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(0)Edward Asner
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Cody Cullen is touched by a lovely Christmas card sent to him by Faith Spelman. Faith lives in the small, picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves Cody's side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission for find her.
Special features: Edward Asner: a veteran's view; "Heart of a soldier: actor John Newton" featurette; Karene and Jeff: a real-life "Christmas...
3) Cargo
Publisher
The Asylum
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young car learns the importance of family when he embarks on a mission to rescue his father, who's been sent to Clunker Island to be repurposed as junk metal.
4) Up
Language
English
Description
Seventy-eight-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. He discovers too late that an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell has stowed away.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When a spaceship splashes down in Gotham Harbor, Batman and Superman encounter a mysterious Kryptonian with powers as great as Superman's. When Darkseid gets wind of this, he has the Kryptonian abducted and brought under his control on Apokolips. It's up to Batman and Superman to retrieve the Kryptonian, forcing them to infiltrate Darkseid's hostile world where super-powerful threats lurk around every corner.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Airing on NBC from 1973-1978, this anthology series, based on the work of ex-cop turned author Joseph Wambaugh, became the archetype for many critically-acclaimed cop shows that followed. With no regular cast, the show rotated actors and further distinguished itself from its predecessors by its multidimensional portrayal of its protagonists. Its gripping episodes took on difficult issues like police corruption and the stresses that can come with a...
8) Scat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Adventurous young Boca decides he must do something after coming to the realization that his tribe is starving. Along with his friend Nipop, he heads out in search of a magical plant from the Bonta Forest that will feed everyone and make him a hero, but the adventure is not as easy as he thought it would be.
10) Roots
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
11) The bachelor
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Faced with the choice of getting married within the next 24 hours or losing a $100 million inheritance, unrepentant bachelor Jimmie Shannon is suddenly desperate to get to the altar.
12) The games maker
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A young boy's new found love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention. But when an evil games master attempts to destroy the world he created, Ivan must rise up against his nemeses and risk losing everything to win the game.
13) Elf
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
An orphan raised as an elf in Santa's workshop discovers that he is actually human, prompting him to leave the North Pole in search of his biological father.
14) Up
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
Publisher
Walt Disney Pictures
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Apple Dumpling Gang: Three orphan children strike gold in 1878 California.
Apple Dumpling Gang rides again: Amos and Theodore are back and trying to make it on their own. When they arrive at the town they are going to, all sorts of things go awry.
Hot lead & cold feet: A tough father is out to take control of a small western town with the help of his twin sons: one a gunfighter, the other a mild-mannered coward.
Gus: The California Atoms are in...
18) Elf
Publisher
New Line Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
One Christmas Eve, an orphan baby accidentally crawls into Santa's bag and is taken to the North Pole. Growing up among the elf community, Buddy soon realizes he doesn't fit in with the rest of the elves. His quest to find a place where he does belong takes him to New York and an opportunity to save Christmas.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Dead to Me stars Christina Applegate as Jen, a poised and put together woman with a dark sense of humor and an anger problem that she doesn't necessarily want to deal with. Jen has been struggling to keep it together in the months since her husband was killed in a hit-and-run accident. When she joins a grief support group she meets Judy (Linda Cardellini), a free spirit with a shocking secret.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Christmas in wonderland: when Brian and Mary find a hoard of cash at the local mall and launch a shopping spree, things start looking a lot like Christmas.
How the toys saved Christmas: a group of toys take matters into their own hands when their Christmas delivery is in jeopardy.
Man who saved Christmas: toy maker A.C. Gilbert convinced the U. S. Congress, during the rationed times of WWII, to save his factory and keep the Christmas spirit alive.
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