Julian Glover
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The heroes of the Rebel Alliance including heroic Luke Skywalker, swaggering Han Solo and steadfast Princess Leia have no time to celebrate their victory over the Empire as a new Imperial threat arises. But as Jedi-in-training Luke embarks on this next mission, he discovers that his celebrity status as a 'Death-Star-Blower-Upper' can be a double-edged lightsaber when he's constantly mobbed by crazed fans. So much for secret missions!
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War II, France is occupied and all of England is in peril. Col. James "Cad" Cadogan will use any means necessary to get the intelligence he needs, even sending civilians to work undercover behind enemy lines. Based on the real-life stories of women recruited by Britain's Special Operations Executive, this suspenseful drama series follows wife and mother Liz Grainger and half-Jewish factory girl Matty Firman from training in...
4) Vatel
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
The Duc de Conde's employee, Francois Vatel, is in charge of cooking and preparing shows for the French King Louis XIV when he visits the castle of Chantilly, owned by de Conde. If Vatel can impress the king, de Conde will gain his favors, and the destiny of France will change. While the King is visiting and three days of banquets ensue, Vatel falls in love with the King's mistress.
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
Rebellion still simmers in England and King Henry's health is failing. Prince Hal has proved his courage but the king still fears that his son's pleasure-loving nature will bring the realm to ruin. Meanwhile Falstaff and his ribald companions waste the nights in revelry, anticipating the moment when Hal will ascend the throne.
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
While King Henry's England is threatened by rebellion, the king's scapegrace son Hal haunts the taverns of London, his companions a crew of rogues and thieves led by the dissolute knight, Sir John Falstaff. The Earl of Northumber and his fiery son Hotspur scheme to overthrow the crown. Can Hal be brought to a sense of duty as Prince of Wales?
Series
[Indiana Jones films] volume 3
Publisher
Lucasfilm
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, returns for the 3rd and final Indy film. Teaming up with his father, Indiana sets out to try and find the Holy Grail. Once again, the Nazis are after the same prize, and try to foil Indianas plans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
"The sensitive and poetic Richard II is undoubtedly the rightful king of England but he is unscrupulous and weak. When his cousin Henry Bolingbroke returns from banishment and mounts a challenge to his authority, Richard's right to the throne proves of little help to him"--Container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
"Twelfth night is a riotous comedy of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity. Duke Orsino is in love with the noblewoman Olivia. She, however, has fallen for his servant Cesario, who is actually Viola, a woman disguised as a man, who loves Orsino: confusion is rife. Meanwhile, Olivia's arrogant steward Malvolio is cruelly tricked by her uncle Sir Toby Belch, his friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the maidservant Maria into believing his...
Series
[James Bond films] volume 13
Publisher
MGM Studios
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
When a British Naval ship containing a top secret nuclear sub tracking system is accidently submerged, a crucial mission ensues as the British try to retrieve the weapon before the Russians do.
Series
[Indiana Jones films] volume 3
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Indy's Nazi enemies are back and have kidnapped his father, Professor Henry Jones, Sr. to get help in their search for the Holy Grail. Following a trail from America to Venice to the deserts of the Middle East, it's up to Indy to save his father, save the Grail and save the day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
"King Leontes of Sicilia is seized by sudden and terrible jealousy of his wife Hermione, whom he accuses of adultery. He believes the child Hermione is bearing to have been fathered by his friend Polixenes, and when the baby girl is born he orders her to be taken to some wild place and left to die. Though Hermione's child escapes death, Leontes' cruelty has terrible consequences. Loss paves the way for reunion, and life and hope are born out of desolation...
17) Tár
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
18) Heat and dust
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Heat and dust (1983): Story of a woman who goes to India to find the truth about her aunt who left her British husband for an Indian prince.
Autobiography of a princess (1975): A short feature film of memory and character exploration. An Indian princess, long divorced and living in self-exile in London, invite her father's ex-tutor, Cyril Sahib to an annual tea party, intended to celebrate a happier past, where the two watch old movie footage of...
19) Treasure Island
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and...
Series
[James Bond films] volume 13
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A British spy trawler is accidentally sunk off the coast of a Warsaw pact county. On board the ship is a hi-tech encryption device called ATAC, which the British use to send launch instructions to their Polaris fleet. 007 James Bond's investigations leads to Greece where he meets Melina Havelock. She is out for revenge for the murder of her parents at the hands of the "Contact." James also meets Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Evidence suggests...