Jim Broadbent
Author
Series
Harold Fry novels volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
How can Santa deliver billions of presents to the whole-world in just one night? With army of one million combat-style Field Elves and a vast, state-of-the-art control center under the ice of the North Pole! So how could this incredible operation have missed one child? To Santa's young son, Arthur, it threatens to end the magic of Christmas. With retired Grandsanta, a rebellious young elf, an old sleigh and some untrained reindeer, Arthur sets out...
Publisher
New Line Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A look at the uppercrust British society during the frenzied 1930s. The story follows the lives of a group of young socialites also known as the 'Bright Young Things.'
"A brilliant, giddy satiric romp with a discreetly moralistic viewpoint beneath its high-style wit."--Chicago Tribune
"A witty, intelligent, promising picture."--BBC
"***1/2 Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Watch and listen to the story of a little Boy who one day finds a Penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the Boy becomes determined to help the Penguin find his way back home. Even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole!
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2005
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.
"Well told, handsome, stirring and loads of fun. "--Washington Post
"...a faithful rendering of a magical tale that should hold adults' attention and delight young moviegoers. "--USA Today
"...the special effects are first rate....
6) Pride
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The story of Suki, a lioness who rebels against her mother and leaves her pride to mate with an unsuitable lion who later threatens the safety of her pride.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who "temporarily" parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
11) Birds like us
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Trapped in a village ruled by the meddling Kondor, Huppu the bird dreams of having the freedom to hatch her own egg. Suddenly, she, Kondor, and their friends are blasted to a distant land, and they must trust in a wise, eccentric bat to guide them on a strange, dazzling odyssey back to the tree they call home.
Series
Bridget Jones volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Bridget Jones thought that after the struggles of her thirties, her forties would go a little more to plan. Until...she finds herself single yet again and older. Although she has a top job as a news program producer and tries to gain some semblance of control, she finds herself quickly falling for another handsome man, Jack, while still maintaining an on and off relationship with Mark Darcy. Suddenly, a pregnancy, a question of paternity and...
13) Longford
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of the devout Catholic British Lord Frank Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, and his controversial, colorful, headline-making friendship with one of Britain's most notorious criminals, child murderess Myra Hindley.
14) Le week-end
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Long-married British couple Nick and Meg are revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. Diffident, wistful Nick and demanding, take-charge Meg careen from harmony to disharmony as they take stock of half a lifetime of deep tenderness, and even deeper regret. An invitation from Nick's old friend Morgan, an amusingly eccentric American academic, soon leads them to a hopeful vision of what...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A modern take on one of the most famous stories of all time. In 1805 when we first meet Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei, they are all part of St. Petersburg's glittering elite, but are fired up with youthful ambition to find meaning in their lives. As everything they thought they knew is questioned, Pierre, Andrei and Natasha find themselves in a time when Russian society is about to change forever.
16) Ethel & Ernest
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The life and times of two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
17) Valiant
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Valiant and his feathered friends take to the sky as they work their way into the Royal Air Force during World War II. Together, this rag-tag squadron of carrier pigeons engages in aerial adventures at a spitfire pace. From the first bumbling day of basic training through the final feather-raising mission, the flock of friends swoop their way toward victory.
18) The iron lady
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
"...a clever and oddly touching entertainment."--Time Magazine.
"Streep's is fascinating every second she is onscreen."--San Francisco Chronicle.
"The film...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. However, Fogg...
20) Vanity fair
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...