Robert Rodriguez
1) The faculty
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet. As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the student bodies, its ultimately up to the few who are left, an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds, and jocks, to save the world from alien domination.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Marissa Cortez Wilson has it all: married to a famous spy-hunting television reporter, with a new baby and intelligent twin step kids, Rebecca and Cecil. When maniacal Timekeeper disrupts her domestic bliss, threatening to take over the planet, Marissa comes out of retirement as a top secret agent. With Armageddon quickly approaching, Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action!
Publisher
Entertainment One Canada
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Santánico and Richie (living outside of Houston) are now partners in crime, resembling a more modern version of Bonnie and Clyde; Seth and Kate are scraping by as small time criminals south of the border; and Freddie Gonzalez has an almost obsessive focus on protecting his wife and young daughter in the suburbs. Carlos Madrigal and Scott Fuller emerge from the Titty Twister, changed men. They will all come together once again; this time facing off...
5) Desperado
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
[2001], c1995
Language
English
Description
A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
7) Ugly dolls
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weird is celebrated, strange is special, and beauty is embraced as more than simply meets the eye. Moxy loves her square-peg life in this round-hole town, but her curiosity about all things leads her to wonder if there₂s something, anything, on the other side of the mountain which nestles Uglyville. Moxy gathers a group of her closest friends and sets off to find what₂s on the other side.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Alita awakens with no memory in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman. Doctor Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita, she discovers...
9) Death proof
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Stuntman Mike is a former Hollywood stunt race car driver who targets and kills women with his 'death-proof' stunt car. Mike surfaces in Austin and targets a group of women. Then Mike surfaces in Tennessee where he randomly picks another another group of women to stalk. All of them work in the motion picture business. However, the second set of girls proves more though to get, and because of a combination of bad luck and Mike's carelessness, the girls...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
The saga of El Mariachi continues when a corrupt CIA agent forces him out of hiding to help sabotage an assassination attempt on the president of Mexico by an evil cartel kingpin. El Mariachi has his own reason for helping - he is doing it for revenge.
11) Spy kids
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bursting with an awesome array of ultracool, high-tech gadgetry, Spy Kids delivers enough thrilling entertainment to satisfy the entire family! Nine years ago, top international spies Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez traded the excitement of espionage for the adventure of parenthood. But when they're called out on a secret mission, the Cortezes are separated from their family and kidnapped by the evil Fegan Floop. Fortunately, their kids, Carmen and Juni,...
12) Death proof
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of babes, all bets are off. He becomes involved in an automotive duel of epic proportions.
13) Machete kills
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In his latest mission, Machete is recruited by the U.S. President ... to stop a crazed global terrorist ... from starting a nuclear war"--Container.
14) Machete
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
Based on the fake trailer Rodriguez made for inclusion in the movie Grindhouse, Machete tells the story of a Mexican Federale. Years ago in Mexico, Machete was double-crossed by his boss, resulting in his wife and child being murdered before his eyes by drug kingpin Torrez, and Machete himself beaten, shot, and left for dead. Now, Machete resurfaces in Austin, Texas, working day labor when he's hired to assassinate Senator McLaughlin, an extreme advocate...
Publisher
Paramount Movies
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From dusk till dawn: "The Gecko brothers: two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree. After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Geckos head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. But when they face the bar's truly notorious clientele, they're forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive!"--Amazon.com
From dusk till dawn 2: Texas blood money: "Get ready for nonstop action when a bank-robbing gang of misfits...
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Gecko brothers, two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree, kidnap a father and his two kids then head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. But when they face the bar's truly notorious clientele, they're forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive!
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Spy Kids (87 minutes): The children of secret agent parents must spring into action when their parents are taken prisoner. The high-wire family adventure that lets the kids save the day. Spy Kids 2 (100 minutes): The Cortez kids run into a genetic scientist named Romero and a set of rival spy kids on a mysterious island. Spy Kids 3 (82 minutes): Juni and Carmen journey inside a cool but crazy video game, where anything is possible.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
When their international spy parents are kidnapped by children's television program host Fegan Floop, Carmen and Juni Cortez must criss-cross the globe in a quest to save their parents.
Spy kids 2 the island of lost dreams: Carmen and Juni Cortez are back. Now they are full-fledged SPYkid operatives with the OSS. Together they embark on a mission to a mysterious island to retreive a valuable device, which in the wrong hands could jeopardize the world!...
19) Hypnotic
Publisher
[Relativity]
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a series of strange, reality-bending crimes.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Alita awakens with no memory in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman. Ido also tries to shield Alita from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she...