Danny Boyle
2) Trance
Language
English
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After a blow to the head during his attempted robbery of a $27 million Goya painting, Simon, an art auctioneer, awakens to find that the painting, and his memory, are missing. Forced by his ruthless crime partner Frank to undergo hypnosis, Simon enters into a deadly love triangle with his seductive hypnotist.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jim is an infirmary patient who wakes up from a coma to find an empty room, in a vacant hospital, in the deserted city of London. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. He runs into a mob of crazed plague victims. He gradually finds other still-human survivors with whom he heads off across the abandoned countryside to find the source...
5) Steve Jobs
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
7) 127 Hours
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In April 2003 Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old hiker, fell and was trapped in a narrow crevasse, his right arm wedged against the rock wall by a boulder. Mr. Ralston's ordeal was a struggle for survival and a profound existential crisis. He had gone to Bluejohn Canyon, Utah for a rock-climbing weekend alone. Not telling anyone where he is going is part of the point: real freedom means getting a clean break from civilization and the burdens of family, friends,...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose Trainspotting. Director Danny Boyle thrills in this 'original, daring' tale of a group of young drug addicts wheeling through blue collar Edinburgh that earned an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Trainspotting electrified audiences and critics with its hilariously dark humor, stunning visuals and sharp honest take on both the exhilarating highs, and the terrifying lows,...
9) Yesterday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Jack Malik was just another struggling songwriter... but that was yesterday. After a mysterious blackout, Jack discovers he is the only person on earth who remembers The Beatles! As he rockets to fame by passing off the Fab Four's songs as his own, Jack risks losing Ellie--the one person who has loved him and believed in him from the start. Before the door to his old life closes forever, Jack must decide if all he needs is love, after all.
10) Sunshine
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
" ... the year is 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon."--Container
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Language
English
Description
Zoe is a successful wedding planner in the city. When her father asks her for help at the family café, she returns to her hometown. Little does she know her mom has already hired Will, an aspiring chef and, coincidentally, Zoe's childhood sweetheart! Tensions rise between Zoe and Will, but so does the chemistry. Will they settle their differences and find lost love along the way?
14) Give Me My Baby
Author
Language
English
Description
A couple trying to get pregnant seeks help from an acclaimed fertility doctor. But when strange occurrences start happening, they suspect their doctor has insidious ulterior motives.
15) #SquadGoals
Author
Language
English
Description
High school reporter Samantha Hodges investigates a series of deaths that her school is trying to cover-up as, one-by-one, scholarship finalists are ending up dead. Too bad she and her closest friends are next on the list.