Ian Holm
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A scientist who specializes in weather tries to reach his son in New York after the world's weather goes out of control. The polar ice caps have melted, covering the earth in water, and then a freeze hits creating an ice age.
"...it's one superior disaster movie."--San Francisco Chronicle
"If it's spectacle you crave at the movies, this is the place."--Boston Herald
"It's the Weather Channel on steroids."--Washington Post
3) Ratatouille
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite the obvious problem of being a rat in a rodent-phobic profession. Fate places Remy in Paris, beneath the restaurant of his culinary hero, where he has an unlikely partnership with a kitchen worker.
5) Brazil
Series
Criterion collection volume 51
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A daydreaming bureaucrat becomes involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman and becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions.
6) Alien
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A savage and merciless acid-blooded alien attacks the crew of an intergalactic freighter Nostromo when they respond to a distress signal. They battle to stay alive and to prevent the deadly creature from reaching Earth.
7) Ratatouille
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen of one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage...
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Assisted by a fellowship of heroes, Middle-earth hobbit, Frodo Baggins, plunges into a perilous trek to take the mystical One Ring to Mount Doom so that it and its magical powers can be destroyed and never possessed by evil Lord Sauron. An epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship, and individual courage.
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English
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"The first in a trilogy of films based on the enduring masterpiece The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: an unexpected journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who -- along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield -- is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome Dragon Smaug. Their journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands inhabited by Goblins, Orcs...
11) Alien
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A mindless, savage, and merciless alien is attacking the crew of an intergalactic freighter, and it must be stopped before they are all killed.
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In this second installment of the epic trilogy, Frodo and Sam continue their journey to Mordor on their mission to destroy the One Ring, while The Dark Lord's army is approaching Gondor and the War of the Ring is about to begin.
"***1/2 Highly Recommended...a spectacular epic..."--Video Librarian
"A cinematic flood of spectacular proportions."--Hollywood Reporter
"One of the great film experiences of the millennium."--Detroit Free Press