Christopher Nolan
1) Tenet
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
v, 279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"TENET is a palindrome -- it can be read backwards as well as forwards. This is the idea at the heart of Christopher Nolan's new film, a time-bending thriller whose protagonist ... is pitted against a brutish antagonist ... who deals in munitions -- and so much more. The characters wrestle in a dangerous world of twists and betrayals, a world they barely comprehend... This volume also contains storyboards for three of the film's ... action sequences."--Back...
2) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[Rental version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
3) 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,...
4) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[Rental version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
5) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
6) Inception
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
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.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
[Blu-ray version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 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.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (295 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barbie: To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
Oppenheimer: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
9) 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.
10) Tenet
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version].
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.
11) Man of steel
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Edition
[Blu-ray version], Rental widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
12) Man of steel
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Rental [edition].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
13) The Dark Knight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
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...
14) Insomnia
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detectives invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. One finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (556 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elysium: In the year 2154 two groups of people remain; the extremely wealthy who reside on an immaculate man-made space station named Elysium, and the rest, who occupy an overpopulated, destroyed Earth. Max decides to embark on a mission that could bring equality to the opposed worlds.
Interstellar: 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...
16) Batman begins
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a boy, 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 leads him...
17) The prestige
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 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...
18) Memento
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Leonard Shelby is searching for the man who raped and murdered his wife. He survived, but developed a mind block due to the attack. He can remember everything from before, but memories of anything that followed come and go every few minutes.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 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.