Rupert Everett
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Anne and James seemingly have the ideal marriage, until the arrival of a stranger begins a string of astonishing events that leads to murder and adultery and threatens to unravel their lives forever
"This morally ambiguous tale of dangerous liaisons and bewildering choices amounts to one of the year's most intriguing dramas."--USA Today
"Julian Fellowes makes a splendid debut as a director with this mesmerizing look at sex, lies and infidelity among...
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Four children find a magical wardrobe leading to a mystical land called Narnia, which is cursed by an evil witch. With the help of Narnia's majestic lion, the children seek to defeat the witch and end the icy winter spell.
"***1/2...warm, sweet, funny, scary, gorgeous, and utterly charming, thanks to the tiny details that lend even the most fanciful aspects of the film a rock-solid reality. Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
"...a faithful rendering...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An elderly, exiled British spy remembers his days at an English boarding school in the 1930s. In school, he fell in love with a male classmate, explored his homosexuality, and was exposed to Marxist ideas, both contributing to his activities as a spy. Based on the life of former Cambridge spy Guy Burgess.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, this charming romantic comedy recounts the glorious celebration of the end of World War II in Europe; and the singular evening when Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret leave the confines of Buckingham Palace to join the festivities, while giving their chaperones the slip.
Author
Language
English
Description
Molly McGuire is about to be seduced by the business of rock 'n' roll. She works in a Pennsylvania Turnpike tollbooth by day and sings in a bar by night. However, her life will soon change-drastically-when she meets former rock star Billy Parker in a small town bar. McGuire goes with him to England, where pop superstar James Colt decides to help her with her career. Now, thrust into the high-powered world of rock 'n' roll, Molly discovers the price...
10) Soft Targets
Author
Language
English
Description
Alexei's life as a minor Russian diplomat in London starts changing wildly one Sunday morning, as he is thrust into a new world of parties, society weddings and baffling women, and he becomes convinced he is the victim of a sinister Foreign Office plot. Stephen Poliakoff's subtle parody of the conventional spy-thriller genre presents a world where conspiracy and betrayal lurk around every corner.
13) Finding Altamira
Author
Language
English
Description
Antonio Banderas stars as a man whose astonishing discovery threatens to shake religious understanding and tear his family apart.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Nickelodeon cartoon series The Wild Thornberrys gets its first feature-length animated film, directed by show creator Cathy Malkasian with a screenplay by Kate Boutilier (writer of Nickelodeon's Rugrats in Paris). The main character is 12-year-old Eliza Thornberry (voice of Lacey Chabert), a braces-and-glasses-wearing eccentric girl in an adventurous family of travelers. Due to an interaction with a shaman, she has been granted the special power...
15) Parade's end
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Set over a tumultuous ten-year period in the early 20th century, this five-hour miniseries tells the story of an honorable Englishman coping with his growing disillusion at the end of a privileged era and the beginning of a new, egalitarian society. As the comfortable certainties of Edwardian England begin to give way to the chaos and destruction of WWI, nobleman Christopher Tietjens puts principles first by marrying Sylvia, a pretty, manipulative...