Howard Koch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity's vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. First published in 1898, H. G. Wells's masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spielberg. The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that...
3) Airplane!
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, an ex-Navy pilot with a deep aversion to planes finds himself on a flight with an ex-girlfriend he wants to win back. He becomes embroiled in a crisis where the crew and many of the passengers have fallen seriously ill. Now, it is up to him to overcome his fear of flying and land the airplane safely before the poisonings become fatal.
4) Ghost
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A man killed during a robbery gone wrong remains on Earth as a ghost because of his love for his girlfriend. He teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.
7) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The romantic lovers' triangle between the impossibly heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, his beautiful wife Ilsa and her ex-lover, cynical American Rick Blaine is still the same old story, but it's never looked better.
9) Gorky Park
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Gorky Park opens with the discovery of three mutilated bodies buried in the snow in Moscow's Gorky Park. Arkady Renko, the chief investigator of the Moscow Militia, is assigned to unravel this horrific crime, but he is confronted by an uncooperative and corrupt KGB.
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
When Odessa Cotter, a quietly dignified woman who works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson honors the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott by walking an exhausting nine miles to and from work, Miriam offers her a ride. Defying both Miriam's racist husband and the powerful White Citizen's Council, Miriam and Odessa put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect and lasting friendship forms....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
With the Five on her tail, a beautiful and young werewolf named Vivian looks for peace in the arms of a man named Aiden while trying to escape the relentless infatuation of Gabriel. After a series of 'accidental' murders happen, it threatens to tear and expose her pack apart.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
With the Five on her tail, a beautiful and young werewolf named Vivian looks for peace in the arms of a man named Aiden while trying to escape the relentless infatuation of Gabriel. After a series of 'accidental' murders happen, it threatens to tear and expose her pack apart.
Pub. Date
p1948
Language
English
Description
A brooding, romantic tragedy set in Vienna and told in flashback. Lisa Berndia is a woman with a lifelong unrequited love for the dashing, yet callous, concert pianist, Stefan Brand, who betrays and forgets her. On her deathbed, she writes him a letter, which he reads on the eve of a duel with Lisa's jealous husband.
14) Big house, U.S.A
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A group of ruthless convicts execute a successful prison escape to secure $200,000 in hidden ransom money.
15) Untraceable
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An FBI agent gets caught up in a cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who conducts his murders live on the internet.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Casablanca: Rick Blaine, an American expatriate with a shady past, runs the very popular night-spot, Rick's Caf©♭ Am©♭ricain in Casablanca, French Morocco. Everybody comes to Rick's--gamblers, smugglers, spies, counter-spies, refugees, and more. Rick and his best friend Sam, the club's piano player, keep out of politics and ignore the war. Rick's friend Captain Renault, prefect of the Vichy police, agrees with Rick. But the war will not leave...
Series
Criterion collection volume 803
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.
18) The letter
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set on a rubber plantation in Malaya, this story centers on a woman's reasons for killing a man who was a close family friend.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The war lover: In England during World War II, bomber pilots fall for the same girl, but only one will make it through the war to ask for her hand. Hellcats of the Navy: Highlights the daring exploits of a submarine commander whose mission is to chart the minefields in the waters of Japan during World War II. This is Ronald and Nancy Reagan's only screen appearance together. Anzio: A war correspondent paints a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest...