Universal Pictures (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
It is the most common cancer diagnosed in men, and the good news is that the vast majority of patients with prostate cancer can be cured of the disease. Many men with this condition don't even need to be treated. But in about a third of the cases, prostate cancer can relapse. This episode of Healthy Body, Healthy Mind highlights many of the treatments available even in those with advanced prostate cancer, and shows how these treatments are helping...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
Although type 2 diabetes is common, it is a very dangerous illness that puts people at risk for potentially life-threatening conditions like heart attacks and strokes. However, it is also a disease that can be relatively easy to manage. And research shows that, if patients bring their blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol under tight control, they can lower their risks. This program explores what makes people vulnerable to developing type 2...
Series
Language
English
Description
In the period between the two World Wars, composers sought to express in music the jarring and discordant sense that civilization was giving way to barbarism. During the same time, jazz burst upon the international musical scene. Performers include the Moscow Classical Ballet Company, Maxim Shostakovich conducting his father's Symphony No. 7, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sir Peter Pears and Galina Vishnevskaya in Britten's War Requiem, and an electric...
7) The Lorax
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Lorax is a lovable creature who speaks for the trees, trying to stop Once-ler from destroying the forest.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
It's Peppa's birthday and she's going to celebrate with a big party! After an enthusiastic cleaning, Peppa and George's room is clean, finally but it is not kept that way for long. Peppa's school is setting up a play and she will play the role of Little Red Riding Hood. And much more joy with her little brother George, Mama Cerdita, Pap ̀Cerdito and all her friends!
10) Larry Crowne
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher. Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might find your reason to live.
11) Music in Time
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
James Galway takes us backward through time to demonstrate how ageless and universal the human impulse is to make music. Working chronologically backward from Ligeti to Gregorian chant, Galway outlines the development of Western music. The impishness in his smile and tone are quickly submerged in the depth of his commitment to music and his enthusiastic conviction that knowledge of musical history is a prerequisite to understanding and that understanding...
12) Music in Time
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
This program covers Vivaldi's musical celebration of the seasons and the Italian countryside; Gluck's transformation of opera into a dramatic as well as a musical experience; new ideas for symphonic composition at Mannheim; and Haydn, father of the symphony. Performers include the Bach Orchestra and Choir of St. Paul's, Academy of Ancient Music, Takacs Quartet, Mannheim Orchestra. Contents include excerpts from: Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico, The Four...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c1988
Language
English
Description
Forbidden by Islamic law to represent the human form, Moslem art burst forth in the characteristic decorative style we know as arabesque. This program discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koranic schools, the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the abstract arabesque on Western art.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Isabelle is an inspired dancer with a flair for fashion design. She's thrilled to be studying ballet at a prestigious performing arts school but her classmates are so talented, and she can't help feeling that she's always in the shadow of her 'perfect' older sister Jade. So when her idol, a famous ballerina, encourages her to audition for a professional ballet, Isabelle isn't sure she can land the role.
16) 21 bridges
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
17) M3gan
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a lifelike doll that's programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's greatest ally. Designed by Gemma, a brilliant roboticist, M3GAN can listen, watch, and learn as it plays the role of friend and teacher, playmate and protector. When Gemma becomes the unexpected caretaker of her eight-year-old niece, she decides to give the girl a M3GAN prototype, a decision that leads to unimaginable consequences....
18) Bruce almighty
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A discontented TV reporter who believes the entire universe is stacked against him, is endowed with divine powers and is challenged to take on God's job to see if he can do it any better.
19) The gentlemen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
American ex-pat Mickey Pearson built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever, it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.