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161) Eddie the Eagle
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Comedy sports drama directed by Dexter Fletcher and inspired by the true life story of Michael Edwards or 'Eddie the Eagle', Britain's most famous ski jumper. Taron Egerton stars as the title character, who, with the support of his trainer Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman) trains for and competes in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. The first British skier to qualify for the Winter Olympics, the entirely self-funded far-sighted plasterer became an emblem...
162) Angels and demons
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Ent
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Mystery thriller based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role from the 2006 film 'The Da Vinci Code' as Harvard symbologist and religious expert Robert Langdon, who works alongside Vittoria (Ayelet Zurer), the beautiful daughter of a murdered Italian physicist, to unravel the clues behind her father's murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican by resurgents of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati,...
163) Stalingrad
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Set in 1943 when the Nazi Germans lost 350 000 soldiers while the Russians lost three-quarters of a million defending their city, this film follows a platoon of likeable German soldiers as they fight for every inch of the way, losing their humanity along the way. The film alternates between big battle scenes and deft characterisation as it constructs a damning indictment of war.
Publisher
Revolver Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Musical animated Christmas tale following the journey of orphan girl Sophianna (voiced by Madison Davenport) and her unlikely band of adventurers - a feisty elf, an ambitious young reindeer, a fox and a polar bear - as they try to recover Santa Claus's magical toy sack.
Publisher's no.
Publisher
Abbey Home Media
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Another collection of episodes of the CITV animated series based on the bestselling children's books by Francesca Simon. In this instalment Henry decides to fight everyone in his way to get Killer Boy Rats tickets and Peter becomes Chief Secretary of the Purple Hand Gang. The episodes are: 'Horrid Henry Knows It All', 'Horrid Henry Flicks the Bogey', 'Horrid Henry I Am Not a Hamster', 'Horrid Henry and the Dangerous Data', 'Horrid Henry and the Phantom...
166) Peter and the wolf
Publisher
ITV DVD
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Modern interpretation of Sergei Prokofiev's timeless tale recounting a magical world in which little boys can find the strength and courage to overcome their fears and the ever-present dangers that surround them.
Publisher's no.
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Nicolas Cage stars in this wartime action drama directed by Mario Van Peebles. After delivering parts for the atomic bomb that would later be dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, the naval cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine while patrolling the Philippine Sea. Left with no option but to abandon ship, Captain Charles McVay (Cage) and hundreds of his crew are left stranded in open seas with no food or water. Enduring extreme hunger...
171) Paterson
Publisher
Soda Pictures
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Drama written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film follows Paterson (Adam Driver), a New Jersey bus driver with a hidden talent for writing poetry. Following the same routine each day, Paterson uses his observations while driving as inspiration for his writing. With his quirky and ambitious wife Laura (Golshifteh Farahani) pushing him to publish his work, Paterson is reluctant to make any change to his comfortable and serene world. The cast also...
173) 11.22.63
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
James Franco and Chris Cooper star in this eight-part sci-fi drama based on Stephen King's novel. High school English teacher Jake Epping (Franco)'s life takes an absurd turn when his friend Al Templeton (Cooper) shows him a time portal that leads to October 21st 1960. Jake decides to use the opportunity to go back in time and prevent the assassination of JFK on November 22nd 1963, just as an ailing Al had tried and failed to do previously. As he...
177) Deepwater horizon
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Mark Wahlberg and Kate Hudson star in this action drama based on real events. When a technical failure causes Gulf of Mexico drilling rig Deepwater Horizon to experience a sudden, devastating blow out, electrician Mike Williams (Wahlberg) and the rest of the crew face a desperate fight to survive. As burning oil causes fires to spread throughout the deck, Williams risks his life to help his fellow crew as they battle through the wreckage in a valiant...
178) The hunt
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Danish
Description
Thomas Vinterberg directs this Academy Award-nominated Danish thriller. Mads Mikkelsen stars as Lukas, a recently-divorced primary school teacher locked in an acrimonious custody battle over his teenage son Marcus (Lasse Fogelstrom). When five-year-old Klara (Annika Wedderkop), the daughter of Lukas's best friend Theo (Thomas Bo Larsen), tells the headmistress of the school - untruthfully - that Lukas has acted abusively towards her, the accusations...
179) Patriots day
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon star in this drama based on the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. With the streets of central Boston lined with people supporting the runners as they complete the final stages of the race, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Themo Melikidze and Alex Wolff) set off two powerful home-made bombs next to the finishing line. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Wahlberg)...
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