James McAvoy
Formats
Description
The thrilling, eye-opening chapter you've been waiting for...Witness the beginning of the X-Men universe. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their superhuman powers for the first time, working together in a desperate attempt to stop the Hellfire Club and a global nuclear war.
Description
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is...
5) Split
Formats
Description
Even though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him, as well as everyone around him, as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.--adapted from summary on container....
Formats
Description
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
7) Glass
Formats
Description
After the conclusion of the film Split, David Dunn pursues The Beast, which is Kevin Crumb's superhuman personality. The encounters with The Beast escalate as Elijah Price materializes as an orchestrator who knows critical secrets about both, Dunn and Crumb.
Formats
Description
Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: "So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?" The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the center of the film is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
Description
"Lyra and Will [are] separated but determined to travel through multiple worlds to find--and protect--one another. Meanwhile, intent on waging a great war against the Authority, Lord Asriel assembles on indomitable army of leaders from across all worlds, as MacPhail, now Father President of the Masiterium, seeks to stop the prophecy about Lyra, and Mrs. Coulter lays it all on the line to protect her daughter." --container
Formats
Description
The "spectacular culmination of the X-Men saga. During a rescue mission in space, Jean Grey is transformed into the infinitely powerful and dangerous Dark Phoenix. As Jean spirals out of control, the X-Men must unite to face their most devastating enemy yet--one of their own." --container.
11) It: Chapter two
Formats
Description
Twenty-seven years after the Loser's Club defeated Pennywise, IT has returned. Now adults, the Losers have long since gone their separate ways, but with people disappearing in Derry, Maine, Mike calls the others back home. Damaged by their past experiences, they must each conquer their deepest fears to destroy Pennywise--who has become deadlier than every--once and for all.
13) Atonement
Description
In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is...
Description
This "series reveals a young orphan's incredible journey into a parallel world where a human soul exists outside of the body--in the form of a talking animal....Lyra was left as a baby at Oxford's Jordan College but now desires a life of adventure beyond the confines of her bookish surroundings. While searching for a missing friend, she uncovers a plot involoving stolen children and embarks upon a dangerous quest that will change her life forever."...