Mark Rylance
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Actor Mark Rylance explores the extraordinary story of his grandfather, who spent nearly four years as a Japanese prisoner of war in Hong Kong during World War II, and examines his own beliefs about war and peace in the process.
3) Wolf Hall
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
4) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the story of optimistic dreamer Maurice Flitcroft, who managed to enter the qualifying round of the British Open golf tournament in 1976 despite a lack of experience and played the worst round in its history.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A magistrate in a frontier settlement begins to question his loyalty to the empire after the arrival of a ruthless military officer who is searching for information about a possible barbarian attack.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (195 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
80 years after the outbreak of World War II, MY GRANDPARENTS' WAR follows leading Hollywood actors as they re-trace the footsteps of their grandparents and learn how those six years changed the lives of their families and the world forever.
8) The BFG
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
"Spielberg offers a gallery of unforgettable images to illuminate a surprisingly...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Anne Boleyn is a doe-eyed vixen who is ordered by her power-hungry uncle to bewitch King Henry VIII. Her shy sister Mary has always been in Anne's shadow. Anne is prettier, more accomplished, and desired by many men. So when the King picks Mary as his mistress, Anne turns on her sister and schemes to become not only the King's consort, but his new queen. Though the Boleyn girls' mother points out that her 'daughters are being traded like cattle for...
10) The outfit
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A tailor must fight off a gang of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
11) Ready player one
Formats
Description
It's 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse, but the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts decides to join...
12) 30-Second Shakespeare: 50 Key Aspects of his Works, Life and Legacy, each explained in Half a Minute
Author
Series
Description
The bestselling “30-Second” series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. “30-Second Shakespeare” uses this unique approach to grapple with the world’s most famous playwright....