James Purefoy
Author
Language
English
Description
A world-weary knight (James Purefoy) returns to England after the first crusade to settle down in a peaceful northern hamlet, but the disappearance of the kindly Princess Lunna (Piper Perabo) makes him take up his sword once more to face down a thousand year-old legend.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A fast living, cynical London music executive heads to a remote Cornish village where he's pranked by his boss into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen. He struggles to gain the respect or enthusiasm of the unlikely boy band and their families. Soon he's forced to reevaluate his own integrity and ultimately question what success really means.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues” we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame. FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS ONE AND ALL continues the journey with the loveable ‘buoy band’, as they navigate the choppy waters of fame, second album syndrome, and performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury.
8) Churchill
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality; fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men were cut down on the beaches of Gallipoli. Obsessed with...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Extended cut.
Language
English
Description
William is a young squire with a gift for jousting. After his master dies suddenly, he hits the road with his cohorts Roland and Wat. After meeting an unknown writer who forges his genealogy papers, William sets out to prove himself as a knight.
10) A knight's tale
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special ed.; widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The rousing story of lowborn Willian Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits as they careen their way toward impossible glory that's part romance, part road trip and part exuberant swashbuckling.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Having escaped to hide in Elizabethan London, Matthew and Diana must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life. Enemies are everywhere, the threat to witches is growing, and Diana and Matthew's romance faces a barrage of new threats, from within as much as without.
12) Roots
Publisher
A&E Television Networks, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Hollow crown: Chronicles a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
Richard II: After halting a duel between warring nobles Bolingbroke and Mowbray, Richard II banishes both men from his kingdom. Following the death of Bolingbroke's father, John of Gaunt, Richard seizes his money and land to pay for wars against rebels in Ireland. Bolingbroke returns to claim his...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry...
16) Blessed
Author
Language
English
Description
A successful city broker, Peter's life screeches to a halt when he suddenly loses everything he truly cares about. Seeking comfort in isolation on a remote island, Peter's life is turned upside down by the arrival of a little girl, Charlotte. Will Charlotte's zest for life crack through Peter's paralysis? Can he learn to love life once more? And what will become of Charlotte?
17) Mansfield Park
Author
Language
English
Description
When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns their ways, she also enlightens them with wit and sparkle all her own.