DVD Film Collection

A young man sets out to discover the truth about his life after discovering his baby picture on a missing persons web site.

In 1987, James Brennan's dreams of a European summer vacation before studying at an Ivy League school in New York City are ruined after his parents have a severe career setback. As a result, James must get a summer job to cover his upcoming expenses. He goes to work at the decrepit local amusement park, Adventureland - a place where the games are rigged and the rides make you sick. There, he falls in love with witty co-worker, Emily Lewin. In that setting, the two have unforgettable and painful learning experiences about life, love and trust. A place where James discovers what he truly values.

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of superhumans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.

Two brothers, one of whom is afflicted with muscular dystrophy, make the drive from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh in hopes of witnessing Roberto Clemente getting his 3000th base hit.

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalus emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful and beloved institutions in the world.

It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.

Dawn of the dead: When a mysterious virus turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, a handful of survivors wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive and human.

Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the cool hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. Shows what happens to friendship and courage under stress.

Two banished angels find a loophole that would get them back into heaven. The only snag? They'll be destroying existence in the process. In an effort to stop them, the overworked voice of God (Alan Rickman) taps cynical mortal Bethany to save the world by preventing the angels from reaching their unholy destination.

Documentary focusing on the buildings, history and people of downtown Pittsburgh, the Golden Triangle.

Hazel and Gus share a sarcastic sense of humor, a distaste for the conventional, and ultimately a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Although the two teens face unlikely challenges with their health, their courage and dedication to each other prove that while life isn't perfect, love can still be extraordinary in this powerfully moving film based on John Green's New York Times best-selling novel.

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.

Alex Owens is a fiercely determined 18-year-old with one all-consuming dream: to study at the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance. Working during the day as a welder and at night as an exotic dancer, Alex bravely pursues her dream. As she undertakes an unforgettable journey that reveals the power of her convictions, she will also learn the meaning of love. Special features include featurettes, and theatrical trailers.

Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.

Celebrates the life and legacy of Fred Rogers, the Presbyterian minister who devoted himself to serving children and families through the mass media and who hosted the PBS children's series Mr. Rogers' neighborhood.

Presents the plight of young, male Sudanese refugees, known as "lost boys," being displaced to foreign countries due to civil war in their homeland. The film tells the story of three of the lost boys who struggled to come to the United States for a better life, while still attempting to assist the family and friends they have left behind.

Issued in conjunction with the city of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary celebration and inspired by a film which showcased the arrondissements of Paris, Paris je t'aime, this collection created by Pittsburgh filmmakers features nine short fictional films that are set in diverse Pittsburgh neighborhoods and linked together via short sequences of a bus traveling throughout city streets.

A romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp where it is Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, but then he realizes that he might be doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people, and doing the same thing every day.

Local historian Rick Sebak looks at the holiday season as it is celebrated in Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania. Highlights include: the miniature railroad at the Carnegie Science Center, the nationality rooms in the Cathedral of Learning at Pitt, the old homes in Allegheny West, the light display at Hartwood acres, and ice skating at PPG Place.

A former small-town golden boy and his new girlfriend come back to visit his hometown over Christmas break and discover his high school sweetheart has developed an unhealthy obsession for him. Her desperation slowly but surely becomes apparent, and all hell breaks loose as she does everything it takes to get him back.

Three are dead. Who is number four? John Smith is an extraordinary teen masking his true identity to elude a deadly enemy sent to destroy him. Living with his guardian in the small town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected life-changing events, his first love, powerful new abilities, and a secret connection to the others who share his incredible destiny. Complete with deleted scenes and more.

After one of Dr. Ravi's (Ravi Godse) patients commits suicide, supposedly due to his negligence, media outlets and the public begin vilifying him. As scrutiny into his life intensifies, Ravi struggles to protect his good name and maintain his grip on reality.

He may look like a mild-mannered detective, but Inspector Gadget is somewhere between a man and a machine, and he's out to clean up the city if he can keep all his many parts under control.

Rick Sebak looks at some memorable neighborhoods located in Pittsburgh, the suburbs and surrounding area.

Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

Due to his old-school style, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal-mining towns in Eastern Kentucky. Lawman Givens is a tough, soft-spoken gentleman who never gives an inch.

A documentary presenting the history of Kennywood Park, one of the oldest amusement parks in the country, located in Southwestern Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. Shows what the park was like when it first opened and how it was in 1988 when the program was filmed. Among the extra features is a Kodachrome movie of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company's company picnic held at the park on July 12, 1941.

The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.

A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn about it and tackle the problem himself.

Free-spirited Maggie meets her match in a charming Viagra salesman named Jamie. Maggie and Jamie leap into a no-strings-attached affair, but no matter how hard they try to keep things 'casual,' they can't help falling under the influence of the ultimate drug: love!

Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.

A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how powerful and important true friendship can be.

Journalist and filmmaker Zarqa Nawaz visits mosques throughout Canada and talks to scholars, colleagues, friends and neighbours about equal access for women.

This story is based on events which occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife, a journalist finds himself mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town when his car inexplicably strands him. He soon learns that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre events, including sightings of an eerie "moth-like" entity, an entity similar to the one seen by his late wife.

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison.

A simple, peaceful countryside is being terrorized by killer zombies with only one thing on their minds--destroy all humans. A small stronghold of survivors must hold the zombies at bay outside an old, abandoned house for any future hope of humanity.

