John Cho
1) Troublemaker
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go." --
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
"Melissa McCarthy proves she's got what it takes?"--Variety.
"...Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy steal so many laughs..."--Los Angeles Times.
"McCarthy...She's a big, ballsy star."--Philadelphia Inquirer.
4) Columbus
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a Korean-born man finds himself stuck in a small Indiana town with his father in a coma, he meets a woman who wants to stay in that same town instead of pursuing her dreams.
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dispatched on a rescue mission to the farthest reaches of space, the USS Enterprise is ambushed by Krall, a ruthless enemy sworn against the Federation. Crash-landing on an uncharted hostile world, Captain Kirk, Spock, and the crew are separated with no means of escape. Only Jaylah, a rebellious alien warrior, can help them reunite and find a way off the planet in a race against time to stop Krall₂s deadly army from triggering all-out galactic war....
6) Searching
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After his sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a man breaks into her laptop to find clues about her disappearance.
7) Star trek
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien vessel. He was searching for Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. Twenty years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker. He is inspired by Capt. Christopher Pike to fulfill his potential in Starfleet, even though he annoys his instructors. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan...
8) The oath
Publisher
Lions Gate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Chris, a high-strung 24-hour progressive news junkie, and his more levelheaded wife Kai learn that citizens are being asked to sign a loyalty oath to the president, their reaction is disbelief, followed by idealistic refusal. But as the Thanksgiving deadline to sign approaches, the combination of sparring relatives, Chris's own agitation, and the unexpected arrival of two government agents sends an already tense holiday dinner gathering completely...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Harold & Kumar go to White Castle: Two twenty-something stoner roommates, one a Korean-American investment banker, Harold, and the other, an Indian-American medical school candidate, Kumar, go through a life changing journey. They are on a quest to satisfy their cravings for White Castle burgers and spend the night roaming the state of New Jersey running into one screwy obstacle after another.
Harold & Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay: Harold and...
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Following years of growing apart, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempts to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the 'high grade' contents, and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree, going up in smoke.
Language
English
Description
Two twenty-somthing stoner roommates, one a Korean-American investment banker, Harold and the other, an Indian-American medical school candidate, Kumar, go through a life changing journey. They are on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers and spend the night roaming the state of New Jersey in search of White Castle hamburgers running into one screwy obstacle after another.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
While Father Bennett fights the forces of evil within the Vatican, Father Tomas Ortega and now ex-priest Marcus Keane travel to a private island off the coast of Seattle, Washington to help a member of Andrew Kim's group home resist a powerful force.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment/ABC Studios
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After a mysterious event causes a global blackout in which everyone in the world sees their lives six months into the future, a team of Los Angeles FBI agents try to find the cause of the blackout while dealing with the fallout from their own visions.
16) Searching
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After David Kim's sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop. David must trace his daughter's digital footprints before she disappears forever.
17) Columbus
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indian; a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, an architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, they explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin₂s stranged relationship with his father, and Casey₂s...
18) Zipper
Publisher
Alchemy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Sam Ellis is a man on the rise, a hot-shot prosecutor on the cusp of a bright future. When an impossibly gorgeous intern at the office becomes infatuated with, he unwisely attempts to quiet his desires by seeing a high class escort, only to become addicted. A second and third appointment follows and his once idyllic life spirals out of control. When he finds himself being groomed to run for U.S. Congress, he must take measures to keep the press, the...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Star trek: "The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time"--IMDb.com.
Star trek into darkness: "After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction"--IMDb.com.
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