Rosario Dawson
3) Rent
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on Puccini's classic opera La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's revolutionary rock opera Rent tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in the gritty background of New York's East Village. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic. One of the longest running shows on Broadway, Rent was the winner...
4) Descent
Author
Language
English
Description
Maya (Rosario Dawson) is like many other college coeds, book smart yet shy, curious about sex, yet scared to let herself go. One night she meets Jared. When their courtship turns from romantic to horrific in a single violent act, Maya's world is ripped inside-out. Shutting out everyone in her life, Maya loses herself to a dark throbbing underworld of drugs and sexual experimentation. Lured by club DJ Adrian, she awakens to a cold and vicious new strength,...
5) Krystal
Author
Language
English
Description
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
6) Seven pounds
Publisher
Sony/Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then, while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife. Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give "pounds of flesh" that will give new life to 7 deserving individuals to make up for the 7 lives he destroyed. Tim intends to kill himself and to bestow gifts to 7 worthy people, which includes...
7) Rent
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the year in the life of a group of friends in New York's East Village. The "bohemians" live carefree lives of art, music, sex, and drugs. It is carefree until Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger, an aspiring songwriter, find out they owe a year's rent to Benny. Benny is a former friend who had promised them free rent when he married the landlord's daughter. Roger has also attracted the attention of his downstairs neighbor, Mimi. Mark's...
Publisher
Warner Brothers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The LEGO Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble, LEGO Batman, stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from the Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others, and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
"The Lego Batman Movie, animated with...
9) Cesar Chavez
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. He inspired millions of Americans who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved in the past decade, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.
11) Explicit Ills
Author
Language
English
Description
A drama of four interconnecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia.
13) Shattered Glass
Author
Language
English
Description
When renowned journalist Stephen Glass suddenly comes under investigation by a Forbes reporter, the search reveals Glass has fabricated many of his sensational stories, leading to his ultimate downfall in this gripping, fact-based drama.
14) The Water Man
Author
Language
English
Description
Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) sets out on a quest to save his ill mother (Rosario Dawson) by searching for a mythic figure who possesses the secret to immortality, the Water Man. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local girl, Jo (Amiah Miller), they journey together into the remote Wild Horse forest -- but the deeper they venture, the stranger and more dangerous the forest becomes. Their only hope for rescue is Gunner's father (David Oyelowo), who...
15) The Invocation
Author
Language
English
Description
The Invocation is an exploration of the notion of God and a call for global harmony through foundations of religion, spirituality, history, science, politics and art.
16) Eagle Eye
Author
Language
English
Description
Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan star as two strangers trying to escape danger when they are ripped from their ordinary lives and 'activated' as part of a high-tech assassination plot.
17) 10 Years
Author
Language
English
Description
A group of friends reunite at their high school reunion, each with their own unbelievable story. Starring Channing Tatum (Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street) and Rosario Dawson (Sin City).
18) Down to You
Author
Language
English
Description
From the moment they meet amid the chaos of college in New York City, Al and Imogen begin a romantic journey where true love often competes with the temptation to stray from commitment. As time passes and an outrageous array of friends become involved, they'll celebrate all the highs and confront all the lows that greet their passionate affair!
20) 25th Hour
Author
Language
English
Description
Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan (Norton) reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.