John Gielgud
Publisher
S'more Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Aboard a train on holiday in France, a beautiful student, Lily Parker (Cheryle Ladd), meets a dashing young Englishman, Alex (Stuart Wilson), the son of a wealthy businessman (Sir John Gielgud). Alex and Lily have a passionate affair in the romantic setting of Southern France, but after seducing her, Alex suddenly walks out of Lily's life. Now ten years later, Lily, a cool, successful writer travelling aboard the Orient Express comes face to face...
2) Arthur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bach is very, very rich, and he's next in line for a 750 million dollar inheritance. He stands to lose his inheritance--and a life in the lush style to which he is accustomed--if he doesn't marry the most boring blonde on Long Island within thirty days. Unfortunately, Arthur has just discovered the girl of his dreams.
3) Shine
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The story of Australian pianist David Helfgott. Driven by his father and his teachers he experiences a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized, but later returns to the concert hall.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In a time long past, when magic was fading from the world of men, the malevolent sorceress Mab summoned forth a mighty wizard to keep the power of the Old Ways alive. The wizard's name was Merlin. But when his heart is touched by the love of the beautiful Nimue, Merlin turns away from Mab's dark enchantments. Allying himself with the young warrior who will rise to become the legendary King Arthur, Merlin pledges his mystic skills to Arthur's cause....
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes tries to stop Jack the Ripper's insane killing spree, but as he comes closer to unmasking the killer, he discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer. Includes commentary, stills gallery, and theatrical trailer.
9) Scarlett
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The parallel paths of Scarlett and Rhett Butler take them from the social swirl of post-war Savannah to London's high society in this sequel to Gone with the wind.
10) Chariots of fire
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite pressure from the Olympic...
Series
Inspector Morse the complete case files volume set 3, discs 13 - 17
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford.
12) Elizabeth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
England, 1554. Henry VIII is dead. The country is divided, Catholic against Protestant. Henry's eldest daughter Mary, a fervent Catholic, is Queen. She is childless. The Catholics' greatest fear is the succession of Mary's Protestant half-sister, Elizabeth. After Mary's death, Elizabeth ascends to the throne, thrust into an edgy world of political and religious flux she struggles to protect her power, life, and independence as the court boils with...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Sparkling cyanide: An elderly husband and wife are unlikely looking secret agents brought in to investigate the murder of a powerful soccer club manager's beautiful trophy wife at a glitzy champagne event. Why didn't they ask Evans?: A local vicar finds a man lying fatally injured and unconscious on the rocks at the foot of a cliff. His last words before passing were spoken clearly to the vicar "Why didn't they ask Evans?". The Seven Dials mystery:...
15) Richard III
Series
Criterion collection volume 213
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Richard, Duke of Gloucester through a set of murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother Edward.
16) Gandhi
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
Series
Criterion collection volume 830
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The crowning achievement of Orson Welles's extraordinary film career that was the culmination of the filmmaker's lifelong obsession with Shakespeare's ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff--the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV's wayward son Prince Hal--here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace."--Container....
18) Becket
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Despite differences in rank and background, King Henry II and Thomas Becket are lifelong friends. The King is in constant conflict with the Church, which refuses to contribute financing to his wars in France, and jealously guards the tax-free status granted it by previous monarchs. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, Henry has a brilliant idea: rather than another pious cleric loyal to Rome, he will appoint his old friend, Thomas Becket--technically...