George Lopez
1) Spare Parts
Description
Four Hispanic high school students organize a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and big dreams, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
"...Matsueda's screenplay is alert to details that ground the film in the day-to-day lives of young people who are American in every way but technically."--Hollywood Reporter
"The characters in "Spare Parts" all go through changes that are true...
2) ChupaCarter
Author
Series
Chupacarter volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Uprooted from his home in Los Angeles and sent to live with his cantankerous grandparents in New Mexico, twelve-year-old Jorge struggles with loneliness until he meets a new friend who happens to be a chupacabra"--
Author
Series
Chupacarter volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"New kid Jorge is shocked to learn that his beastly friend Carter isn’t the only legendary creature in Boca falls. Every few years, the town is terrorized by a haunted . . . piñata? Rumor has it that the petrifying party decoration floats around setting eerie fires to avenge a long-ago betrayal. Jorge can’t help but laugh, until a rash of green fires forces the townspeople to consider moving away, including the parents of his pals Ernie and Liza!...
4) Blue Beetle
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he's bestowed with an incredible suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
With his signature laugh-out-loud humor, world-famous comedian George Lopez launches a fantastical middle grade series inspired by his own colorful childhood and Latinx folklore. In this contemporary fantasy, twelve-year-old Jorge is lonely and resentful after being sent to live with his grandparents. His first day at his new school doesn't go well after catching the attention of his belligerent principal and the school bullies, so Jorge might be...
6) Rio
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"Blu es una exótica ave mascota que piensa que es el último de de su especie. Sin embargo, cuando su dueña se entera de la existencia de Perla, una hembra como Blu, en Río de Janiero, emprenden la aventura de sus vidas."--envase.
A comedy-adventure that centers on Blu, a flightless macaw who acts more human than bird. When Blu, the last of his kind, discovers there's another, and that she's a she, he embarks on an adventure to magical Rio. There...
Description
When Henry discovers that he has only six weeks to live, he plans to spend his last days in seclusion. But when a miracle transforms his life, his neighbors disrupt his plan and make it much harder to live his remaining days in quiet desperation.
"This film really and truly moved me."--Richard Roeper
"...innocent and often lovely film."--ComingSoon.net
"...a warm-hearted love story."--Roger Ebert
Description
In the world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona gets sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, all in an effort to smoke out his father's killer. The killer happens to be one of the FBI's Most Wanted, Feng. Two decades out of the game,...
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Join Papi and his two- and four-legged family as they move into a posh Beverly Hills hotel, complete with a luxurious doggy spa. But there?s trouble in puppy paradise when Rosa, the littlest member of the pack, feels smaller and less special than ever. Now it?s up to Papi to help Rosa find, and celebrate, her inner strength, which turns out to be bigger than she ever dreamed.
Pub. Date
2020
Description
David and Creeper are "tax collectors"; for the crime lord Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gang's, illicit dealings. But when Wizard's old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, the business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters more to him than anything else: his family.
Pub. Date
2021
Description
A bank executive and former amateur golfer struggling with his faith after an unexpected tragedy. Faced with doubts about himself, his purpose, and his belief in God, Joe is stunned when God tells him that he's been chosen to inspire the world and play in a world championship golf tournament. Guided by God's eccentric personal messenger, Herb, Joe learns that the seemingly impossible is possible, through faith, family, and second chances.
14) Spare parts
Description
Four Hispanic high school students organize a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and big dreams, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
15) Meet the Blacks
Pub. Date
2016
Description
The Black family is getting out of Detroit in hopes of a better life. Carl Black takes his family and leaves the hustling lifestyle behind for something better. Turns out, Carl couldn't have picked a worst time to move. They arrive right around the time of the annual purge, when all crime is legal for twelve hours.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Chloe is a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner's niece, Rachel, gets lost. She must rely on her new friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her. In the meantime, Papi, a male chihuahua who is in love with Chloe goes in pursuit of her. Papi's owner is a handsome young gardener for Rachel's aunt Viv. He slowly develops a romantic interest in Rachel. Chloe...
17) Marmaduke
Series
Description
In this fun family comedy, the 'Duke' is livin' large in Orange County, California. But fitting in with his new four-legged friends isn't always easy for a super-sized teenage dog.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Using historical footage and dramatic reenactments, this film focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights -- the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the some of the most exploited people in the United States.