Brian Cox
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A masterly portrait of six men - Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant and Georgi Zhukov - whose military genius changed the course of world history. Concentrating on one battle in particular for each commander, and using computer graphics to help explain the course of events, this penetrating study brilliantly illustrates the thinking, method and individual dynamism behind the great military campaign....
Series
[Sharpe's DVD series] volume 1
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
c1994.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a maverick British officer who fights behind French lines in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars.
Publisher
First-Run Features
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Did Henry Kissinger sabatoge the 1968 Vietnam peace talks for his own personal gain? Did he orchestrate the secret bombing of Cambodia? Did he authorize covert operations to overthrow a Chilean President? This explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in United States history.
Series
[Bourne films] volume 2
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jason Bourne has abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been traveling beneath the agency's radar. He has been able to reconnect with Marie, the woman he loves. But Bourne is still haunted by vivid dreams and troubling memories of his days as a killer, and he's not really certain how much really happened and how much is a product of his imagination. When Bourne is led out of hiding by circumstances beyond his control, he must reconcile his past...
Series
Color of war volume 6
Publisher
TWI/Granada Television
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Uses original color film and contemporary diaries to recall the destructive 12 year reign of Adolf Hitler. Follows the story of Hitler's brutal rise to power, to his transformation of Germany into a Nazi state, and finally the destructive wars that brought the Third Reich down.
Publisher
Film Ideas
Pub. Date
©2017
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of one of the greatest French authors, Nobel Prize winner in literature and existentialist philosopher as told by his closest circle of friends and in particular, the women who loved him. We concentrate on three works, perhaps his most significant: The Outsider, The Fall and The First Man, which structure the film's three chapters of the absurd, revolt and happiness."--Amazon.
Series
Planet of the apes films volume 7
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
During experiments to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a genetically-enhanced chimpanzee uses its greater intelligence to lead other apes to freedom.
Series
[Bourne films] volume 1
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Film based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fisherman who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as the Swiss bank account, the number of which, is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted....
12) Forsaken
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An embittered gunslinger attempts to make amends with his estranged father while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.
16) Pixels
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant saved the world thousands of times, at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. Now, they're going to have to do it for real. In Pixels, when intergalactic aliens discover video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the video games as the models for their assaults.
17) Believe
Publisher
Distributed by Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The funny and touching tale of the legendary Sir Matt Busby's transition from Manchester United football manager to eleven-year-old boys' soccer team wrangler.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In September 1942 at the height of the battle for the Atlantic, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, sinking the British ship without knowing that it carried more than 2,000 passengers, many of them civilians. What followed is a harrowing true story of heroism, heartbreak, and unexpected humanity in the midst of the bloodiest conflict in history.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Film based on the true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. Despite modest beginnings and a lifelong battle with bipolar disorder, this tenacious and resourceful competitor pedaled his way into history. In 1993, Obree designed and built a bicycle from scrap metal and washing machine parts. Pitted against top competitors in a high-profile race, he broke the world record, only to have his title stripped later in a storm of controversy.
20) Iron Will
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
A young man enters a dangerous cross-country dog sled race in an attempt to win the grand prize that will save his family from financial ruin.