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Charles Dance
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In this beautifully crafted British drama, aging spinster sisters Ursula (Dame Judi Dench - Skyfall, Philomena) and Janet (Dame Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) discover a young man (Daniel Brühl - Inglourious Basterds, Captain America: Civil War) near death on the beach by their home in a small Cornish fishing village.. Taking him in, they discover that he is Andrea, a violinist from Krakow, Poland, who had been swept off an ocean liner...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As they pose for the cover of a glossy magazine, the aristocratic Aird family appears to have the perfect life. But beneath the breeding lie dark secrets that will soon jeopardize their storybook world. Edmund Aird is the lord of Balnaird House, one of the most splendid estates in the Scottish Highlands. He and his American-born wife, Virginia, seem to have everything: wealth, beautiful children, and a thriving family business.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Something wicked this way comes to the Sunny Ridge Retirement Home for Ladies. Miss Marple teams up with detective duo Tommy and Tuppence to investigate the suspicious death of Tommy's Aunt Ada and sudden disappearance of Ada's friend, Mrs. Lancaster, both residents of Sunny Ridge. An oddly doctored painting and tantalizing crossword clues lead Tuppence and and Miss Marple to Farrell St. Edmund, a village that seems straight out of a fairy tale complete...
5) Rebecca
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
A timid young girl marries a troubled widower only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first wife.
8) Neverland
Publisher
RHI Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Peter and his friends are transported to a magical world called Neverland, they encounter pirates and start a battle against the man who will become Captain Hook.
10) Fingersmith
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
The lives of two young women collide in a thriller that alternates between the twisting back alleyways of Dickensian London and the cloistered gloom of a Gothic mansion. Raised in a den of petty thieves, or "fingersmiths," plucky orphan Sue Trinder agrees to help a con man known as Gentleman defraud and betray wealthy heiress Maud Lilly. But Sue's plans are turned upside down when she falls in love with Maud. Then the women are separated -- each to...
12) Dracula untold
Language
English
Formats
Description
Almost an entire century after the world's cinematic introduction to Dracula placed audiences under his haunting spell, the studio that pioneered the genre reawakens one of legend's most captivating figures in an action-adventure that heralds a pulse-pounding rebirth of the age of monsters. The original story of the man who became Dracula.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Language
English
Description
"Using the best 35mm print of the 1929 reissue from George Eastman House as well as additional material from UCLA Film and Television Archive, Photoplay Productions created the finest existing version of the film, featuring a magnificent orchestral score by composer Carl Davis. The Photoplay team was also able to restore the stunning Technicolor bal masque sequence and has re-created the Handschiegl color process used in the famous 'Apollo's Lyre'...
14) Rebecca
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Daphne du Maurier’s tale of romance, suspense, and jealousy is brought to life in this lavish Masterpiece Theatre production.
15) Childhood's end
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Omnipotent aliens arrive to save humanity from self-destruction. Under their benign gaze, war, famine and injustice become things of the past. But a small group of people are beginning to question whether this "Golden Age of Man" comes at a secret and terrible price. And when the Supervisor for Earth, Karellen, finally reveals his true form to the world, the sight is as profound as it is disturbing.
16) The golden child
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Murphy goes to the rescue of a child with mystical powers who has been abducted by an evil cult.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading...
18) Dark blue world
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
Czech
Description
Having flown for the British R.A.F., Czech pilot Franta finds himself imprisoned in a post-World War II totalitarian Communist labor camp for "betraying" his country. Going back to the start of the war, Franta and his young protégé, Karel, escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to join the R.A.F. in fighting the Germans. This is a story about love, comradeship and sacrifice.
19) China moon
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Veteran homicide detective Kyle Bodine must learn the secrets of his lover's sordid past and her role in her husband's mysterious death, before it's too late.