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121) The towering inferno
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the heart of San Francisco, the finishing touches have just been made to the Glass Tower, a 138-story skyscraper. A huge celebratory gala, complete with VIP guests, has been planned to celebrate the dedication of what has been promoted as the world's tallest building. But Doug Roberts, the building's architect, suspects all is not right with the building. He discovers that the contractors have used shoddy wiring, not the heavy-duty wiring he had...
122) Primal fear
Language
English
Description
When attorney, Martin Vail hears that a peniless altar boy is accused of murdering th localarchbishop, he snaps up the case, eager for th media spotlight. Little does he know that it will uncover a viper's nest of corruption, pit him against a prosecutor who is his ex-lover and test all his skill, judgment and even his win-at-any-cost attitude.
123) A cure for wellness
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious 'wellness center' at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Identity: Ten strangers take shelter at a desolate motel during a rainstorm, but as they are murdered one by one, they discover that they must uncover the secret that brought them together in order to survive the night. Secret window: After he discovers his wife committing adultery, a popular mystery author retreats to a secluded vacation cabin for solace, only to be stalked by a psychotic local who thinks his work has been plagiarized.
125) The remaining
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An action-packed supernatural thriller that addresses questions of life, love and belief against an apocalyptic backdrop. A group of close friends gather for a wedding, but the celebration is shattered by a series of cataclysmic events and enemies foretold by biblical end-times prophecies. The survivors face a horrifying, uncertain future as they scramble for safety, but as their world collapses around them in chaos and terror will they choose real...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In the final season of Tom Clancy₂s Jack Ryan, Jack is promoted to the new CIA Acting Deputy Director and finds himself on his most dangerous mission yet! He is appointed with the daunting task of unearthing internal corruption. As he investigates, Jack discovers the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization, ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero's belief in the system he has always fought to...
127) Theeb
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Arabic
Description
1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers₂ quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently deceased father, Hussein agrees to lead them on the long...
128) Impuratus
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A police detective Clayton Douglas is summoned to a remote hospital to witness a mysterious Civil War veteran's outrageous death-bed confession that forces him to accept the supernatural.
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
Description
Agatha Christie's world-famous mysteries are delightfully adapted in a new series of highly stylized French TV movies. Set in the 1950s, these iconic stories introduce new investigators in classic Christie style: Chief Inspector Laurence, a man of class and refined taste, and the ambitious young journalist Alice Avril along with Laurence's ever-loyal secretary, Marlene.
130) Dead for a dollar
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
While on a mission to find and return the wife of a wealthy businessman, a bounty hunter runs into a professional gambler and outlaw he sent to prison years before.
131) Resurrection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A woman who seemingly has her life in order sees things take a sudden unexpected turn when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns to haunt her.
132) Eileen
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In 1960s Boston, Eileen shuffles between her emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken--but her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime"--
133) Dark waters
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
[English/French/Spanish version].
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything - his future, his family, and his own life - to expose the truth.
134) The hunger
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Miriam the vampire, subsists on the blood of her lovers, who do not age, until she has had enough of them. John is currently in that position, and is expected to die in the next 24 hours. He seeks help from a doctor who does not believe his story.
135) The admirer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A woman searches for answers after her life is hacked by a mysterious person from her past harboring a dangerous obsession"--
136) Desperation road
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small Mississippi town, justice and the law are two very different things. A modern noir-thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Michael Farris Smith. Two lost souls, tortured by the mistakes of their past, are bound by a secret that keeps them running.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Successful lawyer Declan Fitzpatrick gives up his practice to buy Manet Hall, a newly restored plantation manor near New Orleans. Legend has it that the house is haunted, and when Declan observes a mysterious presence at the mansion, he invites Cajun local Lena Simone to investigate the paranormal activity.
138) 57 seconds
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When a tech blogger discovers a time-altering device, he unleashes its power to rewrite the past and seek revenge against the ruthless corporate empire that destroyed his family. But his actions soon trigger a terrifying chain of events, propelling him into a pulse-pounding battle for survival where every second counts." --container
139) The citadel
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A young doctor in a Welsh mining village runs up against the medical establishment when he tries to explore the cause of a cough disabling miners; he abandons his humanitarian goals for a London practice.
140) Teenage bank heist
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
Cassie, 17, works as a teller at the bank where her mother, Joyce, is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real-time, ticking clock thriller, as the girls are on the run from the police, we learn that the real motivation behind the robbery was not greed but to raise ransom for Abbie's kidnapped father.
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