Mykelti Williamson
1) Clean
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A garbage collector sucked into the orbit of a local crime boss must face the violence of his past to find redemption in this bloody thrill ride.
2) Forrest Gump
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Forrest Gump is a low-intelligence man who has good intentions. He struggles through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His mama teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army and heads off to Vietnam where he becomes friends with Dan and Bubba. He wins medals, starts a table tennis craze, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, create the smiley, writes bumper stickers...
3) Fences
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's been two years since Leo Barnes stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn, or both be sacrificed for their sins...
5) August Rush
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
Series
Language
English
Description
The movie series that taps into your deepest fears returns with a new chapter. A strange premonition causes friends to abandon their day at the speedway, just before a crushing pileup hurtles cars into the bleachers with fiery consequences. They have cheated Death. But Death is only getting started and the friends wage a fierce fight to keep themselves and others alive-Container.
7) Run the race
Language
English
Description
Reeling from his mother's death and his father's abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers' ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach and his dreams on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The plan was simple enough. Crash a big drug deal. Hold up the boss. Make off with the cash. Simple enough ... until an undercover cop takes a fatal bullet. Now four small-time crooks are on the run -- with a suitcase full of cocaine, two yuppie hostages, and too many secrets to keep.
9) Free Willy
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming story about a troubled young boy's touching relationship with an orca whale who is the star attraction at his local adventure park. When the boy learns of the unfortunate plans the park has for his friend, he risks his own life to return Willy to his natural habitat.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 75
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mitch Albom has a pretty great life. He lives in Detroit and is happily married, he's an award-winning sportswriter, a must-read newspaper columnist, a screenwriter, a radio and television broadcaster. Then two men come into his life, and he realizes something's missing. Rabbi Albert Lewis presides over a thriving synagogue in a comfortable New Jersey suburb, and pastor Henry Covington, a recovering drug user and dealer, preaches to the poor and homeless...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A vicious hate crime at an elite New England college thrusts the new dean of students into the investigation. When charged with maintaining order on campus, she is forced to examine her own feelings about race. Based on the critically acclaimed play, a compelling movie that examines the emotional fallout of prejudice within the cloistered walls of academia.
12) Con air
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Language
English
Description
Cameron Poe is a highly decorated US ranger. He is convicted of manslaughter after protecting his wife from a drunken brawler. After eight years in prison he is being paroled and going home to his wife and daughter. His ride home is on the Jailbird, a secure air craft designed for prisoner transport. The plane is transporting some of society's most vicious murderers to Feltham Penitentiary, Lousiana's toughest maximum security prison. A surprising...
13) After the sunset
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two master thieves are finally retiring after one last incredibly successful heist. Moving to the Bahamas to reside in their own tropical paradise, the pair's old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is a ocean liner called the "Diamond Cruise" and Stan is convinced that they're not really retired at all, and that this is just the next set up. While Lola is busy settling into their new...
14) Heat
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vincent Hanna is a brilliant L.A. cop following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by master thief Neil McCauley. The trouble is, McCauley's expertise is at least equal to Hanna's.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (203 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4
Language
English
Description
The replacement killers (1998, extended cut, 96 min.): After he betrays Mr. Wei, the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son's death, professional killer John Lee goes on the run. Enlisting the aid of beautiful document forger Meg Coburn, Lee attempts to return to his family in China before they are victimized by his betrayal. But Wei's army of replacement killers is hot on his trail and now both he and Meg are targets of their impressive...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (313 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Species: A human-alien hybrid escapes from observation and scientist Xavier Fitch dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind.
Species II: Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He is slowly transforming into a terrifying alien entity. With time running out, the ultimate battle...
17) Lucky # Slevin
Pub. Date
℗2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A case of mistaken identity lands down-on-his-luck Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin begins to be under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat. He finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get to them before they get him.
18) Don't let go
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack Radcliff, a homicide detective, picks up his niece Ashley from a theater. It is revealed that Ashley does not like her father Garret due to his bipolar disorder and history with drug abuse. A day after Jack has a serious talk with his brother about getting his life together, he receives a crying call for help from Ashley. Jack rushes to her house but is too late, finding the dead bodies of Ashley, his brother Garret, and Garret's wife in an apparent...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (299 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The purge election year: It's been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must...
20) August Rush
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1digital discs 113 minutes: sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.