Julian Jarrold
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A heartbreaking romantic epic, Evelyn Waugh's classic novel inspires this evocative story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence in Oxford, 1925. The unworldly undergraduate Charles Ryde is befriended by the flamboyant and aristocratic Sebastian Flyte, son of Lord and Lady Marchmain, and is thrilled by an invitation to Brideshead, the Marchmains' magnificent ancestral home.
4) Kinky boots
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
To save the family shoe business from bankruptcy, young Charlie turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory.
5) Red Riding
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
These three separate but interrelated films move unflinchingly through a turbulent and tragic decade in the West Riding region of Yorkshire, England. Serial murders, child abductions and rampant police corruption abound -- no one escapes undamaged.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on an incredible true story, a moving and deeply personal drama of how troubled childhood experiences can destroy one's future without the redemptive power of love. We all carry secrets. Experiences that define us. David carries him but they burn at him. Eat away at his soul. He sets out to build his career in the cutthroat world of financial trading. He is single-minded to the point of ruthless and manages for a time to stay on top. But his...
Author
Language
English
Description
When an heiress (Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City) is brutally murdered, all the evidence points to her young lover (Billy Howle, On Chesil Beach), but he insists to his solicitor (Toby Jones, Detectorists) that his wife (Andrea Riseborough, Bloodline) can prove his innocence in this "thrilling" (EW.com) Agatha Christie adaptation.
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 4
Language
English
Description
The hunt is on for Craig Tate. He was at Evans' party, he had recently had an argument with his dead brother Mark and in his apartment, the police have found a quantity of cannabis and a framed picture of Mark, smashed to pieces and covered in blood. But
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 1
Language
English
Description
Young, highly successful Asian boxer, Kevin Sharma, drives his car onto a building site. Minutes later, he drags his bruised and bloody body out of a skip, leaving Tony Kennedy, the man he has just knocked down, still inside. Six weeks later, Sam Ryan and
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 6
Language
English
Description
The police are still convinced that Matthews is responsible for his wife's death, until one of the team points out to Ross an old case file. Eight years before, a man called Baxter was killed in exactly the same way as Alan. Ross asks Sam to compare the B
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 3
Language
English
Description
In the consulting rooms of a large hospital, Mark Tate realizes that he is now entering the final stages of AIDS. Later that day, his brother Craig sits waiting for his mother Isobel, hoping that reconciliation may be possible. In another part of Cambridg
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 8
Language
English
Description
The following day, Sam reports to Ross and Selway what she has seen, but they are skeptical. Sam is forced to put her job on the line to prove that they are wrong and that this horrifying crime was committed by two 15-year-old boys. As she pursues the tru
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 2
Language
English
Description
The investigation widens. Sam quickly realizes that Terri's death could not have been suicide but she still has to prove it. Meanwhile the police are fitting together the pieces of a too-coincidental puzzle. At the gym, everything is in turmoil, until Kei
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 5
Language
English
Description
Ross is looking at cold cases when Helen Matthews' body is found. Her murder is similar to one a year ago. Everything points to her husband Mike, an airfield manager. Everyone in the office knew about Alan, his Senior Flying Instructor, and Helen's affair
Author
Series
Silent Witness volume 7
Language
English
Description
When an elderly woman is beaten to death on a rundown inner-city estate, suspicion falls upon a local alcoholic who has a history of violent crime. But Sam has little specific forensic evidence and the actual details of how Millicent sustained her injurie
18) Kinky Boots
Author
Language
English
Description
For generations, the Price family has made very sensible, very conservative shoes for men. But to save the business from imminent bankruptcy, young Charlie Price turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory!
Author
Language
English
Description
A riveting drama of forbidden love, power and betrayal, inspired by the best-selling novel. When charming aristocrat Sebastian invites Charles Ryder to his family's estate, Charles becomes seduced by the family's opulent lifestyle, and by Sebastian's sister Julia. As their romance deepens, repercussions follow, and Charles discovers that at Brideshead, love, money and power come at a price.