Olive Films
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A hilarious slice of middle-class life in small-town America, "King of the Hill" has become one of the most beloved and long-running prime-time animated series in television history. Outrageously funny but remarkably truthful, the series follows the exploits of propane salesman Hank Hill (Mike Judge) as he reigns over a family of underachievers, a group of beer-guzzling friends, and the everyday challenges of life in Arlen, Texas. Comprised of all...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A hilarious slice of middle-class life in small-town America, "King of the Hill" has become one of the most beloved and long-running prime-time animated series in television history. Outrageously funny but remarkably truthful, the series follows the exploits of propane salesman Hank Hill (Mike Judge) as he reigns over a family of underachievers, a group of beer-guzzling friends, and the everyday challenges of life in Arlen, Texas. Comprised of all...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A hilarious slice of middle-class life in small-town America, "King of the Hill" has become one of the most beloved and long-running prime-time animated series in television history. Outrageously funny but remarkably truthful, the series follows the exploits of propane salesman Hank Hill (Mike Judge) as he reigns over a family of underachievers, a group of beer-guzzling friends, and the everyday challenges of life in Arlen, Texas. Comprised of all...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A hilarious slice of middle-class life in small-town America, "King of the Hill" has become one of the most beloved and long-running prime-time animated series in television history. Outrageously funny but remarkably truthful, the series follows the exploits of propane salesman Hank Hill (Mike Judge) as he reigns over a family of underachievers, a group of beer-guzzling friends, and the everyday challenges of life in Arlen, Texas. Comprised of all...
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
A hilarious slice of middle-class life in small-town America, "King of the Hill" has become one of the most beloved and long-running prime-time animated series in television history. Outrageously funny but remarkably truthful, the series follows the exploits of propane salesman Hank Hill (Mike Judge) as he reigns over a family of underachievers, a group of beer-guzzling friends, and the everyday challenges of life in Arlen, Texas. Comprised of all...
6) Teachers
Pub. Date
2015, p1984.
Language
English
Description
A satirical, dramatic and often comic look at the life of the modern day teacher. Alex Jurel, a once idealistic high school teacher now burned out by the system. With a lawsuit filed by an illiterate student, the recipient of a passing grade and diploma, Alex is surprised to learn that the lawyer assigned to handle the case turns out to be Alexs former star pupil.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Big Jim Cole inherits land in Wyoming and trades his dangerous lawman's life for the comparatively cushy existence of a rancher. But he barely gets his family settled when new dangers plague them. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed Satan who keeps killing Cole's livestock.
8) A new leaf
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Henry Graham is a man with a problem: he has run through his entire inheritance and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry, refuses to give him a dime, so Henry devises a plan with the help of his imaginative butler to make his money the old-fashioned way--he can marry it.
9) Moontrap
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Astronauts sent to the moon investigate evidence of what appears to be signs of human life. They reanimate the body of a woman who warns them that the moon is under the control of a race of alien cyborgs, which have been awaiting the opportunity to stage their invasion of Earth. The humans realize that desperate measures must be taken to halt the cyborgs' departure from the moon, even if it ends in their own destruction.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Martin's pursuit of the truth leads him to the West Coast. There, the deepening mystery explodes into a multi-faceted conspiracy involving a cult known as the Righteous 36, the CEO of a sinister corporation, one of the company's former officers, a deranged ex-priest, and the mother of a child who may prove instrumental in deciphering the code.
12) Saved!
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Mary becomes pregnant, her best friend Hilary Faye turns on her. Now Mary's only hope for salvation is a group of rebellious misfits. Can they make it to graduation, or will Hilary Faye make their lives a living hell?
13) Thinner
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-seller, Stephen King's Thinner stars Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna in a story of supernatural terror and countdown to the ultimate payback. A 109-year old gypsy, hell-bent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels its victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. With time running out and a torture so bizarre and powerful, even death seems a more likely option.
15) Black Caesar
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in New York City's Harlem. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
16) Pork Chop Hill
Language
English
Description
Korean War film of a true tale of the desperate soldiers who finally take the top of Pork Chop Hill, only to find themselves surrounded by enemy forces.
17) Blue sky
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Uprooting his family after being assigned to a remote testing facility in Alabama, nuclear engineer Hank Marshall is faced with a moral decision as an opponent of the atmospheric tests he's asked to complete. Adding to an already volatile situation is Hank's sultry and unstable wife, Carly, whose flirtatious nature begins to erode their relationship and bring unwanted attention to the situation.
18) Cooley High
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1960s, a slice-of-life tale of high school students coping with the challenges of everyday life growing up in the Chicago housing projects.
19) Hope and glory
Language
English
Description
The autobiographical film is a nostalgic and gently comic remembrance of England during the turbulent Blitz as seen through the eyes of ten-year-old Billy Rohan. While the beauty of the aircrafts and tanks holds endless wonders for the young boy, others know all too well the destruction they bring. Navigating difficult times are mother Grace, who finds herself head of the household when her husband is drafted; Billy's sister, Dawn, whose romance and...
20) Hoodlum
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A gangster refuses to let others into his numbers racket. Set in Harlem during the 1930s.