Louis Gossett
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Cesar's major league career is cut short, he returns to his native Monterey, Mexico. Once back home, a group of impoverished baseball-loving kids recruit him to coach their rag-tag team. Together, they beat the odds and overcome hardships and bigotry to compete in the 1957 Little League World Series.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, this recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally...
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma. Through the victories and new friendships she forms,...
7) Jaws 3
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When a baby shark dies at the new Undersea Kingdom at Florida's Sea World, the creature's mother goes on a killing spree.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
[Widescreen edition].
Language
English
Description
Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back. With their relationships hanging in the balance when they return home, each couple must choose between blame and forgiveness....
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Jake Bouchard, a shy seveteen-year-old, has finally scored a date with the incredibly wonderful Angie. But plans quickly change when Angie gets kidnapped and the least likely person steps up to solve the case: Grandpa. In a last-ditch effort to rescue Angie from her captors, Grandpa re-enlists "The Devil's Scum", his old World War II intelligence unit, to band together with Jake to go on one last mission.
12) 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.
15) Iron eagle II
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When an outlaw nation takes the world hostage, America's oldest enemy becomes her newest ally. General "Chappy" with a crew of American and Russian misfits, must teach them to fly together, to fight together and to face an enemy bent on nuclear distruction.
16) Iron eagle
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen ver.
Language
English
Description
A retired Air Force colonel and a young pilot undertake a seemingly impossible mission to rescue the young man's father, who has been wrongfully imprisoned in a Middle Eastern country.
17) The Cuban
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
When a naïve pre-med student gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, an elderly Cuban musician, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.
18) Jaws 3-D
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
When her baby dies, a 35-foot great white shark escapes from her tank at an amusement park and causes terror.
19) Toy soldiers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When an exclusive boarding school is taken hostage by South American terrorists, the rebellious students risk their lives in a desperate, deadly campaign to stop them.
20) Enemy mine
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Two warriors engaged in a savage futuristic war between Earth and the planet Dracon, crash-land on a desolate, fiery planet. At first, the human and his reptilian, alien opponent are intent on destroying each other. But after battling the elements and each other, the two stranded pilots gradually realize that the only way either of them will survive is to over-come their undying hatred.
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