Scion Films
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance....
2) In Bruges
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English
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"Hit men Ray and Ken have been ordered to cool their heels in the storybook city of Bruges (it's in Belgium) after finishing a big job. But since hit men make the worst tourists, they soon find themselves in a life-and-death struggle of comic proportions against one very angry crime boss"--Container.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with Christine, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents.
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English
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Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependant on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival...
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and all the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises...
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English
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Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Semyon heads the syndicate and is the proprietor of a plush Trans-Siberian restaurant. But his friendliness at the restaurant masks a cold and brutal core. Fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill. But Nikolai's carefully maintained...
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English
Description
The year is 1795 and the feisty 20-year-old Jane Austen is an emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appointed husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. As a prospective match for Jane, her parents are eyeing Mr. Wisley. He is the nephew to the very formidable,...
8) Doomsday
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A lethal virus spreads throughout Great Britain, infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat the government evacuates as many survivors as it can out of the infected area and the rest of the country succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper Virus violently resurfaces. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined...
9) Shattered
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Abby and Neil Randall have it all: perfect marriage, perfect home, perfect child. But when their daughter, Sophie, is kidnapped by ruthless sociopath Tom Ryan, their existence is turned upside down. Forced to comply with his twisted wishes, the couple are soon faced with the ultimate choice: kill an innocent man or never see their daughter alive again.
10) Doomsday
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A lethal virus spreads throughout Great Britain, infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat the government evacuates as many survivors as it can out of the infected area and the rest of the country succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper Virus violently resurfaces. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined...
11) In Bruges
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Hit men Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson, Harry Potter) have been ordered to cool their heels in the storybook city of Bruges (it's in Belgium) after finishing a big job. But since hit men make the worst tourists, they soon find themselves in a life-and-death struggle of comic proportions against one very angry crime boss (Fiennes)."--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The cynical Colonel Jack Durant and the dazzlingly beautiful Lieutenant Kathleen Nash uncover the crown jewels of Germany: more diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and pearls than are gathered in any one place outside the Tower of London. Nash and Durant manage to get the gems to New York, where they must deal with gangsters to fence the loot. To make matters worse for the two renegade officers, Princess Sophie discovers the theft of her jewels...
14) Closing the ring
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
World War II. On June 1, 1944, a United States bomber pilot crashes onto the Cave Hill just outside of Belfast in Northern Ireland. He lives long enough to give a ring to a stranger and asks that he return it to his girlfriend. 50 years later, a young man searches for the woman to make good on a promise.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A rollicking, inventive adaptation of the notoriously unfilmable British comic novel The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman, written by Laurence Sterne. Shandy's warped tales reveal far more than any conventional autobiography.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ben can't believe how much he has to be thankful for: a wife, a daughter and a steady paycheck. But when he unexpectedly loses his job, Ben foolishly turns back to crime, joining his ex-con brother in a robberty that has deadly consequences. Facing lethal injection, Ben must say goodbye to his family. Ben regains consciousness near a psychiatric ward. He is told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. Now he must determine if his previous life was only...
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A young pilot makes a bet with the nephew of a notorious gangster, and is afraid he will lose the bet when his plane is forced to land in a small Irish village. With the help of a beautiful young woman he meets, will the pilot win his wager?
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Newcastle United's favorite player, Santiago Muñez, reaches superstardom and starts to live every footballer's dream when he is transferred to Real Madrid to play in the UEFA European Champions League. He gets to play alongside some of the greatest players, including David Beckham. As Santiago basks in the glory, acclaim and money, he discovers that success has an ugly face, one that threatens to destroy everything he has worked for and everyone...
19) Smokin' Aces
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy "Aces" Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
20) Tenure
Publisher
Blowtorch Entertaiment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Professor Charlie Thurber loves to teach but can't stand all the expected publishing and politicking that goes along with the position. So when his opportunity for tenure is announced, he goes out on a limb to prove his worth, but unexpectedly finds himself falling for the very person who might replace him. It's a battle of the brains where the stakes are high and only one person can get an 'A' for effort. Includes deleted scenes, and bloopers.