Stephen Dillane
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"This richly detailed film charts the tragic romantic triangle formed when the dashing Count Vronsky defies social conventions and falls into forbidden love with Anna, the ignored wife of an aristocrat. Soon, Anna's children--a son by Karenin and an illegitimate daughter by Vronsky--become pawns in Karenin's game to see that Anna pays a terrible price for her indiscretion."--Container.
3) Spy game
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002.
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
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[200-]
Language
English
Description
Realistic, unsentimental look at reporters covering the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. One British TV reporter becomes especially outraged by the plight of orphaned children and finds his casual promise to a young girl--that he will lead her to safety--being put to the test.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Based on the 1913 U.S. Open golf championship-at which two equally sympathetic young men, both of whom grew up economically and socially disadvantaged, go club to club in one of the most exciting and dramatic athletic events of the 20th century.
6) The Cazalets
Publisher
WBGH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Shows the idyllic life of an upper class English family, the Cazalets, the summer of 1937 when the storm clouds of war brewed over Europe.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
When Lizzie Holroyd falls in love with another man, she wishes her boorish husband dead, a wish that comes horribly true.
The rainbow: Deals with the sexual awakening of Ursula Brangwen, portrayed by Imogen Stubbs in this adaptation. At the time of its publication in 1915, the novel was considered so shocking that it was tried and found obscene and magistrates ordered all unsold copies burned.
Publisher
Buena Vista 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.
10) King Arthur
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A reluctant leader, Arthur wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability of Rome. Before he can, one final mission leads him and his Knights of the Round Table - Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan, and Gawain - to the conclusion that when Rome is gone, Britain will need a leader to fill the void. Britain needs a king - someone not only to defend against the current threat of invading Saxons, but to lead the isle into the new age....
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple finds herself spending the weekend at Chimneys, the stately home of Lord Caterham whose late wife was her cousin. The weekend has something of a diplomatic air to it as the Austrian Count Ludwig von Stainach is also there to negotiate a trade agreement with the British that will give it access to iron ore. Chimneys was once the 'in' place to be for a fancy weekend but over many years, it has become somewhat run-down. Except for a maid...
12) Storm
Series
Film Movement volume 8, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Storm (2009): Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague's Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, charges a Serbian commander for killing Bosniaks. However, her main witness might be lying, so the court sends a team to Bosnia to investigate.
Toyland: In order to protect her son, Marianne tries to make him believe that the Jewish neighbors are going on a journey to "Toyland." One morning, Marianne finds that her son has disappeared, along with the...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. The case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership.
14) Haven
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Two unscrupulous businessmen escape to the Cayman Islands to avoid prosecution, igniting a chain of events which results in a tragedy.
15) Darkest hour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
17) King Arthur
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The story of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.
18) God on trial
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Following the harrowing ritual of selection for death or hard labor, a group of new inmates unsure of their appointed fates begins asking how God could allow for so much suffering. Impulsively, the men decide to put God on trial for abandoning His chosen people. Amid the outside sounds of prisoners being marched to the gas chamber, the trial unfolds. The group addresses the question: How can there be evil in a universe ruled by an all-powerful, benevolent...
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Newcastle United's favorite player, Santiago Muñez, reaches superstardom and starts to live every footballer's dream when he is transferred to Real Madrid to play in the UEFA European Champions League. He gets to play alongside some of the greatest players, including David Beckham. As Santiago basks in the glory, acclaim and money, he discovers that success has an ugly face, one that threatens to destroy everything he has worked for and everyone...
20) The hours
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Recuperating from a nervous breakdown, Virginia Woolf begins work on her depression-themed novel "Mrs. Dalloway", which goes on to play a key role not only in her own life but in the lives of a 1950s housewife contemplating suicide and a new-millennium posh lesbian publisher caring for her dying friend.