Handmade Films.
Series
Crierion Collection ; 119
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Two down-and-out young London actors decide to take a vacation at the seedy estate of the uncle of one of them. The surprise comes from what lies in store for two inept, city-bred boys in the country.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Nanny enrolls Eloise in the prestigious Hawthorne Academy, but she soon finds out it isn't exactly what she was expecting. There are mean girls on the playground, very strict teachers, and so many rules. Eloise decides it is time to make school fun again, she's teaching her new friends to stand up to bullies, helping her teacher understand there are a lot of different ways to learn and having tons of adventures.
Series
Criterion collection ; 26
Language
English
Description
British comedy thriller about a racketeer who attempts to transform the London dockyards into a potential Olympics site.
6) Planet 51
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
American astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker thinks he is the first person to set foot on Planet 51. Little does he know the planet is inhabited by little green people who live in a cheerful innocent world. The only fear they have is that their planet will be overtaken by alien invaders from planet Earth. Now, before he becomes part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum, Captain Baker, with the help of his new friend, Lem, must figure out a...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In this delicious comedy which takes place in a little-known Yorkshire town during the thin times of 1947, plans are afoot to fatten a contraband pig destined for the centerpiece of a celebration banquet. However, chaos ensues when a social climbing middle-class couple steal the pig to impress their friends at their own banquet.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe in them. At its center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken...
10) Nuns on the run
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Brian and Charlie are good-guy London gangsters who decide to leave the criminal life forever by stealing one million dollars in drug money from the Chinese Triads. But when their getaway goes wrong, they grab the loot and hide inside a nearby convent school. Now disguised as S̀ister Inviolata of the Immaculate Conception' and S̀ister Euphemia of the Five Wounds', Charlie and Brian find themselves chased by their vicious former gang, Hong Kong's...
11) Time bandits
Language
English
Description
Young Kevin's daydreams burst into astonishing and hilarious life when a band of time-traveling little men come crashing through his bedroom wardrobe and carry him off on an unbelievable crime spree, weaving through the greatest and strangest moments of history. Features Terry Gilliam Interview and trailer.
15) The missionary
Publisher
Handmade Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the early 20th Century, devout Reverend Charles Fortesque returns to England from his missionary work in Africa and, despite plans to marry his childhood sweetheart, receives a most unusual assignment: minister to the local prostitutes, located in the worst area of town. A wealthy married patron offers to help improve his station, on the condition that he also minister to her, in the bedroom!
16) Mona Lisa
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An ex-con and a call girl are thrown together when he becomes her chauffeur. Initially he detests her but winds up under her spell.
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Winter is over in New York City and Nanny is going on a much needed vacation with her brother Gavin. Eloise gets a temporary nanny, one that is young, hip and beautiful. Nanny Nicole shows Eloise an exciting, artsy side of New York City that she knew nothing about and they have tons of fun along the way. Unfortunately, most of the fun involves breaking Nanny's rules. Soon, Eloise notices that Nicole and Eloise's favorite Plaza employee, Bill are getting...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
It's Eloise's sixth birthday and she is determined it will be a special party. Besides planning her big day, she is busy making friends with a new girl at the hotel. Of course things don't go as planned and Eloise almost misses her own party!
19) Five corners
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Heinz has just returned to the neighborhood after serving time for attacking Linda, who was saved by young idealist Harry. As the world around them erupts in turmoil, the neighborhood of Five Corners has a battle of its own to face when these three personalities clash, and nothing will ever be the same again.
20) Powwow highway
Publisher
StarMaker
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
With nothing in common but their Native American heritage, two men begin a cross-country adventure filled with comedy and drama.