Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. --
2) Monsters
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within the solar system. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain 'the creatures.' Now a U.S. journalist has agreed to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety...
3) Strike
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A young mole must try to achieve his impossible dream of becoming a soccer player in order to save his hometown gold mine from a greedy supervillain known only as 'The Boss.'" --
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the near-future UK; Daisy, an American teenager sent to stay with relatives in the English countryside. Initially withdrawn and alienated, she begins to warm up to her charming surroundings, and strikes up a romance with the handsome Edmund. But on the fringes of their idyllic summer days are tense news reports of an escalating conflict in Europe. As the UK falls into a violent, chaotic military state, Daisy finds herself hiding and fighting...
5) Life itself
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The legacy of Roger Ebert's life, recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of the world-renowned film critic and social commentator, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism at the Chicago Sun-Times to becoming one of the most influential cultural voices in America.
6) Food, Inc
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When single mother Collette McVeigh is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA plot in London, an MI5 officer offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in the MI5 and return home. When her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family in grave...
8) Iris
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look into the life of fashion icon Iris Apfel, and her husband of over 60 years: the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven with an outsized presence on the New York & Palm Beach fashion scenes. Despite the abundance of glamour in her current life, Iris continues to embrace the values and work ethic established during a middle-class Queens upbringing during the Great Depression.
9) Serena
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1929, just as the Depression has hit, George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newlyweds, move from Boston to North Carolina to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving a man's life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers...
10) The perfect host
Publisher
Magnet
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary. The two discover just how deceiving appearances can be in this game of cat and mouse.
11) Two lovers
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After Leonard moves back into the home he grew up in to mend a broken heart, he meets two women in quick succession. Michelle is a mysterious and beautiful neighbor. Sandra is the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision, between desire and the comfort of love, or risk falling back into the same darkness that nearly killed him.
12) Immediate family
Language
English
Description
Documentary follows the lives and work of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era.--
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's seventh largest company walked away with over one billion dollars, while investors and employees lost everything.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. The film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches-to-rags success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Lance Clayton once dreamed of a career as a rich and famous writer. He has only managed to be a single dad, and high-school poetry teacher. Kyle is his only son who is a jackass that won't give him the time of day. Lance is dating Claire, the school's adorable art teacher. She doesn't want to get serious or even acknowledge publicly that they are dating. In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest opportunity of his...
16) Blackfish
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Killer whales are beloved as majestic, friendly giants yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of the notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. Blackfish expands on the discussion of keeping such intelligent creatures in captivity.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) introduces a new fashion exhibition Gala Event every year on the first Monday of May. A grand fashion and cultural exhibit fundraiser, the event is attended by A-List celebrities such as George Clooney, Rihanna, Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts and on. The film goes back stage at MOMA and the famous fashion houses in Europe, giving the viewer unprecedented access to fashion and cultural archives." --...
18) Synchronicity
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A mind-bending 'Sci-fi Noir' in the tradition of Blade Runner, Gattaca and Memento. Daring physicist Jim Beale has invented a machine that can fold space-time, uncovering the secret of time travel. But a ruthless corporate tycoon, Klaus Meisner, will stop at nothing to steal it. To protect his discovery, Jim travels back in time to stop the conspiracy before it can happen. Once in the past, Jim uncovers a surprising truth about Abby, the machine,...
19) Grand piano
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of the expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: Play one wrong note and you die. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper's motives and look for help without...
20) Finding Amanda
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab in a last ditch effort to save his marriage.