Helen Mirren
2) The Duke
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dramatized story about Kempton Bunton and his theft of Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961.
6) Golda
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On October 6th, 1973, under cover of darkness, on Israel's holiest day and during the month of Ramadan, the combined forces of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan begin a surprise attack on the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Outnumbered and outgunned, Israel's only female Prime Minister, Golda Meir, confronts the immediate, clear, and present danger of a ticking timebomb that she hoped never to face. Surrounded, isolated, and frustrated by the infighting...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
9) The Hawk
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A Hitchcockian thriller of a housewife who thinks her husband is a serial killer. THE HAWK stalks women on the motorway, raping and killing, then plucking out his victim's eyes. Annie's husband has always been absent on the dates of the murders. Other details convince her it must be him. Or is this paranoia, a legacy of the violent depression she suffered after her two sons were born?
10) Hitchcock
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home and even the love of his wife Alma, as he sets out to make the film.
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Take a look, it's in a book. For over thirty years, this beloved children's television series has been bringing stories to life. Hosted by acclaimed actor LeVar Burton, journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection.
12) Elizabeth I
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2006, c[2005]
Language
English
Description
Explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world.
15) The clearing
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Wayne and Eileen have raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. When Wayne is kidnapped by ordinary guy, Arnold Mack, and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned upside down. Eileen finds her home full of FBI agents and their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation--something she should have done long ago, had she not been passed over by her male superiors time and again. With a suspect already identified and her own team openly hostile, she uncovers errors and conflicting facts that point to a coverup within the force."--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Tennison relocates to the Greater Manchester Police for a stint as a community relations officer at local schools. Later she is assigned the shooting case of a young drug dealer, and she pegs a corrupt local drug lord as the killer. Somehow he stays one step ahead of her investigation. Is he getting inside information?
19) Winchester
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Tennison has been transferred to a new station and a new assignment: getting prostitutes off the streets of Soho. But when a 17-year-old rent boy is burned to death, her superiors aren't keen on her investigating the murder."--Container.