Dominic West
1) After 82
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What would you do if a deadly virus wiped out your circle of friends and lovers? Young men who were living out and proud, making new friends, falling in love, having hopes and dreams. Now for the first time, this documentary brings to the screen the untold stories of the AIDS pandemic in the UK. Told by the people who were there and the people who supported them, this is what happened AFTER 82.
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Narrated by Dominic West and featuring music from Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Massive Attack's Robert del Naja, Offshore Incorporated explores the highly charged issue of tax avoidance schemes as found in the UK and around the world today. The documentary comes at a time of renewed interest in the subject following the recent Panama Papers scandal.
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Devil's Mistress volume 2
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Angelica Fanshawe continues on her journey of the heart and mind through seduction and betrayal in the sexy continuation set during the English Civil War. Stars Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Andrea Riseborough.
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Devil's Mistress volume 1
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The English Civil War is seen through the eyes of a resourceful, manipulative, and desperate 17-year-old girl who'd do anything to survive. Stars Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Andrea Riseborough.
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2014
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had one of the most fascinating, glamorous and tempestuous relationships of the 20th century - the two most famous movie stars of their day who played out every high and low of their love affairs, multiple marriages and divorces right in the public eye. The movie follows their private and public relationship played out against their ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play. Tempestuous,...
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[2015]
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4 videodiscs (559 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Two married couples; one decimating extramarital love affair. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher and novelist who is happily married, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of a tragedy. The provocative drama unfolds when Alison and Noah meet in Montauk at the end of Long Island.
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[2016]
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5 videodiscs (703 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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With a murder unsolved and a betrayal exposed, the truth is suspect and shifting between the perspectives of Noah, Alison, Helen and Cole. The story now reveals the complex family ties, passionate betrayals and vengeful emotions that have resulted from the illicit summer liaison. And as the two estranged couples try individually to plan for the future, a new series of deceptions will once again force them to question everything they believed.
9) The square
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[2018]
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1 videodisc (approximately 151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A satirical drama reflecting the times, about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person's need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.
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[2015]
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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman's point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
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[2012]
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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It is 1944 and thirteen year-old Tolly Oldknow is sent to spend Christmas with his grandmother, whilst his mother searches for news of his father in wartime London. In the old house, he becomes a witness to events during the Napoleonic wars and finds himself slowly drawn into participating in the drama. Invisible to most people in the past, he begins to unravel the mystery which has bewildered his family for two centuries. The solution to the puzzle...
12) Genius
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[2016]
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1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and Thomas Wolfe.
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2012
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"In his latest mission, Johnny English must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. With just one shot at redemption, he will use (or misuse) the latest high-tech gadgets and every trick in his playbook to protect us all"--Container.
14) Colette
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[2018]
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1 videodisc (approximately 115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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After marrying 'Willy', a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing...
15) The forgotten
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©2005
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even though it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother, Telly, still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist insists she's delusional. Worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed. Haunted by the memories of her son, Telly's search for the truth propels her into a dark mind-shattering conspiracy...
17) Money monster
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[2016]
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1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the real-time high stakes thriller, financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets.
18) Mona Lisa smile
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c2003
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Set in 1953, Katherine Watson is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
19) Finding Dory
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2016.
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1 videodisc (approx. 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When Dory, the forgetful blue tang, suddenly remembers she has a family who may be looking for her, she, Marlin, and Nemo take off on a life-changing quest to find them, with help from Hank, a cantankerous octopus; Bailey, a beluga whale who's convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark! Dive into the movie overflowing with unforgettable characters, dazzling animation, and gallons of fun!
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c2006
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5 videodiscs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follows a single sprawling drug investigation in Baltimore, against the backdrop of the mayor's reelection campaign. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn.