Taraji P. Henson
1) Acrimony
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A faithful wife tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The remarkable true story of Catana Starks from historically black university Tennessee State who became the first African-American woman to coach an all-men's team at the collegiate level. When she signed up to run the club, she expected it to be tough but she had no idea just how challenging it would be. With no scholarships to offer and only one US student willing to work with her, she was forced to reach out across the globe and assemble a ragtag...
6) Proud Mary
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary is a hitwoman working for an organized crime family in Boston. Her life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes awry.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dre Parker finds himself in China after his mother's latest career move. He and classmate Mei Ying immediately fall for each other, but cultural differences make this friendship impossible. Even worse, his feelings make an enemy of class bully, Cheng who is quite adept at kung fu. Dre turns to maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a kung fu master and learns that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm. However, Dre realizes...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on a true story, the film centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an attempt to save her broken game, Ralph and Vanellope race against the clock -- and some shady characters in a gritty, urban racing game -- in the vast world of the Internet! When faced with the lure of new cars and exciting racing routes, Vanellope considers leaving the arcade for good, and Ralph recognizes that he may lose the only friend he's ever had.
11) Date night
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' 'date night' turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Cuando él de repente se encuentra sin su trabajo de cuello azul de muchos años, Larry Crowne se matricula en su colegio local para comenzar. Allí, él se hace la parte de una comunidad ecléctica de estudiantes y se desarrolla un aplastar sobre su profesor. Ahora este tipo simple descubrirá que cuando usted piensa todo que el teniendo de valor ha pasado por usted, usted solamente podría encontrar su razón de vivir.
When he suddenly finds himself...
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...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
Historia de un hombre que nace como un viejo y cumple aǫs hacia atras en el tiempo, con extraąs consecuencias. "NacI en circunstancias inusuales", asI comienza "El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button", una adaptacion de la historia de los aǫs 20 del siglo pasado escrita por F. Scott Fitzgerald, y que trata de un hombre (Brad Pitt) que nace con ochenta aǫs y va rejuveneciendo con el tiempo: un hombre que, como cualquiera de nosotros, no puede parar...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto, a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please, deploy their...