Brad Pitt
Author
Series
Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 1
Language
English
Description
John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House AudioBooks
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
All the Pretty Horses is set in the late 1940s and features the travels and toils of a 16-year-old East Texan named John Grady Cole, caught in the agonizing purgatory between adolescence and adulthood. The Crossing is a story about a boy who returns to New Mexico after attempting to return a wolf to its home in the mountains of Mexico, to find his parents murdered and the family's horses stolen. He finds his brother and the two cross back into Mexico...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
From 1958 to 1963, American actor Rick Dalton knew the height of fame and fortune as the lead in the television series Bounty Law. Yet, Rick wasn't satisfied with the work and used his popularity to try to become a movie star. By 1969, Rick's career has stalled so much that he takes jobs as a guest star on various shows. He even starts wondering if the only way he can make a comeback is by acting in Italian productions. Cliff Booth, Rick's long-time...
5) Ad astra.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Army Corps engineer and astronaut Roy McBride is searching for answers in the depths of space. Twenty years ago, Roy's father went in search of proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life on Neptune during a one-way mission. The mission was designated officially as a failure. Roy searches the solar system for the truth about both his father's mission and a recent mystery that has unfolded that threatens Earth. What Roy doesn't know is that this...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and...
8) The Mexican
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere--he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
9) Deadpool 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade Wilson must battle ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor.
10) 8 movies
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The River Niger: Story of a ghetto family torn apart by a revolution, but held together through misfortune. Examines what might happen, and how people will react, when the tension of city life turns to violent revolution.
South Bronx heroes: A young man just released from prison and living with his sister, crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from their child pornographer foster parents.
Sophie and the moonhanger:...