Clifton Collins
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Last year, the Japanese company that created instant ramen sold 46 billion packs and cups of pre-flavored dried noodles. It is a ubiquitous food, especially beloved by anyone looking for a cheap, tasty bite-including, it turns out, prisoners, who buy instant ramen at the commissary and use it as the building block for all sorts of meals that foster bonds of loyalty and friendship. Now Prison Ramen takes readers behind bars, with 65 ramen recipes...
2) Jockey
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
3) Transpecos
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Three border patrol agents man a check point on a remote highway. Rookie Davis and seasoned Flores work with the callous, world-weary Hobbs, to round out the trio. On what feels like another routine stop, the contents of one car will throw their lives out of control. As dark secrets are revealed, each passing hour will bring them closer to a nightmarish conclusion that could cost them their lives, in a world where the line between right and wrong...
4) Triple 9
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A bank robbery is just the tip of the iceberg when two cops in Atlanta start suspecting members of their own team are involved. Not knowing who to trust and how deep the corruption goes, time is ticking for them to uncover the truth; before they become the target for the next deadly job.
Publisher
HBO
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The one-hour drama series is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, not matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. No rules, no laws, no judgment. Live without limits.
7) Waves
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, this film traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times....
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a suspenseful psychological thriller about a manipulative carnival man who teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society. Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel.
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Michael, fomer high school track star, keeps reality at bay by having a few too many cocktails. His wife is ready to leave him and his career is hanging by a thread. When his friends get together for an intervention, Michael turns it into another party.
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Join Walking Dead star and motorcycle enthusiast Norman Reedus on epic road trips around the world. Each episode features Reedus and a riding companion a fellow actor, musician, or friend, exploring local culture and seeking adventure on the road.
12) Parker
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys, one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. When he refuses to join them for another job, they try to kill him. They dispose of his body, but someone finds him...still alive. After recovering, he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to...
13) Dirty
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A gang member-turned-cop is forced to choose between his conscience and his loyalty. Recruited into an undercover, anti-gang unit of the LAPD, Amrmado Sancho brings his street smarts onto the force that he has sworn to protect. With his partner Salim Adel, the two patrol LA's streets with force.
14) The vault
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. The heist begins smoothly, but mayhem ensues when the defiant bank manager sends them to a basement-level vault, home to something truly evil.--Publisher description.
15) Extract
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joel is the owner of an extract manufacturing plant who constantly finds himself in precarious situations that steadily worsen by the minute. First, his soon-to-be floor manager acquires a serious injury in a machine malfunctioning accident. This subsequently endangers the wellbeing of his company. Second, his personal life doesn't fair much better when he takes his bartending friend Dean's advice while in a drug-induced brainstorming session on how...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Rose Lorkowski is a single mother attempting to support her son Oscar and her unreliable sister Norah. She works a mundane job as a maid. Once the head cheerleader in school with plenty of prospects, Rose now has little to show for her life. She still sees the former head football player, but it is little more than a despondent affair. When Oscar is expelled from public school, Rose takes a job as a bio-hazard crime-scene cleaner to help pay for a...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Chev Chelios returns to track down a ruthless Chinese mobster who has stolen his most prized possession: his heart. As he hunts down his enemy in Los Angeles, his battery-operated ticker requires regular jolts of electricity in order to work. Chev is determined to get his real heart back and wreak vengeance on whoever stole it.
18) Tigerland
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just released from the base stockade, recruit Roland Bozz joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. His independence and outright defiance draw fire from his own men as well as commanding officers. But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground, Bozz's leadership and loyalty bring his men together, triggering extraordinary consequences.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Chev Chelios returns to track down a ruthless Chinese mobster who has stolen his most prized possession: his heart. As he hunts down his enemy in Los Angeles, his battery-operated ticker requires regular jolts of electricity in order to work. Chev is determined to get his real heart back and wreak vengeance on whoever stole it.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Edge: A model has her rich, much older husband come with her to a photo shoot. But when their plane chrashes in the middle of nowhere, a strong mind game erupts between the jealous husband and the younger photographer as they try to get back to civilization. Tigerland: Sent with his platoon to a hellish training ground known as Tigerland that is the last stop before Vietnam, a defiant soldier uses his uncanny leadership abilities to hold his platoon...