Christopher Plummer
Publisher
Thirteen/WNET
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Six celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays, revealing not just the elements in the play, but the history of the play itself. What sparked the creation of each of these works? Where did Shakespeare get his plots, and what cultural, political and religious factors influenced his writing? Why has this body of work endured so thoroughly? What, in the end, makes Shakespeare so great?
3) Inside man
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into an already...
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Madeline at the ballet: Madeline dreams of being a prima ballerina and auditions for The Happy Swan, but everyone is chosen except her because she is too small. Madeline in New York: Madeline and her friends visit New York City where Madeline catches a home-run at a Yankee game, wins the Brooklyn Bridge, introduces french fries to the United States, and has a ticker tape parade thrown in her honor.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, a frustrated architect. When they discover that they're living two years apart, they try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
8) Eyewitness
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A night janitor becomes totally mesmerized by a beautiful newscaster. When a murder is committed, he pretends to know more than he does in order to get closer to her - and by doing so hurls both of them into a whirlpool of international intrigue.
9) Remember
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A suspense-filled story of Zev, an Auschwitz survivor who discovers that the Nazi guard who murdered his family some seventy years ago; is living in America under an assumed identity. With the aid of a friend, Zev sets out on a gripping journey that tests both his will and his fading memory as it brings him closer to the retribution he seeks.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life and the only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago.
12) Barrymore
Publisher
Distributed by RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A filmed play of Christopher Plummer in his Tony Award winning performance as iconic stage and screen idol John Barrymore. At the height of his remarkable career, John Barrymore was the most celebrated entertainer of his generation. The reigning king of both Broadway and Hollywood, his decline and fall from grace was the tragic result of a self-destructive spiral into vice and excess. And now, with his career in tatters, he makes one final attempt...
13) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
15) The last station
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is...
17) Syriana
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies. Across the globe, a disenfranchised...
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Madeline and the 40 thieves: All over Paris, hats are disappearing off heads, socks off feet, coats off hangers. No one has a clue until Madeline takes charge. Madeline and the new house: When a leaky roof, falling plaster and mice in the kitchen threaten to get their beloved old home torn down, Madeline and her friends learn that no matter where they go, home is where the heart is!
19) 12 monkeys
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cole is sent back in time to save the human race from a deadly virus that has forced mankind into dank underground communities in the future. Along his travels, he encounters a psychiatrist and a mental patient, brilliantly portrayed by Brad Pitt, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease. Believing he can obtain a pure virus sample in order to find...