Donald Sutherland
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world full of bullies. With his parents constantly stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, Milton's world is in crisis. But when his Grandpa comes to visit, he discovers worrying about the future only make things worse.
3) Alone
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a man barricades himself inside his apartment in the midst of a pandemic, his complex is overrun by zombies.
4) Ad astra
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious event in space threatens Earth, an astronaut sets out on a journey to find his long-lost father, who went missing during an expedition to Mars.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
A recreation of the dramatic 19th century train robbery masterminded by Edward Pierce. He was the first man in history to rob a moving train, and he and his accomplices got away with a fortune in gold.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
The original take-off cult classic from the highly successful team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (Airplane, The Naked Gun), this "uproariously funny [film]" - TV Guide launched a thousand laughs and serves as a precursor to the raunch-fests of the '80s and the blockbuster success of the Farrelly Brothers films. Directed by the legendary John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers), THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE features a lewd, loosely...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Training day: On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears. John Q: A down-on-his luck father, whose insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, takes the hospital's emergency room hostage until the doctors agree to perform the operation. Fallen: Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings...
9) Forsaken
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An embittered gunslinger attempts to make amends with his estranged father while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.
10) Fallen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©1998
Edition
Standard version [and] widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met, already caught and already killed.
11) The art of war
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
A special agent working for the United Nations unravels a scheme to disrupt a historic summit in China.
12) The mechanic
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bishop is an assassin with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and he is the best in the business. But when Harry, his mentor and friend, is murdered, Bishop wants those responsible dead. After Harry's son approaches him with the same vengeful goal, Bishop takes the impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. However, deceptions will surface, and those...
13) Frankenstein
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Obsessed with violating the laws of nature and of life and death, scientist Victor Frankenstein constructs a creature from the limbs of the dead. Once jolted into life, the creature proves to be even more human than his creator. He is knowledgeable, wise and also possessed of a conscience. Unable to inspire love, he chooses to inspire fear and vows to avenge himself upon the man who created and then abandoned him.
14) Horrible bosses
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"For Nick, Kurt, and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few too many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers-- permanently. There's only one problem: even the best-laid plans are only...
15) Measure of a man
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Bobby (Blake Cooper) is enduring a tortuous family vacation. His summer job is backbreaking, his parents appear on the verge of divorce, his sister is forcing him to keep her secrets, and his best friend is leaving. On top of that, a crazy townie is out to get him. Over the course of an emotional rollercoaster of a summer, Bobby learns what makes up the true measure of a man in this feel-good coming-of-age story co-starring Donald...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival...
17) The best offer
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious heiress asks famed but unscrupulous art appraiser and auctioneer Virgil Oldman to evaluate her late parents' collection yet remains forever unseen behind closed doors, it ignites a spark of curiosity in the normally austere Virgil that soon grows into an all-out obsession. Before long everything in Virgil's carefully constructed life threatens to come apart as he delves ever further into the world of intrigue surrounding his enigmatic...
18) Reign over me
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
[Full screen ed.].
Language
English
Description
Alan Johnson runs into his old college roommate, Charlie Fineman, on the streets of New York City. He is surprised to find that Charlie does not remember him at all. Alan later learns that Charlie is suffering with grief over the loss of his family on 9/11. Flooded with grief, Charlie quits his job and isolates himself from everyone around him. Alan attempts to help Charlie get over his grief by rekindling their friendship. As Alan spends a lot of...
19) Kelly's heroes
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A hard-nosed officer during WWII discovers that behind German lines is a bank filled with gold. Now all he has to do to strike it rich is figure out how to get it without getting killed.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen.
Language
English
Description
When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plans for their earthly admirers. These blossoms are going to slowly clone human bodies and then dispose of the originals.
