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Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother is lured into one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast – a mistake that will almost cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother.
The perfect way to get the Christmas season started. 4-disc gift set includes Rankin and Bass’s most beloved Christmas specials plus the Dr. Seuss Holiday classic.
This is a fantastic collection of Christmas Stories. It brings back the magic of Christmas from an era when the season officially started the Friday after Thsnksgiving and not in October. Each animated offering is a treasure that will never grow old.
Artifact is a documentary about the making of the Thirty Seconds to Mars album This Is War and the band’s battle against record label EMI. Included in Artifact are several interviews, including one with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, author of the popular science book This Is Your Brain On Music.
DIANA takes audiences into the private realm of one the world’s most iconic and inescapably public women in the last two years of her meteoric life*and explores the Princess of Wales’ final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
A successful operative for an elite private intelligence firm is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations. However, she finds her priorities changing as she befriends the members and begins to develop romantic feelings for its charismatic leader.
Battling evil with his son Damian at his side, Batman now realizes the hardest part of the job may be trying to work together! The Dynamic Duo toil as father and son in this series by the creative team behind the GREEN LANTERN CORPS–Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason.
Cleopatra – the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a political schemer. For 2,000 years almost all evidence of her has disappeared – until now.
Marvel Now! The five original X-Men have been plucked from yesteryear and sent to the present. How will they deal with the current state of Xavier’s dream, and how will today’s X-Men cope with facing their former selves?
Lyle is a repo-man, an often perilous and/or heart breaking enterprise. His sole companion is his girlfriend Nina, an unemployed, capricious, dreamer. To dull the stress of their daily lives, they self-medicate with marijuana. But what should be a match made in stoner heaven turns into a love triangle gone awry in this dark comedy about addiction.
In How Sherlock Changed The World forensic scientists, crime historians and Sherlockian experts reveal the surprising impact Arthur Conan Doyles fictional character had on the development of real-life crime investigations and forensic science A crime fighter before his time, Holmes popularised techniques, instruments and a special method of reasoning that went on to solve many crimes An advocate of protecting crime scenes from contamination, as well as subjecting minute pieces of trace evidence to tremendous scientific security, Holmes relied on toxicology and ballistics and examined shoe and tyre impressions, blood stains, fingerprints and handwriting long before it became standard procedure Exploring how he solved crimes through seemingly inconsequential details and invisible evidence, this documentary explores the influence of his master sleuthing, revealing why he is the only fictional character ever to be honoured by the Royal Chemistry Society As well as hearing from scientists, detectives and even criminals who were inspired by him, many of the high-profile crimes that have been solved thanks to his ingenious and revolutionary techniques are explored.
Pollution is no longer just about belching smokestacks and ugly sewer pipes—now, it’s personal. The most dangerous pollution, it turns out, comes from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces. To prove this point, for one week authors Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie ingested and inhaled a host of things that surround all of us. Using their own bodies as the reference point to tell the story of pollution in our modern world, they expose the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people and families across the globe.
