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Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
Publisher
Pbs Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of Lord Grantham and the rest of the Crawley family, as well as the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A sweeping overview that explores how tattoos were used in early Christian practices, how they were discovered halfway around the world during the voyages of Captain James Cook, and how they exploded in popularity in America beginning with artists like Ed Hardy.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After a lapse of 100 years, the Avatar-spiritual master of the elements -has returned. And just in the nick of time. The FOur nations (Water, Earth, Fire and Air) have become unbalanced. The Fire Nation wants to rule the world, and its first conquest will be the Northern Water Tribe. It's up to a 12-year-old Airbender named Aang to find a way to stop it. Join Aang, Katara, Sokka, Momo, and Appa as they head north on the adventure of a lifetime.the...
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can't refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the perfect spring retreat, but will she discover home is where her heart is?
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Whether you love them, fear them, or want to learn more, dive into SharkFest, as the investigation begins into the shocking world of shark-on-shark predation, experience their high-speed attacks and pack hunts, follow a marine biologist testing his latest armored suit, learn if shark attacks can be predicted, and see an astonishing encounter with the two largest great whites ever filmed.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A tale of truth, betrayal, youth, demise, and mermaids! When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love, or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. Forced aboard the ship of the most feared pirate ever, Jack doesn't know who to fear more, Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
9) 3D sun
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Experience the Sun like never before in this documentary that takes audiences into outer space to see exactly what the Sun does and what it means to people on Earth.
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Some crimes are so sensational that they leap out of the annals of crime and into popular culture. From Jack the Ripper to Roswell to Lady Di, each episode in this series revisits a page of our shared history, meticulously decoding and deconstructing a sensationalist news item. Unjustly disdained by historians and generally left to the tabloid press, these stories reveal much about the societies that spawned them and the later generations that keep...
11) Death race 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple; drive, or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars. Tells the explosive story of how the legendary race began. Strap yourself in for an insane thrill-ride!
12) The lodge
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
During a family retreat to a remote winter cabin over the holidays, the father is forced to abruptly depart for work, leaving his two children in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Ron and Veronica's romance falls apart as the duo anchors a weekend broadcast at a New York-based network in 1980. Ron is fired for being the worst anchor anyone has ever seen and so he leaves Veronica rather than live in her shadow. So he re-creates himself at a CNN-type network in the eighties and accidentally invents the soul-sucking brand of non-news that now rules cable as he tries to win back Veronica's love.
"One of the funniest movies of...
14) A perfect world
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In Texas, an escaped convict takes a young boy hostage and they form a bond, while being chased by a Texas Ranger, the FBI and local lawmen.
Publisher
World Wrestling Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It's the one night of the year in WWE where the rulebook is thrown out the window, and the Superstars from Raw and SmackDown take it to the extreme! Who will have their hand raised at the end of WWE's most chaotic night?"-- provided by publisher.
17) Transmilitary
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
At a time when transgender people are banned from serving in the U.S. military, four transgender troops risking discharge fight to attain the freedom they so fiercely protect.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of chef heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, and more, audience will see how the world's most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people would consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system.
19) Love struck cafe
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Megan Quinn, an aspiring architect, faces multiple tasks, developing her hometown lake into a commercialized entertainment center, forcing Mrs. Frances Figgins, her childhood mentor, out of her family's home, and helping out at her family caf ̌after her father breaks his leg, all while also dealing with the return of her childhood sweetheart, Joe, who broke her heart.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Discover how predictions underpin nearly every aspect of our lives and why some succeed spectacularly while others fail. Explore entertaining real-world challenges and join experts as they tackle that age-old question: Can the future be forecast?
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