Joe Pesci
Author
Language
English
Description
All gangster Tommy Spinelli wants to do is board a plane and get to San Diego so that he can deliver his carry-on duffel bag to his boss. Unfortunately, the bag is dumped during boarding and is switched with that of a Mexican-bound medical student...who has no idea that the bag he now carries contains the severed heads of eight Los Angeles gangsters.
3) Hero quest
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A fairy tale about a grand life journey of ten-year old boy Savva, devoted to help his mom and fellow village people to break free from the vicious hyenas.
4) Raging bull
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A biographical film about psychologically destructive, violent middleweight champion Jake La Motta.
5) Goodfellas
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
6) Home alone
Language
English
Formats
Description
Accidentally left behind when his parents rush off on their Christmas vacation, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister embarks on a hilarious, madcap mission to defend the family home when two bumbling burglars try to break in, and find themselves tangled in Kevin's bewildering battery of booby traps!
9) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"Great news--Kevin McCallister is spending the holidays in New York City. Bad news--his parents are spending them in Florida! Separated once again from his family, Kevin manages to find food, lodging and fun using his dad's credit card. But his big-spending solo act takes a dangerous turn when the Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv escape prison and also land in the Big Apple. Now, Kevin must outrun and outprank them again"--Container.
11) Casino
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw--Ace falls...
12) Casino
Pub. Date
[2008].
Language
English
Description
The rise and fall of a crooked casino owner, his family, and hoodlums due to drugs, sex, and betrayal.
13) Raging bull
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of boxer Jake La Motta's life and how his self-destructive behavior affected his career and relationships.
14) Family Enforcer
Author
Language
English
Description
After being away for a couple of years, Jerry Bolanti is back in his tough North Jersey neighborhood, close to swampy meadow-lands where bodies get pulled from the trunks of cars and dumped. He's short on cash, so a local boss, Anthony Iadavia, throws him some work‚ as a collector and a holdup man. But Jerry's cocky and a hothead, so he makes enemies faster than he can deliver on the jobs.
15) Easy Money
Author
Language
English
Description
In order to collect a $10-million inheritance, a working-class slob has one year to give up all of his bad habits...drinking, overeating, smoking and gambling.
16) Love Ranch
Author
Language
English
Description
Two cynical grifters get rich owning a Nevada brothel, but when an Argentine fighter arrives, a love triangle erupts with murderous results.
17) Hero Quest
Author
Language
English
Description
Hero Quest is an epic coming-of-age adventure story of a boy who sets out on the journey of a lifetime, forging unlikely friendships, facing his greatest fears, and discovering the hero that was inside him all along. Brought to life by an all-star cast including Milla Jovovich, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci and Whoopi Goldberg.
Author
Language
English
Description
One of today's most gifted and brilliant actresses, Jill Clayburgh, brings her special sensitivity to the role of Barbara Gordon, a successful television documentary producer who became hopelessly dependent on tranquilizers. But this is much more than a story of addiction and withdrawal; it is an examination of the success syndrome that affects the lives of people whose career triumphs are achieved at great personal sacrifice. It is the dramatic and...