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2) Centurion
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Language
English
Description
AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and east as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in the face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy, the savage and terrifying Picts, led by revenge-hungry warrior Etain. When the Roman legion is ambushed, the seven surviving Romans pledge to rescue their leader and return to Rome to regroup.
4) Macbeth
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Language
English
Description
Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in this thrilling adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy about betrayal, war, and madness.
5) Frank
Author
Language
English
Description
Michael Fassbender stars as Frank, a genius rock musician who performs wearing a giant fake head that he never removes. Things get rocky between his protective bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and newcomer Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who is convinced they're meant for stardom. The band lands their biggest gig, but are they ready? And is the world?
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
7) Hunger (DVD)
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The final months of Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican Army activist who protested his treatment at the hands of British prison guards with a hunger strike, are chronicled in this historical drama. Bonus features include documentary on the making of the film, including interviews with cast and crew, video interviews with cast and crew, a 1981 BBC program episode regarding the effects of the IRA hunger strikes, and a booklet featuring an essay by film...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When orphaned governess Jane Eyre arrives at imposing Thornfield Hall, she's intrigued by her brooding, wealthy employer, Rochester. His dark moods and the strange occurrences in the house lead her to discover a terrible secret that he had hoped to hide from her forever.
"Beautiful. A splendid example of how to turn a beloved work of classic literature into a movie."--A.O. Scott, New York Times
"He's (Fukunaga) a director with a sure visual sense,...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers led by Lt. Aldo Raine, known as 'The Basterds,' are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premiere, including Adolf Hitler.
"...exhilirating...recommended."--Video...
10) Prometheus (DVD)
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
"...Scott's craft earns an exhausted kind of respect."--New Yorker
"...tells a much bigger story and does it well..."--New York Magazine
"Brilliant. Epic. Haunting. Grotesque. Great."--Richard Roeper
11) Eden Lake
Author
Language
English
Description
A young couple travels to a remote lake quarry in England, only to fend off a group of teenage hoods. The couple refuses to let anyone or anything spoil their romantic vacation.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A lawyer makes a risky entrance into the drug trade, and gambles that the consequences won't catch up with him.
"An unsettling anti-noir with surrealist comic tinges."--Austin Chronicle
"This is a badass journey from start to finish."--Richard Roeper
"An uncommonly erudite thriller built around the pulpiest of stories."--Toronto Star
14) Song To Song
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Language
English
Description
In this love story set against the Austin music scene, two entangled couples – Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling, and Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman – chase success amidst seduction and betrayal.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past; to save our future.
"Days of Future Past is, in itself, as intoxicating as a shot of adrenaline. It's what summer movies are meant to be."--Washington Post
"The most ambitious and ingenious of...
18) Haywire
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Language
English
Description
Directed by Oscar® winner* Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), this dynamic action-thriller introduces mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a black-ops agent for a government security contractor. After freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, Mallory is double-crossed and left for dead - by someone in her own agency. Suddenly the target of assassins who know her every move, Mallory unleashes the fury of her fighting skills...
20) The Snowman
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When an elite crime squad's lead detective investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit, the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall.