DVD - U. S. & Foreign Feature Films
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These are new feature films from all over the world.
The owners
Author(s):
Jiří Havelka
Tereza Ramba
Vojta Kotek
Dagmar Havlová
Jiří Lábus
Description:
A timely metaphor for failing democracy, The Owners takes a seriocomic look at the most local form of self-governance: the co-op apartment building meeting. It includes a curious cast of characters, all of whom own apartments in the same building in Prague, as they attempt to tolerate each other's presence long enough to make some important decisions about the building's future.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
891.86 Own
Den of thieves 2. Pantera
Author(s):
Christian Gudegast
Gerard Butler
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Evin Ahmad
Salvatore Esposito
Description:
Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world's largest diamond exchange.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Action
Sweetie, you won't believe it
Author(s):
Yernar Nurgaliev
Daniyar Alshinov
Asel Kalieva
Azamat Marklenov
Description:
A fishing trip with the boys quickly spirals out of control after witnessing a mob hit in the forest, setting off a series of insane, violent and hilarious misadventures. What begins with a couple quarreling about baby names soon ends in gory revenge and slapstick splatter in a seemingly indestructible one-eyed psychopath's cabin in the woods.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
894.345 Swe
September 5
Author(s):
Tim Fehlbaum
Peter Sarsgaard
John Magaro
Ben Chaplin
Leonie Benesch
Description:
September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
Ex-husbands
Author(s):
Noah Pritzker
Griffin Dunne
Rosanna Arquette
Richard Benjamin
James Norton
Description:
Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only to crash his son's bachelor party.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Comedy
There's still tomorrow = C'̈ ancora domani
Author(s):
Paola Cortellesi
Valerio Mastandrea
Romana Maggiora Vergano
Emanuela Fanelli
Giorgio Colangeli
Description:
In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life. An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
853 The
V/H/S/Beyond
Author(s):
Phillip Andre Botello
Alanah Pearce
Dane DiLiegro
Mitch Horowitz
Description:
The film is presented as an anthology of five short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own sixth short horror film shot akin to a documentary, with interviews from ufologists. Each short is linked together with the concept of found footage as each segment is from various VHS tapes.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Horror
Last breath
Author(s):
Alex Parkinson
Woody Harrelson
Simu Liu
Finn Cole
Cliff Curtis
Description:
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. Based on a true story, the crew use teamwork, resilience, and a race against time to do the impossible.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
Stay online
Author(s):
Yeva Strielnikova
Liza Zaitseva
Oleksandr Rudynskyi
Hordii Dziubynskyi
Olesia Zhurakivska
Description:
A young woman volunteering in Kyiv is given one of the thousands of laptops donated by ordinary Ukrainians to support the war effort. The woman receives a mysterious video call from a young boy searching for his father, the laptop's previous owner, who went missing during the Russian army's invasion. Reluctantly, she agrees to help find his missing parents a decision that will ultimately force her to risk the lives of her own loved ones.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
891.79 Sta
The alto knights
Author(s):
Barry Levinson
Robert De Niro
Debra Messing
Cosmo Jarvis
Kathrine Narducci
Description:
The Alto Knights follows two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, and how their separate paths to power place them on a deadly collision course.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
Absolution
Author(s):
Hans Petter Moland
Liam Neeson
Daniel Diemer
Javier Molina
Description:
An aging gangster attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify the mistakes in his past, but the criminal underworld won't loosen its grip willingly.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
The friend
Author(s):
Scott McGehee
David Siegel
Naomi Watts
Bill Murray
Sarah Pidgeon
Description:
A story of love, friendship, grief, and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a deceased friend and mentor.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
Drop
Author(s):
Christopher Landon
Meghann Fahy
Brandon Sklenar
Reed Diamond
Violett Beane
Description:
Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone. She is instructed to tell nobody and follow instructions or the hooded figure she sees on her home security cameras will kill Violet's young son and babysitting sister. Violet must do exactly as directed or everyone she loves will die. Her unseen tormentor's final directive? Kill Henry.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
A working man
Author(s):
David Ayer
Jason Statham
Jason Flemyng
Merab Ninidze
Maximilian Osinski
Description:
Levon Cade left his "profession" behind to live a simple life working construction and spending time with his daughter. But when his boss's teenage daughter vanishes, he's called upon to re-employ the skills that made him a legendary figure in the shadowy world of black ops. Levon's hunt for the missing college student takes him to the heart of a sinister criminal conspiracy creating a chain reaction that will threaten his new way of life.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Action
Sinners
Author(s):
Ryan Coogler
Michael B. Jordan
Hailee Steinfeld
Miles Caton
Jack O'Connell
Description:
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Horror
The return
Author(s):
Uberto Pasolini
Ralph Fiennes
Juliette Binoche
Charlie Plummer
Marwan Kenzari
Description:
After 20 years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands. To win back his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his strength.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Action
The room next door
Author(s):
Pedro Almodóvar
Julianne Moore
Tilda Swinton
John Turturro
Alessandro Nivola
Description:
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become a novelist while Martha became a war reporter. Separated by the circumstances of life and after years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Format:
DVD
Call Number:
Drama
