Guy Pearce
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (346 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an Australian aid-worker is kidnapped by Muslim extremists, a high-stakes race to save his life pits East against West in these exciting new episodes. From the island of Mindanao in the Philippines to Melbourne, Jack Irish is caught in a global web of religious zealotry among right-wing Christians and media-savvy jihadists.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack Irish, is a brooding antihero of Australia. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, intent on drowning his demons. When an old client dies after leaving Jack several frantic voicemails, the PI realizes he can't outrun or out-drink his past. Jack returns to the world that took everything away from him: a seedy place of lowlifes, corruption,...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," the trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
1970s Australia: A 200-ton blue whale washes up on a local beach and it's the biggest thing that's ever happened in the lives of the local kids. Behind closed doors, the parents of this quiet suburban cul-de-sac celebrate in their own special way. It's a time of boxed wine, bad hair, bad styles, bad choices, but good times. And like the rotting whale, it's all about to go spectacularly wrong.
6) Two brothers
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two mischievious twin tiger cubs are born in the jungle but are soon seperated and taken into captivity. One is sold off to the circus and the other becomes the pampered pet of the governor's son. They are reunited years later by an explorer who trains them to be sport fighters and inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The explosive origin story of Tom Clancys action hero John Kelly, an elite Navy SEAL whose life is changed forever after uncovering an international conspiracy. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, he fights his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster.
8) Domino
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Copenhagen police officer, Christian, seeks justice for his partner's murder by ISIS member Imran. In a world wracked by terror and suspicion, Christian and Alex, a fellow cop and his late partner's mistress, embark on a mission to hunt Imran down, but are unwittingly caught in a cat-and-mouse chase with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using Imran as a pawn to trap other ISIS members. Soon Christian and Alex are racing against the clock, not only...
9) Prometheus
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
10) The hurt locker
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Queen of France at sixteen, widowed at eighteen, Mary Stuart defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I, who rules as the Queen of England. Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens, driving them apart, as each...
12) Results
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Recently divorced, newly rich, and utterly miserable, Danny would seem to be the perfect test subject for a definitive look at the relationship between money and happiness. Danny's well-funded ennui is interrupted by a momentous trip to the local gym, where he meets self-styled guru/owner Trevor and irresistibly acerbic trainer Kat. Soon, their three lives are inextricably knotted, both professionally and personally.
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slaying of the patrons at an all-night diner in this lush tribute to tough film noir crime films.
14) Mildred Pierce
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (344 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years and struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred's unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda, as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life, including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon and ex-husband Bert Pierce.
15) Genius
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and Thomas Wolfe.
16) The proposition
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the desolate Australian outback of the 1880s, newly-arrived Captain Stanley captures the wanted outlaw Charlie Burns. Seeking to civilize the violent outback frontier, Captain Stanley presents his prisoner with a stark choice: Burns can either watch his beloved younger brother Mikey die on the gallows, or find and betray his older and far more dangerous brother Arthur to the authorities.
17) The hard word
Pub. Date
[2003], ©2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hard experience and an unspoken family bond have made brothers, Dale, Frank and Shane masters of their craft - armed robbery. Not long after they are released from prison on bail, they find themselves back behind bars due to an administrative glitch. So when a flashy criminal lawyer presents them with a deal - do a job for him and they will be released, they agree to his terms. Their only rule - no one gets hurt.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A small-town marshal who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting must pick up his gun again. This time to do battle with a gang of outlaw bikers that has invaded the town to pull off a brazen and violent heist.
19) Bloodshot
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ray Garrison is a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as a superhero by the RST Corporation, which now controls Ray's body, mind, and memories. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he's an unstoppable force, stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. Faced with the reality that he can't believe anything -- even his own thoughts -- he's on a mission to discover his true reality.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 352 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an Australian aid-worker is kidnapped by Muslim extremists, a high-stakes race to save his life pits East against West in these exciting new episodes. From the island of Mindanao in the Philippines to Melbourne, Jack Irish is caught in a global web of religious zealotry among right-wing Christians and media-savvy jihadists.