Christopher Eccleston
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town. After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and his young son Jake heal. A new beginning, a new house, a new town. Featherbank. But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The hideous mutant creatures and the most feared race in the entire universe, are about to make life miserable for the Time Lord and delightful for Whovians. Take a trip through time and space as the Doctor and his companions battle a deadly enemy in the amazing collection of iconic Doctor Who episodes! Includes an adventure with each of the modern Doctors.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Citizens living in Fortitude, an Arctic town hailed as the safest place on Earth, are rocked to the core by the murder of one of their own. A detective is quickly flown in from out-of-town to assist the local Chief of Police with the investigation of the town's first-ever violent crime and the two men must work together despite the deep mistrust each has for the other." --
4) Legend
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of the rise and fall of London's most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an amazing double performance. It is a classic crime thriller taking viewers into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray twins.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Weapons expert James McCullen has created a nanotechnology-based weapon capable of destroying an entire city. His company MARS sells four warheads to NATO, and the U.S. Army is tasked with delivering the warheads. Duke and Ripcord are delivering the warheads when they are ambushed by the Baroness. The two are rescued by Scarlett, Snake Eyes and Heavy Duty. They take the warheads to the G.I. Joe's command center, rendezvousing with General Hawk. McCullen...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The world's longest-running sci-fi series is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an explosive special. A celebration of Doctor Who unlike any other. "In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him." -- Container....
8) Elizabeth
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
Language
English
Description
The Borrowers (1997): The miniature Clock family has lived with the Lenders for years...the human "beans" just don't know it. Little things keep disappearing and the "Beans" can't figure out that the Clocks are simply "borrowing household items for their own home within the walls." When the evil, scheming lawyer Ocious P. Potter tries to evict the Lenders from their happy home, the Borrowers try to stop him with a little ingenuity. Suddenly, the toaster's...
10) 28 days later
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
An infirmary patient wakes up from a coma to an empty room ... in a vacant hospital ... in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Two percent of the world's population has disappeared. Was it the Rapture? A mass murder? Cult suicides? Aliens? Based on Tom Perrotta's bestselling novel, the series follows Kevin Garvey, police chief and father of two in Mapletown, New York, three years after the mysterious event. As Garvey struggles to grieve for his losses, rebuild his life, and regain a sense of normalcy within the community, the world around him grows ever stranger." --
12) Perfect parents
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"A father's attempt to give his child the best future he can sets a family on a tragic and deadly path in this gripping thriller. When Stuart discovers his ten-year-old daughter has witnessed a knife attack at her school, he and his wife Alison decide to do whatever it takes to secure a place for his daughter at a high performing Catholic school. Competition between local parents is fierce as this is the only school in the area that doesn't feel like...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With Mapleton thrown into chaos at the close of season one, season two finds many of its residents searching for a fresh start. Kevin Garvey retires as police chief and moves his newly formed family to a small Texas town that seems to have been spared from the event that shook the rest of the world.
14) The others
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A devoutly religious mother of two ailing children has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but chilling...
15) The seeker
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
During Christmas break from school, a seemingly typical teenager discovers that he is anything but ordinary. As the seventh son of a seventh son, Will Stanton is The Seeker - a chosen warrior destined to restore the delicate earthly balance between Light and Dark. Guided by ancient protectors of the Light, young Will must travel through time to gather the hidden signs that hold the ultimate power to protect the world.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
One by one, defendants are led into court to face their fate. Willy and Frankie, Helen and Liam, family man Kenny and seventeen-year-old Stephen are ordinary people, or so it seems. Are they innocent or guilty? Will the jury make the right decision? From the writer of Cracker and The Street, winner of two international Emmys, the British anthology series pulls viewers in as the tension builds.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Fitz is an addicted gambler, a heavy drinker, and a brilliant, if deeply flawed criminal psychologist. Follow Fitz as he investigates an accused commuter train killer with amnesia, a couple who share love and murder, and the killing of a young boy that shakes a community to its core.
18) 28 days later
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jim is an infirmary patient who wakes up from a coma to find an empty room, in a vacant hospital, in the deserted city of London. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. He runs into a mob of crazed plague victims. He gradually finds other still-human survivors with whom he heads off across the abandoned countryside to find the source...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In the early hours of November 8, 1974, the 7th Earl of Lucan disappeared without a trace. What investigators subsequently found shocked the public: the body of his children's nanny, Sandra, bludgeoned to death in the basement. These two exciting dramas explore the crime and its aftermath." --
20) Existenz
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
A designer of a virtual reality game is hunted by an assassin intent on killing her and destroying her creation.