Benjamin Bratt
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation.
Author
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Cale is a down-on-her-luck cocktail waitress with an uncanny ability to sniff out the truth. After crossing a bloodthirsty mobster, Charlie hits the road in her trusty Plymouth Barracuda, encountering new friends, unsolved mysteries, and danger everywhere she turns. This 3-disc collection includes every thrilling episode and features amazing guest performances from Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, Judith Light, Chloe Sevigny, Nick Nolte,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Latino Americans chronicles the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have for the past 500-plus years helped shape what is today the United States. It is a story of people, politics, and culture, intersecting with much that is central to the history of the United States while also going to places where standard U.S. histories do not tend to tread.
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a young woman is abducted by an army deserter, a bounty hunter named Max is contracted to go after them and bring her home. Finding out that she fled from an abusive husband, Max is faced with the choice to finish the job or look the other way while ruthless assassins and his longtime rival close in.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In an alternative history, Zod is Superman's father, Batman is a vampiric Man-Bat, and Wonder Woman is the child of Ares, God of War. When these dark heroes form an alliance, the question everyone asks is: will they save the world, or rule it?
11) Ride along 2
Author
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Friction continues between rookie cop Ben Barber and his seasoned partner (and future brother-in-law) James Payton. After discovering a mysterious flash drive during an arrest, the pair travels to Miami to hunt down a local drug lord with the help of a savvy detective.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a fatal condition, a man is released from prison after serving nineteen years of hard time. He tries to make amends with the son he left behind while he plots a bloody course of revenge, tracking down his old gang to make them pay one by one.
13) La Mission
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Che (Benjamin Bratt) gets by on his macho persona, but lives for the love of his son Jesse (Jeremy Ray Valdez). When he discovers that Jesse has been living a secret life, Che reacts violently and is forced to examine his actions and the life he lives. Powerful and challenging, a moving portrayal of redemption and fatherhood.
14) Coco
Author
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
15) Shot caller
Author
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
16) Thumbsucker
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
At 17, Justin Cobb releases his anxiety by sucking his thumb, which makes him more of an outcast than he already is. As he seeks treatment for his habit, it causes big changes for him and those around him.
17) Demolition man
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 2032 archcriminal Simon Phoenix awakes from a 35 year deep freeze in CryoPrison to find a serene, non-violent Los Angeles ready for the taking. Officials seek an old-fashioned cop to fight an old fashioned criminal. They revive Sgt John Spartan, unjustly serving a CryoPrison sentence because of his last encounter with Phoenix.
19) Snitch
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A father's teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of ten years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission, risking everything, including his family and his own life.
20) The great raid
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As World War II rages, the elite 6th Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war. Under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci, the men of the 6th will face the unthinkable by attempting the impossible!