Vincent Regan
Author
Series
George Gently volume 2
Language
English
Description
After the body of a missing teenager is found in a shallow grave, Gently and Bacchus quickly zero in on her relationship with two men: her schoolteacher and her violent, short-tempered father. The detectives enter a confusing new world of pop culture as they try to separate fact from fantasy in the young woman's life, and in the process discover others who might have had a motive to kill.
2) Lockout
Publisher
Open Road Recordings
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It is a new century and with it comes the promise of a hopeful future, but the past casts a long shadow over Cornwall. Following the death of Elizabeth, Ross Poldark resolves to put Westminster behind him and spend more time with the people he loves. However, when an old friend emerges with a plea for help, Ross is compelled to challenge the establishment again.
5) Unleashed
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Danny, a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human interaction, with the mind and personality of a young child, Danny has only ever learned one lession in life: how to fight. Treated like a dog, including being forced to wear a collar, by his owner/boss, Bart, Danny has been raised to be a lethal fighting machine. Danny fights in illegal gladiator-style fight clubs, where he earns lots of money for Bart...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Prince Liam is thrust into the spotlight after his older brother's death puts him next in line to the throne. When King Simon announces that he is considering abolishing the monarchy, the manipulative Queen Helena will do whatever it takes to remain in power.
8) 300
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
9) 300
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead a Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
12) Bonded by blood
Publisher
Revolver Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In December 1995, three of the most notorious gangsters of the mid-90s were found gunned down in a Range Rover in a deserted lane in Essex. Two men were eventually convicted of murdering these infamously violent drug dealers, who were feared throughout the county. Divided by greed and bonded by the blood of their victims, the Essex Boys' rise to the top of the criminal underworld was just as dramatic as their final fall. This is the whole story.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Jeremiah, son of Chelkia, remembers the glory of Judah from his childhood. It is he who has been given the authority to announce God's message to the people of Jerusalem. Will the Israelites, and their new king, listen to the words of the prophet, or will Jeremiah's pleas fall on deaf ears and hardened hearts? Includes previews.
Author
Language
English
Description
With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history. Tearing flesh from bodies and bathing in warm blood, she delighted in an unholy quest for immortality while her country was being torn apart by a brutal and devastating civil war. Told on a grand scale in the 17th Century, Bathory is based on the true story of her rise and fall.
17) Invasion: Earth
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
When an air force pilot shoots down a mysterious UFO, the military is confronted with a brutal, terrifying alien force.
18) Berlin Job
Author
Language
English
Description
Frank Harper's screenplay follows two infamous London gangsters, Mickey Mannock and Ray Collishaw. Both men are top of the food chain when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine.
Author
Series
Empire volume 1
Language
English
Description
Tyrannus is the bodyguard to Julius Caesar but, on the fatal day when the conspirators plan to murder Caesar, Tyrannus has been lured away by a gang in league with the assassins who have kidnapped his son Piso. Tyrannus manages to save his son but by the time he returns to the senate Caesar has been murdered, secretly leaving a will that names his adoptive nephew Octavian as his heir.
Author
Series
Empire volume 2
Language
English
Description
Atia, the sister of Caesar and mother of Octavian, is coerced by the senate to reveal the contents of the late general's will - which discloses the fact that he has named Octavian as his successor. This makes him a target for Brutus and Cassius and the other conspirators but Mark Antony is also disappointed by the news. Tyrannus sees Octavian as his responsibility and the pair agree to flee Rome.