Angela Bassett
Author
Series
Close to the Enemy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Callum employs unorthodox methods to convince Dieter to work with the British, while also juggling the demands of War Crimes officer Kathy-who believes the British government is harboring war criminals-and his troubled younger brother, Victor.
Author
Series
Close to the Enemy volume 5
Language
English
Description
While Dieter is helping the British achieve their jet engine goals, Victor provides information to Callum showing that Dieter may not be as innocent as he seems. Then, Callum works to regain favor with Kathy by helping her get access to a useful German prisoner.
Author
Series
Close to the Enemy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Everyone must put aside their differences to search for Lotte, and Callum is forced to make a choice between his brother and following orders from his superiors. Callum's best friend, Alex, encourages his American wife, Rachel, to seek Callum's help in becoming a patron of the arts.
Author
Series
Close to the Enemy volume 7
Language
English
Description
With Dieter's wedding just around the corner, the entire hotel is involved in preparations for the event. Callum confronts Rachel to understand her true feelings for him, and Victor remains haunted by the effects of the war.
Author
Series
Close to the Enemy volume 4
Language
English
Description
Callum struggles to keep up with his work responsibilities and the demands of the hotel's newest guest, Frau Bellinghausen, while his relationship with Rachel becomes more compromising. Callum gets to know Harold, an ex-Foreign Office bureaucrat, who reveals some startling truths about the outbreak of the war.
Author
Series
Close to the Enemy volume 6
Language
English
Description
Callum and Rachel take advantage of Alex's upcoming business trip, while Victor tries to expose the criminal activities of Callum's team. Dieter finally opens up about his past in Germany.
Author
Series
Close to the Enemy volume 1
Language
English
Description
At the end of WWII, British intelligence officer Callum Ferguson is assigned to persuade captured German scientist Dieter Koehler to work with the British RAF to develop an urgently needed jet engine.
8) Whitney
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Angela Bassett makes her directorial debut with this Lifetime Original Movie, featuring Yaya DaCosta and Arlen Escarpeta. Chronicles the headline-making relationship between the iconic singer, actress, producer and model Whitney Houston and singer and songwriter Bobby Brown from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity to their courtship and tumultuous marriage.
9) Passion Fish
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own. Nominated for two **Academy Awards** for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Mary McDonnell, and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Kat Connor's mother mysteriously disappears, just as Kat is discovering and relishing her newfound sexuality. At first excited by her freedom, Kat soon finds herself confronted with the strange facts of her mother's departure and her own denial about the events surrounding it begin to haunt her.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A volatile story about a Washington, D.C. political reporter who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. Unexpectedly finding herself behind bars, she struggles to maintain her principles and relationship with her family when she refuses to divulge her source. Inspired by true events.
14) Supernova
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In the farthest reaches of deep space, the medical vessel Nightingale keeps a lonely vigil for those in trouble. When a frantic cry for help pierces the void, the crew makes a hyperspace jump, rescuing a shuttlecraft containing a mysterious survivor and a strange alien artifact. Now the crew must unravel a chilling secret before the rapidly forming SUPERNOVA blasts them and the entire galaxy into oblivion!
15) Bumblebee
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Watson discovers and repairs an old Volkswagen Beetle as a way to remember her father and stake her independence from a stepfather she abhors, with only the music of The Smiths and the unrequited crush of the boy-next-door for friends. When she discovers the VW Bug is actually an alien robot on a reconnaissance mission for the rest of his race, the two form a bond which eventually has her putting her life on the line against evil alien robots,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A string of grisly murders is traced back to the sinister, sensuous Countess, an infamous resident of the stylish Hotel Cortez in downtown Los Angeles. It is a visually stunning, visceral feast. Come explore the hidden corridors of this fiendishly entertaining show with accommodating extras.
17) Malcolm X
Series
Criterion collection volume 1160
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The life of Malcolm X, the black activist who became a Muslim and was a leader in the Nation of Islam until his assassination. Special features include: 10 additional scenes, the Academy Award-nominated documentary Malcolm X, and more.
18) Boyz n the hood
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Three young black men with different backgrounds struggle to survive the violence and bigotry of Los Angeles.
19) Chi-Raq
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Chi-Raq is a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes. After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on-going violence in Chicago's South Side creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.
20) Boyz n the hood
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Three friends struggle to survive in South Central Los Angeles where friendship, pain, danger and love form a true picture of life in "the hood."