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Son of a gun [videorecording] / by Avery, Julius,film director,screenwriter.; Herriman, Damon,1970-; McGregor, Ewan,1971-; Thwaites, Brenton,1989-; Vikander, Alicia,1988-; Mongrel Media.; Métropole Films Distribution.;
Music, Jed Kurzel ; editor, Jack Hutchings ; director of photography, Nigel Bluck.Alicia Vikander, Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Damon Herriman, Matt Nable, Nash Edgerton.After breaking out of a maximum-security prison, Brendan Lynch, Australia's most notorious criminal, enlists 19-year-old JR to accompany him and his crew on a gold heist that promises to deliver millions. However, as things start to go wrong, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Caper films.; Crime films.; Criminals; Escapes; Feature films.; Gold theft; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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Assassin's creed [videorecording] / by Cotillard, Marion,1975-actor.; Fassbender, Michael,1977-actor.; Gleeson, Brendan,actor.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-actor.; Kurzel, Justin,film director.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Essie Davis.Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of violence and action, thematic elements and brief strong language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Templars; Assassins; Brotherhoods;
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Assassin's creed [videorecording] / by Cotillard, Marion,1975-actor.; Fassbender, Michael,1977-actor.; Gleeson, Brendan,actor.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-actor.; Kurzel, Justin,film director.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Essie Davis.Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of violence and action, thematic elements and brief strong language.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Templars; Assassins; Brotherhoods;
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Hell put to shame : the 1921 Murder Farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery / by Swift, Earl,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a riverbank in the cotton country of rural Georgia: the bodies of two drowned men, bound together with wire and chain and weighted with a hundred-pound sack of rocks. Within days a third body turned up in another nearby river, and in the weeks that followed, eight others. And with them a deeper horror: all eleven had been kept in virtual slavery before their deaths. In fact, as America was shocked to learn, the dead were among thousands of Black men enslaved throughout the South in conditions nearly as dire as those before the Civil War. Hell Put to Shame tells the forgotten story of that mass killing and of the revelations about peonage, or debt slavery, that it placed before a public self-satisfied that involuntary servitude had ended at Appomattox more than fifty years before. By turns police procedural, courtroom drama, and political exposé, Hell Put to Shame also reintroduces readers to three Americans who spearheaded the prosecution of John S. Williams, the wealthy plantation owner behind the murders, at a time when white people rarely faced punishment for violence against their Black neighbors. The remarkable polymath James Weldon Johnson, newly appointed the first Black leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, marshaled the organization into a full-on war against peonage. Johnson's lieutenant, Walter F. White, a light-skinned, fair-haired, blue-eyed Black man, conducted undercover work at the scene of lynchings and other Jim Crow atrocities, helping to throw a light on such violence and to hasten its end. And Georgia governor Hugh M. Dorsey won the statehouse as a hero of white supremacists -- then redeemed himself in spectacular fashion with the "Murder Farm" affair. The result is a story that remains fresh and relevant a century later, as the nation continues to wrestle with seemingly intractable challenges in matters of race and justice. And the 1921 case at its heart argues that the forces that so roil society today have been with us for generations.
Subjects: Case studies.; Manning, Clyde.; Williams, John S.; African Americans; Murder; Peonage; Plantation workers; Trials (Murder);
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Blue Velvet. by Lynch, David,film director.; Hopper, Dennis,actor.; Rossellini, Isabella,actor.; MacLachlan, Kyle,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlanOriginally produced by MGM in 1986.Clean-cut college boy Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) finds his Mayberry-like hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field. His investigation catapults him into an alluring, erotic murder mystery involving a disturbed nightclub singer (Isabella Rossellini) and a drug-addicted sadist (Dennis Hopper). Soon Jeffrey's led deeper into their depraved existence, finding himself obsessed with this dark, enigmatic underworld...to the point of no return. Directed by David Lynch.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Crime.; Detective and mystery films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.;
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The Hard Part Begins. by Lynch, Paul,film director.; Rhodes, Donnelly,actor.; McGrath, Doug,actor.; Sorensen, Linda,actor.; Belle, Nancy,actor.; Bradley, Paul,actor.; Hawkins, Robert,actor.; Canadian International Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Donnelly Rhodes, Doug McGrath, Linda Sorensen, Nancy Belle Fuller, Paul Bradley, Robert HawkinsOriginally produced by Canadian International Pictures in 1973.This celebrated debut feature from director Paul Lynch follows Jim King, a veteran country musician who’s spent decades honing his craft, but has yet to find fame or fortune. With a prominent record label circling his current band, Jim may be on the brink of a professional breakthrough, but the rest of his life is in disarray. From a suicidal son and a terminally ill friend to a rocky romance with his bandmate Jenny, Jim's life is hard – and it’s only getting harder.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Motion Pictures.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;
