Stephen Dillane
Author
Language
English
Description
Living on the edge amid the constant threat of attack, an offbeat band of TV journalists, led by hotshot Jimmy Flynn, report from a devastated war-torn country. The action intensifies when one of the journalists crosses the line and risks his life in a bold attempt to smuggle an orphaned girl to safety.
3) Klimt
Publisher
One World Digital
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (John Malkovich), whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
6) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
7) The hours
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it....
8) Spy game
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Description
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Santiago Munez, an immigrant from Los Angeles, is given the chance to go to England to pursue his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. This underdog must prove he has the talent, passion, and determination to triumph against all odds.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Our investigative duo--pragmatic, meticulous and newly promoted Commander Elise Wasserman, and laconic but brilliant DCI Karl Roebuck--reunite to investigate the case of a French couple abducted from the Eurotunnel, leaving behind their traumatized daughter, Chloe Fournier. But the case is complicated when a plane carrying British and French passengers crashes into the Channel killing everyone on board"--pbs.org.
12) Savage grace
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Barbara Daly who marries the heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune and who is eventually killed by her grown son, Antony, when she tries to cure him of his homosexuality.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The complete third season of the HBO medieval fantasy drama based on the best-selling novel series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R. Martin. The programme follows the battle between the Starks and the other noble families of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros to gain control of the Iron Throne. The Lannisters barely hold on to the throne after a savage naval onslaught from Stannis Baratheon, while strirings in the north threaten to alter the overall...
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two remarkable men who created history with the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857 and was one of the most ambitious and revolutionary projects ever undertaken. Professor James Murray took on the challenge of creating the most comprehensive dictionary ever compiled but knew that it would take him and his team over a century to compile all known definitions.
15) Mary Shelley
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the life of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, and her love affair with poet, Percy Shelley.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After the shocking developments at the end of season 5 -- including Jon Snow's bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys' near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei's public humiliation in the streets of King's Landing -- survivors from all parts of Westeros and Essos regroup to press forward, inexorably, towards their uncertain individual fates. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances...
18) The Cazalets
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Three generations of the Gazalet family in the shadows of WWII.
19) Perfect sense
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A chef and a scientist fall in love as an epidemic hits that causes people to lose their sensory perceptions.