Tobey Maguire
1) Spider-man
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate, MJ....
2) Spider-man 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-man, is desperately trying to balance his dual identities. He can't keep up at college, pay his rent or seem to make amends with his estranged best friend Harry. Mary Jane is more skeptical than ever of Peter. One day Peter's idol, the renowned scientist Otto Octavius, resurfaces after a failed science experiment. Peter begins to notice he's losing some of his powers and wonders at the stress in his personal life. He realizes...
3) Spider-Man
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and develops spider-like abilities.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Tells a compelling and heartwarming story about how far a young man must travel to find the place where he truly belongs. Homer has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of an orphanage in rural Maine and has been groomed by its proprietor to be his successor. But Homer falls in love and strikes out on his own.
5) Labor Day
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler struggles to be the man of his house and care for his reclusive mother Adele, all the while confronting the pangs of adolescence. Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, an intimidating man clearly in need of help. Frank convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape them for the rest of their lives.
Series
Criterion collection volume 426
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two Connecticut families try to get along during Thanksgiving vacation in 1973 despite resentments and tension.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. and his duties as a superhero. But there is a storm brewing on the horizon. When his suit suddenly changes, turning jet black and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out the dark, vengeful side of his personality that he struggles to control. Under the influence of the suit, Peter becomes overconfident and starts to neglect the people who care...
10) Pawn sacrifice
Publisher
Bleeker Street Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
11) The great Gatsby
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams, and tragedy, and holds...
12) Seabiscuit
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the three-man team behind it but also those of the nation as well.
13) Pleasantville
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
When 90's teens David and Jennifer get zapped into the perfect suburbia of the black & white 50s sitcom, Pleasantville, chaos ensues.
14) The Boss Baby
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young boy works with his precocious infant brother to stop the plans of a dog company executive.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive during the Civil War, in a place without rules.
Series
Criterion collection volume 514
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the Kansas-Missouri border war in 1862, friends Jake and Jack join a group of fighters sympathetic to the Confederate cause and befriend a former slave also fighting for the South.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange's help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who have ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter will have to overcome...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Caroline just wants to settle down in one place, find a decent guy, and provide a better home for her handful of a son, Toby. When she moves to Seattle and meets Dwight, she thinks she's got it made. Toby, however, feels differently after spending time with Dwight while away from Caroline. Dwight seems to want to mold Toby into a better person, but to do so he emotionally, verbally, and physically abuses the kid. The marriage proceeds, and soon Caroline,...
20) Brothers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After Sam, a Marine, goes missing and is presumed dead, his ex-convict brother, Tommy, tries to step in and help Sam's wife and daughters rebuild their lives.