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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 430 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this 33rd collection of episodes froom the cult comedy series, Joel, Mike, Tom Servo, and Crow spend detention aboard the Satellite of Love with a breakfast club of cheesy movies including Daddy-O, Earth vs the Spider, Teen-age Crime Wave, Agent for H.A.R.M..
2) Spider-Man
Language
English
Formats
Description
After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate, MJ....
3) Serenity
Language
English
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Description
River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River's brain aboard a space-freighter. Captained by a down on his luck soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs, whether they are legal or not, while trying to avoid the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe. Then things get out of control and the true extent of River's powers becomes known. At the same time, the Alliance sends a new Operative...
Language
English
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Description
The Furian renegade Riddick has another bounty on his head, but when he escapes from his mercenary captors, he's plunged into an epic-scale war waged by the Necromongers. A fascist master race led by Lord Marshal becomes determined to conquer all enemies in their quest for the Underverse and it's up to Riddick to stop him from taking over the universe, but things don't go according to his plan.
Series
Language
English
Description
Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramificications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent...
Language
English
Description
A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into the abode of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual.
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When renowned paleontologist Dr. Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer and his wife on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures, he has no idea that he was brought along for a totally different reason. When their plane crashes and they become stranded, they discover the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than imagined.
10) The Iron giant
Author
Language
English
Description
Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: how do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steel-eating giant a secret?
11) Self/Less
Author
Language
English
Description
In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the secret organization that will kill to protect its cause.
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2055, a team of time travelers accidentally changes the course of evolution and must race against time to repair the damage to the timeline that may erase the human race from ever existing.
13) Before we vanish
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Three aliens travel to Earth on a reconnaissance mission in preparation for a mass invasion. Having taken possession of human bodies, the visitors rob the hosts of their essence, leaving them unrecognizable to their loved ones.
14) Pacific Rim
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes: a washed-up former pilot and an untested trainee, who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army. In their quest to save the human race from extinction, they gain greater insight into the construction of The Matrix and Neo's pivotal role in the fate of mankind.
16) Men in black II
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four years after agents J and K averted an intergalactic disaster J is still working for the MIB while K has returned to the comforts of civilian life. While investigating a seemingly routine crime, J uncovers a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena, an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a sexy lingerie model. It's a race against the clock as J must find and convince K--who not only has no memory of his time spent with the agency,...
17) Gravity
Language
English
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
18) Assimilate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While making a web series mocking their quaint small town, two high school teens discover that their relatives and neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures that are perfect copies of their victims.
19) Archive
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the near future, George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. When his wife is tragically killed in a car accident, he becomes obsessed with the impossible: bringing her back to life. Her memories have been preserved thanks to the Archive, but only for so long. In a race against time, George must defy scientific and ethical boundaries to save the one he loves most.
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