Steven Knight
1) Allied
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
2) Serenity
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A fishing boat captain's life is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife suddenly appears begging him to save her and their son from her new abusive husband by taking him on a fishing trip and throwing into the ocean to be eaten by sharks.
3) Serenity
Language
English
Description
River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River's brain aboard a space-freighter. Captained by a down on his luck soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs, whether they are legal or not, while trying to avoid the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe. Then things get out of control and the true extent of River's powers becomes known. At the same time, the Alliance sends a new Operative...
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** "*An enthralling...
5) Locke
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A feat of bold, dynamic storytelling from Oscar-nominated writer-director Steven Knight. A successful businessman receives a series of phone calls which sets into motion a chain of events that unravels his perfect life, all of which takes the course of one absolutely riveting and intense car ride.
6) Redemption
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A damaged ex-special forces soldier trapped in the criminal underworld is transformed into an avenging angel when an unexpected opportunity allows him to assume another identity. Once believing he was beyond redemption, he now seeks out his own version of justice.
7) Locked Down
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A couple living in London on the brink of a COVID-accelerated breakup bypass therapy to attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewelry heist at a department store.
8) Seventh son
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When a man becomes an apprentice to a witch-hunting spook, he discovers that he must fight against a powerful witch queen to save the kingdom.
9) Burnt
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chef Adam Jones had it all, and lost it. A rockstar chef of a two-star Michelin restaurant with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he₂ll need the best of the best on his side, including the beautiful Helene.
11) Closed circuit
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
One morning, a busy London market is decimated by an explosion. In the manhunt that follows, only one member of the suspected terrorist cell survives: Farroukh Erdogan, who is arrested and jailed. Martin and Claudia are lawyers and ex-lovers who find themselves bound together again and put at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist's trial.
12) Eastern promises
Series
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Anna, a midwife at a North London hospital, finds the diary of a Russian teenager who dies giving birth to a baby, and resolves to find the young girls' relatives in the hopes of providing the orphaned child with a loving family. As Anna follows the clues the diary provides, she finds evidence of a local Russian mob's criminal activities, and meets Nikolai, a formidable mob enforcer. Anna and Nikolai find themselves growing close as the Russian...