Danny DeVito
Author
Language
English
Description
In this black-comedy spin-off of Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, a writing student tries to persuade his instructor to "trade murders"...he will murder the instructor's ex-wife if the instructor will return the favor and kill his demented, domineering mother.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
5) Matilda
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full Screen. Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A little girl with a special talent challenges the cruel headmistress of a gloomy grade school. This is an all-new special edition DVD filled with bonus materials for families to enjoy. Featurettes include: Matilda's Movie Magic - Interactive, Matilda's Guide to Good Manners, Escape to the Library, Fun Set-Top Games, and Read Along with Matilda - Read-Along Feature.
6) Get Shorty
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
1997, c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmakerHarry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (380 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Whether it's underage drinking, homophobia or smokers' rights, no subject is off limits for the hilariously warped gang at Paddy's Pub. The staff of this neighborhood bar takes dysfunction and political incorrectness to wickedly hilarious extremes. Knock one back with Mac, Charlie, Dennis, his sister Dee, and their nihilistic father Frank, as their twisted and self-obsessed worldviews lead to awkward and outrageous misadventures, from sleeping with...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (332 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Welcome back for another round at Paddy's Irish Pub, where mentally-challenged rappers rub elbows with sex offenders, and where business as usual means sabotaging the bar down the street, selling coke for the mob and adopting dumpster babies for kicks.
10) Dumbo
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen format (1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A student tries to convince his writing professor to exchange murders - he'll murder his teacher's wife, and the prof will murder his student's mom.
12) Migration
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Mallard family is in a bit of a rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids - teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen - the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
13) Deck the halls
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two neighbors in a small New England town go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
14) When in Rome
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young New Yorker, disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome, where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate, a street magician, an adoring painter, and a self-admiring model. But when a charming reporter pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slaying of the patrons at an all-night diner. A tribute to tough film noir crime films.
16) Wiener dog
Publisher
IFC Films & Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Mans best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog...
17) Be cool
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Chili Palmer is tired of the producing movies after being forced to make a useless sequel. When a music producer friend is gunned down, he offers to help his widow run the business. Checking out a talented singer that his friend had been talking to him about puts Chili at odds with her sleazy music manager, his gay bodyguard, and his equally sleazy partner. The mismanagement of the music company also gets Chili threatened by members of the Russian...
18) The comedian
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.
19) Duplex
Language
English
Description
In terms of living the American Dream, Alex and Nancy have it pretty good. They're a young, vibrant couple in New York City with bright futures ahead of them. But one thing is missing: a home of their own. But their new home comes with one feature they didn't expect: an upstairs rent-controlled tenant, Mrs. Connelly, who isn't quite as easy going or frail as Alex and Nancy originally anticipated. As their blissful life begins to seriously fray around...
20) Smallfoot
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist: a human. News of this throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all-new story about friendship, courage, and the joy of discovery.