Rafe Spall
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to build relationships with others, a teenage math prodigy (Asa Butterfield, *Hugo, Enders Game*) develops a budding friendship with a young girl while competing at the International Mathematics Olympiad. Nominated for Best Actor (Asa Butterfield), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), and Best Supporting Actor (Rafe Spall) at the **British Independent Film Awards**. Official Selection at the **Toronto Independent Film Festival**. *"It...
2) Just Mercy
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
3) Life of Pi
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
4) What if
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A medical school dropout named Wallace who has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben. Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?...
5) Ghost hunter
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Harry Price, a real-life psychic researcher famous for exposing the tricks of fraudulent spiritualists in London after World War I is infamous, too, for a few long-ago frauds of his own. After a séance goes tragically awry, Harry vows to play it straight, until a distraught, socially prominent woman asks him to rid her home of ghosts. Will he tell her the hard truth about the psychological source of her fear? Or comfort her with the lies she wants...
Publisher
BBC TV, AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (205 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In March 2018, Salisbury became the site of an unprecedented national emergency after a nerve agent attack on Sergei and Yulia Skirpal garnered international attention. The city faced horrific trials of discovery, identification, and decontamination as the Public Health officials scrambled to understand what was happening and how to protect the city's residents.
7) Get Santa
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Santa has crashed his sleigh, lost his reindeer and finds himself on the run from police! Now it is up to a father and son to get Santa back and save Christmas for everyone. A hilarious and heartwarming Christmas adventure for the whole family!
8) Anonymous
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012, c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Was Shakespeare a fraud? Who really wrote about cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne? Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, intrigue and suspense advance the theory that it was really Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays.
9) The BFG
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's been three years since the theme park and luxury resort was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1912 young Lucy Honeychurch and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of characters, including socialist Mr. Emerson and his working-class son George, who both surprise and intrigue her. When piqued interest turns to potential romance, Lucy is whisked away and eventually home to England, where her attention turns to Cecil Vyse. When George appears in England determined...
Publisher
Distributed by Lion's Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the winter of 1183, a royal family prepares for a joyous Christmas holiday reunion of scheming, conniving and deceit. King Henry II summons his cunning prison-bound wife to his side as he prepares to announce the succession of the throne to one of his double-crossing three sons, none of whom are qualified to rule the monarchy.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young man tries to cheat death by joining a sinister cult and unleashing the evil force of Count Dracula when he finds he has a horrible disease.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (349 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1851, London is in the throes of the industrial revolution. But among the dirty red bricks and smokestacks are four young, thrill-seeking artists: steadfast William Holman Hunt, naive John Millais, mischievous Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and budding journalist Fred Walters, otherwise known as the Brotherhood. Their quest for artistic immortality takes them into some of the lewdest, darkest, and funniest corners of the city.
15) Just mercy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
17) Life of Pi
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Blu-ray+DVD combo pack.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (123 min each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 blu-ray disc.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The team has always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe, but in this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the organization.
19) I give it a year
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Josh and Nat seem happy, but family, and friends aren't convinced the marriage can last. As their first anniversary approaches, Josh's ex-girlfriend and Nat's handsome American client could offer attractive alternatives.
20) Life of Pi
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
[3D Blu-ray+ Blu-ray combo pack].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (123 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Emotional thematic content throughout and some scary action sequences and peril.
A young Pi Patel, surviving a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger.