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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
The Story of Medieval England: From King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest tells the remarkable story of a tumultuous thousand-year period. Dominated by war, conquest, and the struggle to balance the stability brought by royal power with the rights of the governed, it was a period that put into place the foundation of much of the world we know today. Taught by Professor Jennifer Paxton, an honored scholar and a professor at The Catholic University of America,...
2) Eragon
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
Language
English
Description
"The long winter is here. Throughout seven thrilling episodes, the penultimate Season 7 focuses on a convergence of armies and attitudes that have been brewing for years. As the season begins, Daenerys Targaryen--accompanied by her Unsullied army and emboldened by Dothraki/Ironborn allies and her lethal trio of dragons--has finally set sail for Westeros with Tyrion Lannister, her newly appointed Hand. Jon Snow has apparently consolidated power in...
4) Apocalypto
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
Mayan
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Description
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
From internationally-acclaimed director Lu Chuan, an epic story of war, of dreams fulfilled and of betrayals – betrayals of friendship, of ideals, and of oneself. Yu is a young noble: handsome, brave, admired. Commander of the era’s most powerful army, he leads the revolt against the cruel Qin dynasty. Yu recognizes great potential in Liu, a peasant, and gives him command of 5,000 soldiers. Liu breaks an agreement with Yu by entering and ransacking...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
The rightful King of France is imprisoned by his pretender-to-the-throne twin brother. The legendary musketeer D'Artagnan rallies his now aged swashbuckling companions Porthos, Athos and Aramis to rescue the real King, whom they have raised from infancy.
Publisher
BBC Video
Language
English
Description
"Epifania is glamorous, clever-- and also the richest woman in the world. After yet another row with her spendthrift husband, Epifania meets an intriguing Egyptian doctor. But she faces the challenge her money-mad father imposed on her before his death: She can only marry a man who can convert 150 pounds into 50,000 pounds within six months"--Container.
In the bonus play, set 40 years in the future, the king must match wits with an unruly mistress...
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
As the season begins, encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in the Riverlands that wiped out many of their Stark nemeses, the Lannisters' hold on the Iron Throne remains intact. But can they survive their own egos as well as new and ongoing threats from the south, north and east?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
Français
Description
The fable of an old African king and his wayward daughter is updated to present day Brussels to make provocative points about racism, tradition, class struggle, cultural identity and corruption. More than a decade ago Mweze Ngangura delighted the cinema world with one of the most accessible and entertaining African films ever made, La vie est belle, the rags to riches story of a Congolese musician played by soukous super star Papa Wemba. Now he returns...
Language
English
Description
As the second season opens, the cruel young Joffrey rules in King's Landing, counselled by his mother Cersei and his uncle Tyrion. But the Lannister hold on power is under assault on many fronts. Meanwhile a new leader is rising north of the Wall and Daenerys Targaryen is attempting to restore her power in the East with her 3 newborn dragons.
11) The cat returns
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
In an imaginative and lighthearted tale, a young schoolgirl saves the life of a noble cat and is rewarded with a shocking proposal of marriage - to the Cat King's son - and a fateful journey to the extraordinary Kingdom of Cats.
12) Aquaman
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Edition
Rental; wide screen version.
Language
English
Description
An action-packed adventure that reveals the origin story of half-human, half- Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime--one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but also to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be: a king.
13) Shrek
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A reclusive ogre and a chatterbox donkey go on a quest to rescue a princess from a tyrannical lord.
Publisher
Home Box Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
"This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious group led by the enigmatic High Sparrow, while Jamie embarks...
Publisher
Home Box Office
Language
English
Description
"With the Army of the Dead - led by the Night King, his White Walkers and an undead dragon - bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series' protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon's true identity promises to undermine Dany's claim to the Iron Throne...and, or course, Cersei has a devious strategy of her own." -- Container.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by familial betrayal and Spain's invading army. She and her shrewd advisor must act to safeguard to the lives of her people. When the dashing seafarer, Walter Raleigh, captures her heart, Elizabeth is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country.
18) Aquaman
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
An action-packed adventure that reveals the origin story of half-human, half- Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime, one that will not only force him to face who he really is but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be...a king.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
The romance of a vanishing race includes three historic motion pictures of American Indians and their life-style in the early 1900s. Featuring tribal chiefs who participated in the Last great Indian council and several who fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Originally produced on 35mm film, this priceless footage, recently discovered within the lost treasures of the National Archives is re-mastered to include an original music score and...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
"Not found here": Smooch the sloth and Winslow try to find their new friend, a tadpole named Wartz, not realizing he has turned into a tree frog.
"King of the trees": It's very rainy in the World Tree, and Ick the fish declares he will become king.
"Burdette queen ant": When Burdette learns that ants have a queen, she decides to be queen of the World Tree (where other creatures also live--including marmosets, a tree frog, and an anteater!).
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