Michael Caine
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now in his 85th year, Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares wisdom and stories from his remarkable career in this "engrossing" memoir that "shines with positive energy" (Library Journal, starred review).
One of our best-loved actors, Michael Caine has starred in over 100 films in his six-decade career, spanning classic movies like Alfie, Zulu, and The Italian Job (the inspiration for the book title) to playing...
One of our best-loved actors, Michael Caine has starred in over 100 films in his six-decade career, spanning classic movies like Alfie, Zulu, and The Italian Job (the inspiration for the book title) to playing...
2) Deadly game
Author
Series
DCI Harry Taylor volume 1
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
DCI Harry Taylor has no respect for red tape or political reputations - but he's great at catching criminals. And all his unorthodox skills will be needed as an extraordinary situation unfolds on his doorstep: a metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, but before the police can arrive it is stolen in a violent raid. With security agencies across the world on red alert, it's Harry and his unconventional team from...
3) Last love
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Matthew is a widowed, world-weary professor living alone in Paris. He sees no meaningful future for himself-until he meets Pauline, a free-spirited young dance instructor. From their first meeting, each provides what the other needs: someone to call family. Even as they both struggle to heal the wounds of their troubled pasts-including Matthew's attempts to reconnect with his estranged children-the bond they form leads them to rediscover the joy that...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats up!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The eldest daughter of show-biz parents, Hannah is a devoted wife, loving mother, and successful actress. A loyal supporter of her two aimless sisters Lee and Holly, she's also the emotional backbone of a family that seems to resent her stability almost as much as they depend on it. But when Hannah's perfect world is quietly sabotaged by sibling rivalry, she finally begins to see that she's as lost as everyone else.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A sly, sophisticated love story that is a showcase for its two Oscar-winning stars: Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson. With a sparklingly witty screenplay from Academy Award-winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in love), and directed by Joseph Losey, The romantic Englishwoman is a wildly entertaining ride.
Series
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Two rival con men - sophisticated Lawrence (two-time Oscar®-winner Michael Caine, Actor in a Supporting Role for "Hannah And Her Sisters" and Actor in a Supporting Role for"The Cider House Rules") and third-rate American hustler Freddy (Steve Martin, "Three Amigos!") - make a wager. The first one to extract $50,000 from the next woman they meet wins...and the other leaves town. The bet is on and the stakes are high in this hysterically funny, ruthlessly...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The skeletons in the family closet just came out to play. Jason Lair is a simple man with a simple wish: a normal life. But when his wife leaves him with his son to paint in Nepal; his father gets paroled from prison, and his grandfather explores alternative rituals for his coming funeral, Jason may just lose his tenuous grasp on his sanity ... and go AROUND THE BEND. Brought together by chance and forced to uncover the truth about their past, the...
Series
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A Nazi Strike Force plots to kidnap Winston Churchill while he is resting in a desolate Norfolk village. Colonel Radl (Duvall), Colonel Stenier (Caine) and Liam Devlin (Sutherland) are enlisted to carry out the operation, which if successful, would irrevocably alter the outcome of the war. Disguised as Polish airmen, these paratroopers descend upon England only to be interrupted by an unforeseeable incident which threatens to derail their treacherous...
12) Mona Lisa
Series
Criterion collection volume 107
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The brilliant breakthrough film by writer-director Neil Jordan journeys into the dark heart of the London underworld to weave a gripping, noir-infused love story. Bob Hoskins received an Oscar nomination for his touchingly vulnerable, not-so-tough-guy portrayal of George, recently released from prison and hired by a sinister mob boss to chauffeur call girl Simone between high-paying clients. George's fascination with the elegant, enigmatic Simone...
14) The Ipcress file
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It is the height of the cold war, and ex-thief Harry Palmer, now reluctantly working as a secret agent, has been called in to investigate a strange occurrence among a number of leading scientists. It seems the scientists have been kidnapped, but reappear only days after the kidnapping, brainwashed and useless. During the course of the investigation, a tape is uncovered with the word "Ipcress" on it.
17) Dear Dictator
Series
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge and hides with a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
English patriot and army vet Frank Jones is only mildly concerned when his son Bob, who works for the British Secret Service, says dirty dealings are afoot at the agency. But then Bob is murdered under mysterious circumstances. And Frank's inquiries thrust him in the middle of a rat's nest of government deceit that reaches up through the ranks to a traitorous spy whose secret could cost Frank his own life as well.
19) Best Sellers
Series
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In a last-ditch effort to save the boutique publishing house her father has left her, an ambitious young editor (Plaza) goes on a book tour with a bitter, booze-addled author (Caine) who put the publishing house on the map decades ago.
20) Zulu
Series
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.