Alan Rickman
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Told through his diaries--a twenty-five-year passion project--the beloved actor, political activist, and more grants us access to his thoughts and insights on theater performances, the craft of acting, politics, friendships, work projects, and his general musings on life.
Series
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever. Winner of Best Animation and nominated for Best Short Film at the 2012 **Irish Film and Television Awards**.
3) A Promise
Series
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Alan Rickman stars in this simmering early 20th-century love story about a triangle between an aging factory owner, his young bride (Rebecca Hall) and his handsome protégé.
4) Snow Cake
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A man who is traumatized by a car accident flourishes a friendship with a high-functioning autistic woman.
5) BAM150
Series
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing arts in 20th century America. Includes footage of recent performances, a treasure trove of 150 years' worth of rare archival materials, and intimate interviews with Laurie Anderson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chuck Davis, Alan Rickman, Isabella Rossellini, and others. Official Selection...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Michael Collins, one of Ireland's most controversial patriots and revolutionary heroes, leads his countrymen in their fight for independence. Having come of age in the early 20th century, when a monumental history of oppression and bloodshed had divided Ireland and its people, Collins was arrested during the 1916 Easter Uprising, when Irish revolutionaries surrendered to the overwhelming military power of the British forces after a six-day standoff...
Series
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Helen Mirren stars as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top-secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international...
9) Bottle Shock
Series
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris". Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Winner of the Golden Space Needle Award for best acting at the **Seattle International Film Festival.** "*Bottle Shock is something special: there's magic in it.*" - Peter Travers, ***Rolling Stone***
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A Robin Hood for the 90's, light years removed from the romantic vision of Errol Flynn ... but this gritty, pumped-up version can stand on its own. Rough, tough, and a rousing good time, with this version of the Sheriff of Nottingham a real surprise.
Series
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, and Alan Rickman star in this stylish take on the venerable Western genre from the director of "Lonesome Dove." Arriving in Australia with nothing more than a saddle and his Sharps rifle, American sharpshooter Matthew Quigley (Selleck) thinks he's been hired to kill off wild dogs. But when he realizes that his mission is to eradicate the Aborigines from the property of a wealthy cattle baron (Rickman) - Quigley refuses...and...
12) Die hard
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Formats
Description
It's Christmas time in L.A. and on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building there's an employee party in progress. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber, who plans to steal the 600 million dollars locked in Nakatomi's high-tech safe. Gruber and his henchmen pretend to be politically motivated in order to throw the authorities off track. Gruber has no intention...
14) Love actually
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
It's all about love and holiday cheer in London. The Prime Minister is smitten with his caterer; a widower's young son nurses the ultimate schoolboy crush; a writer falls for his Portuguese housekeeper; a devoted wife and mother copes with her potentially unfaithful husband; and a lovelorn American is desperately attracted to a colleague.
15) Dogma
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
Two banished angels find a loophole that would get them back into heaven. The only snag? They'll be destroying existence in the process. In an effort to stop them, the overworked voice of God taps cynical mortal Bethany to save the world by preventing the angels from reaching their unholy destination. Along the way he meets two unlikely prophets named Jay and Silent Bob, and the quick-witted thirteenth apostle.
16) A little chaos
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A romantic drama following Sabine, a strong-willed and talented landscape designer, who is selected to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV's new palace at Versailles. In her new position of power, she challenges gender and class barriers while also becoming professionally and romantically entangled with the court's renowned landscape artist Andre Le Notre.
17) Galaxy quest
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after the cancellation of the television program, Galaxy Quest, the stars cling to their careers appearing at sci-fi conventions and electronic store openings. When a distressed interstellar race mistakes the show for 'historical documents, ' Jason Nesmith and his crew of has-beens are unwittingly beamed up onto their alien ship with the misguided hope that they can defeat a genocidal space nemesis.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
An orphaned child that has spent the first ten years of his life living under the stairs of his aunt and uncle's house is invited to join the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He learns his destiny lies in the realm of magic and fantasy. Includes the theatrical and extended versions.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Lord Voldemort has returned, but the ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth. They appoint Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. When Umbridge refuses to teach practical defensive magic, Ron and Hermione convince Harry to secretly train a select group of students for the wizarding war that lies ahead. A terrifying showdown between good...