Mark Strong
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Captain William D. Stanaforth is on a one-way mission to Mars, and though the entire world is watching him, he is completely alone in a dark and distant sea of stars. When an astronaut on a parallel mission encounters mechanical failure, Stanaforth risks everything to save her. As the two form an undeniably strong bond from their respective ships, the physical journey takes a toll on Stanaforth's life-sustaining systems, forcing him to make impossible...
3) Nocebo
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that confounds her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino nanny who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
4) Shazam!
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everybody has a superhero inside of them; it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word, this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into an adult superhero, courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart, inside a ripped, godlike body, he revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! But he'll need to master these powers...
5) Body of lies
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
CIA operative Roger Ferris is on a covert mission. He is working in Jordan and searching for terrorists who have been bombing civilian targets. Ferris uncovers information on the Islamist mastermind Al-Saleem. He devises a plan to infiltrate Al-Saleem's terrorist network with the help of his Langley boss, Ed Hoffman. Ferris enlists the help of the Chief of Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam on this operation, but what he is not certain of is how...
6) Cruella
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, is a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella's flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Heilman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the secret organization headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads the agents to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that's becoming...
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...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After finally catching serial killer and occult 'sorcerer' Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. After his execution, Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with Watson's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the determined detective must unravel the clues that will...
10) 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.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Now she must seize the day if she wants a job. She does this by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level as social secretary. Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia...
12) Stardust
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful, but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony Wall that sets between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. So Tristan sets forth on his own journey in Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king has set his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely...
13) 1917
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
15) Emma
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A rich, clever and beautiful young woman risks missing out on her own perfect match as she carefully orchestrates other people's love lives.
16) Anna Karenina
Pub. Date
2004, 2000.
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.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and times of Queen Victoria from her childhood to her early rise to power and the first turbulent years of her rule. Her romantic relationship and eventual marriage to Prince Albert culminates in a royal power struggle which ultimately is the key to her happiness when she comes to the realization that he is someone she can fully trust and believe in.