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One morning, a seemingly average and generally solitary IRS agent named Harold Crick begins to hear a female voice narrating his every action, thought and feeling in alarmingly precise detail. Harold's carefully controlled life is turned upside down by this narration only he can hear, and when the voice declares that Harold Crick is facing imminent death, he realizes he must find out who is writing.
4) Marley & me
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A family learns important life lessons from their naughty but ultimately irresistable yellow Labrador retriever.
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
6) Shark tale
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidently killed while on the hunt, his would be prey and his vegetarian brother both decide to use the incident to their own advantage.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of China's 8,000 terracotta warriors begins two centuries before the birth of Christ. The First Emperor of China was preparing an extravagant tomb for his journey into the afterlife, and decreed that he be protected forever by a monumental army. Since then no one has seen these ancient warriors in their original splendor, brightly painted and fully armed, ready to protect their Emperor for all eternity. Now this once mighty army will be...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today--Copyright descriptive material.
9) The Saint
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A rich and sophisticated criminal, who is also a master of disguises, falls for a pretty young scientist who life is in terrible danger. She has discovered the key to a Russian billionaire's overwhelming ambition--to crown himself the first Czar of the new Russian Empire; and he will stop at nothing to neutralize the danger that she represents.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Snoopy, the world's most lovable beagle--and flying ace--embarks on his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue arch-nemesis the Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest. They are joined by Lucy, Linus, Woodstock and the rest of the Peanuts gang--Copyright descriptive material.
12) Scary movie
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
After the murder of a beautiful classmate, a group of misguided teens discover there is a killer among them. Cindy Campbell and her clique of clueless friends, including Buffy, Brenda, Bobby, Greg, Shorty and Ray, must all protect themselves from danger... and that pesky reporter Gail Hailstom will just not leave them alone!
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter offbeat...
17) Firestorm
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A prison break pits fearless smokejumper Jesse Graves against two devastating, seemingly unstoppable forces of nature: a raging inferno and cunning, psychotic killer.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers--Internet movie database WWW site, viewed November 30, 2016.
20) The fly II
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After Seth Brundle was 'debugged, ' his son, Martin Brundle, born of the human fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state.