Kenneth Branagh
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CRIME & MYSTERY. The famous Orient Express, thundering along on its three days' journey across Europe, came to a sudden stop in the night. Snowdrifts blocked the line at a desolate spot somewhere in the Balkans. Everything was deathly quiet. "Decidedly I suffer from the nerves," murmured Hercule Poirot, and fell asleep again. He awoke to find himself very much wanted. For in the night murder had been committed. Mr. Ratchett, an American millionaire,...
4) Oppenheimer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. A passenger lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated by the storm and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the prime suspects from a scornful and impatient array of passengers--before the murderer decides to strike again.
10) Valkyrie
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Tom Cruise stars as the leader of a group of German officers who hatched a plot to assassinate Hitler. The operation was code-named VALKYRIE, for the emergency plan that was meant to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government. This plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944. The conspirators were shot after a kangaroo trial or sentenced...
11) Thor
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When the arrogant warrior Thor is banished to Earth from his homeworld of Asgard, he must fight to reclaim his lost powers. Pursued by an invasion force sent to destroy him, the fallen God of Thunder must rise to the battle and learn what it takes to become a true hero.
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English
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Description
A global action thriller set in the present day. This original story follows a young Jack as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot. When Ryan believes he's uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that's more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancé...
13) Belfast
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of a boy growing up in the late 1960s in Belfast whose family must decide whether to stay or leave amid the social tumult.
14) Tenet
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Armed with only one word and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time.
15) Belfast
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of a boy growing up in the late 1960s in Belfast whose family must decide whether to stay or leave amid the social tumult.
16) All is true
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family.
17) Dunkirk
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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In the summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark, determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. When his diary account was published, one week was missing. This is the story of that week: an idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.
19) Cinderella
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Celebrate the transformative power of kindness with Disney's Cinderella, a modern classic that shines with beauty, imagination...and magic! Despite being bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters, a spirited Ella refuses to despair or retaliate, choosing instead to honor her mother's last words: "Have courage and be kind". Then one day, she meets a remarkable, like-minded man in the woods and she resolves to take charge of her fate in hopes of seeing...
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