Ian McKellen
5) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
7) Neverwas
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
In order to learn more about his famous father's suicide, Zach Riley takes a postion at the clinic where his father ended his days and meets an inmate who claims to be king of the imaginary land described in Zach's father's book.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
His real name: Sir Percy Blakeney. His calling: rescuing French aristocrats from the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Anthony Andrews is the Scarlet Pimpernel, master of disguises and formidable swordsman, in this swashbuckling story based on Baroness Orczy's classic novel.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tells the comedic story of aging partners Freddie and Stuart, two men who have lived together in their Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. Freddie was a budding actor and Stuart worked in a bar when they first met, but their careers are pretty much over and their lives now consist of entertaining their frequent guests, making sure that their aged dog Balthazar is still breathing, and hurling caustic insults at each other.
13) The shadow
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Alec Baldwin brings the legendary crime-fighting superhero vividly to life in this lavish action-adventure. Pitted against him is Shiwan Khan, last descendent of the great Gehghis Khan who conquered half the world. Now, Shiwan Khan plans to finish the job with a new and better wepon: the atomic bomb.
15) On Broadway
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! As audiences prepare for the return of live theater after an unprecedented absence of 18 months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway came back from the brink. ON BROADWAY shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Interviews...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
The film tells Joseph Conrad's story of Russian emigres and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to...
18) Flushed away
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust "society mouse" who lives the life of a pampered pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat named Sid comes out of the sink, he desides he had hit the jackpot. Roddy schemes to rid himself of Sid by luring him into the "whirlpool." Sid may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, but it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger...
19) X-Men
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Because of unique genetic mutations, children with extraordinary and dangerous powers are born into a world filled with prejudice. Under the tutelage of Professor Xavier, these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers for the good of mankind.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It returns for an hour-long special series finale, charting a year in the life of our beloved characters. Freddie and Stuart are back, joined as ever by Violet, Ash, Penelope and Mason. In spring, Freddie and Stuart attempt to hide their recently gained inheritance. Violet has financial troubles after her recent divorce and Ash struggles to meet his rent. Signs of Freddie and Stuart's expenditure, soon threatens the pretense as their home is overrun...