Summary: Directors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the 1990s. There, in the shadow of the riots of 1965 and 1992, young Caine is growing up under the influence of his ruthless,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY MENSummary: Predator: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on earth--because the Predator is not of this earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PRESummary: A nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a "soulful chorus of swingin' sisters." The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SISContents: Take the "A" train (2:38) -- Medley 1. I got it bad (2:16) ; Chelsea Bridge (2:07) ; Satin doll (2:42) ; Sophisticated lady (1:51) ; Just squeeze me (3:18) ; I let a song go out of my heart (1:01) ; Do nothing till you hear from me (:55) ; Don't get around much anymore (:55) ; In a mellotone (7:04) -- In a sentimental mood (1:54) -- Prelude to a kiss (3:55) -- Ring dem bells (2:13) -- Medley 2....
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note 2002