Bernard Hill
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English
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In January 1945, in the death throes of an evil empire and as the Red Army resumed its relentless advance towards Germany, the inmates of POW camps in Poland were marched west towards Germany. Amongst them were thousands of British, American, and Commonwealth soldiers, many of whom had spent over four years working in mines and factories with barely adequate sustenance. They were now ordered at gunpoint to march many hours a day through the snow and...
2) Golden Years
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English
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Retired couple Arthur (Bernard Hill, Wolf Hall, The Lord of the Rings films) and Martha (Virginia McKenna, The Camomile Lawn) Goode live a quiet suburban life, tending to their garden and socializing with friends at their club. But when the nation's financial crisis empties their hard-earned pension accounts, the couple seizes the opportunity to replenish their funds through a series of bank robberies. Dressed in masks and armed with cucumbers as...
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In this book, Johnny Bernard Hill argues that prophetic rage, or righteous anger, is a necessary response to our present culture of imperialism and nihilism. The most powerful way to resist meaninglessness, he says, is refusing to accept the realities of structural injustice, such as poverty, escalating militarism, genocide, and housing discrimination.
Hill's Prophetic Rage is interdisciplinary, integrating art, music, and literature with theology....
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ea
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English
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Fast and Furious presents Hobbs & Shaw --- Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham return to their unforgettable roles as Hobbs and Shaw in the auction-packed feature from the blockbuster Fast & Furious franchise!
San Andreas - When an earthquake devastates California, Ray King (Dwayne Johnson), a skilled rescue helicopter pilot, must work together with his ex-wife in a race against time to save his daughter, flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
The...
5) Exodus
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English
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When the adopted son of a neo-fascist politician discovers that his real father is a refugee imprisoned for twenty years, he wages war to secure his freedom.
6) Outpost 11
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English
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Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, Outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle. One day the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged in to chaos. Albert, Mason and Graham must fight the isolation, madness and arctic spiders to survive. Think 'The Thing' plus 'How I Ended this Summer' mixed with 'Videodrome.'
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An aging woman is given the chance to become young again with a secret formula. She sees this as an opportunity to right her past, but her husband declines because he has no regrets and wouldn't change a thing about the life they've shared. Now she must decide if she will take this journey without him and what the consequences would be if she does.
8) Outpost 11
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English
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Set in an alternative past where steam power still rules the world, Outpost 11 is the story of three soldiers manning a remote listening post in the Arctic Circle. One day the warning light goes off unexpectedly and their world is plunged into chaos.
9) Wolf Hall
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Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king...
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When a body is discovered in a derelict building, DCI Cassie Stuart must untangle lies that have been covered up for nearly forty years. With her partner, DI Sunil Sunny Khan they narrow the list to four suspects, each with something to hide. As their deceptions are discovered, the people they love most begin to wonder what else they might be capable of.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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The wedding date (1 hr., 29 min.): Kat Ellis is determined to attend her younger sister's wedding with a date. In order to show up her ex-fiance, she resorts to the Yellow Pages to find a last minute escort, Nick. His dashing good looks and quick-witted charm may win over the rest of her family, but will they win Kat?
Prime (1 hr., 45 min.): When Rafi, a 37-year-old single woman meets David, a 23-year-old painer, it's love at first sight. But that...