Curtis Armstrong
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the public imagination as Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. A classically trained actor, Curtis began his incredible 40-year career on stage but progressed rapidly to film...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joel is a suburban teenager in the wealthy northern Chicago suburbs with the family house and Porsche at his disposal when his parents leave on vacation. Through his scheming friends, he finds himself entertaining the very sexy Lana. After meeting Joel's enthusiastic friends, Lana spots a business opportunity. She suggests filling a business need by bringing in some of her colleagues. Although not convinced this is a good idea, Joel agrees when he...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
Language
English
Formats
Description
An all-new, heartwarming holiday adventure where the hilarious canine speaks for the first time! When Henry the elf flees the North Pole with Santa's sleigh and his magical bag of toys, he crash-lands the precious cargo in a suburban neighborhood tree. But when the bag ends up in the wrong hands, it's up to heroic Beethoven and his teenage pal, Mason to rescue Henry, fetch Santa's toys and save Christmas for children everywhere.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
How do you deal with a fallout of Heavenly proportions? With the angelic Host's descent to Earth. Sam and Dean now face a world inhabited by thousands of powerful beings which soon form their own chaotic agendas. Before tackling the threat of the "loose nukes" roaming the globe, the Winchesters engage in their most personal conflict yet. Meanwhile, Castiel finds he's more vulnerable - and yet capable of more humanity - than ever. As the threat escalates,...
7) Me, Eloise
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
It's Eloise's sixth birthday and she is determined it will be a special party. Besides planning her big day, she is busy making friends with a new girl at the hotel. Of course things don't go as planned and Eloise almost misses her own party!
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When 12-year-old Josh Peters' dog digs up a gold medallion that supposedly leads to a fortune in hidden Conquistador gold, the boy and his dog pair up with newcomer Ana to reclaim the treasure in hopes of saving their home from foreclosure. Little do they know that the woods ahead are riddled with booby traps and plagued by an ancient curse. Plus, two conniving thieves will track them into the endless maze of trees, bent upon claiming the treasure...
9) Quigley
Publisher
Good Times Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
On the brink of making an announcement that would forever change the lives of his employees, Archie experiences a tragic accident that takes him to the gates of Heaven where he is sent back to redeem himself ... as a Pomeranian.
10) Ray
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard. 'Ray' follows as he overcomes drug addiction while becoming one of the country's most beloved performers.
11) One crazy summer
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
They're out of school, out on Nantucket ... and out of their minds! Anything can happen, and everything will happen during ONE CRAZY SUMMER! John Cusack and Demi Moore star as Hoops McCann, the scion of a long line of basketball stars who longs buck family tradition to be a cartoonist, and Cassandra Eldrich, the young woman who teaches him to follow his dreams even as she takes a hiatus from her own to help her grandparents save their house. Everything...
13) Better off dead
Publisher
CBS Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"After Beth, the girl of his dreams, dumps him for the school's arrogant ski-team captain, Lane's prolific and dark imagination runs overtime. He wavers between bungling attempts to kill himself and inept efforts to win his ex-girlfriend back. All the while, Lane's also dealing with his quirky family, dodging a relentless paperboy who's out to collect, amd meeting the charming French exchange student next door who just might be the unexpected key...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This time the gang is off to the United Fraternity Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, but thanks to the Alpha Betas, the Tri-Lambs are forced to endure Florida's most dismal accommodations. Even though the boys are misled, mistreated and misused, they once again strike back, proving the importance of self-respect .
16) Locker 13
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An anthology feature film comprised of five vignettes. Each story is connected by a mysterious locker 13.
17) Southland tales
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2008, the United States is a virtual police state, with the government taking control of nearly every part of people's lives. A German firm has found a way to generate energy using seawater, but both public and private concerns are desperate to prevent the new technology from being introduced in the gasoline-starved United States. Boxer Santaros is an actor famous for his role in action films. He is currently trying to secure financing for a new...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
It's a new era at Adams College. The nerds have taken over, making the Tri Lambda fraternity the most popular on campus and the entire campus not just nerd-friendly but nerdocentric. But when Alpha Beta alumni campaign to regain their former turf, the nerds are forced to call in the cavalry: the original nerds.
19) Moola
Publisher
Distributed by Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Sometimes 'manure happens, ' and unfortunately for business partners and best pals Steve and Harry, they're in it up to their eyeballs. With their chemical light-stick company and both of their marriages on the brink of collapse, their hoped-for success story is about to go Chapter 11. That is until a huge deal suddenly materializes and promises to change their lives forever.
20) Smokin' Aces
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy "Aces" Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.