John Amos
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
John McClane is off-duty on Christmas Eve in the nation's capital when a team of terrorists, in town to rescue a drug lord from justice, has taken over a major international airport, holding thousands of travelers hostage. Amidst a blinding blizzard, McClane must race against time to defeat the terrorists and their murderous leader while also contending with an inept airport police chief, the stubborn head of the Army's anti-terrorist squad, and the...
6) Roots
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boys' abduction to America and continues throughout the generations that follow.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Coach Archer is down on his luck and this coming season may be his last unless he turns things around. He goes to Africa for a vacation and discovers Nanu, the greatest athlete in the world. If Archer can get him back to the states, he can save his job.
11) Lock up
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray, widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Drama about a convict and the vicious warden determined to break his will.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Zora is an aspiring singer/songwriter who meets and falls in love with construction worker Franklin. They discover how difficult it is and how much they must sacrifice to still be there for eachother the morning after. They both learn that it takes a lot of strength to keep love alive.
13) Die hard 2
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen edition
Language
English
Description
On a snowy Christmas Eve in Washington D.C., a team of terrorists has seized a major international airport, and now holds thousands of holiday travellers hostage. The terrorists, a renegade band of crack military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer, have come to rescue a drug lord from justice. They've prepared for every contingency - except John McClane, an off-duty cop seized by a feeling of deadly déjà vu.
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
30th anniversary special edition.
Language
English
Description
A young hustler's aimless pleasure-seeking turns to radicalism after witnessing the beating of a Black revolutionary by two white cops. Sweetback, driven to a state of blind rage, take brutal revenge on the caps, forcing him into a desperate life on the run. Despite a humble opening at only two theaters followed by a torrent of negative reviews, Sweetback mushroomed to $10,000,000 at the box office, landing it on Daily Variety's list of top-grossing...
15) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
40th anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel about his African ancestors, that followed several generations in the lives of a slave family.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Die hard: New York City detective John McClane is in Los Angeles to spend the holidays with his estranged wife Holly. While McClane waits for Holly's office party to end, terrorists take control of the building. As their sinister leader, Hans Gruber, and his savage henchman round up hostages, McClane gets ready to blast a few rounds of his own and launch a one-man war.
Die hard 2: John McClane is off-duty on Christmas Eve in the nation's capital...
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Five Blu-ray Special Edition.
Language
English
Description
The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Watermelon man: A loud-mouthed, bigoted white man's suburban existence is jarringly upended when he wakes to discover that he has become a black man.
Sweet Sweetback's baadasssss song:...
18) Roots
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
30th anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
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