Jon Gries
1) Stick it
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Haley Graham is a rebellious ex-gymnast-turned-juvenile delinquent who is forced to enroll at an elite gymnastics academy, the VGA in Houston, Texas. The facility is run by the legendary Olympic gymnast Burt Vickerman. But Haley is not welcomed into the academy by the other gymnasts who despise her for walking out on her Junior Olympic team years earlier during a competition, costing them the gold medal. Vickerman takes it upon himself to coach Haley...
2) Taken
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan...
3) Taken 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose long awaited reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered, must use his 'particular set of skills' to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now: his daughter." --
Language
English
Formats
Description
Napoleon is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his older brother, Kip, and trying to avoid his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napolean's life - shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro - the trio launches a campaing to elect Pedro for class president and make the student body's wildest dreams come true. But...
5) Taken 2
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA operative who finds himself taken hostage along with his wife. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his kidnappers.
6) The rundown
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Beck is anxious to retire from his bounty hunter work, but his boss, Walker, has one more "retrieval" job for him. He sends Beck into the Brazilian rainforest to bring back his wayward son, Travis. Travis is there looking for a gold statue, which he could sell for millions if he finds it. The powerful Hatcher owns the area's huge mine, and feels that anything found in the area is his property. He refuses to let Beck take Travis back to the U.S. until...
7) Taken
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The pretender 2001: Picking up where the television series left off, this movie features even deeper explorations in the show's mythology, including a revealing look back at how Jarod originally escaped from the Centre. But now he must infiltrate the NSA to capture a ruthless assassin who might be a fellow pretender from his past.
The pretender, the island of the haunted: Jarod takes a keen interest in an ancient symbol that may unlock secrets about...
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When a plane carrying Charlie Halliday and a sick, Inuit woman, Kanaalay, crashes hundreds of miles from civilization, they are at the mercy of nature's worst. While search parties try to locate the plane, Charlie decides to trek overland promising the woman he will return with help. Despite her sickness, she follows Charlie. Kanaalay teaches him the skills he will need in order to survive and he comes to respect her wisdom and her spirit.
10) Frank
Publisher
First Look Studios
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A family from the big city spends the summer on an island. They find a stray dog, and together they find that the best thing in life is family.
11) Good intentions
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Meet Etta Milford. Loving wife. Doting mother. Armed robber. With their savings gone, her husband suspicious, and their children out of control, she concocts a scheme to get back their money and save her family. There are just a few things she has to do first, including blackmailing the sheriff, holding up the grocery store, and getting some much-needed advice from the stripper at the Shangri-la.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Jarod is a pretender. He is a very intelligent person who has the ability to slide into somebody else's personality. For that purpose, he was taken from his family as a child in order to work for a secret agency called The Centre. After Jarod escapes The Centre, he has new missions in life - to help people in need with his gift, and to find out what really happened to his allegedly dead parents. Only, Miss Parker and her team are out to get him.
14) September dawn
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Takes an up-close look at the devastation wrought by religious fanaticism and set against the backdrop of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. As a wagon train of westward-bound settlers makes its way across southern Utah, a confrontation with a congregation of Mormons soon leads to deadly consequences for all involved. Centered on the massacre, which continues to stir controversy over a century and a half after the fact.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Napoleon is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his older brother, Kip, and trying to avoid his scheming Uncle Rico. When two new friends enter Napolean's life - shy Deb and mustachioed Pedro - the trio launches a campaign to elect Pedro for class president and make the student body's wildest dreams come true. But...
16) 5 time champion
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A teenage boy, adrift amongst a sea of family indiscretions, discovers what it means to be a man.
17) Twin Falls Idaho
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Siamese twins Francis and Blake Falls seclude themselves from a society horrified by their unique appearance. But their co-existence is threatened when a beautiful young woman enters their lives, challenging them to re-examine their physical and emotional co-dependence.
18) Elsewhere
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Teenage girls are mysteriously disappearing in the small town of Goshen, Indiana. No one seems to care. After revealing to her best friend Sarah that she has been meeting men online, Jillian goes missing. Now, the only clues to her whereabouts are her diary and a cryptic video message that has been sent from her cell phone.
20) Endgame
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Since he was five years old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose finds himself in the spotlight and has the chance to use his skills as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals." --