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1) The Matrix
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The day-in, day world is the real world is merely perception. In reality it is a hoax perpetrated by an all-powerful artificial intelligence that control us. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct, and is now fighting for the future of the human race.
2) Spider-Man
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate, MJ....
Author
Publisher
Laurence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 213 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Explores the evolution and growth of Afrofuturist works and examines their impact on the genres of music, literature, and art. Also considers the potential of these works to break down racial barriers and social limitations in order to inspire the black community.
5) Stargate
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home.
6) The shift
Publisher
Angel Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking sci-fi thriller inspired by the Book of Job, Kevin Garner (Kristoffer Polaha) refuses an offer of wealth and power from a nefarious adversary known as The Benefactor (Neal McDonough). Now, with survival on the line, he must escape an alternate totalitarian reality and hold onto what glimmers of light he can find in his fight to get back to the world he knows and Molly (Elizabeth Tabish), the woman he loves.
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The year is 2058. With the Earth's resources severely depleted, human survival depends upon "The Jupiter Mission." This daring plan will launch an entire family-- the Robinsons-- into the farthest reaches of hyperspace to colonize "Alpha Prime," the only other habitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space, facing alien invaders, time- warp wonders and non-stop...
8) Total recall
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Special ed. ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2084 a worker leaves Earth for the mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony ruled over by a dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims.
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to...
10) Gattaca
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Standard full screen and widescreen (2.35:1) versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid, " who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception,...
11) X2: X-men united
Language
English
Description
An assassination attempt is made on the life of the president by a teleporting mutant. This act upsets the entire world and entices the president to begin the mutant-human war as predicted by Eric Lensherr (Magneto) earlier. In an effort to get to the bottom of the attack and prevent world-wide war, Professor Charles Xavier sends out Storm and Dr. Jean Grey to search for the teleporting mutant and discover the truth behind the assassination attempt....
12) Cloud atlas
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
[Full screen ed.]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of archaeologists heads toward a 'hot zone' in Antarctica and find an underground pyramid. They wake up the Alien queen and chaos follows. The Predators are also there using the Aliens as bait for an ancient initiation ritual.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A community of brilliant scientists known as the Jensen Project team up with two former Project members and their genius teenage son to prevent dangerous technology from falling into the wrong hands.
15) The Giver
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
16) Matrix reloaded
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:1)
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army. In their quest to save the human race from extinction, they gain greater insight into the construction of The Matrix and Neo's pivotal role in the fate of mankind.
17) The maze runner
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate...
19) Divergent
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version and digital version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Torn between loyalty to his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the seductive powers of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker ultimately turns his back on the Jedi. This begins his complete journey to the dark side and his transformation into Darth Vader.