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Just mercy [videorecording] / by Bronson, Claire,actor.; Coulter, Steve,actor.; Cretton, Destin Daniel,film director,screenwriter.; Foxx, Jamie,actor.; Griffis, Rhoda,1965-actor.; Jackson Jr., O'Shea,actor.; Jordan, Michael B.(Michael Bakari),1987-actor.; Lanham, Andrew(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Larson, Brie,1989-actor.; Nelson, Tim Blake,actor.; Spall, Rafe,1983-actor.; Stevenson, Bryan,film producer.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;

Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, O'shea Jackson Jr., Claire Bronson, Steve Coulter, Rhoda Griffis.A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Legal films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; McMillian, Walter; Stevenson, Bryan; Civil rights lawyers; Death row inmates; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; False imprisonment;

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Kill your darlings [videorecording] / by Cross, David,1964-; DeHaan, Dane,1987-; Hall, Michael C.,1971-; Krokidas, John.; Leigh, Jennifer Jason,1962-; Radcliffe, Daniel,1989-; Sedgwick, Kyra.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);

Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyra Sedgwick, David Cross.Daniel Radcliffe stars as Beat Generation icon Allen Ginsberg in this biopic set during the famed poet's early years at Columbia University, and centering on a murder investigation involving Ginsberg, his handsome classmate Lucien Carr, and fellow Beat author William S. Burroughs. The year is 1944. Ginsberg (Radcliffe) is a young student at Columbia University when he falls hopelessly under the spell of charismatic classmate Carr (Dane DeHaan). Alongside Carr, Ginsberg manages to strike up friendships with aspiring writers William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) that would cast conformity to the wind, and serve as the foundation of the Beat movement. Meanwhile, an older outsider named David Kammerer falls deeply and madly in love with the impossibly cool Carr. Later, when Kammerer dies under mysterious circumstances, police arrest Kerouac, Burroughs, and Carr as potential suspects, paving the way for an investigation that would have a major impact on the lives of the three emerging artists.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.

Subjects: Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997; Carr, Lucien, 1925-2005; Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997; Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969; Authors, American; Biographical films.; Bohemianism; Feature films.; Historical films.; Male friendship;

© c2014., Distributed by Entertainment One,

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World without end [videorecording] / by Caton-Jones, Michael.; Chaplin, Ben.; Ellis, Howard.; Firth, Peter,1953-; Follett, Ken.World without endVideorecording.; Nixon, Cynthia.; Pielmeier, John.; Riley, Charlotte.; Weston-Jones, Tom.; Scott Free Productions.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Take 5 Productions.; Tandem Communications (Firm);

Cynthia Nixon, Ben Chaplin, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley, Tom Weston-Jones.England is on the brink of a devastating war with France that will last over a hundred years. A terrible plague which will wipe out a third of Europe's population before it is done is spreading. Caris, a visionary young woman, struggles to rise above the suffering and oppression in order to lead her people out of the Dark Ages. With her lover Merthin, she builds a community in Kingsbridge that stands up to the church and the crown. Together, they unearth a dangerous secret and must fight to save their town from ruin, ultimately ushering in a new era of freedom, innovation and enlightenment.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.

Subjects: Follett, Ken.; Great Britain; Black Death; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.;

© c2012., Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

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The current war [videorecording] / by Gomez-Rejon, Alfonso,film director.; Bekmambetov, Timur,1961-film producer.; Iwanyk, Basil,film producer.; Mitnick, Michael,screenwriter.; Cumberbatch, Benedict,1976-actor.; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.; Hoult, Nicholas,1989-actor.; Holland, Tom,1996-actor.; Macfadyen, Matthew,1974-actor.; 101 Studios,presenter.; SunnyMarch TV (Firm),production company.; Thunder Road Films,production company.; Bazelevs-Prodakshn (Firm),production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher,film distributor.;

Tom Holland, Matthew MacFadyen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tuppence Middleton, Katherine Waterson, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Shannon, Damien Molony, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Craig Conway, Celyn Jones, Simon Kunz, Tom Belll, Amy Marston.Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse engage in a battle of technology and ideas that will determine whose electrical system will power the new century.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing/violent images, and thematic elements.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.

Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931; Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914; Electrification; Electric power; Electrical engineering;

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Hell on wheels. [videorecording] / by Gierhart, Billy,film director.; Meaney, Colm,1953-actor.; Mount, Anson,1973-actor.; Straiton, David,film director.; American Movie Classics Company.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Nomadic Pictures Ltd.;

Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Phil Burke, Ben Esler.Originally broadcast on television in 2015.In Season 5, Volume 1 of Hell on Wheels, Cullen Bohannon [Anson Mount] finds himself a stranger in a strange land - the mountain town of Truckee, California, home to the Central Pacific Railroad. This rough railroad town teems with thousands of Chinese workers, foreign in language, culture and traditions. Despite the challenges of corralling this new workforce, Cullen leads the Herculean effort to tunnel through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, sometimes achieving only inches a day in the race to complete the first Transcontinental Railroad.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Western television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television series.; Frontier and pioneer life; Railroads; Revenge;

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42 [videorecording] : the Jackie Robinson story / by Beharie, Nicole.; Boseman, Chadwick.; Ford, Harrison,1942-; Helgeland, Brian.; Meloni, Chris.; Merriman, Ryan.; Legendary Pictures.; Warner Bros. Entertainment.; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Music by Mark Isham ; director of photography, Don Burgess ; edited by Peter McNulty, Kevin Stitt.Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman.Brian Helgeland's historical sports drama/biopic 42 relates the historic 1947 baseball season in which Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) decides to sign the first black Major League player, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Although Robinson faces ugly, vicious racism from other clubs, fans, and on occasion his own teammates, Rickey encourages him to not fight back. By following that advice, Robinson allows his remarkable athletic talent to speak for itself, and soon the first-year player becomes one the most popular players on the team, eventually securing the Rookie of the Year award.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.

