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Eddie Redmayne
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along.
5) Elizabeth
Publisher
Polygram Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the remarkable story of the rise of the young Elizabeth Tudor to Queen of England, Elizabeth depicts the early life of a woman of independent spirit who ascended to the throne in 1558 to a reign of intrigue and betrayal. The conflict of her private passions and personal friendships with her duty, as monarch, to achieve national unity, form the basis of a story that is both heartbreaking and inspiring." --container.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
7) Elizabeth
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Film based on the remarkable story of the rise of the young Elizabeth Tudor to Queen of England, Elizabeth depicts the early life of a woman of independent spirit who ascended to the throne in 1558 to a reign of intrigue and betrayal. The conflict of her private passions and personal friendships with her duty, as monarch, to achieve national unity, form the basis of a story that is both heartbreaking and inspiring.
9) Black Death
Publisher
Magnet
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
As the Black Death decimates Europe in 1348, the Church enlists a knight to investigate rumors of a village that the plague has not touched and where the dead are brought back to life.
13) Early man
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Cavemen Dug and Hognob work together to defend their tribe against the Bronze Age's Lord Nooth.
14) Early man
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, this tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly after being imprisoned by the Magical Congress of the USA, dark magician Gellert Grindelwald has broken free. As soon as he escapes, Grindelwald starts building a powerful army of wizards who want nothing short of the complete enslavement of the human race. To combat Grindelwald's efforts, Professor Albus Dumbledore calls on the wizard responsible for putting Grindelwald away in the first place: Newt Scamander. Throughout his journeys, Scamander...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark, determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. When his diary account was published, one week was missing. This is the story of that week: an idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.
17) The Danish girl
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Pub. Date
© 2015
Language
English
Description
The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, and she must act to protect the lives of her people, which will include a tragic sacrifice on her part, all while securing her country as the greatest nation on earth, as well as her position as a beloved icon.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark, determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. When his diary account was published, one week was missing. This is the story of that week: an idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.