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The forsaken / by Atkins, Ace.;
"Thirty-six years ago, a nameless black man wandered into Jericho, Mississippi, with nothing but the clothes on his back and a pair of paratrooper boots. Less than two days later, he was accused of rape and murder, hunted down by a self-appointed posse, and lynched. Now evidence has surfaced of his innocence, and county sheriff Quinn Colson sets out not only to identify the stranger's remains, but to charge those responsible for the lynching. As he starts to uncover old lies and dirty secrets, though, he runs up against fierce opposition from those with the most to lose-and they can play dirty themselves. Soon Colson will find himself accused of terrible crimes, and the worst part is, the accusations just might stick. As the two investigations come to a head, it is anybody's guess who will prevail-or even come out of it alive"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; United States. Army; Murder;
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Talking to Canadians : a memoir / by Mercer, Rick,1969-author.;
"Canada's beloved comic genius tells his own story for the first time. What is Rick Mercer going to do now? That was the question on everyone's lips when the beloved comedian retired his hugely successful TV show after 15 seasons--and at the peak of its popularity. The answer came not long after, when he roared back in a new role as stand-up-comedian, playing to sold-out houses wherever he appeared. And then Covid-19 struck. And his legions of fans began asking again: What is Rick Mercer going to do now? Well, for one thing, he's been writing a comic masterpiece. For the first time, this most private of public figures has turned the spotlight on himself, in a memoir that's as revealing as it is hilarious. In riveting anecdotal style, Rick charts his rise from highly unpromising schoolboy (in his reports "the word 'disappointment' appeared a fair bit") to the heights of TV fame. Along the way came an amazing break when, not long out of his teens, his one-man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It. Or, Charles Lynch Must Die, became an overnight sensation--thanks in part to a bizarre ambush by its target, Charles Lynch himself. That's one story you won't soon forget, and this book is full of them. There's a tale of how little Rick helped himself to a tree from the neighbours' garden that's set to become a new Christmas classic. There's Rick the aspiring actor, braving "the scariest thing I have ever done in my life" by performing with the Newfoundland Shakespeare Company; unforgettable scenes with politicians of every variety, from Jean Chretien to George W. Bush to Stockwell Day; and a wealth of behind-the-scenes revelations about the origins and making of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada, and Talking to Americans. All leading of course to the greenlighting of that mega-hit, Rick Mercer Report ... It's a life so packed with incident (did we mention Bosnia and Kabul?) and laughter we can only hope that a future answer to "What is Rick Mercer going to do now?" is: "Write volume two.""--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Mercer, Rick, 1969-; Comedians; Television personalities;
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Daughter of Family G : a memoir of cancer genes, love and fate. by McKay, Ami,1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Weaving together family history, genetic discovery, and scenes from her life, Ami McKay tells the compelling, true-science story of her own family's unsettling legacy of hereditary cancer while exploring the challenges that come from carrying the mutation that not only killed many people you loved, but might also kill you. The story of Ami McKay's connection to a genetic disorder called Lynch syndrome begins over seventy years before she was born and long before scientists discovered DNA. In 1895 her great-great aunt, Pauline Gross, a seamstress in Ann Arbor, Michigan, confided to a pathology professor at the local university that she expected to die young, like so many others in her family. Rather than dismiss her fears, the pathologist chose to enlist Pauline in the careful tracking of those in her family tree who had died of cancer. Pauline's premonition proved true-- she died at 46-- but because of her efforts, her family (who the pathologist dubbed 'Family G') would become the longest and most detailed cancer genealogy ever studied in the world. A century after Pauline's confession, researchers would identify the genetic mutation responsible for the family's woes. Now known as Lynch syndrome, the genetic condition predisposes its carriers to several types of cancer, including colorectal, endometrial, ovarian and pancreatic. In 2001, as a young mother with two sons and a keen interest in survival, Ami McKay was among the first to be tested for Lynch syndrome. She had a feeling she'd test positive: her mother's side of the family was riddled with early deaths and her own mother was being treated for the disease. When the test proved her fears true, she began living in "an unsettling state between wellness and cancer," and she's been there ever since. Intimate, candid, and probing, her genetic memoir tells a fascinating story, teasing out the many ways to live with the hand you are dealt."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; McKay, Ami, 1968-; McKay, Ami, 1968-; McKay, Ami, 1968-; Genetic disorders; Cancer; Authors, Canadian;
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Great Performances: Now Hear This: S6. by Lynch, Harry,film director.; Yoo, Scott,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Scott YooOriginally produced by PBS in 2025.Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in NOW HEAR THIS, a documentary miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, and travel, as he chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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