Tri-Star Pictures
1) Glory
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Col. Robert Gould Shaw is the 25-year-old white son of Boston abolitionists who volunteers to command the first all-black 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops. Pvt. Trip is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the regiment. After months of tough training and eventual small battle experience, they are lead to glory in their final assault...
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
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.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.--
6) Elysium
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the year 2154, two groups of people remain: the extremely wealthy, who reside on an immaculate man-made space station named Elysium, and the rest, who occupy an overpopulated, destroyed Earth. Max decides to embark on a mission that could bring equality to the opposed worlds.
7) Hook
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg, Hook stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook.
8) The natural
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nothing was going to stop Roy Hobbs from fulfilling his boyhood dream of baseball stardom. As a 14-year old he fashions a baseball bat from an oak tree. He soon impresses major league scouts with his ability. His talent also catches the eye of a sportswriter who eventually becomes instrumental in Hobbs' career. The appearance of a mysterious woman, however, shatters his dream. Years later Hobbs reappears as a rookie for the New York Knights and has...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Colton claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. He recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth.
10) Knock off
Publisher
[Columbia TriStar Home Video]
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in an explosive thriller set in Hong Kong's shady manufacturing scene during the 1997 handover to China! When a shipment of jeans to the U.S. proves counterfeit, Marcus Ray, the "King of the Knock-Offs" (Van Damme), finds himself at the center of a Russian Mafia plot to hold the United States' security for ransom.
11) District 9
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the aliens' only hope for freedom.
12) Jumanji
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers, until he is magically transported before the startled eyes of his friend, Sarah, into the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan reunites with Sarah and together with Judy and Peter tries to outwit the game's powerful forces.--
Series
Language
English
Description
Starship troopers charts the lives of elite members of the mobile infantry, a corps of dedicated young men and women soldiers fighting side by side in the ultimate intergalactic war: the battle to save humankind. The enemy is mysterious and incredibly powerful with only one mission: survival of their species no matter what the human cost.
14) Philadelphia
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Powerful story of two lawyers who join together to sue a prestigious Philadelphia law firm when the firm fires one of them because he has AIDS.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of...
17) Mixed nuts
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A wild and wacky comedy about oddball characters in Los Angeles at Christmastime, centered around a suicide hotline service.
18) The fan
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A rabid San Francisco Giants fan targets a $40 million player and a game becomes a matter of life and death.