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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
LUST FOR GOLD: A RACE AGAINST TIME is a true story is about obsession, greed, and the hunt for gold. Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monumental discovery and tempts fate for fortune as he hatches a secret plan to prove his claim. With his estranged son at his side, he secures an entertainment and personal injury lawyer who assembles a team — a retired blackjack dealer, a veterinary assistant,...
22) Moana
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mythic adventure set around 2,000 years ago across a series of islands in the South Pacific. The film follows the journey of a spirited teenager named Moana as she meets the once-mighty demi-god Maui, and together they traverse the open ocean, encountering enormous fiery creatures and impossible odds.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck, his idol. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way they face many dangers; Bilbo meets Gollum and takes...
25) SamSam
Publisher
Blue Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
SamSam has great friends, great family, and even his own flying saucer. But he’s still waiting on one thing: actual superpowers.
26) Zarafa
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, ZARAFA is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Nominated for Best Feature at **Annecy International Animated Film Festival**. Nominated for Directing in an Animated Feature Production at the **Annie Awards**....
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
A return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. Haunted by his turbulent past, he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord with his gangs, pursues the rebels ruthlessly...
28) Glorious 39
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In this tense WWII-era thriller, Anne, a young woman from a political family, stumbles upon sinister evidence relating to a secret Nazi conspiracy plot and ends up caught in a deadly web of lies and betrayal.
29) Bumblebee
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Charlie Watson discovers and repairs an old Volkswagen Beetle as a way to remember her father and stake her independence from a stepfather she abhors, with only the music of The Smiths and the unrequited crush of the boy-next-door for friends. When she discovers the VW Bug is actually an alien robot on a reconnaissance mission for the rest of his race, the two form a bond which eventually has her putting her life on the line against evil alien robots,...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The world was saved after an epic battle that left a great city torn. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history, while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has...
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A man of words is forced to become a man of action as John discovers the secret bucket list of his terminally ill son Robin. The two secretly abscond from the hospital an experience a father-son adventure in South Africa and fulfill the boy’s greatest wishes - as the police pursue John for kidnapping.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Travel to the polar regions with five Arctic and Antarctic experts on an exquisite visual journey, produced in partnership with National Geographic. You’ll encounter incredible wildlife, learn about the “heroic era” of polar exploration, discover how indigenous peoples thrive in these climates, and gain valuable tips on how to take captivating photographs in the otherworldly landscapes.
Publisher
Blue Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
20-year-old Alma rescues two helpless cubs and forms an inseparable bond. Soon their world collapses as a forest ranger discovers the animals and takes them away. The two cubs must embark on a dangerous journey to be reunited once more.
35) Selkie
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Jamie (Shimon Moore) is a typical teenager living the good life: a popular lad, he has a part-time job, is on the footy team and is the lead guitarist in a rock band. But all this is threatened when his mum (Celine O'Leary) announces that she has a new job as head scientist at a marine research base. Forced to uproot and move to a remote island, Jamie soon discovers that all is not as it seems. He begins to notice changes to his body – scales and...
36) Hillary
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, this intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.
37) Daydreamer
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen comes to life in a world of animation combined with live action. Young Andersen falls asleep and in his dreams of his childhood in a Danish village, we meet, little by little, his family, his friends and the characters who appear in his most famous fairy tales.
Publisher
Dandelooo
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
4 charming stories capture snow’s magical atmosphere. Ernest, a rather large and marginal bear, and a street musician and clown, has invited Celestine, a mischievous little mouse, to live with him. In the world of bears befriending a mouse is frowned upon.
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Grumpy Cat is a lonely cat living in a mall pet shop. Because she always gets passed over and never gets chosen by customers, this kitty develops a sour outlook on life until…one day during the holidays, a very special 12-year-old girl named Chyrstal enters the pet store and falls in love with Grumpy Cat. A unique friendship is formed between the two when Chyrstal finds she is the only person who can hear this unique feline talk. Will Grumpy Cat...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the land of Iolph, all the people stop aging in their mid-teens and can live for hundreds of years. One resident, Maquia, feels lonely despite the peaceful and idyllic land she lives in. But one day, the Mesarte army invades Iolph, seeking the peoples' blood for their immortality. Maquia manages to escape the destruction and chaos of war, but with no home or people, she becomes a wanderer in a dark forest. She comes across Erial, an infant mortal...
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