Alfred Molina
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English
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Letters to Eloisa tells the story of José Lezama Lima, a writer of the Latin American Literary Boom. His novel Paradiso was regarded as a masterpiece, but its homoerotic content set him on a collision course with the Cuban revolutionary government. Relying on letters to his sister in exile, the film speaks of the pain of separation, the Cuban revolution, and the silencing of a literary genius.
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English
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"He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills...
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English
Description
Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth -- until now. The product of almost a decade of research, hundreds of unprecedented interviews, and the discovery of scores of never-before-revealed documents, Bob Spitz's The Beatles is the biography...
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Series
Berrybender narratives volume 3
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English
Description
At the heart of this third volume of his Western saga remains the beautiful and determined Tasmin Berrybender, now married to the "Sin Killer" and mother to their young son, Monty. Although Tasmin intends Monty to become an English gentleman like his grandfather, he lives the childhood of a savage. By Sorrow's River continues the Berrybender party's trail across the endless Great Plains of the West toward Santa Fe, where those lucky enough to survive...
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English
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It's Christmas in 1183, and the court of King Henry II explodes with royal family drama. Conflict develops between the king and his long estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine as they each struggle for power. As Prince Richard and Prince John join the family squabbling, resulting alliances from the marital conflict could change the course of England forever.
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English
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Indiana Jones, an archeologist, embarks on a thrilling quest to locate the mystical Ark of the Covenant. Accompanied by his fiesty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood, Indy must discover the Ark before the Nazis do, and he has to survive poison, traps, snakes and treachery to do so.
8) The lodger
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A Los Angeles family rents a room to a secretive man at the same time that detectives are investigating a series of murders in the area.
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English
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An idealistic American diplomat locks horns with a mercurial Soviet negotiator during a series of conversations in the woods outside Geneva. As their mutual friendship and understanding deepens, an awareness that their work may ultimately be pointless casts a shadow over their hopes to achieve a lasting peace.
Includes a post-play discussion with playwright Lee Blessing and UCLA Political Science professor Richard Anderson.
Lead funding for...
10) Plaza suite
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Language
English
Description
Neil Simon's hilarious comedy follows three brief encounters in the same suite at the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Edward Asner, Michelle Costa, Richard Dreyfuss, Hector Elizondo, Amy Irving, Marsha Mason, Alfred Molina, Kerry Shale, Joe Spano and JoBeth Williams.
11) Steamboy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
日本語
Description
Set in Victorian London, a young inventor finds himself torn between two factions who are after the revolutionary "Steam ball, " an item that holds a secret menacing power.
12) Luther
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Regional princes and the powerful Catholic Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip over 16th-century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader - and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refused to back down, sparking a bloody religious revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core.
16) Frida
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Salma Hayek is triumphant in this biographical movie of an exceptional woman who lived an unforgettable life—Frida Kahlo. A product of humble beginnings, Frida earns fame as a talented artist with a unique vision. From her enduring relationship with her mentor and husband Diego Rivera, to her scandalous affairs, Frida's uncompromising personality would inspire her greatest creations.
17) Little men
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
18) A family man
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Dane Jensen is a hard-driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When Dane's boss announces his retirement, he pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equally driven, but polar opposite rival at the firm, in a battle for control of the company. As Dane gears up for the professional battle of his life, he learns his ten-year-old son, Ryan, has been diagnosed with cancer.
20) As you like it
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Rosalind is the daughter of banished Duke Senior and is being raised at the court of Duke Frederick, with her cousin Celia. She falls in love with a young man named Orlando, but she is banished by Duke Frederick, who threatens death if she comes near the court again. Celia goes with Rosalind. Disguised as the boy Ganymede, Rosalind enters the forest of Arden. Upon their arrival in the forest, they happen upon Orlando and his manservant, who are fleeing...