Embeth Davidtz
1) Matilda
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
2) Old
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day.
4) Shackleton
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
True story of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic adventures. Bound for Antartica in 1914, Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, was trapped in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea. Ten months later, the ship sank, stranding Shackleton and his crew of 27. Based on the diaries and first person accounts of expedition members, the film tells of their ordeal and their 800-mile journey in an open boat across the world's worst seas that made their rescue possible.
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenage social outcast Peter spends his days trying to unravel the mystery of his own past and win the heart of his high school crush, Gwen Stacy. a mysterious briefcase belonging to his father, who abandoned him when he was a child, leads Peter to his dad's former partner, Dr. Connors. The discovery of his father's secret will ultimately shape his destiny of becoming "Spider-Man" and bring him face to face with Connor's villainous alter ego, the...
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forced to lead a makeshift Dark Ages army against the demonic Deadites, who possess all the deadly magic of hell, the shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed, reluctant twentieth century time traveler Ash must save the living from the dead, rescue his medieval girlfriend and get back to his own time. Disc includes the director's cut of the film.
7) Fallen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
An ancient demon, a fallen angel, pursues a police officer who is beginning to understand how the demon passes from human to human.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut case of Murder One. But his resolute attorney puts Alcatraz and its sadistic associate warden on trial in his client's behalf.
10) Army of darkness
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Ash and his '73 Oldsmobile are transported into England's Dark Ages where he falls in love, and faces an army of skeletons and other undead creatures.
11) Mansfield Park
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
When Fanny Price is sent away to live with her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society but manages to enlighten them as well.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her, and when he learns her nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
13) Europa Report
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Six top astronauts set out to explore the possibility of a hidden ocean – and life – beneath Europa’s icy surface. After a near-catastrophic technical failure, the survivors must overcome the tolls of deep space travel to survive a profound discovery.
14) Fracture
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Ted Crawford is a wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous structural engineer who lives in Los Angeles. He shoots his wife and entraps her lover. After the police arrive, he signs a confession. At his arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot D.A. who is getting ready to leave for a civil-law firm. He is told by everyone the case is open and shut....
15) Schindler's list
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Spider-Man's conflict has been within himself: the struggle between Peter Parker and the responsibilities of Spider-Man. But Peter Parker, finds that his greatest battle is about to begin. It's great to be Spider-Man, but being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. Peter comes to realize that all of his...
18) Junebug
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In an attempt to woo an artist to her gallery, art dealer Madeline and her husband go to North Carolina. While she tries to seal the deal, her husband introduces her to his family. Madeline's presence reveals family tensions and resentment.
20) 3 backyards
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
The story of three residents of the same suburban town over the course of one seemingly perfect yet curious autumn day.