Staff Picks
Sean Connery 1930-2020
- Keith B.
- Thursday, November 05, 2020
Collection
Revist a favorite performance from the late scottish actor or take a chance on one you haven't yet seen.
An Age of Kings.
Published in 2009
In this fifteen-part inventive series based on William Shakespeare's history plays, the turmoil, power, mystery, and frailty of the English crown in the medieval ages are laid bare in epic style.
The Anderson Tapes
Published in 2017
Newly released from prison, an ex-con assembles his professional pals and plans a multi-million dollar robbery of an entire luxury apartment house. He is unaware that a hoard of lawmen are recording their activities.
A Bridge Too Far.
Published in 1999
In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to World War II by invading Germany and smashing the Reich|s war plants. However, a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and worse weather led to disaster.
Cuba
Published in 2002
Robert Dapes is a cynical mercenary who comes to Cuba at the request of one of Batista's most corrupt functionaries, General Bello. Surrounded by volatile guerilla fighters and the human vultures present at all coups, he must come to terms with himself and his shifting views.
Darby O'gill & the Little People.
Published in 2004
An old storyteller falls into a well and meets a group of leprechauns. The leprechauns give him three wishes to get his life together.
Diamonds Are Forever
Published in 2012
While investigating the diamond market underworld, James Bond elicits the help of a beautiful diamond smuggler to fight his evil nemesis, Blofeld, who is stockpiling gems to create a deadly laser satellite that can destroy the world!
Dr. No
Published in 2012
James Bond, in his first movie, must stop a mad scientist from sabotaging missile launches.
Entrapment.
Published in 2007
A priceless Rembrandt is stolen and all fingers point to a solitary master thief, who meets an insurance company's most cunning and seductive investigator.
Finding Forrester.
Published in 2014
The story of a unique relationship between an eccentric, reclusive novelist and a young, black, amazingly gifted scholar-athlete, who also happens to be an excellent writer.
First Knight.
The legend of Camelot comes alive when Sir Lancelot saves Guinevere from an evil renegade knight.
From Russia with Love
Published in 2008
James Bond, 007, is sent on a mission to Istanbul to try and acquire a Russian cypher machine known as Lektor from a defecting Russian agent. The evil SPECTRE organization has a plan to steal the decoder. This will grant access to Russian state secrets and irrevocably unbalance the world order. It is up to James to find and take possession of the device first. He must confront enemies that include Red Grant and the ruthless Rosa Klebb. Even as James romances a stunning Soviet defector, he realizes he is being lured into a deadly trap. He will need all of his courage, ability and cutting-edge technology to triumph over the forces that seek to destroy him.
Goldfinger
Published in 2008
007 attempts to stop Goldfinger and Pussy Galore from stealing the gold from Fort Knox.
Highlander
Published in 2009
Sword and sorcery drama about immortal Scotsmen from the 16th century battling for supremecy in modern day New York City.
Highlander II
Published in 2013
Conner MacLeod calls up the spirit of his mentor Juan Ramirez, and together they join in one final, fiery battle to save mankind from an evil corporation.
The Hill.
Published in 2015
A group of prisoners who struggle against a ferocious staff sergeant in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert fight for freedom.
The Hunt for Red October
Published in 2008
A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading the the United States coast under the command of Captian Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius too.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Published in 2008
Indy is once again fighting the Nazis, but this time with his father. They are racing to be the first to find the Holy Grail, and harness its holy power of immortality. Bonus features include storyboard sequence, featurettes, and more.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Published in 2003
A legion of superheroes, the likes of which mankind has never seen, must band together under the leadership of Allan Quartermain to save the world from 'The Fantom' who is threatening to launch a global Armageddon.
The Man Who Would Be King.
Published in 2010
Rudyard Kipling's story of two soldiers who travel from India to Kafiristan in order to conquer it and set themselves up as kings. This title has been repackaged.
Marnie
Published in 2013
"A compulsive liar and thief, Marnie ... winds up impulsively marrying the very man ... she attempts to rob. When a terrible accident pushes her over the edge, her husband struggles to help her face her demons and her past"--Container.
Medicine Man.
Two biochemists fight the jungle and industry as they try to find a cure for cancer in the rain forest.
Meteor
Published in 2014
Science fiction drama about a five-mile-wide meteor on a collision course with Earth. A scientist is summoned to Washington by NASA and is informed that a huge meteor will smash into earth in six days. There is one slim chance to divert disaster, but it means cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and neither side trusts the other.
The Molly Maguires
Published in 2013
A secret society of militant coal miners fights their exploitation by the mine owners with violence, intimidation, and sometimes murder. A detective goes undercover to infiltrate the group for the owners, fighting to win the workers, trust, and finally, fighting his own conscience.
Murder on the Orient Express
Published in 2017
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
The Name of the Rose
Published in 2001
One monk has fallen from a tower, another is found head-first in a vat of pigs' blood. Are these the works of the devil, whisper the other monks, is this the Apocalypse? Visiting Brother (Sean Connery), investigating the deaths, discovers a secret library containing rare books considered lost to the world and dangerous to the Catholic faith. He must find the connection between the hidden literature and the killings before innocent people are burned at the stake.
Never Say Never Again
Published in 2000
When two atomic warheads are hijacked by the evil SPECTRE organization, Agent 007 is hurled into an explosive, pulse-pounding race to save the world from nuclear terrorists.
The Offence
Published in 2014
When is the accuser the accused? A British police detective whose twenty years of handling murder, rape and other violent cases culminate in a deadly loss of control during a routine interrogation.
Outland.
A Marshall stationed on a colony on the moon of Io fights corporate corruption.
Thunderball
Published in 2008
SPECTRE hatches its most audacious plot to date when its agents hijack a British Vulcan bomber armed with two atomic bombs. NATO is ransomed for the sum of 100 billion dollars. It's pay or they will drop an atomic bomb on Miami. As the world is held hostage by the threat of a nuclear nightmare, 007 James Bond jumps into action. Racing against the clock he picks up the trail in tropical Nassau. There he meets Emilio Largo, a high-ranking agent of SPECTRE. He, also, meets the stunning Domino, with whom he shares an irresistible attraction. The confrontation builds to an epic battle on the ocean floor. James and his allies must fight in order to avert a catastrophe of immense proportions.
Time Bandits.
Published in 2014
A boy named Kevin escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being, they plunder treasure from Napoleon and Agamemnon; but Evil is watching their every move. A giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire on technology gone awry.
The Untouchables
Published in 2017
Depiction of the true battle between Al Capone and Chicago Treasury officer Elliot Ness. (This title has been repackaged).
The Wind and the Lion.
Published in 1975
In turn-of-the century Morocco, a sheik kidnaps a feisty American woman and her children, holding them hostage until President Roosevelt sends in the troops to free them.
You Only Live Twice
Published in 2013
WW III nearly breaks out when a U.S. space capsule is swallowed up by what everyone believes is a Russian spaceship. Bond and the British government believe that it is the work of the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and must find out what their motives are.