Ian Richardson
Series
George Smiley novels volume 5
Publisher
Acorn Media
Description
Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after the Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the 'Circus' without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground ...
4) Hogfather
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
It's the holiday of Hogswatch in the parallel universe of Discworld, the night when kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather. But someone--or something-- wants the Hogfather out of the way. Now it's up to the most unlikely of heroes to get the holiday back on track before humanity loses all hope.
5) From hell
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
In 1888 London's Whitechapel slums, poor women like Mary Kelly and her friends walk the streets for a living. When the streetwalkers begin to be murdered one by one, it attracts the attention of Inspector Abberline, who takes a personal interest in the case, and Mary Kelly. Now he must use his psychic abilities to stop the most notorious serial killer in history--Jack the Ripper--before Mary is killed.
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Oddball is the newest puppy. She is searching for her spots. Waddlesworth is a macaw who thinks he's a rottweiler. After a spot of therapy Cruella De Vil is released from prison and is a changed woman who is devoted to dogs and good causes. She is delighted that her parole officer, Chloe, has a dalmatian family and big connections with a dog charity. But the sound of Big Ben can reverse the treatment so it is only a matter of time before Cruella is...
10) Porterhouse blue
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Set in a fictional, all-male Cambridge college this movie aims it's barbs at aristocrats, politicians, and TV reporters as well as academics. From Brian Eastman, the producer of Poirot, Rosemary & Thyme, and Traffik.
11) Dark city
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
When John Murdoch wakes with no memory at the scene of a grisly murder, he soon finds himself hunted by the police, a woman claiming to be his wife, and a mysterious group of pale men. Includes never-before-seen footage and commentary.
12) The final cut
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Urquhart turns his attention to helping himself to a wealthy retirement and finds himself caught in a political power play of someone else's devising.
13) M. Butterfly
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A French civil service officer risks and then abandons everything in his life in his obsessive pursuit of a enigmatic Chinese opera diva who harbors a secret.
17) Bleak house
Description
Two innocent young orphans are the potential heirs to a fortune. Their fates are snarled in a monumental legal battle known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Another orphan, Esther Summerson, whose mysterious parentage proves to be intertwined with the fate of the Jarndyce wards and the aloof Lady Dedlock. Lady Dedlock faces the revelation of her dark past once Mr. Tulkinghorn catches wind of it. The icily beautiful Esther's background also comes to light...
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Artist Walter Hartright arrives at Limmeridge House to instruct wealthy half-sisters Marian and Laura Fairlie. Their peaceful lives are marred by a strange woman dressed in white, who brings disturbing warnings to the family. When Laura announces her engagement to the dashing Sir Percival Glyde, it seems the darkness haunting them is lifting. But new dangers lurk closer than ever, and the only hope for averting disaster lies with the secret held by...
20) Dark city
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
John Murdoch awakens in a strange hotel room only to discover that he is wanted for a series of brutal murders and, while unable to remember anything, he is pursued by the police and haunted by "The Strangers," mysterious beings who possess the ability to stop time and alter reality.