Vanessa Kirby
1) Wasteland
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Language
English
Description
Harvey Miller, a young Englishman recently released from prison, reunites with his three best friends to rob and enact revenge on a local drug kingpin - all while trying to win back his ex-girlfriend. Nominated for the Discovery Award at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Nominated for the Douglas Hickox Award at the **British Independent Film Awards**. *"To borrow from a term for the gritty, working-class British dramas that this film also...
2) Mr. Jones
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
1933. Hitler rises to power and Stalin’s Soviet propaganda machine pushes their “utopia” to the Western world. Meanwhile an ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth behind the façade that would later...
3) The dresser
Author
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertaiment, LLC
Edition
Blu-Ray Edition
Language
English
Description
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II, a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager 'Sir' (Anthony Hopkins) who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser 'Norman' (Ian McKellen) must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time? And if he does, will he be able to...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
[English/Spanish/French version]; [Blu-ray version].
Language
English
Description
Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission, not...
7) The Son
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. Centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his father to have taken care of him while juggling...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for....
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of Harold Wilson, asks them to make a side trip to Washington, D.C. to ask President Johnson for financial assistance for the United Kingdom.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
13) The dresser
Publisher
Starz Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II, a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager "Sir" who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser "Norman" must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time? And if he does, will he be able to perform that night?
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When a cyber-enhanced super soldier sets out to steal a genetically altered virus that could destroy humanity, law man Luke Hobbs and outcast assassin Deckard Shaw learn they must work together to save Shaw's sister and stop the virus from spreading.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When a cyber-enhanced super soldier sets out to steal a genetically altered virus that could destroy humanity, law man Luke Hobbs and outcast assassin Deckard Shaw learn they must work together to save Shaw's sister and stop the virus from spreading.
16) Hobbs & Shaw
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs, a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw, a former British military elite operative, first faced off, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they've tried to take each other down. But when anarchist Brixton gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever, these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might...
17) Mr. Jones
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
Set on the eve of world WWII, Hitler is rising to power and Stalin's Soviet propaganda machine is pushing their utopia to the West. Meanwhile an ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth that inspired George Orwell's...
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Language
English
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"Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup-the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex-all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral. Even...
19) About time
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life, so he decides to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend. But as his unusual life progresses, Tim discovers that, in the end, making the most of life may not need time travel at all.