Derek Jacobi
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Series
Description
"Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic--and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this stunning sequel. Fifteen years after hte events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At the crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with...
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To save her family from a farmer’s plow, Mrs. Brisby, a mild-mannered mouse, has a plan to move her house! However, Mrs. Brisby will need an engineering miracle to hoist her home, and for that she must face a wicked rat, fend off a vicious cat and claim a magic amulet! But when Mrs. Brisby discovers the astounding secret of NIMH...it will change her life forever! Starring the voices of Dom DeLuise, John Carradine and Peter Strauss, “THE SECRET...
3) Endgame
Publisher
Distributed by Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Working for P. W. Botha, Dr. Neil Barnard opens talks with imprisoned Nelson Mandela. But lesser known are the secret talks that take place in a rural English manor house. Both sides may win or lose all, including their own lives. Botha learns of the British talks and, with the inevitable demise of apartheid, he intends to control the endgame by using the tactics of divide and rule. Against all the odds, a precious arena of frail trust between the...
4) Tolkien
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire...
5) Gladiator
Series
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Description
The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and Maximus eventually ends up enslaved to the gladiatorial arenas.
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Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 5
Description
Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, are transported to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.