Subjects: Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Major League Baseball (Organization); African American baseball players; African Americans; Baseball players; Biographical films.; Feature films.; Race discrimination; Sports films.;

© c2013., Warner Home Video,

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Hysteria [videorecording] / by Becker, Tracey.; Cairo, Judy.; Curtis, Sarah.; Dancy, Hugh,1975-; Dyer, Jonah Lisa.; Dyer, Stephen.; Everett, Rupert.; Gyllenhaal, Maggie,1977-; Henson, Christian,1971-; Jensen, Ashley.; Jones, Felicity.; Pryce, Jonathan.; Smith, Sheridan,1981-; Waltzing, Gast,1956-; Wexler, Tanya.; Beachfront Films (Firm); By Alternative Pictures (Firm); Chimera Films (Firm); Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Forthcoming Films (Firm); Informant Media (Firm);

Music, Gast Waltzing ; additional music, Christian Henson ; costume designer, Nic Ede ; editor, Jon Gregory ; production designer, Sophie Becher ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt.Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Sheridan Smith, Ashley Jensen.Set in Victorian London, Tanya Wexler's period comedy Hysteria tells the tale of Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), a young doctor disturbed by the way most hospitals ignore the latest research on germ theory, and still treat patients with bleedings and leeches. After being fired from his most recent job for speaking out on the matter, he ends up in the employ of Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce) who runs a private practice specializing in treating women who suffer from "hysteria" and come to the doctor for his precise digital manipulations in order to get a release. With the help of Mortimer's best friend Edmund (Rupert Everett) together they create a device that allows these women to achieve the desired result much more quickly. Complicating matters, Mortimer becomes enamored of Dalrymple's strong-willed, feminist-minded daughter Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal).Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Granville, J. Mortimer (Joseph Mortimer), 1833-1900; Biographical films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Female orgasm; Historical films.; Romantic comedy films.; Sexual excitement; Vibrators (Massage); Women;

© c2012., Informant Media ; Distributed by Entertainment One,

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Fatima [videorecording] / by Almeida, Joaquim de,1957-actor.; Howard, Alejandra,actor.; Keitel, Harvey,actor.; Pontecorvo, Marco,film director,screenwriter.; Vásquez Gil, Stephanie Marcela,actor.; Visnjic, Goran,1972-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Joaquim De Almeida, Goran Visnjic, Stephanie Gil, Harvey Keitel, Sonia Braga.A trial of faith unfolds at the apex of World War I, when secrets are revealed to three courageous Portuguese children through a series of apparitions, while their doubting family and aggressive government officials try to silence them.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some strong violence and disturbing images.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Christian films.; Historical films.; Religious films.; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Maria Lúcia, Irmã, 1907-2005; Marto, Jacinta, Saint, 1910-1920; Marto, Francis, Saint, 1908-1919; Fatima, Our Lady of;

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Official secrets [videorecording] / by Fiennes, Ralph,actor.; Goode, Matthew,1978-actor.; Hood, Gavin,film director.; Kelly, Katherine,1979-actor.; Knightley, Keira,1985-actor.; Ifans, Rhys,1967-actor.; Buring, MyAnna,1984-actor.; Varma, Indira,actor.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,film distributor.;

Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Katherine Kelly, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Myanna Buring, Tamsin Greig, Jeremy Northam, Conleth Hill, Adam Bakri.The incredible true story of the spy who defied her government to stop a war. In 2003, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun received a memo with a shocking directive: collect blackmail worthy information on UN council members to force the vote for the invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world rush into war. Gun makes the decision to leak the memo to the press, igniting an international firestorm that would expose a vast political conspiracy and put Gun in harm's way.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: R; for language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Political films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Gun, Katharine; Women intelligence officers; Intelligence service; Leaks (Disclosure of information); Intelligence service; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Wiretapping;

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Northmen [videorecording] : a Viking saga / by Duken, Ken,actor.; Faeh, Claudio,1975-film director.; Hopper, Tom,actor.; Kwanten, Ryan,1976-actor.; Murphy, Charlie,1988-actor.; Norton, James,1985-actor.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,film distributor.; Elite Films (Firm),production company.;

Music, Marcus Trumpp ; writers, Matthias Bauer and Bastian Zach ; director, Claudio Fäh.Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, Leo Gregory, James Norton, Darrell D'Silva, Richard Lothian, Mark Strepan, Danny Keogh.A band of Vikings are stranded behind enemy lines on the coast of Alba as their longboat goes down in a dreadful storm. Their only chance of survival is to find a path to the Viking settlement, Danelagh, traversing an unfamiliar and hostile land they have never known. The journey becomes a race for their lives when the King of Alba sends his most feared mercenaries after them. But when the Vikings meet a kind Christian Monk who preaches with his sword, the hunters become the hunted as the Vikings set deadly traps, mercilessly decimating their pursuers one by one, culminating in a final and deadly encounter.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A. DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Viking ships; Vikings; Vikings; War films.;

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