Laurence Fishburne
1) Contagion
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
2) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley₂s best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
3) Ride along
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fast-talking security guard Ben joins his soon-to-be brother-in-law James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta in order to prove himself worthy of marrying Angela, James's sister.
4) Man of steel
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
5) Man of steel
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
6) Bad company
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two former secret agents run a business to perform corporate dirty work.
7) Mystic River
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean and Dave are reunited after a brutal murder. Reformed convict Jimmy and his devoted wife Annabeth find out that their teenage daughter Katie has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean is the homicide detective assigned to the case. Jimmy gets his relatives, the Savage brothers to conduct their own investigation. Jimmy and Sean soon suspect their old pal Dave, who now lives a quite life, but harbors some...
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 365 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990, 95 min.): After wading in a puddle of radioactive waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (1991, 88 min.): The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles face a new challenge when a canister of the mutagen slime that transformed them fifteen years ago falls into the hands of their enemy the Shredder.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III...
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
10) Man of steel
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 video discs (151 mins., 182 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on Superman, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor. It's up to Superman and Batman to set aside their differences along with Wonder Woman to stop Lex Luthor and Doomsday from destroying Metropolis.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 video discs (151 mins., 182 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on Superman, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor. It's up to Superman and Batman to set aside their differences along with Wonder Woman to stop Lex Luthor and Doomsday from destroying Metropolis.
13) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., 29 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.