Courtney B. Vance
1) The mummy
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension.
Violence, action and scary images, and for some suggestive content and partial nudity.
2) Joyful noise
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the church choir to lift their spirits by winning the national Joyful Noise Competition. But the discord between its two leading ladies threatens to tear everything apart.
3) Ben is back
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (610 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Matt Ruff's novel, this series follows Korean war vet Atticus Freeman, his friend Letitia and his Uncle George on a journey across 1950's Jim Crow America where they face racist terrors and the terrifying monsters of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An Emmy-winning anthology series that dramatizes the fascinating stories of the world's most brilliant innovators, exploring their extraordinary achievements along with their volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships. The third season will explore Aretha Franklin's musical genius and incomparable career, as well as the immeasurable impact and lasting influence she has had on music and culture around the world. Grammy Award winner Franklin...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 498 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Told from the perspective of the lawyers, it explores the chaotic dealings behind closed doors and how prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness and shocking courtroom twists led to one of the most earth-shattering verdicts of all time. It is based on the best-selling book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin.
8) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (967 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (unpaged : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
This companion series from the Law & order franchise features detectives from the NYPD's Major Case Squad, bent on getting inside the minds of the city's worst criminals in order to bring them to justice.
11) Hamburger Hill
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For ten days, the American soldiers of Bravo Company fight in Vietnam to take over Hill 937, also known as Hamburger Hill.
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 1043 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This spinoff focuses on the criminals as much as the investigators, allowing the viewer to see the execution of a crime as the investigative team try to crack the case. Includes all 21 episodes.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 1011 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Experience life on the wrong side of the law as perpetrators plan and execute the crimes that lead them into the fascinating, frustrating and sometimes frightening justice system.
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 1015 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detectives Goren and Eames work for the NYPD Major Case Squad. The detectives use their skills and wits to stop the worst criminal offenders in New York City. Experience life on the wrong side of the law as perpetrators plan and execute the crimes that lead them into the justice system.
15) Forgotten genius
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Percy Lavon Julian, an African-American chemist, self-made millionaire, and humanitarian.
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is 1943 and the Germans are winning the Second World War as the U.S. suffers huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when Black flyers are not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, through the brutal demands of their training, to the perils of flying over nations at war, the men they call "The Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives--to...
18) Dangerous minds
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an ex-Marine becomes a high school teacher, she is assigned to a tough class of inner-city teenagers.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dudley is an angel who is sent to earth to help a young minister and his beautiful wife revive their marriage. But things take a twist when Dudley accidentally falls in love with the "Preacher's wife."
20) Eye see you
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A brutal seral killer is targeting cops, and detective Malloy is on the trail. But now the killer is making it personal, and his dedication becomes a twisted emotional nightmare. Time is running out, and so are the options, as Malloy engages in an extreme game of cat-and-mouse with a killer who won't be stopped.