Broken City
Seven years after being
forced to resign as a New York City police officer, private detective Billy
Taggart takes on his toughest case yet when he's hired to follow the mayor's
wife. By the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Taggart's already in
too deep, with his freedom and possibly his life, on the line. Taggart will
risk it all in a desperate bid to expose the truth and seek redemption in a
city where second chances don't come cheap.
Call the Midwife, Season 1
This is a moving,
intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and
families in East London in the '50s. The story is based on the bestselling
memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she
knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up
to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest
women.
Django Unchained
Django, a former slave
turned hired gun, heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda,
from the tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie, with the help of a German
bounty hunter, Dr. King Shultz.
Guilt Trip
The plan for a quick stop
at Mom's takes a turn when an impulse compels Andy to invite his mother, Joyce,
on a three-thousand mile cross-country journey. But the further they go, the
closer they get, and Andy realizes that they have more in common than he ever
imagined.
The Impossible
This is based on a true
story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of
one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is
tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness
that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
Jack Reacher
Ex-military investigator
Jack Reacher is called in by James Barr, a man accused of a lethal sniper
attack that leaves five people dead, and teams up with a young defense attorney
to find an unseen enemy who is manipulating events.
Les Misérables
In early 19th century
France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social
standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but
desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after
her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who
vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
Parade’s End
(1964)
The story follows
Christopher Tietjens, a wealthy member of Edwardian England's upper class, as
the country is drawn into World War One. Tietjens is at the center of a love
triangle between his wife Sylvia, a treacherous socialite who is trying to
destroy him, and his suffragette mistress, Valentine. The warfare Tietjens
encounters as an officer in Europe is but a backdrop to a personal battle of
conflicting loyalties, hidden passions and the rigid social expectations of his
day.
Safe Haven
Katie, a newcomer in a
small southern town, forms relationships with Alex, a young widower, and Jo,
her plainspoken single neighbor, who help her overcome her fearful past.
Silver Linings Playbook
Based on the bestselling
book by Matthew Quick, the riotous and poignant story of how a man who has lost
everything, his house, his job, his wife, reconnects with himself and creates
his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends.
This is 40
After years of marriage,
Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance
romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must
also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. ... This Is 40 is a
candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and
parenthood in the modern age.
Tomboy (French)
Laure is 10 years old and
a tomboy. On arrival in a new neighborhood, she lets Lisa and her crowd believe
that she is a boy. Summer becomes a big playground and Laure pretends to be
"Mikael", a boy like the others, different enough to get the
attention of Lisa, who falls in love with him. Laure takes advantage of her new
identity as if the end of the summer would never reveal her unsettling secret.
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