Tom Hanks
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that the legendary Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.
“Reading Tom Hanks's Uncommon Type is like finding out that Alice Munro is also the greatest actress of our time.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Dutch House
A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after...
“Reading Tom Hanks's Uncommon Type is like finding out that Alice Munro is also the greatest actress of our time.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Dutch House
A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after...
2) Cast away
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
After a plane crash that kills the crew, a FedEx system engineer finds himself stranded on a desert island.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.
7) Toy Story 4
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a new toy called Forky joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
9) Toy story 2
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Woody, the cowboy, and Buzz, a space ranger, and other toys get into one predicament after another after Andy leaves for camp.
10) The Post
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follows the events surrounding the 1971 release of the Pentagon Papers by newspaper publisher Kay Graham and her editor Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post, revealing that the U.S. government knew for years the Vietnam War was unwinnable.
11) Captain Phillips
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of Captain Richard Phillips, who was captured and held hostage by Somalian pirates after the hijacking of his ship, Maersk Alabama.
12) Sully
Language
English
Formats
Description
After landing US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger faces criticism during the investigation into the crash while being hailed as a hero by the media.
13) Turner & Hooch
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A detective who lives a neat and orderly life is forced to live with the only witness to a crime, a destructive slobbering junkyard dog, until the crime is solved.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Toy Story: A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
Toy Story 2: When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.
Toy Story 3: The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy...
15) Larry Crowne
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After being fired from his job because he doesn't have a college education, middle-aged Larry Crowne decides to enroll in a community college.
16) Angels & demons
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the powerful underground organization, the Illuminati, and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra to stop a terrorist attack on the Vatican.
17) Bridge of spies
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An American insurance lawyer is recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot detained in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
18) Inferno
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Harvard professor Robert Langdon awakens with amnesia in an Italian hospital, he teams up with a doctor, and together they travel across Europe in an effort to foil a deadly global plot.
20) Cloud atlas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A single story that unfolds in multiple timelines over the span of 500 years. Characters meet and reunite in different eras.