Bob Hoskins
Series
Publisher
Disney
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1947 Hollywood Eddie Valiant is a down-on-his-luck detective who is hired to find out if Marvin Acme is playing hanky-panky with Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered all fingers point to Roger who enlists Eddie's help to find the real killer.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. Includes featurettes, and deleted scenes.
7) Unleashed
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Danny, a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human interaction, with the mind and personality of a young child, Danny has only ever learned one lession in life: how to fight. Treated like a dog, including being forced to wear a collar, by his owner/boss, Bart, Danny has been raised to be a lethal fighting machine. Danny fights in illegal gladiator-style fight clubs, where he earns lots of money for Bart...
8) Michael
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with an "angel expert", are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her motel with a real, live archangel named Michael.
Series
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed and well-to-do Laura Henderson needs a diversion to see her through war torn London. On a whim she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm to run it. The two don't seem to get along at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres begin to copy the idea and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that...
10) Beyond the sea
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
One of America's greatest performers, Bobby Darin lived a rags-to-riches life. He worked his way from shady nightclubs to his dream destination, the Copacabana, where he wowed the crowds with his songs. He was a marvel at singing, songwriting and performing - stealing the hearts of fans everywhere despite the suffering in his own heart.
11) Unleashed
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A man raised like an animal and trained to be a ruthless killer escapes his master and attempts to lead a normal life." --
12) Outlaw
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
On the lawless streets the guilty are left unhindered to go about their business. Returning from a tour of duty in Iraq, former Paratrooper Bryant is appalled by what he sees in a country he can no longer recognize. Determined to do something about it, he assembles a group of like minded souls who resolve to restore the balance between right and wrong, good and evil, enforcing justice with a brutality to match that of the once unpunished, unsuspecting...
13) Flickers
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
As a brash British movie pioneer, Arnie forms an unlikely partnership with Maude that starts out strictly business and grows into a real romance.
14) Den of lions
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The action heats up when an FBI agent goes undercover working for a Russian mobster.
15) Brazil
Series
Language
English
Description
A daydreaming bureaucrat becomes involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman and becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. This offbeat fantasy blends biting humor with an unforgettable look at a delightfully dastardly tomorrow.
16) Mona Lisa
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An ex-con and a call girl are thrown together when he becomes her chauffeur. Initially he detests her but winds up under her spell.
17) 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...
18) Othello
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's play about the tragic consequences of jealousy. Othello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealosy of Iago, who conspires to undo them both. Iago tells Othello that his wife, the beautiful Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio. Othello strangles Desdemona before learning of Iago's evil, and then kills himself in remorse.
19) Sparkle
Publisher
Revolver Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-two-year old Shaun Evans charms his way into a glamorous job in the PR world and becomes his boss Sheila's lover, but when he falls for Kate, Sam must choose between his career and the woman of his dreams.
20) Captain Jack
Publisher
Lance Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Captain Jack is an irascible sea captain with a strong antipathy for authority, a fondness for the ladies and an obsession with his predecessor Captain Scoresby, who sailed from England to the Arctic in 1791. Jack is determined to retrace Scoresby's 1300 mile voyage and install a plaque in his hero's honor.