Jack Black
Author
Language
English
Description
You Can't Win, the beloved memoir of real lowdown Americana by criminal hobo Jack Black, was first published in 1926, then reprinted in 1988 by Adam Parfrey's Amok Press, featuring an introduction by William S. Burroughs. After its Amok Press edition went out of print, You Can't Win found popularity once again with the AK Press edition. Feral House's new version will take this classic American narrative a lot further, including two remarkable nonfiction...
Author
Language
English
Description
My background is crowded with robberies, burglaries, and thefts too numerous to recall. All manner of crimes against property. Arrests, trials, acquittals, convictions, escapes. Penitentiaries! I see in the background four of them. County jails, workhouses, city prisons, Mounted Police barracks, dungeons, solitary confinement, bread and water, hanging up, brutal floggings, and the murderous straitjacket. I see hop joints, wine dumps, thieves' resorts,...
3) Bernie
Author
Language
English
Description
In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
9) Bernie
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow who soon becomes controlling. With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and **BFI London Film Festival**.
10) The Sheik
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This is the amazingly entertaining story of the man that lived the American Dream by assuming the persona of the supreme villain. This touching documentary tells the story of Khosrow Vaziri's electrifying wrestling career. From his upbringing in Iran, his journey in America, to his unprecedented experiences as America's most hated villain. Audience Award nominated for Best Documentary at **Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival**. *"Director...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment :
Pub. Date
[c1997]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bastian flees school bullies into the world of Fantasia, where he thinks he's safe-- until the Nasties take over the book, and only he can save his Fantasian friends, now stuck on earth.
12) Be Kind Rewind
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Jack Black and Mos Def star in Be Kind Rewind, a one-of-a-kind comedy from the mind of writer/director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Black plays a loveable loser stuck in a life that's too small for his big dreams. But when he unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store's few loyal customers by re-creating and re-filming every movie they decide to...
13) The sheik
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Assuming the persona of the villainous 'Iron Sheik,' Khosrow Ali Vaziri became one of the most celebrated and hated men in sports entertainment. Featuring candid interviews with Vaziri's family, historians, and over 25 wrestling superstars, the film chronicles his electrifying career from his upbringing in Iran, his journey to the U.S., and his unprecedented experiences as America's most hated villain.
14) Nacho Libre
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
©2006
Edition
Special collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ignacio 'Nacho' is a cook by day in a Mexican orphanage who moonlights as a lucha libre wrestler to raise money for the orphans.
15) The D train
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
All his life, Dan Landsman has never been the cool guy. That's about to change, if he can convince Oliver Lawless, the most popular guy from his high school, to show up with him at their class reunion. Dan travels from Pittsburgh to LA and spins a web of lies to recruit Lawless. But he gets more than he bargained for as the unpredictable Lawless proceeds to take over his home, career, and life.
16) High fidelity
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the love affairs and belated growing up of a "Generation X" pop music fanatic and record store owner.
17) Hanukkah+
Publisher
Verve Forecast
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unprecedented mix of original and classic Hanukkah songs from Jack Black, The Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, HAIM, Adam Green, and more!
18) Kung fu panda 2
Language
English
Description
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins in order to able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed....
19) The Lucky Spot
Author
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana's hottest new taxi-dancing emporium and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed's wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the penitentiary. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley spins one of her most colorful tales. An L.A. Theatre...
20) Goosebumps
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah, living right next door, and makes a quick friend in Champ. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah's mysterious dad is in fact R.L. Stine, the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. As Zach starts learning about the strange family next door, he soon discovers that Stine...
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