Benedict Cumberbatch
1) Hawking
Author
Language
English
Description
A drama documenting the life and work of the theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking who, despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21, has galvanized the scientific world with his ground-breaking work on the nature of the universe. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
2) Naples '44
Publisher
First Run Features
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1943 a young British officer, Norman Lewis, entered a war-torn Naples with the American Fifth Army. Lewis began writing down everything that happened to him during his one-year stay, observing the complex social cauldron of a city that contrived unbelievable methods of survival on a daily basis. These notes turned into his masterpiece, a memoir titled NAPLES ‘44. Francesco Patierno's new documentary imagines Lewis returning many years later to...
3) Walk with me
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
With unprecedented access, WALK WITH ME takes us deep inside the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh, and captures the life of a monastic community who have given up all their possessions for one common purpose – to practice the art of mindfulness. This visceral film is a meditation on a community determined to develop a deep sense of presence, not just for themselves but for all those they love. As the seasons come and...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
He’s won practically every honor there is in the world of football. As the star player of Real Madrid, Ronaldo makes headlines wherever he goes. From winning his second Ballon d’or to heading his own fashion line, Ronaldo has the world at his feet. An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the icon that will appeal to both ardent fans and football newbies!
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kelly Macdonald, THE CHILD IN TIME is a lyrical and heart-breaking exploration of love, loss, and the power of things unseen, based on the award-winning novel by Ian McEwan and adapted by Stephen Butchard. With tenderness and insight, the movie explores a marriage devastated, the loss of childhood, the fluidity of time, grief, hope, and acceptance. UK Edition.
6) Creation
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Torn between faith and science, and suffering hallucinations, English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to complete 'On the Origin of Species' and maintain his relationship with his wife.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (121 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts lead an all-star cast. A family crisis unites a dispersed group of siblings at the Oklahoma house they grew up in with the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable...
10) 1917
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers, Blake's own brother among them.
11) The courier
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
12) Black mass
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1970s South Boston, FBI agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster Jimmy Bulger to collaborate with the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement while consolidating his power and becoming one of the most ruthless and dangerous gangsters in Boston history.
"Black Mass is a tightly wound piece of work,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
An acclaimed modern retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic stories. What if this wasn?t the modern day? What if it was the late Victorian period? What if the world?s most famous consulting detective and his best friend lived in a Baker Street of steam trains, hansom cabs, top hats and frock-coats? Welcome to Sherlock in 1895!
14) Parade's end
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A repressed man is torn between being faithful to his vindictive wife and being with the woman he loves in England in the midst of World War I.
16) The current war
Publisher
101 Studios
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse engage in a battle of technology and ideas that will determine whose electrical system will power the new century.
17) The Grinch
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl's generous holiday spirit. It is a universal story about the spirit of Christmas and the indomitable power of optimism.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Criterion collection ; widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (128 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction.