Helen Mirren
Author
Language
English
Description
The Oscar® - winning Actress Helen Mirren retraces the life of Anne through the pages of her diary, and that of 5 other women who, as children and adolescents, were also deported to concentration camps but survived the Shoah. Off "the set", a young girl, talking to her peers using social media, will lead us through Anne Frank's short life and her feelings. In the documentary we also hear the voices of Rabbi Michael Berenbaum, historian and professor...
2) The Door
Author
Language
English
Description
Emerence, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerence to disclose details of her traumatising past, which will bond the two women forever.
3) Love Ranch
Author
Language
English
Description
Two cynical grifters get rich owning a Nevada brothel, but when an Argentine fighter arrives, a love triangle erupts with murderous results.
5) Golda
Author
Language
English
Description
Golda is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren), faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate...
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. Monsters University unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's...
10) Red 2
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites with his team to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Having been demoted and transferred to the north, D.C.I. Tennison finds herself under-used until she gets a case where a 12-year-old boy confesses to murder. She becomes involved with trying to convict the local crime boss who has proved impossible to touch.
12) Door to door
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Bill Porter, a man with cerebral palsy. With little hope of getting a real job, Bill asks to take on the position of salesman in the most unwanted and difficult territory. He gets the job and makes his rounds, impacting the lives of his customers during his nearly 50-year career that often found him at the top of his company's sales charts.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Academy Award winner, Dame Helen Mirren, this powerful and eye-opening documentary spotlights critical efforts that may be among the last, and best chances, to preserve one million species on the brink of disappearing forever.
14) The Queen
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the untimely death of Princess Diana. The Queen's restrained reaction causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
15) Losing Chase
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Chase, a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown is cared for by a younger woman, Elizabeth. At first they're enemies, then slowly they become friends. When Chase's husband fears that the two women's relationship has gone beyond friendship, he sends Elizabeth away, leaving Chase feeling lonely.
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of King George III, this is the story of royal intrigue, sexual indiscretions, backstairs plotting and a battle for power between Parliament and the throne, all occuring while the King is being treated for an unknown mental illness.
18) Brighton Rock
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Helen Mirren in a violent, sexually daring gangster drama as a woman driven to desperate measures to stop a young waitress' descent into a world of lies, seduction & murder.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. In this classic comedy, three plots intertwine: the entangled love affairs of Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia, the comic performance of a "play within a play"...
20) Hitchcock
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife Alma, as he sets out to make the film.