Jonathan Pryce
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Ambitious and acclaimed series from The Queen writer Peter Morgan offers a comprehensive look at the adult life and reign of Elizabeth II over a projected six-season arc. The fifth season follows Elizabeth from the early to late '90s, as the fraying union of Charles and Diana ultimately came to separation, and John Major saw his tenure as prime minister end with the election of Tony Blair.
5) Leatherheads
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A fun comedy set against the stranger-than-fiction backdrop of the beginnings of pro football, filled with quick-witted banter and hilarious screwball antics. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, visual effects sequences, and more
"Feisty and good-humored, and if it doesn't have deep characters, it is chock-full of personality. "--Baltimore Sun
"...is most on its game when it's in the game..."--Rolling Stone
"...scores more points as a retro...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Skeeter, the handyman of a hotel once belonging to his father, agrees to watch his sister's two children and finds his life changed when the stories he tells the kids at bedtime begin to come true
"...a harmless and pleasant Disney comedy..."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"A fun bit of escapism that's even tender in spots."--San Francisco Chronicle
"...a modern-day fairy tale about hopes, aspirations and family..."--Hollywood Reporter
9) Stigmata
Author
Language
English
Description
A priest from the Vatican is sent to visit a woman who's showing signs of stigmata (the wounds of Christ). The priest comes to find that the lady is truly possessed by something, and when her rants begin to make sense, the man of the cloth starts to question what he's been preaching in this eerie, thought-provoking horror movie.
10) Carrington
Author
Language
English
Description
Carrington is the true story of the tragic relationship between the English painter Dora Carrington and writer, Lytton Strachey. Between the First World War and the early 1930's, they experimented with a way of life beyond the conventional standards of their time, a life which broke all the taboos of society of their desire to live as freely and honestly as they could. They acknowledged openly what most of us are aware of but still reluctant to discuss:...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Bond must prevent a tremendous global disaster when the superpowers are pitted against one another by a criminal mastermind who is manipulating world events through his media empire in order to corner the market on his next planned news story: global pandemonium!
15) Evita
Author
Language
English
Description
EVITA is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron (MADONNA), who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread controversy, her passion changed a nation forever!
16) Evita
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Language
English
Description
True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame.
17) Listen Up Philip
Author
Language
English
Description
When a self-obsessed novelist (Jason Schwartzman) has problems with his novel and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss), he seeks refuge in his mentor's cottage where the peace and quiet allow him to focus on his favorite subject - himself.
18) The Healer
Author
Language
English
Description
A young man discovers that he has the family gift of healing. As he struggles to understand his new reality, a teenage girl with cancer unexpectedly inspires him to believe in himself, and by helping others, he will find his life purpose.
19) Hysteria (DVD)
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In an age of invention, one man set out to find a medical cure for what ails women, and accidentally electrified love lives forever. London, 1880. Mortimer Granville is struggling to establish his career. When he arrives at the offices of Dr. Robert Dalrymple, London's leading specialist in women's medicine, he is hired on the spot. Granville's improved lot in life makes him a worthy suitor for Dalyrmple's daughter, Emily, but he also feels a kinship...
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Barbarians at the Gate recounts the events surrounding the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, the biggest history at the time, and widely considered to be a textbook example of corporate and executive greed. This story of high stakes, betrayal, and one-upsmanship begins when RJR Nabisco's CEO F. Ross Johnson chooses to buy out his own company to deflect shareholder backlash when an expensive project fails. This attempt ignites a power struggle...