Rufus Sewell
2) Hercules
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on Radical Comics' Hercules by Steve Moore, this ensemble-action film is a revisionist take on the classic myth. It offers the truth behind the myth by presenting the fashioning of a warrior who, for all his strength and courage, is flesh and blood.
4) The father
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his reality.
6) Judy
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty years after rising to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. While preparing for the shows, Garland battles with management, reminisces with friends and adoring fans, and embarks on a whirlwind romance with soon-to-be fifth husband Mickey Deans, all while bravely struggling to overcome intensifying anxiety and physical decline.
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of William Wilberforce--his passion and perseverance to pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th Century--and the people, including the minister who pushed him to pursue it to the end--John Newton, a reformed slave ship captain who wrote the hymn "Amazing grace."
8) Hercules
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Radical Comics' Hercules by Steve Moore, this ensemble-action film is a revisionist take on the classic myth. It offers the truth behind the myth by presenting the fashioning of a warrior who, for all his strength and courage, is flesh and blood.
9) Old
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.
10) John Adams
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 501 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
11) The holiday
Language
English
Formats
Description
Johnny gets engaged to the girl of his dreams, only to find out she's a millionaire's daughter whose father wants to be in control of their lives. Add to that a sister who is falling for Johnny, and he needs to decide who to marry and what to do.
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 415 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1837, a diminutive, neglected teenager is crowned Queen Victoria, navigates the scandal, corruption, and political intrigues of the Court, and soon rises to become the most powerful woman in the world.
13) The tourist
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Alejandro once again breaks hims promise to stop wearing the mask of Zorro, Elena leaves him for a dashing French aristocrat. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe there's more to the French count than meets the eye.
15) Dark city
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When John Murdoch awakens in a strange hotel room, he finds that he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. The problem is he can't remember a thing. Pursued by the police and haunted by the Strangers, mysterious beings who possess the ability to stop time and alter reality, he seeks to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity. But in a city where reality is the ultimate illusion, discovering the truth could be fatal.
16) Middlemarch
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on George Elliot's novel, Middlemarch is set in early nineteenth century England and charts the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the town as it divides its population into two opposing factions: the conservatives and the liberals.
17) Tristan + Isolde
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young Tristan sees his parents killed by the tyrannical Irish, who ruled over a fractured Britain after the Roman occupation. Tristan is taken in by Marke, who rules one of the British tribes. Tristan grows up to be a young prince and a mighty warrior. He's believed slain in battle and given a royal funeral on a burning boat set out to sea. But the fire goes out and Tristan washes ashore on Ireland, where Isolde, the daughter of the Irish king,...
18) Restless
Pub. Date
c2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (185 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A 2-part miniseries, based on the bestselling novel by William Boyd. Enter a cloak and dagger world where everyone and everything is under suspicion. Haunted by the death of her brother at the hands of fascist thugs, Russian émigré Eva Delectorskaya is recruited to be a British secret agent by the shadowy figure, Lucas Romer. After proving her merit in the field, she is sent on the most dangerous mission of her life. She must use any means necessary...
19) Tristan + Isolde
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tragic tale is set in motion when Tristan, young nobleman in ancient Britain, falls in love with Isolde, the daughter of the Irish king.
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the orphaned Flora Poste descends on her relatives at Cold Comfort Farm, she finds nothing but chaos. Judith is in grief, Amos has been called by God, Seth is smoldering with sensuality, and Great Aunt Ada Doom witnesses something nasty in the woodshed. Naturally, Flora sees it her duty to restore order.