Philip Seymour Hoffman
1) The Savages
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Two adult children of an elderly, cantankerous man must come together to care for their father despite that fact they have not spoken to him or each other in years.
2) Doubt
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
German intelligence agent Gunther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his final starring role) must race against time to solve a perilous mystery: Is the half-Chechen, half-Russian Muslim who's surfaced in Hamburg a victim seeking refuge, or a terrorist seeking revenge?
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
After twenty-five years together, the members of a world-renowned string quartet learn that their beloved cellist may soon be forced to retire. Competing egos, harbored resentment, and irrepressible lust threaten to derail the group as they struggle to maintain harmony in their music and their lives.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson was best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he was a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....
7) Moneyball
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Liberty! is a exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. It chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson was best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he was a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He instructs each to live out their constructed lives in a small mockup of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off track. His daughter, Olive, is growing up under questionable guidance. He's helplessly driving...
11) Flawless
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Retired security guard Walt Koontz suffers a stroke while trying to help a neighbor in trouble. Advised by his physical therapist to take singing lessons to improve his speech, he swallows his pride and seeks help from a drag queen.
12) M:i III
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
In this pulse-racing, mind-bending action thriller, Ethan Hunt confronts the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience.
13) Catching fire
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor's Tour of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell, and announces a...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Hunger games: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared their entire lives. She must make impossible choices in the arena...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He's hired to go to Italy to bring back the playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
16) The big Lebowski
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A lazy, unemployed Southern Californian stoner who loves bowling gets mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. He's beaten up by men looking for money from the rich man's wife and gets drawn into the kidnapping of the millionaire's wife.
17) Magnolia
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a single day, nine stories connect and disconnect through violence, love, Game Shows, Biblical Floods, coincidence, weather, sing-alongs, self-help seminars and quests for redemption. An imposing tapestry about the mysterious workings of fate and the need for interconnection and love interweaves.
18) Capote
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with the convicted...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every journey has to come to a close at some point, and while it's not a perfect exit for Katniss, it's one where she gets to put her bow, arrow and big heart to good use."--USA Today.
"The acting and production values are still well above grade, and Lawrence skillfully holds the center, letting everything the skeletal dialogue doesn't say play across her face."--Entertainment Weekly.
"Counters the meager helpings offered by most teen-driven entertainment...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency. Special features: commentary, and featurettes.