John Hurt
5) Rob Roy
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
The story of the Scottish rebel Rob Roy, his Highlands clansmen, and their fight to save themselves from obliteration.
8) The Climb
Publisher
Vanguard Films
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
In 1959 suburban Baltimore a man is not a man unless he's a war veteran. Danny Hine's father isn't. Danny wants to vindicate his father and believes he can do that by climbing the city's 203' radio tower. With the help of Langer, an old man who has come home to die, Danny learns the true meaning of courage.
Publisher
Relativity Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Immortals: Before the dawn of time, there was the Dawn of War. In a world where gods, titans, and mortals battle for supremacy over the earth, a young warrior, Theseus, embarks on a quest to defeat the rising forces of evil which threaten the fate of all mankind.
Season of the Witch: Oscar? winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure, Ghost Rider) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Hellboy II) star in this supernatural action adventure about a heroic Crusader...
Publisher
2 Entertain
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound, and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the ultimate animals - the most successful species on the planet. Each episode focuses on a particular habitat and reveals how its people have created astonishing solutions in the face of extreme adversity.
11) The skeleton key
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When Caroline Ellis takes a job as a hospice worker in Louisiana's bayous, she unlocks a deadly secret involving magic, conjure, and sacrifice that pulls her into a terrifying world of strange, frightening, and unexplained incidents. The key to escaping may lie in a decrepit attic, but if she dares to believe in what she discovers, everything she fears will become real.
Publisher
DVD International
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Feature length film combined with computer game-like navigation and interactivity. The player is voyeur, detective, judge and patient all in one in this suspense story. Between each variable scene, the viewer helps to access the behavior of each of the film's characters. The viewer's answers shape the course of action and the final outcome of the story.
13) V for vendetta
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers...
14) Elephant man
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of John Merrick, a 19th century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of a kindly doctor, he regains some of the dignity he lost during years as a side-show freak.
15) 1984
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The story of forbidden love and eventual betrayal set in the government controlled world of the "future"--1984.
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A woman is murdered in Oxford. Her body is discovered by two men who meet for the first time at that moment: Arthur Seldom, a prestigious professor of logic, and Martin, a young graduate student who has just arrived at the University hoping to study with Seldom. It quickly becomes clear that this is the first in a series of murders, all of which are announced by the murderer with strange mathematical symbols. Professor and student join forces to try...
17) The Pied Piper
Publisher
Legend Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A wandering piper is hired by a selfish mayor to rid his village of rats; but when the mayor refuses to pay him, the piper plays his way out of town, leading all the children of Hamelin after him--never to be seen again.
18) 1984
Publisher
U.S.A. Home Video
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Filmed in and around London in 1984 this is a story of love and tragic betrayal in a twisted, horrific world.
19) Heaven's gate
Series
Criterion collection volume 636
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A Harvard graduate, turned federal Marshal in Wyoming, learns of a government sanctioned plot by cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting battle is based on the Johnson County War of 1892.
20) Melancholia
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In this beautifully filmed movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. A planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth and threatening to collide. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting and relationships are fraying as the family deals with their fears.
