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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell); a competition...
2) Classic
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since 1917, the small city of Nenana has been home to one of Alaska's largest traditions. Every year, residents come together to pull off the Nenana Ice Classic, a charitable guessing game that challenges any player to predict, at $2.50 a guess, the exact minute the ice on the Tanana River will break up. Beyond the city limits, luck-pushers and competitive gamblers see the Ice Classic as a means to make small dreams come true. As the tradition has...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this prequel to The Hunger Games, a young Coriolanus is the last hope for the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. Snow reluctantly takes an assignment to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray's charm captivates Panem's audience, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow races against time...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student....
Publisher
Distributed by DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
'Vege-mania' is sweeping Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, so the two enterprising chums are cashing in with their company, "Anti-Pesto." Business is booming, and only days remain before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Companula Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived. She awakens from the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell deep inside the bunkered catacombs of District 13. Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as to whom she can trust, Katniss must help 13 rise from the shadows, all the while knowing that President Snow has...
7) Cook off!
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amateur 'chefs' from around the country compete for a million dollar prize in the ultimate food fight.
9) Wadjda
Language
Arabic
Description
Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained in her world. Hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring all at once, this groundbreaking...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Miss Congeniality: Sandra Bullock stars as an operative posing as a pageant contestant in order to ferret out a terrorist targetting the Miss United States beauty pageant.
Miss Congeniality 2: This time, Federal Agent Gracie Hart goes undercover in Las Vegas to rescue her best friend, the Miss United States Pageant winner. She also has to deal with a new partner with anger-management issues and a dim view of Gracie.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When the contestants at a way-cool snowboarding contest are suspiciously sidelined, Scooby-Doo and the kids investigate, and discover the chilling fact that, There's No Creatures Like Snow Creature. In A Scooby-Doo Christmas, Scooby-Doo and crew set out to melt the ferocious Frosty and save the day. And finally, a ski vacation turns into a scare fest when Scooby and Shaggy meet up with the ghost of an abominable snowman in That's Snow Ghost.
13) The queen
Language
English
Formats
Description
More than 40 years before *RuPaul's Drag Race*, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes us backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas in the lead-up to the big event. Organized by LGBTQ icon and activist Flawless Sabrina, the competition boasted a star-studded panel of...
14) Gamer
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Kable is the superstar and cult hero of the ultraviolent Slayers. Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned, and forced to fight against his will, the modern-day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game, free his family, regain his identity, and save mankind from this ruthless technology.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and create the Dark Mark - giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the students at Hogwarts, the competitors are selected...
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Ash sees Solgaleo and Lunala in a dream, he makes a promise to them. But when he wakes up, he can't remember what it was! Will the strange Pokemon called Nebby jog his memory? When Ash, Pikachu, and the rest of their friends explore an organization dedicated to Pokemon conservation and care, they discover it may not be as innocent as it seems. Now Ash and his friends will have to work together to protect the people and Pokemon they care about....
18) The hunger games
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Arabic
Description
Wadjda es una chica de 10 años que vive en los suburbios de Riad, la capital de Arabia Saudita. Aunque vive en un mundo conservador, Wadjda es divertida, emprendedora y siempre llega al límite entre lo que puede hacer y lo prohibido. Tras una pelea con su amigo Abdullah, un vecino con el que no debería jugar, Wadjda se enamora de una bonita bicicleta en venta. Quiere desesperadamente esa bicicleta para poder ganar a Abdullah en una carrera. Sin...
20) Bye bye Birdie
Language
English
Description
When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest in which one lucky girl wins a farewell kiss on The Ed Sullivan show.
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