Julian Jarrold
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A heartbreaking romantic epic, Evelyn Waugh's classic novel inspires this evocative story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence in Oxford, 1925. The unworldly undergraduate Charles Ryde is befriended by the flamboyant and aristocratic Sebastian Flyte, son of Lord and Lady Marchmain, and is thrilled by an invitation to Brideshead, the Marchmains' magnificent ancestral home.
2) Painted lady
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When her friend is murdered and one of his valuable paintings stolen, a former rock singer sets out to track down the painting and the murderer.
3) Kinky boots
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
To save the family shoe business from bankruptcy, young Charlie turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...
7) Painted lady
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
After a failed suicide attempt Maggie (Mirren) has lived with Sir Charles Stafford for ten years. But after he is murdered and a valuable painting is stolen she sets out to track down the painting and the murderer.
Publisher
Inception Media Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Based on true events, tells the story of British serial killer Fred West and his relationship with Janet Leach, a trainee social worker assigned as the "appropriate adult" to assist the simple-minded West and sit with him during his highly-charged police interviews.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
12) The girl
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The story of iconic director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with Tippi Hedren, his leading lady in The Birds and Marnie.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the glorious celebration of the end of World War II in Europe; and the singular evening when Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret leave the confines of Buckingham Palace to join the festivities, while giving their chaperones the slip.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed mystery novelist Agatha Christie has written some of the world's most loved crime stories, including the tales of Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, and more. These collector's items will introduce new viewers to the Agatha Christie mysteries by featuring some of the best television adaptations.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It's November of 1962, and Bruce Reynolds is gathering a group of men together with the intent of robbing a Royal Mail train bound for London from Glasgow. The gang holds a practice robbery in the London Heathrow Airport to see if they're ready, and then, on August 8, 1963, they rob the train of over Đ2.6 million. Six of Scotland Yard's finest police officers are called in to investigate the case, determined to not only recover the stolen money,...
17) Red Riding
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
These three separate but interrelated films move unflinchingly through a turbulent and tragic decade in the West Riding region of Yorkshire, England. Serial murders, child abductions and rampant police corruption abound -- no one escapes undamaged.
18) Kinky boots
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Charlie inherits the family shoe factory after his father's death. In order to keep the factory running, their products must branch out into more diverse areas. Lola, a drag queen in need of better footwear for work, comes to his aid and designs a pair of special boots.