Jeffrey Wright
1) Syriana
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Description
A politically charged thriller that unfolds against the intrigues and corruption of the global oil industry. From the players brokering back-room deals to the men toiling in the oil fields, the film illuminates the consequences of the pursuit of power.
"****. Brilliant. It's not just hot, it's incendiary. "--Rolling Stone.
"Two very big, enthusiastic thumbs up. One of the year's best films "--Ebert & Roeper.
"Thought-provoking and unnerving, emotionally...
2) Source code
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He is part of a government experiment called Source Code, a program that enables him to cross into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a much larger target threatening to kill millions, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues, until he can solve...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (438 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the near-future, this series follows employees and patrons of Westworld, a vast theme park modeled after America's Wild West. Over the course of three seasons, Westworld's android "hosts" begin to display aberrant behavior that explodes in violence, and takes the battleground between humans and hosts into the real world.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (123 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The tale of two fragile and sensitive vampires, Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton), who have been lovers for centuries. Both are cultured intellectuals with an all-embracing passion for music, literature and science, who have evolved to a level where they no longer kill for sustenance, but still retain their innate wildness. Their love story has endured several centuries but their debauched idyll is threatened by the uninvited arrival of...
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (130 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
This psychological thriller stars Denzel Washington as Army Major Bennett Marco, a career soldier who grows suspicious about his experience in Desert Storm after Squad Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), son of the powerful Senator Eleanor Shaw (Meryl Streep), becomes a candidate for Vice President. A remake of the 1962 feature 'The Manchurian Candidate'.
6) Age Out
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
AGE OUT is a passionate portrait of youth set in Waco, Texas. Forced out of foster care at age 18, Richie Wincott (Tye Sheridan) collides with the perils and temptations of a life apart. Becoming a prime suspect in a botched robbery, he discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend. AGE OUT is a humane story about love, loss, wrongdoing, and redemption. Official Selection **SXSW Film Festival**.
7) Chicago 10
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Written and directed by Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture), CHICAGO 10 presents contemporary history with a forced perspective, mixing bold and original animation with extraordinary archival footage that explores the build-up to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. CHICAGO 10 is a parable of hope, courage, and ultimate victory.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
Description
What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.
9) Shaft
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Who delivers ten times out of ten? Samuel L. Jackson is SHAFT, the man and the movie. John Singleton ("Boys 'n' the Hood") directs this gritty action-packed thriller. With his uncle John Shaft (Richard Roundtree, reprising his original role) as his mentor, it's no surprise that today's Shaft is the coolest dude and the hottest action around. To stop a racist killer (Christian Bale), Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness (Toni Collette) that...
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; c4 3/4 in.
Description
Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (492 mins) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Description
"In Season Three, the real gods are coming... and they are very angry. Born into a world of pain, Westworld's android hosts were never allowed to go or see one place: our world. But now, at the end of the game, they're here. With the help of Aaron Paul's very human Caleb, Dolores is ready to start a revolution. And if that doesn't work, she can do it the old-fashioned way... and kill everyone"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bond is driving from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy with the captured Mr. White his car's luggage compartmentr. Bond is attacked by chasing henchmen, but evades them. Bond and M interrogate White regarding his organisation, Quantum. Bond learns that a was sent to kill Camille Montes, but does not succeed. When a bodyguard to the British Prime Minister is accidentally killed, M has Bond's passports and credit cards revoked. Bond and Camille discover Quantum...
13) The goldfinch
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Theodore Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
14) American fiction
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.--Container.
15) The Batman
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Description
Two years of stalking the streets as the Batman, striking fear into the hearts of criminals, has led Bruce Wayne deep into the shadows of Gotham City. With only a few trusted allies, Alfred Pennyworth, Lt. James Gordon, amongst the city's corrupt network of officials and high-profile figures, the lone vigilante has established himself as the sole embodiment of vengeance amongst his fellow citizens. When a killer targets Gotham's elite with a series...
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Every journey has to come to a close at some point, and while it's not a perfect exit for Katniss, it's one where she gets to put her bow, arrow and big heart to good use."--USA Today.
"The acting and production values are still well above grade, and Lawrence skillfully holds the center, letting everything the skeletal dialogue doesn't say play across her face."--Entertainment Weekly.
"Counters the meager helpings offered by most teen-driven entertainment...
Pub. Date
2016, p[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (619 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin -- exploring a world in which every human appetite, not matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. Exploring what it means to be human through the eyes of the lifelike AI "hosts" in the park, the series investigates the boundaries of an exotic world set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past. Meticulously crafted and artfully designed. Westworld...
18) Asteroid City
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 636 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Welcome back to Westworld, where the puppet show is over and the newly liberated 'hosts' are coming for humankind. In Season Two, Dolores takes charge, Maeve is on a mission and the Man in Black is back. Chaos takes control in this dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness, the birth of a new form of life, and the evolution of sin.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 480 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Concluding a powerful and groundbreaking five-season run, "Boardwalk Empire" is an Emmy-winning HBO drama series from Academy Award nominee/Emmy Award winner Terence Winter and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese. Season 5 begins in 1931, a full six years after the end of Season 4. In stark contrast with the Roaring '20s, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression, and with the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky is looking to...