Colin Farrell
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the first time, an audio production is available of Michael Cunningham's critically acclaimed novel-published to coincide with the release of the feature film starring Colin Farrell and Dallas Roberts… Michael Cunningham's celebrated novel is the story of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate,...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
For Nick, Kurt, and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few too many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers, permanently. There's only one problem: even the best laid plans are only...
4) The beguiled
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tensions, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events.
" ... A hothouse flower of startling power and intimacy. You can't shake it."--Rolling Stone.
"The performances are engrossing, particularly Kidman's ..."--Associated Press.
"Kirsten Dunst is terrific...
5) Miss Julie
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A wealthy aristocrat and her father's valet's innocent flirtation turns into a heated and dangerous affair that tests the boundaries of class and desire.
7) Alexander
Language
English
Description
The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years.
9) The Batman
Language
English
Formats
Description
Batman must investigate Gotham City's hidden political corruption when the Riddler begins murdering key political figures.
10) The new world
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Set admidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607. Tell the classic tale of Pocahontas and her relationships with adventurer John Smith and aristocrat John Rolfe. This woman's journey of love lost and found again takes her from the untouched beauty of the Virginia wilderness to the upper crust of English society as we witness the dawn of a new America.
11) Solace
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When FBI Special Agent Joe Merriwether is unable to solve a series of homicides, he enlists the help of former colleague Dr. John Clancy, a retired physician with psychic powers. Soon, Clancy realizes that his exceptional intuitive abilities are no match against the extraordinary powers of the vicious murderer on a mission.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick years ago, he must choose the correct path if he is to save...
13) The beguiled
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a wounded Union soldier is found near a secluded girls' boarding school in Virginia, the headmistress provides refuge and takes him in, leading to sexual tension, rivalry, and an unexpected turn of events when the soldier begins seducing the sheltered young women.
14) The gentlemen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When an American expatriate plans to sell his profitable London marijuana business, it triggers various plots to steal his domain out from under him.
16) Saving Mr. Banks
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
17) Voyagers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women, bred for intelligence and obedience, embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they are consumed by fear, lust, and the insatiable hunger for power.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Rental.
Language
English
Description
It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt₂s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
19) Ondine
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Syracuse, a simple fisherman who catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his trawler nets. The woman seems to be dead, but then she comes alive before Syracuse's eyes and he thinks he may be seeing things. However, with the help of his ailing yet irrepressible daughter, Annie, he comes to believe that the fantastical might be possible and that the woman (Ondine) might be a myth come true.
20) Total recall
Language
English
Formats
Description
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man.
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