Rosamund Pike
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Language
English
Description
Based on the international bestselling novel by Anne Michaels, FUGITIVE PIECES is a poetic and emotionally charged film about love, loss and redemption. The film, written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa (INTO THE WEST, THE PACIFIC) and produced by Robert Lantos (EASTERN PROMISES, BEING JULIA, SUNSHINE) tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during World War II. As a child in Poland, Jakob is orphaned...
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Language
English
Description
Miranda (Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl) is a dedicated nurse, an exquisite cake maker and an impeccable friend. But when she agrees to a blind date and the wrong man comes to her door…her perfect world is shattered by a brutal assault. Even with her attacker, William (Shiloh Fernandez, Evil Dead), is convicted and locked away for the crime, Miranda can't overcome the fear and trauma enough to put her orderly life back together....
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Language
English
Description
Oscar® nominee Rosamund Pike, David Tennant and Billy Connolly star in this hilarious and uplifting comedy for the whole family. Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest...
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Language
English
Description
"When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim's home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are, for different...
6) Beirut
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set during the time of the Lebanese Civil War, tells the story of a former American diplomat who returns to Beirut to rescue his friend who was taken hostage by a terrorist group.
7) Surrogates
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
While people live their lives remotely from their homes via robotic surrogates, an FBI agent must abandon his surrogate to investigate a murder and discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate technology.
8) Gone girl
Publisher
20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. When they decided to marry, just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa, it caused an international uproar. However, their passionate romance triumphed over every obstacle and changed the course of African history.
10) Return to sender
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this intense thriller, a small town nurse gets attacked during a home invasion by a mysterious criminal. Following his arrest, she starts to regularly visit him in jail and befriends him, against her father's advice.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.
13) Fracture
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Ted Crawford is a wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous structural engineer who lives in Los Angeles. He shoots his wife and entraps her lover. After the police arrive, he signs a confession. At his arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot D.A. who is getting ready to leave for a civil-law firm. He is told by everyone the case is open and shut....
14) Jack Reacher
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: 'Get Jack Reacher!' The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
"...entertaining...
15) The Libertine
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
16) The big year
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Three men put their lives and careers on hold in an attempt to set a new record for the number of bird species spotted during a year.
17) Gone girl
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
18) Hostiles
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
In his latest mission, Johnny English must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. With just one shot at redemption, he will use (or misuse) the latest high-tech gadgets and every trick in his playbook to protect us all.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
By all appearances, Hector has it all. A successful psychiatry practice, a comfortable home, and a beautiful, loving girlfriend. However, he's frustrated that he can't provide his patients with real happiness. So, he decides to travel the world in search of the elusive emotion.
"This film is a winner."--Chicago Sun-Times.
"...a worthwhile journey in the search for happiness."--Toronto Star.
"Pegg pulls off the considerable feat of making Hector...