Cate Blanchett
1) Manifesto
Author
Language
English
Description
"Manifesto" pays homage to the moving tradition and literary beauty of artistic manifestos, ultimately questioning the role of the artist in society today. Performing these 'new manifestos' as a contemporary call to action while inhabiting thirteen different personas, Academy Award winner-Cate Blanchett imbues new dramatic life into both famous and lesser-known words in unexpected contexts.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1990s, Dublin was nothing short of a war zone, with a few powerful drug lords battling for control. Their most fearsome opponent was not the police but the courageous journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), who covered the crime beat with unmatched intensity. As she investigated and exposed the "pushers," balancing her home and family against her responsibility to her readers and her country, she became a national folk heroine to the...
3) Carol
Author
Language
English
Description
Academy Award®-winner Cate Blanchett and Academy Award®-nominee Rooney Mara star as two women in the 1950s from different backgrounds who find themselves in a life-changing love affair.
5) Bandits
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Language
English
Description
The suave, irresistible Joe (Bruce Willis) and his hypochondriac partner Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) have escaped from prison. Cutting a swath from Oregon through California, these fugitives rob banks in order to finance their scheme for a new - and somewhat legitimate -- life south of the Border. In their wake, they leave a trail of chaos, disguises, wrecked automobiles - and an adoring public. Their operation is running smoothly until an unexpected...
Author
Language
Italiano
Description
Philippa, a teacher living in Turin, Italy, has watched helplessly as her husband and friends have fallen victim to drug overdoses. The police - who are complicit in the actions of Turin's biggest drug dealer - have completely ignored Philippa's repeated offers of information. So, with the unexpected help of a police officer, she feels she has nothing to lose by taking justice into her own hands!
7) The Gift
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Language
English
Description
Widow and mother of three, Annie Wilson makes her living by foretelling others' futures...though her own has become cloudier than even she can see.
8) Tar
Author
Publisher
SDS
Edition
Blu-ray/DVD version
Language
English
Description
Virtuoso conductor and composer Lydia Taar becomes the first female conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Language
English
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they've known, and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destines are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together-to the very ends of the Earth-to protect everything...
Series
(John Ronald Reuel),Lord of the rings volume pt.1
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young...
12) Cinderella
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Series
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the transformative power of kindness with Disney's Cinderella, a modern classic that shines with beauty, imagination...and magic! Despite being bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters, a spirited Ella refuses to despair or retaliate, choosing instead to honor her mother's last words: "Have courage and be kind". Then one day, she meets a remarkable, like-minded man in the woods and she resolves to take charge of her fate in hopes of seeing...
13) The aviator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twenty-something millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. But Hollywood never really accepts Hughes, and in time his passion for flying begins to reclaim his attentions.
Publisher
DreamWorks Animation
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races, Hiccup and Toothless journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
15) Thor Ragnarok
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
This magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis, who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town's sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches. Based on the beloved children's classic book.
18) Little fish
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
After years of treading water in her career and redeeming herself after a troubled past, Tracy Heart sets a goal of owning her own business. But her goals are threatened to be torn apart by the return of her ex-boyfriend and the criminal intentions of her brother.
19) The missing
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maggie is a young plainswoman raising her two daughters in the desolate wilderness of New Mexico. When daughter Lily is kidnapped by a dark-hooded phantom with shape-shifting powers, Maggie's long-estranged father offers to help find her. Though stunned by his return, Maggie knows she must swallow both hurt and pride if she is ever to see Lily again. Unaware of the frightening events that lurk in the distance, father and daughter set out to track...