Chris Rock
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 269 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A candid memoir filled with vivid anecdotes: Growing up in the South, navigating stand-up comedy's challenging early days, brushes with celebrities like Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, and insights on Ghostbusters, Supermarket Sweep, The Daily Show. Revealing struggles as a tall Black woman in comedy.
2) Madagascar
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A former pro football quarterback suddenly lands in a maximum security prison. Using fellow inmates, he must put together a motley group of cons to play a no-holds-barred grudge game against the sadistic guards.
5) Grown ups
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Five friends and former teammates reunite on the Fourth of July weekend to honor the passing of their former high school basketball coach.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Follow Central Park Zoo animals, including, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, along with the psychotic penguins, the monkeys, and the lemur leaders as they unexpectedly are now stranded in the middle of Africa. While Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are rather happy with their new environment, they quickly realize that it's not all that it seems. Meanwhile, the penguins attempt to repair the plane that they accidentally...
8) Grown ups 2
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lenny has decided to relocate his family back to the small town to have his kids grow up where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grownups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Your favorite characters are back in their most hilarious adventure yet! Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are on the run through Europe in this wildly-entertaining and outrageous comedy critic's call 'charming and very funny'! With the fame-loving King Julian and take-charge Penguins, the whole crew joins the circus to escape Captain Dubois of Animal Control.
10) Spiral
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in this terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel 'Zeke' Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer's morbid game....
11) The Witches
Language
English
Description
The tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe, undercover, to carry out her nefarious...
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (446 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A teenager growing up in Brooklyn, NY is sent to a new neighborhood middle school, in a predominantly Italian neighborhood, and is faced with many new challenges.
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (457 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A teenager growing up in Brooklyn, NY is sent to a new neighborhood middle school, in a predominantly Italian neighborhood, and is faced with many new challenges. This year, growing up means girl and bully problems. And his dysfunctional family problems grow wilder than ever.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 457 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Television series about Chris Rock's experiences growing up in Brooklyn. In this season, Chris finds that being a teenager isn't as cool as he imagined, growing up means bullies are bigger, his parents are more demanding, and girls are getting more fascinating--and frightening--every day.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 459 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chris is a high school student growing up in Brooklyn, NY who just wants to hang with the cool kids, date pretty girls and have a normal family. But the ups and downs of a typical teen turn hilarious when seen through an outrageous and irreverent point of view. His school is located in a predominantly Italian neighborhood. He is constantly faced with many new challenges. Chris Rock narrates this touching story that was inspired by his own childhood...
16) Bad company
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
CIA agents Oakes and Pope are trying to purchase a suitcase-sized nuclear bomb from a Russian black marketer. Just as the partners discover that another bidder exists, they are ambushed and Pope is killed trying to protect Oakes. Now Oakes needs to recruit Pope's long lost twin brother, Jake, so that the deal can commence in ten days time. Offered a sizable payday, Jake agrees to undergo the vigorous training to impersonate his brother and helps...
17) New Jack City
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
Standard full screen and widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gangster film about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he's untouchable, and the tough, street-smart cops determined to bring him down.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A married man who daydreams about being with other women finds his will and morals tested after he's visited by the ex-mistress of his old friend. A funny and thought provoking look about the joy and pain of marriage and relationships.
19) Lethal weapon
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (483 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Film series about two Los Angeles police detectives.
20) Dr. Dolittle
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.