Matt Dillon
1) On the road
Author
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than Scott Fitzgerald, and it goes racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion.
2) Bad country
Publisher
Whiskey Bay Investments LLC ; CB Productions ; Ana Media ; Mandalay Vision
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A contract killer acts as an informant for a local detective and sets out for revenge after his family is executed by a syndicate boss.
3) Crash
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"This...thriller tracks the volatile intersection of a multiethnic cast of characters struggling to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, during the next 36 hours, they will all collide." -- Container.
4) Proxima
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her seven-year-old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. When Sarah is chosen to be part of the crew of a year-long space mission called "Proxima", it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.
5) Wild things
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Language
English
Description
A thriller about two high school students, the guidance counselor they accuse of rape, and the detective who knows there's more to the story.
6) Old dogs
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dan and Charlie are two best friends who, together, have built a successful marketing empire, but have somehow managed to avoid ever really grown up. Their lives have been turned upside down when they are charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of a big business deal. The clueless bachelors stumble in their efforts, leading to one debacle after another, with a gorilla and some pecking penguins. Dan and Charlie learn as much...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jimmy is a New York con man fleeing the United States for Bangkok in order to avoid an insurance scam investigation. He goes to Cambodia to meet up with his former business partner and mentor, Marvin, to collect his half of the money. Along the way, he makes friends with local man, Sok, and romances Sophie, but is drawn into a lethal web of deceit and murder.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
'Tomorrow's city ... today' is how the suburban paradise of New Granada promotes itself, but something has been left out of the plans. No one is paying attention to the town's teens. They must discover their own values and create their own entertainment.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A volatile story about a Washington, D.C. political reporter who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. Unexpectedly finding herself behind bars, she struggles to maintain her principles and relationship with her family when she refuses to divulge her source. Inspired by true events.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
For newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson, life is sweet. With a nice house and established careers, nothing seems to get in the newlyweds way. However, Carl's best friend, Dupree, has just been displaced from his home and fired from his job because of attending their wedding. Taking his friend in for what should just be a few days, turns into a lot more than they bargained for. Especially when Dupree overstays his welcome and in causes one hilarious...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter offbeat...
14) Crash
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Crash takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.
15) Armored
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Several men working for an armored security transport company decide to pull off a heist that will harm no one, but their plans unexpectedly change and violence breaks out among the group members.
16) Girl most likely
Publisher
Lions Gate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
After both her career and relationship fail, a New York playwright moves home to New Jersey to live with her eccentric mother and younger brother.
17) Drugstore cowboy
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A band of drug addicts, led by a husband and wife team, resort to robbing drugstores to stay high. They are successful in avoiding capture until their luck begins to run out, and the husband has to accept the fact that he must give up drugs to survive.
18) Target
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
An ex-CIA agent and his son set out in search of his kidnapped wife when she disappears on her European vacation.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Social-climbing Jonathan romances rich girl Ellen to get close to her powerful father. But his plans go awry when she becomes pregnant and feeling cornered, he murders her. Dory, Ellen's twin, is suspicious of Ellen's 'suicide' and investigates.