The Greatest Showman / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; in association with TSG Entertainment
Growing up in the early 1800s, P.T. Barnum displays a natural talent for publicity and promotion, selling lottery tickets by age 12. After trying his hands at various jobs, P.T. (Hugh Jackman) turns to show business to indulge his limitless imagination, rising from nothing to create the Barnum & Bailey circus. Featuring catchy musical numbers, exotic performers and daring acrobatic feats, Barnum's mesmerizing spectacle soon takes the world by storm to become the greatest show on Earth.
PN1995.9.G74 B54 2018
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Munich / directed by Steven Spielberg; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Barry Mendel, Colin Wilson ; a Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures presentation
After the murder of 11 Israeli athletes and their coach at the 1972 Olympics, the Israeli government secretly assigns Avner Kaufman (Eric Bana) to carry out a series of strategic retaliations. With the help of a driver (Daniel Craig), a forger (Hanns Zischler), a bomb-maker (Mathieu Kassovitz) and a former soldier (Ciarán Hinds), Avner conducts a worldwide operation, targeting 11 individuals. As the assassinations pile up, Avner begins to doubt the morality of his actions.
PN1995.9.S87 M86 2006
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Ray / Universal Pictures and Bristol Bay Productions present ; an Anvil Films production ; in association with Baldwin Entertainment
Legendary soul musician Ray Charles is portrayed by Jamie Foxx in this Oscar-winning biopic. Young Ray watches his 7-year-old brother drown at age seven. When he loses his sight at the age of 9, his hardworking mother (Sharon Warren) urges him not to feel sorry for himself. He rises through the ranks of the Seattle jazz scene, struggling with drug addiction and infidelity while on the road. Supported by his wife, Della (Kerry Washington), Ray Charles redefines soul music and inspires a generation.
PN1997.2 .R37 2012
Blu-Ray is available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
DVD is available in our Division Street campus library
Straight Outta Compton / directed by F. Gary Gray ; produced by Ice Cube, Tomica Woods-Wright and Dr. Dre
In 1988, a groundbreaking new group revolutionizes music and pop culture, changing and influencing hip-hop forever. N.W.A's first studio album, "Straight Outta Compton," stirs controversy with its brutally honest depiction of life in Southern Los Angeles. With guidance from veteran manager Jerry Heller (Paul Giamatti), band members Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy-E (Jason Mitchell), DJ Yella (Neil Brown, Jr.), and MC Ren (Aldis Hodge) navigate their way through the industry, acquiring fame, fortune and a place in history.
PN1997.2 .S77 2016
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Won't you be my neighbor? / a film by Morgan Neville; produced by Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma ; produced & directed by Morgan Neville
Filmmaker Morgan Neville examines the life and legacy of Fred Rogers, the beloved host of the popular children's television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
PN1992.4.R56 W66 2018
available in our Hardin Valley campus library
Good hair / Roadside Attractions; HBO Films presents a Zahrlo production and an Urban Romances production ; produced by Kevin O'Donnell [and others]
Prompted by a question from his young daughter, comic Chris Rock sets out to explore the importance of hair in black culture. Rock interviews celebrities such as Ice-T and Raven Symone, and visits hair salons, stylist competitions and even an Indian temple to learn about hair culture.
PN1997.2.G663 R635 2009
available in our Hardin Valley campus library
Ghosts of Mississippi / Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Frederick Zollo production ; a Rob Reiner film
In this film based on actual events, black activist Medgar Evers (James Pickens Jr.) is murdered in 1963, and much of the evidence points toward white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods). However, after two trials, De La Beckwith is acquitted twice by a jury of whites. Now, decades later in 1989, Evers' widow, Myrlie (Whoopi Goldberg), thinks she has evidence to finally convict him. But no lawyer will touch the case except the young and brash Bobby DeLaughter (Alec Baldwin).
PN1997 .G447 2010
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Marshall / Open Road Films, Starlight Media presents ; a Hero Film, Chestnut Ridge, Hudlin Entertainment production
Based on the incredible true story of future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and one of the landmark cases of his life. It follows the young lawyer (Chadwick Boseman) to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) charged with sexual assault and attempted murder of his white socialite employer (Kate Hudson). Muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall partners with a courageous young Jewish lawyer (Josh Gad), and together they mount the defense in an environment of racism and anti-Semitism.
PN1997.2.M37 H84 2018
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Glory / TriStar Pictures presents ; a Freddie Fields production ; an Edward Zwick film ; produced by Freddie Fields
Following the Battle of Antietam, Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) is offered command of the United States' first all-African-American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. With junior officer Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes), Shaw puts together a strong and proud unit, including the escaped slave Trip (Denzel Washington) and the wise gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman). At first limited to menial manual tasks, the regiment fights to be placed in the heat of battle.
PN1995.9.F55 G57 2007
available in our Magnolia Avenue and Hardin Valley campus libraries
13 hours: the secret soldiers of Benghazi / Paramount Pictures presents ; directed by Michael Bay ; produced by Erwin Stoff, Michael Bay
On Sept. 11, 2012, Islamic militants attack the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Sean Smith, an officer for the Foreign Service. Stationed less than one mile away are members (James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini) of the Annex Security Team, former soldiers assigned to protect operatives and diplomats in the city. As the assault rages on, the six men engage the combatants in a fierce firefight to save the lives of the remaining Americans.
PN1997.2.A134 E181 2016
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Boyz n the hood / Columbia Pictures presents ; written and directed by John Singleton ; produced by Steve Nicolaides
Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles (Larry Fishburne), in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, and his devout girlfriend Brandi (Nia Long) teaches him about faith, Tre's friends Doughboy (Ice Cube) and Ricky (Morris Chestnut) don't have the same kind of support and are drawn into the neighborhood's booming drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results.
PN1997 .B699 2005
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Do the right thing / Universal ; a Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Spike Lee joint ; produced, written and directed by Spike Lee
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
PN1997 .D567 1998
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library and streaming through the Swank database
Hello, Dolly! / 20th Century-Fox ; Ernest Lehman's production of ; written for the screen and produced by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Gene Kelly
In 1890s New York City, the bold and enchanting widow Dolly Levi (Barbra Streisand) is a socialite-turned-matchmaker. Her latest clients seeking assistance are the cantankerous "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder (Walter Matthau) and a young artist named Ambrose (Tommy Tune), who is in love with Horace's niece, Ermengarde (Joyce Ames). Dolly's scheming soon involves Horace's employees as well as a New York hatmaker, as she tries to cover up her own secret romantic designs.
PN1995.9.M86 H455 2013
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
A star is born / a Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Live Nation Productions ; in association with MGM Pictures
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers -- and falls in love with -- struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer until Jackson coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
PN1995.9.M86 S74 2019
available in our Magnolia Avenue campus library
Monsters vs aliens / DreamWorks Animation presents ; produced by Lisa Stewart ; story by Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon ; screenplay by Maya Forbes [and others] ; directed by Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
When a meteor full of space gunk transforms Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) into a giant, the government renames her Ginormica and confines her to a secret compound with other monsters, like bug-headed Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), The Missing Link (Will Arnett), and B.O.B. (Seth Rogen). When an extraterrestrial robot lands on Earth and begins a rampage, Gen. W.R. Monger persuades the president to send Ginormica and her fellow monsters to battle the machine and save the planet.
PN1997.2.M67 D74 2009
available in our Hardin Valley Campus library
