Michael Sheen
2) Resistance
Author
Language
English
Description
It's 1944 and D-Day has failed. The women of a remote British village awake to find their husbands gone to fight with the resistance. Soon after Nazi soldiers arrive to occupy the village and the women must boldly form their own resistance.
3) Heartlands
Author
Language
English
Description
Colin is a simple guy who had always settled for the simple things in life. But it's not until his wife runs off with a friend that Colin realizes just how good things might have been. Determined to win her back, Colin hops on his moped and embarks on a chaotic cross-country journey of discovery that opens his eyes to places he's never seen and introduces him to people he never expected to meet!
4) Staged
Publisher
Shout Factory
Language
English
Description
David Tennant and Michael Sheen star as two actors whose West End play has been put on hold due to Covid-19, but whose director has persuaded them to carry on rehearsing online.
5) Resistance
Publisher
Film Movement Exclusives
Language
English
Description
This World War II drama stars Michael Sheen (*Frost/Nixon, Masters of Sex*), and features two *Game of Thrones* stars, Iwan Rheon and Tom Wlaschiha. In 1944, the D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies has failed and Europe has not been released from the German forces. The men of an isolated Welsh village disappear and their wives believe that they have joined the resistance and soon German soldiers arrive at the village. The farmer Sarah...
6) The Queen
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Actress, Dame Helen Mirren gives a spellbinding performance in THE QUEEN, the provocative story behind the sudden death of Princess Diana. In the wake of tragedy, the very private and tradition-bound Queen Elizabeth II (Mirren) finds herself in conflict with the new Prime Minister, the slickly modern and image-conscious Tony Blair (Michael Sheen). Suspenseful, heartfelt, and riveting, step inside the private...
7) Admission
Publisher
E One Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A Princeton admissions officer, Portia Nathan, who is up
for a major promotion, takes a professional risk after she
meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just
might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret
adoption
Publisher
Warner Bros
Language
English
Description
Getting married is a great way to fall in love. International superstar Pierce Brosnan and award-winning actress Julianne Moore play two New York divorce attorneys who often compete against each other in court but end up in a romantic relationship. When they get married, can they avoid the same domestic disputes that plague their matrimonially challenged clients?
10) Dolittle
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria's England, hides behind the walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure. The doctor is joined on his quest by a young, self-appointed apprentice...
11) Passengers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
12) Blood diamond
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside....
13) Frost/Nixon
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Diane Lockhart tries to figure out whether she can resist a crazy administration without going crazy herself, while Adrian Boseman and Liz Reddick-Lawrence struggle with a new post-factual world where the lawyer who tells the best story triumphs over the lawyer with the best facts. Meanwhile, Lucca Quinn balances a new baby with a new love, and Maia Rindell finds a new Mephistopheles in Roland Blum, a lawyer who is corruption incarnate.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy about Bathsheba Everdene who is an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.
17) Underworld
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A war has been raging between the Vampires and the Lycans for centuries. Selene is a vampire Death Dealer who finds out that the Lycans have plans to capture Michael. As Selene begins to track Michael, she becomes more convinced that the Lycans are planning an attack against the Death Dealers. The vampire kingpin, Kraven, is certain the Lycans do not have that kind of intelligence. As Selene shadows Michael, she finds herself wanting to protect him,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Language
English
Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
2018 Odyssey Honor
2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Recording
The Washington Post Best Audiobook of 2017
Slate Best Audiobook of 2017
Booklist Editor’s Choice Audio for Youth
AudioFile Best YA Audiobooks of 2017
"Too few things in our world are worth a seventeen year wait: The Book of Dust is one of...
2018 Odyssey Honor
2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Recording
The Washington Post Best Audiobook of 2017
Slate Best Audiobook of 2017
Booklist Editor’s Choice Audio for Youth
AudioFile Best YA Audiobooks of 2017
"Too few things in our world are worth a seventeen year wait: The Book of Dust is one of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times Bestseller!
Return to the world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman’s new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust.
The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue’s youth are long behind her—or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia’s College and intrigue is...
Return to the world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman’s new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust.
The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue’s youth are long behind her—or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia’s College and intrigue is...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Tyger… I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud… Ode to the West Wind… The Rime of the Ancient Mariner… Ode to a Nightingale… We'll go no more a-roving… The Peasant Poet 'All good poetry,' wrote Wordsworth, 'is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings' and this was to be one of the hallmarks of the Romantic poets. With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose a different...