Ethan Hawke
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Paul, a lone drifter who wanders into the forgotten town of Denton, Texas dubbed by the locals as the valley of violence. There, he picks a fight with the wrong man, Gilly, the troublemaking son of the town's unforgiving marshal. As tensions arise between Paul and Gilly, an inevitable act of violence starts a disastrous chain reaction that quickly drags the whole town into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. Can the world weary Marshal stop the violent...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A notorious mobster is brought into an under-manned police precinct on its last day of operation. Remaining cops and prisoners must fight for their lives against a group of rogue cops intent on taking down the mobster before he testifies against them.
4) Explorers
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In their makeshift laboratory, three boys use an amazing discovery and their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey.
5) Gattaca
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid, " who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception,...
6) Alive
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
A team of rugby players survive a plane crash deep in the desolate, snow-covered Andes Mountains. Stranded there, they must overcome incredible odds to stay alive.
7) Blaze
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passion of their celebrated hosts (Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant) to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
All the right moves: When you live in a dying mill town, the only way to move up in the world is to move out. In Ampipe, Pennsylvania, their high school fottball coach is fighting to parlay a winning team into a big-time position -- away from the town he despises. Great expectations: This is a story of the love of a man for an unreachable woman. Updated to modern day New York City, the story concerns a man of modest background who falls in love with...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A notorious mobster is brought into an under-manned police precinct on its last day of operation. Remaining cops and prisoners must fight for their lives against a group of rogue cops intent on taking down the mobster before he testifies against them.
12) Training day
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In Training day, Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department, gets a chance to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris.
In Fallen, detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met, already caught and already killed.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Training day: On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears. John Q: A down-on-his luck father, whose insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, takes the hospital's emergency room hostage until the doctors agree to perform the operation. Fallen: Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Magnificent Seven: The town of Rose Creek is under the deadly control of Bartholomew Bogue, the townspeople are desperate for protection. They find protection in seven outlaws. These seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
Silverado: Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Training day: For a rookie cop staying on the right side of the line that separates cop from criminal will be the most challenging thing he has ever done, because his senior partner is an undercover narc, meaner than any of L.A's mean streets.
The pelican brief: Two Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everyone else wants her dead.
The Book of...
