Magnolia Pictures (Firm)
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Killer whales are beloved as majestic, friendly giants yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of the notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. Blackfish expands on the discussion of keeping such intelligent creatures in captivity.
"...enough to make anybody think twice about...
Author
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Each night, when Ben falls asleep, his Crayons enter a magical Crayon Box that transports them to Color City, a world of dazzling hues and soaring fantasy. When timid Yellow is accidentally left behind in Ben's room, she inadvertently awakens two Unfinished Drawings. They follow Yellow to Color City where they wreak havoc and stop the flow of the enchanted Rainbow Waterfall that provides all the color to the Crayons. It's up to Yellow and her fellow...
3) Diggers
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Four Long Island friends follow in their respective families' footsteps and become clam diggers in this touching comedy.
4) Keane
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A man tries to balance sanity with paranoia as he searches for his six-year old daughter who was abducted in New York City's Port Authority bus terminal.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The cocaine trade of the '70s and '80s had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Smugglers and distributors forever changed the once sleepy retirement community and turned it into one of the world's most glamorous hot spots and the epicenter of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin Cartel. By the early '80s, Miami's tripled homicide rate had made it the murder captial of the country.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Burt Munro, a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his dreaming is threatened to come to an end. Luckily, Burt is not ready to stop dreaming. He decides to mortgage his house and bring his dream to life. He and the motorcycle head for American...
7) A hijacking
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked and taken hostage by Somali pirates. The pirates pick the ship's cook as interpreter, to engage in escalating negotiations and ransom demands with their company CEO and authorities.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Diana is a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life, and perhaps her sanity, on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that killed her bestfriend. Diana was a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, cut class, fantasized about boys and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. Now, however, Diana is haunted by the increasingly strained relationships she had with...
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A struggling law student takes a job as an awards show seat filler. One day he is seated next to the beautiful pop star Jnelle, who mistakes him for an industry executive. When the two fall in love, he must chose between his conscience and true love.
10) Blackfish
Publisher
Our Turn Productions, LLC
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
Explores the concept of keeping wild creatures in captivity.
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Things are not going exactly as planned for high-powered Manhattan lawyer Louise. Her husband of 13 years, Ian, announces that he is leaving her for a younger woman. Taking things into her own hand, Louise decide to hold Ian captive until he agrees to work on their marriage. The unexpected arrivals of a gardener turned opportunistic thief and Ian's impatient mistress serve only to complicate the spiraling situation.
13) Man on wire
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.
15) Ceremony
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sam Davis convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker. But it soon becomes clear that Sam is secretly infatuated with his ex, who is now the filmmaker's fiancee, and that his true intention is to thwart their impending nuptials. As Sam's plan begins to unravel, he is forced to realize how complicated love and friendship can be.
16) Good ol' Freda
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Freda Kelly was just a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. Though she had no concept of how far they would go, Freda had faith in The Beatles from the beginning and The Beatles had faith in her. Many people came in and out of the band's circle as they grew to international stardom, but Freda remained a staple because of her unfaltering loyalty and dedication. As The Beatles' devoted secretary...
17) Point Blank
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
Samuel, a happily married nurse working in a Paris hospital. When his very pregnant wife is kidnapped before his helpless eyes, everything falls apart. After being knocked unconscious, his cell phone rings: he has three hours to get a man under police surveillance, out of the hospital. Samuel quickly finds himself pitted against rival gangsters and trigger-happy police in a deadly race to save the lives of his wife and unborn child.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest, ' set off on a legendary cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair, joined by 'The Merry Band of Pranksters, ' a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac's 'On the Road, ' and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.
19) Force majeure
Pub. Date
2015
Language
Swedish
Description
An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge restaurant, sending people fleeing and demanding quick decisions that change the course of the family dynamics and trust.