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Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Bella is still very much in love with Edward. The rest of the vampire coven who call themselves the Cullens, especially Alice, decide to throw Bella a private party for her eighteenth birthday. Things go wrong when Bella cuts her finger and thirst overcomes the vampires. As a result of the danger Bella was put through, the Cullen family decide to leave Forks, Washington. Bella becomes so depressed that she exempts herself from all social activities....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
In part 1, Bella and Edward's marriage, honeymoon, and birth of their child bring unforeseen and shocking developments for Bella, Edward and those they love, including new complications for young werewolf Jacob Black. In part 2, after the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
87) Snowden
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Hard Target Jean-Claude Van Damme teams up with acclaimed action director John Woo for this electrifying thriller that WGN Radio hails as "easily one of the year's best films!" Van Damme is the target of an evil mercenary (Lance Henriksen) who recruits homeless combat veterans for the "amusement" of his clients - bored tycoons who will pay handsomely to stalk and kill the most challenging prey of them all: Man. Laced with dark humor and slam-packed...
89) The Edwardians
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The Edwardian period, beginning with Edward VII's ascent to the throne in 1901 and ending with World War I, was an era of rapid industrialization, pioneering artistic and literary achievements, and great social and political upheaval. It is filled with captivating characters who left their mark upon British society and the world at large. This 8-part BBC series profiles the movers and the shakers who exemplify the era's progressive spirit as well...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Capote - In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for the New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with...
93) Infamous
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and, in particular Perry Smith, while both men waited for their date of execution on death row.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
As the Cold War deepens and the new political threats loom, Dr. Allen Hynek and Captain Michael Quinn must delve further down the UFO conspiracy rabbit hole in their dangerous quest for the truth. Soon, cover-ups from the past (including at Roswell) collide with new UFO cases in the present (including at Area 51), forcing our duo to not only question the multi-faceted layers to a broadening global conspiracy, but the very nature and origin of UFOs...
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Collects four classic horror films, including "House of Wax, " in which a wax sculptor devises a murderous plan to restock his museum; "The Haunting, " in which four individuals travel to a haunted house to study its supernatural phenomena; "Freaks, " featuring a group of carnival performers who inflict revenge on a trapeze artist who mocks them; and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, " the classic tale of one man's disastrous attempts to harness the evil...
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
In March 1940, the author John Steinbeck and his friend, marine biologist Ed Ricketts, sailed down the coast of California and Mexico to the Sea of Cortez. Their stated purpose was to document the creatures that inhabit shallow waters and tide pools on the margins of the Sea of Cortez. But it became much more. In these mysterious, phosphorescent waters, they sought an understanding of mankind's relationship to the natural world, and a wellspring of...
97) Going in style
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Three elderly men living on the dole decide to organize a bank robbery.
98) Maurice
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
E.M. Forster's story of two Edwardian-era Cambridge graduates that fall in love, but must abide by British society's strict norms regarding homosexuality.
99) In Cold Blood
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
On a quiet November night in 1959, two ex-cons shatter the peace of Holcomb, Kansas, with the senseless slaughter of the Clutter family. Based on a true story.
100) Queen of the desert
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A true story of a trailblazing woman who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East. Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer, and an encounter with the legendary T.E. Lawrence.
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