Michael Rispoli
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Popular Chicago weatherman Dave Spritz (Nicolas Cage) has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on top of the world, but his personal life is in complete disarray. The harder he tries to hold on, the more he loses his grip. His painful divorce, his Pulitzer Prize-winning dad’s (Michael Caine) illness, and trouble with his kids have Dave poised on the knife’s edge between...
2) Invincible
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
5) Scarred city
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
City officils look the other way as the "SCAR" (Select Unit Armed Response) unit, led by Lt. Lain Devon, use their extreme ruthless and corrupt tactics to take out the city's most violent an dangerous criminals. When Officer John Trace is recruited for the unit, he discovers true nature. During a bust John breaks the SCAR code by letting a call-girl named Candy escape. When the others discover what he has done, a hit is put out on Candy. In a deperate...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the rise of the porn industry that began in New York City in 1971-72, driven by the gradual legalization of porn and a politically motivated effort to 'clean up' Times Square. Over the course of eight episodes, viewers will get an up-close look at a gritty world of sex, crime, high times and sudden violence, as the porn business begins its climb to legitimacy, cultural permanence, and billion-dollar profitability.
7) Mr. 3000
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Stan Ross was a great Major League hitter, and also a major league jerk. Upon reaching his 3000th hit and securing his place in the Hall of Fame, Stan retires, leaving his team in a lurch just before the playoffs. 9 years later when Stan is on the verge of sports immortality, a statistical error reveals that Stan, "Mr. 3000", is really Stan, "Mr. 2997". Now, at nearly 50 years old, and 3 hits shy of hitting his goal, Stan decides to make a comeback....
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Betty Broderick was the perfect Southern California blonde wife and mother. Married to her handsome college boyfriend Dan, Betty suffers through years of sacrifice while supporting Dan through both medical and law school and is finally able to enjoy the fruits of their labors. That is, until Dan hires Linda, a bright, beautiful young woman without baggage with whom he can happily forget the struggles of his past. Betty's attempts to fight back and...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Venom-laced and the raucous rivalry of scandalized former kid-show host Rainbow Randolph and his squeaky-clean replacement, Sheldon Mopes, a.k.a. Smoochy the Rhino. Randolph is insanely obsessed with getting his job back, but Smoochy's a smash, and their war for kid-vid supremacy places a jaded "KidNet" producer in the middle of a Rainbow/Rhino smackdown.
10) The reunion
Publisher
WWE Studios
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When estranged half-brothers reluctantly reunite after their father's death, they learn that their promised inheritance has a catch. Together with their sister and ne'er-do-well younger brother , they must cross into Mexico to find and apprehend their father's former business partner. The family's bounty hunting job quickly turns into a dangerous search for a kidnapped billionaire and a run-in with a powerful drug lord.
Publisher
Maya Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
After her therapist departs for a month-long vacation, a young Manhattanite deeply afraid of commitment uses Craig's List to create a support group for anyone in need of therapy, while also juggling a new romance. Fear of commitment meets fear of abandonment in this quirky romantic comedy.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A tragic mistake lands nineteen-year-old baseball phenom Sonny Stano in jail before his burgeoning professional baseball career gets off the ground. Now, twenty years later and fresh out of prison, he works to win back his respect, his family, his lost love and his dream of being a professional baseball player"--Container.
13) Union Square
Publisher
Film Buff
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After having rejected her tumultuous family and establishing a new and more ordered life for herself, Jenny finally seems ready to commit to her longtime fiance. When her estranged sister Lucy suddenly reappears in her life, everything Jenny hoped to escape from threatens to catch up with her. But Jenny and Lucy's combustible reunion might be just what they both needed, an opportunity to shatter and reconstruct the worlds they carefully constructed...
14) Honor up
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A druglord's lieutenant struggles to maintain the code of honor within his unruly crew after a Harlem shootout,.
15) Summer of Sam
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"[A] movie that takes you back to New York City's infamous summer of 1977. The heat is soaring to record highs, blackouts are filling the streets with looters and the murders of a man who calls himself the Son of Sam are gripping the giant city in fear. As friends in a small Italian neighborhood become obsessed with the idea that Son of Sam is someone nearby, the madman's fearsome plague of terror becomes the catalyst that prompts relationships to...
16) Invincible
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring true story of a down-and-out 30-year-old bartender who overcomes overwhelming odds to reach his dream in the National Football League. Vince Papale never played a game of college football in his life, but with a never-say-die attitude, this scrappy underdog helped his hometown team rediscover their winning spirit and rallied an entire city when they needed it most"--Container.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Mafia boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel) is retiring. When he gathers the family to give the news, the Don surprises everyone by anointing his goofy adopted son Young-gu (Hyung-Rae Shim) as the next godfather. With Young-gu bumble his way to success and prove his father proud? Or will his dumb antics play into his enemies' goal to leave Young-gu sleeping with the fishes?"--Container.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Although a good kid and gifted pitcher, sixteen-year-old Cole McKay's imploding South Boston Irish Catholic family threatens to drag him down until, while at a crossroads, a life and death situation makes him choose his path.
19) Two family house
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A man who loves to dream decides he has a dull life and blames his wife and his friends. To change, he will have to risk it all.
20) Pain & gain
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When an ambitious group of personal trainers go after the American dream, they get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. Now, living large will take everything they've got.