A tour of Pittsburgh's historic North Side, formerly the city of Allegheny. Some of the places included are: the Mexican War Streets, Allegheny West, Manchester, Fineview, and Spring Garden neighborhoods; National Aviary; H.J. Heinz Plant; Andy Warhol Museum; Mattress Factory; Three Rivers Stadium; Pittsburgh Children's Museum; Allegheny Branch of the Carnegie Library; Penn Brewery; and Allegheny Observatory.

A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life, battling ghosts inside his head and very real enemies all around him.

Stephanie Plum is a bright, attractive, confident woman whose entire life has just taken a sudden turn, in the totally wrong direction. Newly divorced and recently laid off, the only work she can scrape up is a dead-end job at her sleazy cousin's bail bond office. But when her first big assignment involves tracking down an on-the-lam ex-flame, this tough-as-nails lady bounty hunter will be redefining the meaning of hot pursuit.

A high school freshman, always watching from the sidelines, is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.

August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride and struggle that symbolizes their survival as a family. To resolve the conflict they must first deal with the past.

Tours Pittsburgh, its people, places, food and parts of the past. Features Pittsburgh from amateur archaeologists to Zambelli's fireworks.

The Mon, the Al & the O : "Zany documentary looks at the dams, the locks, the history," and stories about Pittsburgh's three rivers: the Monongahela, the Allegheny, and the Ohio. -- Flying off the bridge to nowhere : "From the old Smithfield Street Bridge to the new Veterans Bridge over the Ohio between Wheeling and Steubenville, these structures have challenged and delighted generations of engineers.

Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.

Average guy Kirk can't believe his luck when, against all odds, Molly, a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe, falls for him. Kirk is stunned and so are his friends, his family, and even his ex-girlfriend. Now, he must go to great lengths to figure out how to make the relationship work and prove to himself, and everyone else that she is not out of his league.

A psychopath is murdering young women across the Midwest. Believing that it takes one to know one, the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling to interview a demented prisoner, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is willing to provide clues to the killer's actions if Clarice will feed his morbid curiosity by telling him about her own complicated life.

Tours Oakland, a Pittsburgh, Pa. neighborhood. This video features: Schenley Park, Phipps Conservatory, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Forbes Field and several local shops and restaurants. Includes interviews with local residents and workers. Explores Oakland's history and development.

When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret.

Tours the Pittsburgh, Pa. neighborhood and features Carson Street, designated a "Great American Main Street." Provides interviews with current residents and store owners, and describes the area's history, including its former steel mills and glass works. Special edition adds a lost segment of the original show on the Carson Street Gallery; plus St. John the Baptist Ukranian Catholic Church on the flats, St. Michael's on the slopes, and the steps and staircases of the slopes on Step Trek Day, 2004.

Tom Hardy (played by Bruce Willis) is a maverick cop who's not afraid to rock the boat in pursuit of a sadistic serial killer. Demoted to river patrol after suggesting that the killer may be a fellow police officer, he initiates an unauthorized investigation which kicks the high-powered plot into overdrive.

Come along on a fascinating tour of Pittsburgh's colorful and delicious Strip District. Go shopping on Saturday morning, check out good spots for breakfast, meet many of the merchants, taste lots of ethnic specialties, and reveal some of the forgotten history of this neighborhood.

This video, a follow-up to Things that aren't there anymore, uses archival film footage and still photographs to show Pittsburgh area landmarks no longer in existence or operation, including Winky's hamburger joints, drive-in theaters, the Gazebo restaurant, the KDKA radio show Party line, the KQV window, incline railways, the Greater Pittsburgh Airport and others.

A man tries to save his children and a sports arena full of people from being blown up by terrorists.

Visit the Western Pennsylvania region including, Carnegie Museum of Natural History's dinosaur bones, classic artifacts like Fiesta dinnerware, handmade movies posters and assorted other things that have survived such as Meadowcraft Rockshelter, Braddock's Carnegie Library, and the old Sewickley Train Station.

Using archival film and still photographs, this DVD shows Pittsburgh area landmarks no longer in existence or operation.

A documentary exploring the history of manufacturing in Southwestern Pennsylvania, focusing on a number of industries, companies, and products for which the region is well known. The main feature covers: Pittsburgh Brewing; Glenshaw Glass; rye whiskey; boat building; the steel works of the Monongahela River Valley; Westinghouse and WABTEC; Wolverine Toys; All Clad; Sony; Del Monte (formerly Heinz); PPG Industries; Jensen Steam Engines; McKesson Automation; Betsy Ann Chocolates. Covered in the supplemental feature entitled More things we've made: Oram's doughnuts; Iron City Beer; Heinz Ketchup; Mancini's bread; Fiestaware; Joy cones; Standard Horse Nail; Parma Sausage.

Follows doctors and patients at the preeminent transplant hospital in the country.

Come for a hike into Laurel Caverns, investigate the fabled Fourth River, visit the Bug Rooms at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and zip through several tunnels around here. We ride the T, look under the Dormont Pool, and descend into several basements (including two at Marshall Elevator!) We consider a Pittsburgh potty and follow the sewer to ALCOSAN. You can watch the harvest at Creekside Mushrooms, see some of what's stored at Iron Mountain, and go 600 feet down to meet the coal miners at CONSOL's Bailey Mine in Greene County, among other things.

A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.

An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns home and enlists his father, a recovering alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. Tommy's estranged brother Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to provide for his family as a public shcool teacher, also enters the competition. Set on a collision course with each other, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.

Explores the many factors that make the Pittsburgh area unusual and charming, distinctive and unique.

During a single weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling up.

Frustrated by her dyslexic daughter's struggles at a failing inner-city school, Jamie Fitzpatrick tries to enroll her somewhere else. When this fails, Jamie recruits a disillusioned but caring teacher to try to fix the broken school.