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Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An unflinching confrontation of humanity's dark side, Brian De Palma's crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the gritty Miami street life. From Al Pacino's masterful characterization of Tony Montana to the iconic Say hello to my little friend, Scarface maintains its reputation as an unwavering game changer in cult classic...
Author
Series
Boots and bouquets volume 4
Language
English
Description
Bellini Weddings has agreed to allow a production company to film a movie at Red Moss Vineyards. It will be great PR for both the vineyard and the wine and wedding businesses. Mae Wallace, who works for the Bellini family, is thrilled with the possibility of new business. What she isn't thrilled with is actor Kane August, who she finds crashing one of the weddings. He tells her it's research for the movie, but she finds him overconfident and annoying....
Author
Series
Publisher
Fly! an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This title explores the Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 and gives information related to its origins, the media it has appeared in throughout the years, and the impact it has had on popular culture. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
日本語
Description
After a mother discovers that a teacher's bullying is behind her young son's sudden strange behavior, she storms into his school demanding an explanation. Continually left without satisfactory answers and with an increasingly distressed child, she furiously escalated her concerns to the school board and the media. But as the story unfolds through the multilayered perspectives of mother, teacher, and child, the real truth gradually emerges and proves...
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1963, after Trish Weir was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, her assailant was caught and tried. But after he confesses without legal representation and is granted a retrial, it triggers a legal proceeding that forever changes the nation's justice system
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Korean
Description
Seven years after the roundup in Vietnam, Ma Seok-do joins a new squad to investigate a murder case. Soon, he finds out this case involves busting a synthetic drug, Hiper, and starts to dig deeper. Meanwhile, the Japanese mafia boss behind it all, Ichizo won't stop looking for trouble, and the Japanese drug distributor Ricky and his gang come to Korea to join the chaos. Things are just about to get out of hand
Author
Series
Summer of you volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A wistful summer blossoms between two high-school boys finding themselves and each other through a shared love of movies in this moving, dramatic, two-volume BL romance series, perfect for fans of Seven Days, Given, or I Hear the Sunspot. Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru....
9) Night swim
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, he moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home's shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home's past will unleash...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"The fandom of Pre-Code Hollywood meets the cult of Prohibition-era libations in this stylish cocktail book"--
"Classic Hollywood and cocktails... uncensored. Prepare to shake, stir, and sip your way through fifty tantalizing Pre-Code [i.e., Motion Picture Production Code] films paired with both original and classic Prohibition-era elixirs celebrating the brazen and provocative period when sin ruled the movies and the drinks."
11) Drive-away dolls
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit lamenting yet another breakup with a girlfriend, decides to tag along on vacation with her shy friend Marian, who desperately needs to loosen up. Things quickly go awry when they accidentally rent the car some incompetent criminals are using for a drop. Pursued across state lines by goons, and aided by Jamie's ex, who is a cop, the two are oblivious to the happenings around them, their own developing feelings, and...
12) Lynch/Oz
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's filmography from his early short The Alphabet to his recent television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Arguably, no filmmaker has so consistently drawn inspiration consciously or unconsciously from a single work. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Jack is promoted to the new CIA Acting Deputy Director and is given the daunting task of unearthing internal corruption. As he investigates, he discovers the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization, ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing his belief in the system he has always fought to protect
14) Afire
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Deutsch
Description
While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon and photographer Felix are surprised to encounter Nadja, a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at the holiday home of Felix's family. Nadja soon distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel, not only because of her passionate liaison with lifeguard Devid but also because her brutal honesty forces Leon to confront his artistic inadequacies. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Danish
Description
Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to tame an uninhabitable land and build a colony in the name of the King. While braving the elements, he is joined by some indentured serfs who have fled their tyrannical magistrate, which makes them all targets of a deadly conflict
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture. "They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. "We're on a mission from God." So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local...
18) I.S.S
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary
19) The independent
Publisher
Relativity
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
During a crucial political election, a driven investigative journalist stumbles upon a life-altering lead that uncovers a disastrous secret. Eli risks losing everything if she reveals the awful truth that will change the course of history
20) Out of darkness
Publisher
Decal, Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
45,000 years ago, six people searched for a new home in an inhospitable landscape. When night falls, hope turns to fear as they realize they are not alone. Stalked by a terrifying enemy, the group fractures as everyone fights for survival
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