Maury Chaykin
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two carefree pals (Macchio and Whitfield) traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, Vincent Gambini (Pesci) is the cousin of one of them and he is a lawyer. Vinny is a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try and has never been in court. When cousin Vinny arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend (Tomei) to handle his first case, it's a real shock - for both Vinny...
2) Entrapment
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A solitary master thief and an insurance company investigator team up for a multibillion-dollar heist.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Officially, coolly efficient covert operative Neil Shaw does not exist. Try telling that to anyone standing in Shaw's way. Wesley Snipes plays Shaw, one of an elite, off-the -record team of United Nations agents, in this stylish action thriller. High-tech gadgetry. High-powered armaments. They're all weapons of choice as Shaw unravels a murderous scheme to destroy a historic summit with China--on container.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. John Dunbar wants to see the American frontier before it is gone. Assigned to an abandoned fort with a Sioux tribe as his only neighbor, he overcomes the language barrier and mutual fear and distrust to become a friend of the tribe. But his knowledge of their ultimate fate forces him to make a crucial decision.
5) Varian's war
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The story of Varian Fry, a forgotten hero of World War II. He constructed an elaborate underground rescue network saving some of the most influential figures of that era, including painter Marc Chagall. The safe arrival of these individuals in the United States permanently changed the face of American culture.
6) Plan B
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
As a mousey bookkeeper for a gangster, Fran's gone from erasing entries in ledgers to erasing people for her boss. Her boss makes her his hit woman after she pulls a gun and accidentally gives three would-be assailants a fatal case of lead poisoning. Deciding that she can't kill, she comes up with "Plan B" and helps put her would-be victims in hiding.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Following a tragic schoolbus accident, high-profile lawyer Mitchell Stephens descends upon a small town. With promises of retribution and a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the grieving community, Stephens begins his investigation into the details of the crash. But beneath the town's calm, he uncovers a tangled web of lies, deceit and forbidden desires that mirrors his own troubled personal life. Gradually, we learn that Stephens has his own...
8) Bartleby
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When the manager of a public records firm decides his staff of three could use some help, he hires Bartleby, the one and only candidate who applies for the job. But before long, the eccentric new employee creates an uproar by repeatedly defying his boss with the phrase "I'd prefer not to."
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Based on real events that occured in between 1980 and 1981. Dan Mahowney is a quiet, unassuming assistant manager at a bank in Toronto. He is a compulsive gambler and runs up a massive debt with his bookie. Dan's bank responsibilities include approving loans. Needing to cover his debts, Dan starts approving loans to non-existent clients and adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to other accounts. As Dan's debts begin to grow into the seven figure...
10) Mystery, Alaska
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A remote, hockey-obsessed town populated by 633 of the most eccentric characters you'd ever want to meet, Mystery is the kind of place where nothing ever changes. But then life as they know it gets turned completely upside down when a publicity stunt brings the world-famous New York Rangers to Mystery for a game with the local team of weekend warriors and the whole town rises to meet the challenge of a lifetime.
11) Blindness
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of 'white blindness.' Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where societal norms quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. Inside the hospital is one eyewitness to the nightmare. Following her husband into the hospital, a woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague...
12) Sugartime
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When Vegas mobster Sam Giancana falls for singer Phyllis McGuire, it's no ordinary love affair. Sam agrees to kill Castro for the CIA, if they will get the mob-busting Kennedy's off his back, but the FBI is using his realtionship with Phyllis to shake down the mob.
14) Heavens fall
Publisher
Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A tragic true story of nine black men who were pulled off an Alabama freight train and accused of raping two young white women, quickly tried, and sentenced to the electric chair. Forcing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a lone man defends them.
Publisher
A & E
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A dozen cases await the reclusive Manhattan epicure and his gregarious sidekick. Archie finds a dead woman's body while doing a simple favor for a friend. Wolfe bolts from court when he believes his testimony will convict an innocent man. While fetching his raincoat, Archie stumbles onto a murder scene. A delivery boy is murdered and Archie is the prime suspect. Wolfe and Archie hunt for the mother of an abandoned baby. A lecherous producer is poisoned...
16) Wilby wonderful
Series
Film Movement ; 3, film 2
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A comedy focusing on the residents of a tiny island town during the course of a strange twenty-four hours.
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Mighty ducks: Slapped with a community service assignment, a tough trial lawyer must coach a ragtag team of pee wee hockey players who can't skate, can't score and can't win.
Miracle: Based on the true story of the most famous team in the history of American sports: the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Follow from the team's selection process to the ultimate victory over Finland for the gold.
Slap shot: The coach of a third-rate hockey team signs...