Bill Paxton
1) Mean Dreams
Author
Language
English
Description
Mean Dreams follows courageous local farm boy Jonas and the new girl next door, Casey, as they embark on a journey away from Casey's abusive father, Officer Caraway (Bill Paxton). Under relentless pursuit from her father and corrupt law enforcement, the duo learns the hard truth of what it will take in order to survive.
2) Resistance
Author
Language
English
Description
After American fighter pilot Ted Brice (Bill Paxton) is shot down on a reconnaissance mission over occupied Belgium, local underground members hide him in a secret room belonging to a resistance leader and his wife (Julia Ormond). As she nurses the injured pilot back to health, the two slowly fall in love. But when the affair is uncovered, a shocking act of betrayal threatens them and the resistance movement, forcing the officer to make a choice that...
4) Tombstone
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.
5) Frailty
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
The Meiks brothers, Fenton and Adam, have an idyllic relationship with their father. Their world is turned upside-down when their father suddenly announces that he has been visited by an angel who entrusted him with the holy mission of destroying "demons". Now, years after terrorizing a small Texas community, the God's Hand Killer has returned - leaving in his wake a perplexing trail of fear and death.
6) Nightcrawler
Language
English
Formats
Description
A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are...
7) U-571
Publisher
Universal Studios
Language
English
Formats
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the nazi's top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
8) The colony
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A savage and unrelenting thriller about mankind's greatest enemy: himself. As an endless winter engulfs Earth, humans struggle to survive in remote underground outposts. When Colony 7 receives a distress call from a nearby settlement, Sam and Briggs race through the snow on a dangerous rescue mission. What they find at the desolate base could mean mankind's salvation-or its total annihilation. Terrifying discoveries will unfold that will change the...
9) Titanic
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999], c1997
Language
English
Description
Two people from different worlds meet and fall in love on the brief, tragic maiden voyage of the grand ocean liner "Titanic".
10) Frank and Jesse
Publisher
Vidmark Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
The James Brothers, Frank and Jesse, feel they have no choice but to seek their own justice after witnessing the murder of their younger brother.
11) Haywire
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
After freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, Mallory is double-crossed and left for dead, by someone in her own agency. Suddenly the target of assassins who know her every move, Mallory unleashes the fury of her fighting skills to uncover the truth and turn the tables on her ruthless adversary. Special features included.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Travel with a team of scientists, and Bill Paxton, 12,500 feet to the wreckage of the Titanic. Follow two mini robotic cameras as they explore the nooks and crannies of the ship, and experience the breathtaking images of the long ago glamorous ship. Astonishing footage, flawless digital animation, and ghostly re-creations of the ship's final hours are seamlessly combined to orient the viewer at an intersection of tragic past and awe-inspiring present,...
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
JB Bernstein is a once-successful sports agent who may have to close his business. To save it, he comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called 'Million Dollar Arm' where two young finalists emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the US with a goal: get them signed as pitchers to a major league team. While the boys learn the game, they teach JB the meaning of teamwork...
14) Pixies
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Joe Beck has lost the love of his life thanks to a Pixie's curse and he now needs to figure out how to get his girl back, learn more about the mysterious Pixies, and undo a bad deed he did long ago.
15) Apollo 13
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
It had been less than a year since man first walked on the Moon, but to the American public, Apollo 13 was just another 'routine' space flight. That is until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director...
16) Predator 2
Series
Predator volume 2
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
Predator is a savage alien, invisible and armed with advanced weapons. On this, his second visit to Earth, he lands in Los Angeles and begins a series of ghastly murders. It's up to a determined police lieutenant to learn what is going on, even when he is warned off by a mysterious government agent.
17) Red wing
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"In a small Texas town, an innocent orphan boy, Francis, is hoping to find a place to call home. Maddie Blanton kindly welcomes her new charge, but her husband, Carl and his mother are suspicious of the boy. As Francis is becoming a man, and fueled by accusations from Carl's mistress, Vera, he is forced to leave the farm and finds employment with Jim Verret. Unsettling events draw him back to the Blantons, where courageously he embraces his new life."...
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the true American story of a legendary family feud, one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes, and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region where they lived.
19) The Circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
20) Edge of tomorrow
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a near future, an alien race has hit the Earth in an unbeatable assault. Major William Cage has never seen a day of combat, but is dropped into a suicide mission and killed within minutes. Cage now finds himself thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same day over and over, fighting and dying each time. With each 'life, ' Cage learns more fighting skills, so that when he and warrior Rita Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, they...