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1) The tempest
Author
Language
English
Description
Though written near the end of his career, The Tempest stands first in Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623. Recently redefined by modern criticism as a romance, the play has been read as an escapist fantasy, a political allegory, and a celebratory fiction. Most often, however, The Tempest is interpreted as a summary of Shakespeare's view of his own art of playwriting. In this edition, Stephen Orgel reassesses the evidence for each of these critical...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public's adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, The Four Horsemen resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet.
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Watch as Wubbzy faces his fear of going to school, Widget trains to be a ballerina, and everybody tries to learn tricks from Moo Moo the Magician. Join the fun as Wubbzy and his friends meet new kids and discover new experiences, with plenty of singing and dancing along the way!
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1920s, Stanley, an Englishman posing as an Asian magician, attempts to debunk fake spiritualists. He then travels to the south of France to unmask a supposed medium named Sophie as a good-looking fake, but he ends up falling for her real-world charms instead.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Thunder must learn how to get along with the other animals living there. When the magician gets into a car accident, however, the pets must join forces against an evil nephew who tries to sell his house.
7) Shelby
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Christmas is coming, and notorious stray pup/escape artist Shelby is once again locked up in the dog pound. But when a spoiled rich kid tries to adopt him for all the wrong reasons, Shelby runs away and hides in the suburban basement of ten-year-old aspiring magician Jake Parker. Now with the frazzled local dogcatcher hot on their tail, can Jake, his siblings and their visiting grandpa, pull off the ultimate magic trick and rescue Shelby, making him...
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Includes two full Sesame Street episodes. In the first episode, Max the Magician (Will Arnett) comes to Sesame Street, and Elmo and his friends learn about addition and subtraction through magic tricks. In the second episode, 'Hat Day,' Elmo and Zoe have a contest to see who can wear the most hats, learning to count, estimate and count by fives. Also includes bonus, Elmo's World Hats.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When a young unicorn learns she may soon be the last of her kind, she leaves the safety of her protected forest and enlists the help of a clumsy sorcerer as they embark on a long journey to save the unicrons from extinction. Special features include: The Tail of the Last Unicorn featurette, Escape the Red Bull game, Schmendrick's Magical Gallery, and more.
10) The Tempest
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan. Marooned on a distant island with his daughter, Miranda, Prospero has spent twelve years perfecting his magic arts. Now, with the help of the sprit Ariel, he raises a storm at sea, bringing within his grasp the enemies who robbed him of his dukedom.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
In this new adventure, Pocoyo disguises itself as a magician, wearing a magnificent hat and a magic wand, and teaches his friends how to do magic tricks.
Diviértete con Pocoyo y sus amigos, Pato y Elly en estos nuevos episodios. Aprenderás lo que es la amistad, respeto y compañerismo. En esta nueva aventura, Pocoyo se disfraza de mago, usando un magnífico sombrero y una varita mágica. Le enseñará a sus amigos como hacer trucos de magia. Descubre...
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A secluded school for magicians faces danger from a fantastical flying creature outside and sinister forces inside. While visiting Velma's sister Madelyn, who's enrolled at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, the gang gets lots more than rabbit emerging from a hat. A greedy ice-cream mogul wants to close the place, a screaming banshee gives everyone the creeps and a mythological half-dragon, half-lion animal known as a gryphon seems all to real. Now...
13) Now you see me
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
An elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against ₁The Four Horsemen₂, a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists. The Four Horsemen pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.
14) Wonka
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the best-selling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big-screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas...
15) Wonka
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big-screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock full of ideas...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The world's most lovable mystery-solving dog, along with best friend Shaggy and the rest of the gang, bring on laughs and adventures in these two beloved feature-length frolics. In Scooby-Doo and The Witch's Ghost, Scooby, Shaggy and co. get tied up with bumbling mummies and monster turkeys when famous fright-writer, Ben Ravencroft, invites the gang to his hometown for the Autumn Harvest Festival. There, they learn that Ben's ancestor, Sarah, haunts...
17) Houdini
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Before David Blaine and David Copperfield, there was one man whose name was synonymous with being the master of illusion and escape - Harry Houdini. It follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions...
18) The last unicorn
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A lonely unicorn, believing herself to be the last, searches for any others of her kind, while avoiding the malevolent Red Bull, the agent believed to have destroyed the rest of her herd. She finally finds help from a magician named Schmendrick and a knight named Prince Lir.
20) Smokin' Aces
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
An FBI agent hunts for Las Vegas stand up comedian and illusionist Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Aces has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins. Now Aces will have to pull his greatest disappearing act before the assassins can get to him.
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