Benedict Cumberbatch
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An acclaimed modern retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic stories. What if this wasn?t the modern day? What if it was the late Victorian period? What if the world?s most famous consulting detective and his best friend lived in a Baker Street of steam trains, hansom cabs, top hats and frock-coats? Welcome to Sherlock in 1895!
5) The courier
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
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The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
6) Black Mass
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In 1970s South Boston, FBI agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster Jimmy Bulger to collaborate with the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement while consolidating his power and becoming one of the most ruthless and dangerous gangsters in Boston history.
"Black Mass is a tightly wound piece of work,...
7) 1917
Publisher
Universal
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At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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This is the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable...
9) Parade's end
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A repressed man is torn between being faithful to his vindictive wife and being with the woman he loves in England in the midst of World War I.
10) Dunkirk
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the audacious bid to rescue over 400,000 troops from the British Expeditionary Force besieged on the beaches at Dunkirk, which ranks as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history. Combines contemporary footage and reenactments to tell the story in 3 episodes.
11) Patrick Melrose
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Follows a wealthy Englishman who struggles to overcome his traumatic childhood and substance abuse.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Sherlock is a thrilling, funny, fast-paced adventure series set in present-day London. The iconic details from Conan Doyle's original books remain: they live at the same address, have the same names, and, somewhere out there, Moriarty is waiting for them. And so across three thrilling, scary, action-packed, and highly modern adventures, Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues...
13) Walk with me
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unprecedented look inside the Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh's monastery to see all those who have given up all they own to achieve mindfulness.
14) Small island
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
15) 12 years a slave
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The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his...
17) The Grinch
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl's generous holiday spirit. It is a universal story about the spirit of Christmas and the indomitable power of optimism.
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During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality - little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading...
19) Four lions
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A whip-smart, slapstick comedy ... takes aim at Jihadi suicide bombers and illuminates the war on terror through satire and farce. Follow five inept aspiring terrorists on their quest to strike a blow, and how they demonstrate that terrorism may be about ideology, but it can also be about idiots"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1158
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage's novel. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between...