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1) Arrival
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team, including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
3) Alien
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.
4) Skyline
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern California. But when sunrise arrives two hours early in the form of a haunting light from an unknown source, a group of friends watches in terror as people across the city are drawn outside and swept into massive alien ships that have blotted out the L.A. skyline. From tankers to drones and hydra-like extraterrestrials, the aliens are inescapable and seemingly indestructible.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even though it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother, Telly, still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist insists she's delusional. Worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed. Haunted by the memories of her son, Telly's search for the truth propels her into a dark mind-shattering conspiracy...
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The team has always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe, but in this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the organization.
8) Signs
Series
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Edition
Widescreen verion (16x9 ; 1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot crop circle is found on the farm of Graham Hess, the town's reverend. The circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alien in the form of a voluptuous young woman combs the streets of Scotland in search of men. She lures a succession of lost souls into her otherworldly lair, where they are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.
10) Venom
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent super alter-ego. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
Intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for language.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare people for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring the world back from the brink of extinction.
12) Avatar
Language
English
Description
Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It's summer vacation, but the Pearson family kids are stuck at a boring lake house with their nerdy parents. That is until feisty, little, green aliens crash-land on the roof, with plans to conquer the house and Earth! Using only their wits, courage and video game-playing skills, the youngsters must band together to defeat the aliens and save the world, but the toughest part might be keeping the whole thing a secret from their parents!"--Container....
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Full screen Special collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Residents of the small town of Linda Rosa, Calif. are excited when they see a flaming meteor land in the hills. Their excitement is dampened when they discover it has passengers from Mars aboard. They soon discover that the Martians are not very friendly.
15) A quiet place
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful and evil force threatens to attack a family whenever they make a noise, causing them to plunge into lives of silence. Any move they make, they live with the terrifying threat of being ambushed at any moment. With their existence on the line, they will need to develop a plan to escape their perilous circumstances. The question is whether or not time has already run out on their aspirations to lead normal lives. In a post-apocalyptic world,...
16) Star trek
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien vessel. He was searching for Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. Twenty years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker. He is inspired by Capt. Christopher Pike to fulfill his potential in Starfleet, even though he annoys his instructors. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan...
17) Mars needs moms
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take out the trash, eat your broccoli. Who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians, who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Milo's quest to save his mom involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet, and taking on the alien nation and their leader.
18) Alien: Covenant
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.
19) Max Steel
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen year old Max McGrath, who's body can generate the universe's most powerful energy, and a techno-organic extraterrestrial named Steel become unlikely friends and soon find themselves hunted by sinister forces who want to control Max's powers, as well as an unstoppable enemy from another galaxy.
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vol. Two continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes' aid as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand.
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