Ron Silver
Author
Language
English
Description
Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history—the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president—is soon to be an HBO limited series.
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter,...
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter,...
Author
Language
English
Description
The groundbreaking novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral that originally propelled its author to literary stardom: told in a continuous monologue from patient to psychoanalyst, this masterpiece draws us into the turbulent mind of one lust-ridden young Jewish bachelor named Alexander Portnoy.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
“Deliciously...
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
“Deliciously...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio tries to strike a bargain with police: a shorter prison term in exchange for ratting on his fellow mobsters. He takes matters in his own hands when he defends himself instead, turning the courtroom upside down.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video, Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Did European aristocrat Claus von Bulow attempt to murder his wife Sunny at their luxurious Newport mansion in 1980? The tabloids of the day certainly had their opinions. "You have one thing in your favor," defense attorney Alan Dershowitz told von Bulow, "Everybody hates you." Reversal of Fortune is the acclaimed movie version of events that had all America talking. Jeremy Irons plays von Bulow in an Academy Award winning performance of icy brittleness...
5) Silkwood
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the entire nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story.
6) Ali
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political...
7) Live wire
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Danny O'Neill is the FBI's ace bomb expert and "live wire." His wife is flaunting her affair with Senator Frank Travers--the very man O'Neill is assigned to protect against terrorist attacks. O'Neill's biggest enemy is a new bomb disguised as ordinary water and held by a psychopathic terrorist.
9) Timecop
Publisher
MCA Universal Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the year 2004, time travel is not only a reality, it's an opportunity-- for criminals of the future to alter the past for profit and power. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this sci-fi action-thriller as embittered timecop Max Walker-- toughest member of the elite "Time Enforcement Commission" which was created to enforce one simple rule: no one goes back. But Walker may have met his match in the person of Senator McComb, a corrupt ruthless politician...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Documents the life of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill, who lives in the small Nebraska town of North Platte, 25 years after entering the Witness Protection Program. The film crew found him cooking in an Italian restaurant and caught themselves in the middle of an organized crime investigation involving Henry Hill.
13) Ali
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him for political reasons, the champ...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Bloodsport: An American martial artist travels to Hong Kong to fight in the Kumite, an illegal and deadly martial arts tournament. Timecop: A time-traveling federal agent believes that a suspiciously successful politician may have meddled with history to gain power and traces him back through time to stop him.
15) Jack
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Jack is already struggling with adolescence when he realizes his parents are getting a divorce. To make matters even worse, he finds out that his dad is gay. After some bittersweet experiences, Jack learns there is not such thing as a perfect family and his own is more caring, supportive, and stronger then he knew." --
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hard target: Natasha Binder comes to New Orleans looking for her father, who has gone missing. In doing so, she meets a very hard man called Chance. He helps her find out that her father was killed by an organisation who sell the opportunity to hunt human prey. They are taking advantage of a police strike in New Orleans.
Timecop: When the ability to travel through time is perfected, a new time of law enforcement agency is formed. It's called Time...
17) American tragedy
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"The story the public never saw of the high profile attorneys of the O.J. Simpson murder trial. What started as a cohesive defense team ends up as a fractured and tarnished group of disagreeing attorneys." --
18) The ten
Publisher
City Lights Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
No one will ever mistake Jeff Reigert for Moses, but like Moses, it is Jeff's job to introduce the world to the Ten Commandments. However, Jeff is not exactly the picture of virtue. In fact, Jeff is surrounded by gigantic replicas of the famous stone tablets. He is so busy juggling his wife Gretchen and his girlfriend, that he can barely get through a single commandment without breaking one himself.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Hidden agenda: David McLean becomes the center of a deadly conspiracy when he discovers a top-secret computer disc his recently killed CIA agent brother left him.
Lifepod: After a group of citizens board LIfepod Seven to escape death from an explosion on their interplanetary liner, they discover evidence that proves the explosion was the work of a saboteur among them..
Star knight: Will a cosmic explorer wreak havoc on a medieval town or iginite...
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Girlfight: Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home in the housing projects with her abusive dad or at high school. She finds a new outlet for her anger at her brother's boxing gym. With hard-core training from veteran boxing coach Hector, Diana learns she has the guts and talent to be a contender.
Million dollar baby: Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and...