Marian MacGowan
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court on her side.
2) Risk
Publisher
Lions gate (distributor)
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Ben Madigan (Tom Long) has just started a new job as an insurance adjuster with the sweet but naive hope of helping people. Once there, however, he comes under the tutelage of jaded John Kreisky (Bryan Brown), who uses Ben's innocence to his advantage, enlisting the young man in an "experiment". What seems at first like a simple plan to save the company money turns out to be an elaborate scam intended to defraud it."--Cover.
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Mary McGarvie is a beautiful con artist who, with the help of her young daughter, fools audiences into believing she is psychic. The legendary magician Harry Houdini comes to town with a skeptic's challenge. He is going to give $10,000 to anyone who can correctly 'channel' his mother's dying words. Mary accepts the challenge. Houdini enters into a passionate affair with the charming clairvoyant even as he prepares for the most dangerous stunt of his...
Series
Film Movement volume 2, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A comedy drama about two parentally neglected teenagers, Placid Lake and Gemma, who find the courage to believe in themselves.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She₂s working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon finds himself bored with his lack of power.