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Publisher
BBC Video
Language
English
Description
This stylized film of Shakespeare's masterpiece from the National Theatre celebrates the theatrical imagination. In this contemporary retelling, a company of actors in a shuttered theater bring to life the tale of two young lovers who strive to transcend a world of violence and hate. Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley star as Shakespeare's immortal star-crossed lovers.
Publisher
HBO
Language
English
Description
In 2003, a parasitic fungal infection ravages the planet, turning humans into violent creatures known as the Infected. Twenty years later, hardened survivor Joel (Pedro Pascal) is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone in hopes of delivering her to the rebel Fireflies. But what should be a quick job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they traverse a desolate U.S. - while depending on...
4) Prometheus
Language
English
Description
Explorers discover a clue that may point to the origins of mankind on Earth and leads them to a distant planet.
5) Snatch
Language
English
Description
Jewel thief Franky Four Fingers sets off a sinister and comic chain of events when he takes a detour to London on his way to deliver a stolen diamond to his boss in New York.
6) Goodfellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
8) Clue
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Comic mystery story based on the famous Parker Bros. game, including three surprise alternative endings.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Eli keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland.
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Inspired by an actual US Military program, follows the life of Joe while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade and Donald Westfield, enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.
13) Apocalypse now
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.
Publisher
Entertainment One Films
Language
English
Description
"After one too many injuries, hockey enforcer Doug Glatt is forced to give up his aspirations of going to the big show and settled into a buttoned down career as an insurance salesman at the urging of his pregnant wife Eva. However, Doug can't resist the siren call of the Highlanders, so he sets course to reclaim his former glory"--Container.
17) Fight club
Language
English
Description
A confused young man tired of his life finds a new one in a new club where you beat each other to a plup as therapy.
18) Schindler's list
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A re-creation in fictional form of the story of Oskar Schindler, a German Catholic industrialist who, as a munitions manufacturer, saved more than 1,100 Jews from extermination during WWII.
20) Sunflowers
Series
Exhibition great art on screen volume EX28
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Language
English
Description
"In an extraordinary exhibition, the Van Gogh Museum took a new and revealing look at the five publicly-owned versions of sunflowers in a vase. And once again, the Van Gogh museum opened its doors exclusively to Exhibition on Screen. They are immediately recognisable, but our film goes beyond the surface to explore the many questions and mysteries that surround these works. Why, for example, did Van Gogh choose the exotic sunflower with its long stem...
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