Michael Madsen
Author
Series
A Dell book volume 5175
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1928. San Francisco PIs Sam Spade and Miles Archer are engaged by a young lady to shadow a man she alleges has kidnapped her sister. Not true--and Archer is soon the late Archer, leaving Sam to seek both his killer and the titular statue.
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In a daring attempt to end WWII by Christmas, 35,000 troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German-occupied Holland. In the midst of the largest airborne invasion in history, one small unit of men, codename 'Matchbox,' has its own agenda.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Cole Younger and The Black Train traces Cole Younger's experiences with the Black Train- first as a teenager, then into adult life as he partners with Jesse James to create the most notorious outlaw band of the old West, the James-Younger gang.
5) Loosies
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Bobby a New York City pickpocket who disguises himself as a stockbroker, tempts fate with the law when he lifts the badge of a NYC detective. Becoming the target of a citywide search, Bobby goes on the run when he encounters Lucy a woman he once had an affair with and who is now carrying his child. Faced with the responsibilities of parenthood, Bobby must reevaluate his life of crime and decide if he can ever settle down.
Publisher
Reverence Gospel Media Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Miles Montego was king of the streets as a high-level drug trafficker, and although he has tried to move on, the DEA isn't convinced. When Miles meets Vanessa, a woman who is different than every other woman he's met, he is drawn to her beauty and her spirituality. As their connection grows deeper, both are tested to their last ounce of faith in God and in each other.
"Molina's story is worth telling."--RogerEbert.com
"The dialogue in places leans...
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Gold miner Roger Hazard brings his twelve year old son Casper to the treacherous gold fields of 1870s California. The two of them work a small mine in the southern fields but when Roger begins to lose touch with reality young Casper ends up on his own. Casper faces danger around every corner but must find the strength to save his father from himself and still manage to fight off the savage Indians and ruthless bushwhackers that plague them across...
10) Reservoir Dogs
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
"They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is [an undercover police officer]. But which one?" -- Container.
11) Arctic Dogs
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Swifty, the Arctic Fox, works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog. To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. He stumbles upon a hidden fortress, where he comes face to face with Otto Von Walrus, a blubbery evil genius. He discovers Otto Von Walrus' plan to drill beneath Arctic surface to...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive Daisy race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Losing their lead on the blizzard, they seek refuge at Minnie's, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our travelers come...
14) Thelma & Louise
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A waitress and a housewife try to get away from their boyfriend and husband for a weekend but instead end up on a crosscountry crime spree through the South.
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1887, deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. William Drayton, once a crack sharpshooter in the Civil War, has lost his wife and home. He has ascended to the high country, wanting never to be heard from again. But his daughter, whom he thought was dead, is trying to find him. Meanwhile, banker turned robber baron Horace Scarsdale has mustered an army of cutthroats and guns for hire to help him build his railroad empire. Drayton, though, plans...
17) Species
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1997, c1995
Language
English
Description
When a creature genetically engineered through extraterrestrial intelligence escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch assembles an elite team of experts to track it down. These experts--a government assassin, an "empath", a biologist and an anthropologist combine their expertise and trace their prey to Los Angeles. There, in the form of a stunning young woman, the alien initiates a horrific plan: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce...
18) The Devil's Own
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Donnie Brasco: This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York.
The devil's own: Alan J. Pakula's hit about a New York cop and an Irish terrorist who face the ultimate danger when their lives intersect.
20) Vice
Publisher
Genius Products, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A string of murders and a drug deal gone horribly wrong have a detective fighting to solve the crimes and redeem himself.