Chris Columbus
Author
Series
House of secrets ; 1
Language
English
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
Author
Series
House of secrets ; 3
Language
English
Description
"With their last adventure just barely over, the Walker kids thought life would finally go back to normal. But things dont remain calm for long... especially when the colossus Fat Jagger turns up in San Francisco Bay--and hes in danger! With the police closing in, the Walkers must figure out how to save their giant friend. When a frost beast is spotted in Santa Rosa--and more mystical creatures start appearing all over America--its soon clear that...
Author
Series
House of secrets ; 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling House of Secrets—hailed by J. K. Rowling as "a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure"—this second installment by Hollywood director Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini (It's Kind of a Funny Story) is full of even more explosive twists and turns.
Since the siblings' last adventure, life in the Walker household is
...Author
Publisher
Race Point Publishing, A division of Quarto Publishing Group USA, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Hughes allegedly wrote Ferris Bueller's Day Off in four days, Planes, Trains and Automobiles in three days, The Breakfast Club in two days, and Vacation in a week. He never went to film school or studied cinema. And he spent most of his incredible career in the Midwest, far from the Hollywood Hills. John Hughes was indeed one of the most prolific and successful filmmakers in Hollywood history. He helped launch the careers of Andrew McCarthy,...
6) Home alone
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Kevin is left alone for the holidays and must defend his house from a pair of bumbling burglars.
7) The help
Series
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kevin McCallister is ready to turn the Big Apple into his own playground. The notorious Wet Bandits, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are plotting a huge holiday heist in New York. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps that the bumbling bandits will never forget.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's Christmas Eve and Howard Langston is determined to get his son the year's most popular toy, the Turbo Man action figure. But everywhere he goes, it's sold out. Soon, Howard finds himself in a crazed battle against time, crowds and a maniacal postman who's as determined as Howard to find Turbo Man.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Museum of Natural History is closed for renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Smithsonian Institution. It houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections. These range from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby slippers. From Fonzie's leather jacket to Archie Bunker's...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. As a last resort, Larry applies for a job as a night shift security guard at the American Museum of Natural History. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse causes the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life at night.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Denis Cooverman, the geekiest guy in high school, proclaims his love for super-popular Beth Cooper during his valedictorian speech, everyone is-- well-- speechless! But the real shock comes that night when Beth shows up at Denis' house with her two best friends to show him how the cool kids party. You'll lol as Denis tries to keep up with Beth, and stay away from her maniacal ex-boyfriend Kevin and his ticked-off pals."--Container.
16) Pixels
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant saved the world thousands of times, at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. Now, they're going to have to do it for real. In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens discover video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the video games as the models for their assaults.
Series
Language
English
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Description
Harry Potter, an orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle's house, is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy.
18) Mrs. Doubtfire
Series
Language
English
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Description
Daniel Hillard is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job. With the perfect wig, a little makeup and a dress for all occasions, he becomes Mrs. Doubtfire, a devoted British housekeeper who is hired on the spot. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family.
19) Rent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other esteemed cast members across all eight Harry Potter films as they travel back to Hogwarts for the first time to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise's first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which premiered twenty years ago. The retrospective special will tell an enchanting making-of story through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations,...