David Patrick Kelly
1) Don't blink
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The good: New York's Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons, the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of accusations about who ordered the hit. The bad: Seated at a nearby table, reporter Nick Daniels is conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with a legendary baseball bad boy. In the chaos, he accidentally...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two rival crime families. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances between them, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, he takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to remain the last man standing.
3) Crooklyn
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Director Spike Lee fashions a bold, flavorful picture of family life in a crowded but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood nicknamed "Crooklyn" by the Carmichaels, who experience one very special summer in their hometown under difficult but often wonderful circumstances.
4) Commando
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The ex-head of a special commando strike team is forced back into action when his daughter is kidnapped. With the help of a feisty stewardess, he has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge--finding his daughter before she is killed.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The last man standing: John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two rival crime families. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances between them, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, he takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to remain the last man standing.
The last boy scout: "They walk the walk. They talk the talk. They play the game--a bone-crushing, bullets-flying...
6) Songcatcher
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a well spring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording...
7) The crow
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A murdered man comes back to avenge his death and to protect the innocent.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Spike Lee is one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors of all time. Now five of his most provocative, thought-provoking films are available in one collection. From the breakout hit dramedy "Do the right thing" to the gritty, urban "Clockers, " Lee peels away life's layers, exposing the ironies, brutalities, rhythms and prejudices of the naked city in this powerful collector's set.
Clockers: a film about the violent world of drug dealing...
9) Commando
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Colonel John Matrix is retired from the army. He lives in the mountains of California with his daughter Jenny. Jenny is kidnapped by Bennett, one of John's former soldiers. Bennet's boss, exiled Latin American dictator Arius, demands that John assassinate the president of Arius's country so Arius can reinstate himself as dictator. John is put on a southbound airplane with a guard, but before the airplane can take off, John snaps the guard's neck,...