Jack Thompson
2) Poker face
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves hatches plans of their breaking into the mansion thinking it is empty. The old friends quickly band together and the years of playing the game help them win their way through a night of terror.
Series
Criterion collection volume 773
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the twentieth century, three Australian army lieutenants are court-martialed for alleged war crimes committed while fighting in South Africa. With no time to prepare, an Australian major, appointed as defense attorney, must prove that they were just following orders and are being made into political pawns by the British imperial command.. Director Bruce Beresford garnered international acclaim for this riveting drama set during a dark...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything...
Language
English
Description
Following the brutal death of a British captain in the Boer War in South Africa in 1901, Lt. Harry Morant leads his unit in pursuit of the Boers, attacks their camp, and has a captive executed. Other executions and deaths lead to the arrest and trial of Morant and two other lieutenants.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In the late 1960s, four orphan boys go for a holiday by the sea on the South Australian coast. Since they share the same birth month, the orphanage calls them December boys. But these teens--Maps, Spit, Spark and Misty--have much more in common. With no hopes of ever joining a family, they form their own familial bonds. Then the unexpected news comes that a young couple may adopt one of them, and the long-time pals suddenly share something else: a...
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A nurse is among the American forces waiting for World War II to arrive on an isolated Pacific island where she finds love with a mysterious French planter. At the same time, a Navy officer falls under the spell of an island girl and the warm tropical sea breezes.
10) Wake in fright
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba, plans to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, Australia. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking...
11) The good German
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar becomes involved with Lena Brandt, a former lover whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt led by both the American and Russian armies. Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover the secrets Lena may be hiding in her desperation to get herself and her husband out of Berlin. Tully is an American soldier working in the U.S. army motor pool who is assigned...
12) Wind
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
An adventure story about a brash young sailor who breaks with tradition in his quest to reclaim the America's Cup for the U.S.
13) Last dance
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
Cindy Liggett is a convicted killer facing imminent execution until a young lawyer becomes convinced her case doesn't warrant the death penalty.
14) The sum of us
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A heterosexual father and his gay son are trying to find Ms./Mr. Right respectively. The film shows their relationship with one another and the objects of their affection as tragedy strikes.
16) A far off place
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A boy, a girl, a bushman, and a dog wander across the desert in order to escape elephant poachers who want them dead.
17) South pacific
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Critics and audiences adore this breathtaking version of the beloved classic musical.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005]
Language
English
Description
The time is World War II. De Bricassart heroically rescues refugees in Rome, then is sent by the Vatican to the sprawling Australian sheep ranch he thought he had left behind forever. A reunion with Maggie leads to new temptations and a crisis.
19) Original sin
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
A mysterious woman from Boston whose insatiable lust for her new wealthy, plantation owner husband is exceded only by her desire for his fortune.