Alan Rickman
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Harry Potter and Sense and Sensibility actor Alan Rickman builds upon his legacy as a world-class actor, a tireless political activist, an avid traveler, and more through his diaries - a twenty-five-year passion project in which Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life.
Alan Rickman remains the one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre in the American and British markets, from his breakout role as Die Hard's...
2) Snow Cake
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A man who is traumatized by a car accident flourishes a friendship with a high-functioning autistic woman.
3) CBGB
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Alan Rickman stars as legendary NYC club owner Hilly Kristal, who during the 1970s, wanted to create a venue for country, bluegrass and blues music (thus the name CBGB). When those acts became difficult to book, he shifted the club's focus to local bands playing original music, launching the careers of Patti Smith, Blondie, the Talking Heads and the Ramones and helping to define New York's punk scene and changing the face of music.
4) Nobel Son
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On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge.
5) Bottle Shock
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The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".
6) Blow Dry
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A hilarious story about love, happiness - and great hair! As the National Hair Championships descend upon a small town in England, the country's top stylists aren't expecting much from the local talent. But they didn't count on Phil Allen, the retired golden boy of the competition circuit, entering the fray! Laugh along as the locals dazzle the out-of-towners with some hair do's - and don'ts!
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Told through his diaries--a twenty-five-year passion project--the beloved actor, political activist, and more grants us access to his thoughts and insights on theater performances, the craft of acting, politics, friendships, work projects, and his general musings on life.
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Network Ireland Television
Pub. Date
2011.
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Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever. Winner of Best Animation and nominated for Best Short Film at the 2012 **Irish Film and Television Awards**.
9) A Promise
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Alan Rickman stars in this simmering early 20th-century love story about a triangle between an aging factory owner, his young bride (Rebecca Hall) and his handsome protégé.
10) Snow Cake
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
A man who is traumatized by a car accident flourishes a friendship with a high-functioning autistic woman.
11) BAM150
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing arts in 20th century America. Includes footage of recent performances, a treasure trove of 150 years' worth of rare archival materials, and intimate interviews with Laurie Anderson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chuck Davis, Alan Rickman, Isabella Rossellini, and others. Official Selection...
12) Eye in the Sky
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Helen Mirren stars as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top-secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international...
13) Bottle Shock
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Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2008.
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The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris". Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Winner of the Golden Space Needle Award for best acting at the **Seattle International Film Festival.** "*Bottle Shock is something special: there's magic in it.*" - Peter Travers, ***Rolling Stone***
14) Eye in the sky
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When a British officer learns that terrorists are planning a suicide bombing and decides to have them killed, an American drone pilot is brought in and his actions create an international conflict.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
©2004
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Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas form an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Harry, Ron and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts. There they are forced to face escaped prisoner, Sirius Black, who poses a great threat to Harry. In addition to new experiences, Harry must overcome the threats of Dementors, outsmart a werewolf and finally deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship with his parents. Harry and friends master advanced magic classes, cross time barriers and change the course...
17) Eye in the sky
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When a British officer learns that terrorists are planning a suicide bombing and decides to have them killed, an American drone pilot is brought in and his actions create an international conflict.
18) A little chaos
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A romantic drama following Sabine, a strong-willed and talented landscape designer, who is selected to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV's new palace at Versailles. In her new position of power, she challenges gender and class barriers while also becoming professionally and romantically entangled with the court's renowned landscape artist Andre Le Notre.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Description
About to enter his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter is visited by a house-elf named Dobby and warned not to return. Harry ignores his warning and returns to Hogwarts, where strange things begin to happen, as people are becoming petrified, Harry hears a voice which seems to be coming from within the walls, and Harry's newly-discovered and unsettling ability to communicate with snakes turns even his friends against...
20) Galaxy Quest
Publisher
Dream Works Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison" (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr. Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space...and then their series was canceled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmission for "historical documents" and director and no clue, the actors must turn...