Tom Hanks
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The two-time Oscar winner presents a first collection of short fiction that includes the stories of a bowling champion who fears his celebrity has ruined his love of the game and an eccentric billionaire and faithful assistant who, while searching for acquisitions, discover romance and real life in a down-and-out motel."--
Author
Language
English
Description
"The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film ... and the humble comic book that inspired it. Part one of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"--
Publisher
Time Books
Pub. Date
�2004
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Personal eyewitness accounts of soldiers who participated combine with memorable combat photographs to provide an hour-by-hour look at the events of June 6, 2004, to celebrate a pivotal battle in the history of World War II.
6) Larry Crowne
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher. Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might find your reason to live.
9) The 'burbs
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Language
English
Description
A suspense-comedy in which Tom Hanks portrays a suburbanite whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block.
10) Apollo 13
Publisher
MCA/Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
Widescreen ed., collector's ed.
Language
English
Description
True story of how three astronauts, stranded 205,000 miles above the earth, fight a battle to survive while Mission Control works against time to bring them home.
13) Turner & Hooch
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
A compulsively neat detective's tidy world goes to the dogs when he is forced to team up with a drooling slob of a junkyard dog named Hooch.
14) The circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After getting her dream job at a tech company called the Circle, Mae discovers its sinister agenda.
Publisher
Columbia (Usa)
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about kindness, love, and forgiveness from America's most beloved neighbor.
16) Captain Phillips
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
[DVD]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, which was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.
19) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
Deluxe widescreen presentation.
Language
English
Description
Story of two competing lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From visionary creator Taylor Sheridan comes a prequel to television's #1 show, Yellowstone: 1883 follows the original Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It's a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America's promised land--Montana.