Judi Dench
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English
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"When An Age of Kings was first broadcast, it was the most conceptually ambitious Shakespeare project ever attempted for either film or television. Its fifteen parts encompassed Richard II, both parts of Henry IV, Henry V, all three parts of Henry VI and Richard III, effectively presenting a chronological history of British royalty from 1377 to 1485. An Age of Kings' adapter Eric Crozier cut the text into schedule-friendly 60 and 75 minute episodes....
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"Like water for chocolate": In a forgotten Mexico, Tita and Pedro fall in love, but are forbidden to marry. Mama Elena sees Tita's role as her caretaker for life - no youngest daughter has ever married and her daughter will not be the first to break tradition. Tita's heart breaks when her mother instead offers to Pedro her other daughter, and he accepts. Now they live in the same house, and Mama Elena cannot forbid their love as she did their marriage....
163) A room with a view
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Criterion collection volume 775
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English
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"Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman ... is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey."--Container.
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Goldeneye (1995 ; 130 min.): "Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access code for an awesome space-based weapon of mass destruction, and squares off against his former compatriot Alec Trevelyan, a.k.a. 006, a mastermind who can anticipate Bond's every move"--Container.
Tomorrow never dies (1997 ; 119 min.): "When a ruthless media tycoon tries to destabilize the world economy by orchestrating a deadly standoff between world superpowers in...
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English
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Pitch black: A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. They then learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.
The chronicles of Riddick: Dark fury: The adventures of Riddick continue, as the escaped convict with the ability to see in the dark finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war between two opposing forces.
The chronicles of Riddick:...