otherworldly ingredients and temporal leaps."--Washington Post
"...a lavish mystical fantasy..."--Village...
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Portuguese
Description
Zero is a brilliant and lonely scientist that believes to be unhappy because he was humiliated by the love of his life, 20 years ago. When trying to create a revolutionary form of energy, he is accidentally sent back to the past, and faced with the chance to find himself (20 years younger) and fix the mistakes of his life. Attempting to manipulate the paths of time is more difficult and confusing than it might seem.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present, and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives with diverse settings, from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
"The Wachowskis' best movie since 'The Matrix.'"--Entertainment...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When a childless couple buries a box with all of their wishes for an infant in their backyard, their wishes are granted. However, their child, Timothy Green, is not all that he appears.
"A sun-dappled, heartwarming family film..."--San Francisco Chronicle
"...full-bodied family film..."--Roger Ebert
"With just the right dose of magic and no shortage of sentiment, this inspirational parenting tale...plays like Mary Poppins in reverse."--Variety
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
A lyrical medieval fantasy from the French director Marcel Carne. Two strangers dressed as minstrels arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities, and it is revealed that they are actually emissaries of the devil himself, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: Human love. Often interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was made.
"Eerie...
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudeen death left him unfinished with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pasted paradise known as Suburbia. DVD....
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way they face many dangers; Bilbo meets Gollum and takes...
11) Thor (DVD)
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When the arrogant warrior Thor is banished to Earth from his homeworld of Asgard, he must fight to reclaim his lost powers. Pursued by an invasion force sent to destroy him, the fallen God of Thunder must rise to the battle and learn what it takes to become a true hero. Includes commentary and deleted scenes.
"...lighthearted and thunderously good fun."--USA Today
"...tasty, funny, robustly acted..."--Michael Phillips
"Hemsworth, an Aussie actor...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A tale of truth, betrayal, youth, demise, and mermaids! When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love, or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. Forced aboard the ship of the most feared pirate ever, Jack doesn't know who to fear more, Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
"Best of all, here there be fun."--New Orleans Times-Picayune
"On Stranger Tides feels as fresh and bracingly...
14) The Dark crystal
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Jen, a Gelfling (one of the last survivors of the elfin-like race), is told of a prophecy by his master, a wise and gentle mystic. Jen sets to the task of returning the crystal shard to the all powerful Dark Crystal, making it whole again, and restoring light to the world
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo's frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Bilbo Baggins continues on in his journey with the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim their lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
"Middle-earth's got its mojo back. A huge improvement on the previous installment...delivers spectacle by the ton."--Empire Magazine
"...parades wonders before us, not the least being the greatest dragon in the history of movies."--Village Voice
"... much more exciting...
Author
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the dark side of Camelot: King Arthur is gone. The Round Table is in ruins. And a rogue sorcerer has unleashed a reign of monstrous terror upon the land. For the court's last remaining knights, their only hope lies in the powers of the now-bitter and broken wizard Merlin (James Callis of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA). But can a once-great man of magic defeat a legion of creatures that includes Dragon Soldiers, Death Hawks, and Gorgons, and still...
20) Violence Voyager
Author
Language
English
Description
Trapped within the twisted world of VIOLENCE VOYAGER, best friends Bobby and Akkun must battle mutant freaks and a mad scientist, all while trying to keep themselves alive.
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