Ian McKellen
1) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Odysseus--soldier, sailor, trickster, and everyman--is one of the most recognizable characters in world literature. His arduous, ten-year journey home after the Trojan War, the subject of Homer's Odyssey, is the most accessible tale to survive from ancient Greece, and its impact is still felt today across many different cultures. This lively free verse translation, from one of today's leading Homeric scholars, preserves the clarity and simplicity...
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo's frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is now time for Frodo to overcome the wickedness of Gollum, the horrifying attack of the colossal arachnid Shelob and the soul-twisting allure of a ring that resists destruction. For Aragorn to take up the sword of his forebears and the crown of his birthright. Frodo and Sam are approaching Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring and a massive battle is about to ensue that will determine the fate of Middle-Earth.
5) The tempest
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The play is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, using illusion and skillful manipulation. The tempest brings to the island Prospero's usurping brother Antonio and the complicit Alonso, King of Naples. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's low nature, the redemption of Alonso, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
8) Wolf brother
Author
Series
Chronicles of ancient darkness volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Special extended ed.; widescreen version (2.35:1).
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (208 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([10] p. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Elderly hobbit Bilbo Baggins relinquishes possession of a golden ring possessing magical powers to Frodo, his youthful heir. Charged with casting the ring into the fires from which it was forged, the young hobbit begins an arduous trek across Middle-earth, accompanied by a stalwart band including his best friend Sam, the mercurial wizard Gandalf, the warrior Aragorn, and the blustery Gimli, among others. Opposed by the treacherous sorcerer Saruman...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013, ©2014.
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bilbo Baggins continues on in his journey with the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim their lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
12) Henry V
Author
Lexile measure
GN 500L
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
13) Richard III
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's immortal tale is brilliantly updated in this riveting masterpiece. In 1930's Britain, a savage civil war between two royal families has just concluded. But even as the newly installed King Edward (John Wood) takes the reins of power, his ruthless, younger brother Richard (Ian McKellen) sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the crown for himself. The all-star cast includes Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin...
14) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with early dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.
Language
English
Formats
Description
U?nase con Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn y los miembros valientes de la Comunidad a medida que continu?an su bu?squeda para destruir el Anillo del Poder. Mientras que la oscuridad cae sobre la Media Tierra, una criatura extran?a llamada Gollum les conduce a los he?roes a las Puertas Negras de Mordor. Los dema?s de Media Tierra se preparan para una batalla que decidira? el destino de todos.
Join Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, and the brave members of the Fellowship...
17) On Broadway
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! As audiences prepare for the return of live theater after an unprecedented absence of 18 months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway came back from the brink. ON BROADWAY shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Interviews...
18) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the...
19) Muse of Fire
Publisher
Illuminations
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to discover everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Consulting a host of helpful luminaries along the way, including Ian McKellen, James Earl Jones, Judi Dench, and Tom Hiddleston, their exciting road trip takes them to Denmark with Jude Law, Hollywood with Baz Luhrman, a prison in Berlin and Shakespeare’s home in...
20) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An elderly Sherlock Holmes reflects on his life, and becomes involved in an unsolved fifty-year-old case.