Christopher Nolan
1) Memento
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Three-time Oscar nominee Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception) directs this critically acclaimed mystery. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago,...
2) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
4) Inception
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Dom Cobb is the best there is at extraction; stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage, but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible; inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime.
Author
Publisher
Insight Editions
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
239 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inception, writer-director Christopher Nolan's seventh feature film, joins the epic scope of The Dark Knight with the narrative sophistication of Memento. The story of a group of thieves who specialize in invading the mind through one's dreams, Inception explores the writer-director's signature psychological themes of memory, paranoia, and self-doubt as his protagonist, Dom Cobb, is pitted against a hostile subconscious spurred on by personal demons...
6) Interstellar
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
8) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
9) Tenet
Publisher
Warner Brothers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Armed with only one word and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time.
10) Dunkirk
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Intense war experience and some language.
11) Batman begins
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes. This trauma led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with a ninja cult leader, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City. The City is now overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit...
12) Man of Steel
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2013.
Edition
Widescreen ; Rental.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Clark Kent confronts his extraterrestrial origins and fights to save humanity when Earth is invaded by General Zod and his army.
13) The Dark Knight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker. The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman...
15) The prestige
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London. Two magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy. The rivalry is so intense that is will be full of obsession, deceit and jealousy, with both dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that Robert angier and Alfred Bordon first met, the two were competitors. However, their once friendly competition evolves into battle for each others...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyages.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2013.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After Clark Kent discovers his true identity-as Superman- he vows to protect Smallville from harm. His promise is tested when General Zod and his followers attack, leaving Superman no choice but to use his superpowers to save the planet"--P. [4] of the cover.
18) I am Bane
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Festival
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
20) Man of steel
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray discs (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + some copies have 2nd blu-ray disc
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.