John Davis
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
Jimmy Neutron is trying to make contact with an alien civilization. Unbeknownst to him, a satellite he launches (okay, it's the kitchen toaster, but it works!) is picked up by an alien species. In the dark of night the aliens fly their war ships-looking like a fleet of rubber chickens to earth and abduct all the parents in Jimmy's hometown of Retroville. So it's up to Jimmy to create a fleet of space ships from the rides at the town's new amusement...
3) Empire City
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
This is the story of two New Yorks. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. The film contrasts the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures such as David Rockefeller, Edward Koch, Joseph Papp, Norman Mailer, Jane Jacobs,...
Formats
Description
Two fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) join the ranks of the unemployed and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads decide to open their own day care facility, DADDY DAY CARE which boasts some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of tending the kids. As DADDY DAY CARE starts to catch on, it launches them into a hilarious competition...
6) Ferdinand
Description
"Ferdinand is a giant bull with a big heart. After being mistaken for a dangerous beast and torn from his home, he rallies a misfit team for an epic adventure in order to return to his family"--Container.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Description
New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis transport readers back to the boundless world of the Pirate Stream in this engaging and exhilarating sequel to the highly acclaimed The Map to Everywhere that is equal parts adventure, humor, and heart!
When the magical waters of the Pirate Stream begin flooding Marrill's world, the only way to stop the destruction is to return to the Stream and find the source...
When the magical waters of the Pirate Stream begin flooding Marrill's world, the only way to stop the destruction is to return to the Stream and find the source...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Description
Adventure, magic, and hilarity collide in New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis's first book in a fantastical series.
To Master Thief Fin, an orphan from the murky pirate world of the Khaznot Quay, the Map is the key to finding his mother. To suburban schoolgirl Marrill, it's her only way home after getting stranded on the Pirate Stream, the magical waterway that connects every world in creation. With...
To Master Thief Fin, an orphan from the murky pirate world of the Khaznot Quay, the Map is the key to finding his mother. To suburban schoolgirl Marrill, it's her only way home after getting stranded on the Pirate Stream, the magical waterway that connects every world in creation. With...
10) The ant bully
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
"When you're as small as an ant, the world is big - and adventure is bigger! That's what young Lucas learns after he aims his water pistol at some hapless ants. They retaliate with a secret potion that shrinks 'the Destroyer' to their size... and turns an anthill into a mountain of thrills, action and laughs!"--Container.
11) Joy
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
12) Chronicle
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
When three ordinary high school friends discover they have unusual powers, harmless pranks escalate to dangerous activities as their darker sides develop along with their powers.
14) Predator
Pub. Date
[2012], c1987
Edition
Wide screen ed.
Description
Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on Earth--because the Predator is not of this Earth.
15) Kids
Pub. Date
2000
Description
24 hours in the life of a group of contemporary teenagers who believe they are invincible. Ignoring the challenge posed by AIDS, these Manhattan kids pursue sex and drugs with no regard for the future in a world as violent as it is hopeless.
16) Game night
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Max and Annie, whose weekly couples' game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother plans a murder mystery party that turns out to be more than they bargained for." --Back cover.
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen version.
Description
To Jill Johnson, it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But then the phone rings and an ominous voice asks, "Have you checked the children?" Locked in with the lights out and curtains drawn, a panicky Jill phones the police, who trace the calls--only to inform her they're coming from inside the house. And as the frightened teenager goes upstairs to check on the children,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
While on a trip to Hollywood to help a celebrity starlet's depressed Chihuahua, Maya Dolittle gets caught up in the Hollywood glitz. Dropping her dreams of becoming a vet, Maya lands a job hosting an animal talk show with famous heiress Tiffany Monaco. Lucky starts falling in love with a pedigreed pooch and Maya falls out of love with the ideas about how to help animals. Just when Maya thinks she'll be trapped forever in Tinseltown, Lucky, his new...
19) Predator 2
Pub. Date
[2009], c1990
Description
The Predator returns to kill for sport, but this time he is hunting in the urban jungle that is Los Angeles, and only one cop can stop him.
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street. Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.