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Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers, and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this may be his last space mission. But Khan--a brilliant renegade of 20th Century Earth--is back with his exiled band of genetic supermen and setting a deadly trap for his old enemy Kirk ... with the threat of a universal Armageddon!
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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 Charles Xavier earlier. In an effort to get to the bottom of the attack and prevent world-wide war, Xavier sends out Storm and Dr. Jean Grey to search for the teleporting mutant and discover the truth behind the assassination attempt.
4) Matrix
Pub. Date
c1999, 2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Neo (Reeves)-mild-mannered software author by day, feared hacker by night-is recruited into a cell of cyber-rebels, led by Morpheus (Fishburne) and the warrior Trinity (Moss). They have made a fundamental discovery about the world: It does not exist. It is only a seedy utopia where humanity is preserved, protected, and endlessly recycled by a mega-computer. Cypher (Pantoliano) turns traitorous for access to comforts unmatched by the drab post-apocalyptic...
5) Cloud atlas
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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
c2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
7) Dune world
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mining operation lands their ship on a barren and hostile planet to begin operations. They set out for an underground base, but find it partially destroyed by large worm-like beasts hidden within the sand. Yet there's something else on the planet with them, more dangerous than the creatures, a force beyond their darkest nightmares. As the rag-tag crew begin work, this dark entity will test their courage, loyalty, and souls. Terror waits to be discovered,...
8) After Earth
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon.
11) The zero theorem
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : color, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story about a computer hacker in a dystopian sci-fi world. Living under constant surveillance by 'Management,' he strives to solve The Zero Theorem, a mathematical formula that may hold the key to the meaning of life.
12) Unbreakable
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
"After David Dunn emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor-- and without a single scratch on him-- he meets a mysterious stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger whose obsession with David will change David's life forever."--Container.
13) Alien 3
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lt. Ripley is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's prison. This is the story of her fears that an Alien was aboard her craft and the realization that may compel her to try to destroy not only the creature but herself.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual.
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
17) The colony
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Earth has been decimated by climate change, pandemics, and war. Years after the ruling elite escaped to another planet, a mission was launched to find out if a return to an uninhabitable Earth were possible. That mission was lost. Now, a lone astronaut in search of answers struggles to survive the hostile planet, and she must ultimately make a choice that will seal the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace.
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With the help of their new recruits, The Beast and Angel, the X-Men must face evolution itself in the form of their former teammate, Jean Grey. Possessed with the cosmic power of the Dark Phoenix, the resurrected Jean Grey has become a danger to herself, her mutant comrades, and the entire planet. A potential cure is discovered and processed to treat and ultimately eliminate the genetic mutations, once and for all. As the battle lines are drawn, the...
19) Rubikon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following a catastrophe on Earth, the planet is covered in a toxic fog. The crew in the space station must decide whether to risk their lives to get home and search for survivors, or stay safe in the station's algae symbiosis system.
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rebel ship is being boarded by the tyrannical Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker, with his new allies, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Ben Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, attempt to rescue rebel leader, Princess Leia, from the clutches of the Empire. The conclusion is culminated as the Rebels, including Skywalker and flying ace Wedge Antilles make an attack on the Empires most powerful and ominous weapon, the Death Star.
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