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The Counsellor (DVD)
Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Michael Fassbender, Dean Norris, Penélope Cruz, …
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In director Ridley Scott's fast-paced thriller, a lawyer discovers
he's bitten off more than he can chew when he becomes involved in
the cocaine trade. In need of some extra money to finance his
burgeoning lifestyle, The Counsellor (Michael Fassbender) decides
to try dabbling in some cocaine trafficking across the Mexican
border with the help of rich business acquaintance Reiner (Javier
Bardem) and shifty facilitator Westray (Brad Pitt). But when a
large shipment is mysteriously hijacked and disappears without
trace, all three men find themselves facing their worst nightmare
as the out-of pocket suppliers seek to exact their revenge in a
hailstorm of blood and bullets.
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Killing Them Softly (DVD)
Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Vincent Curatola, …
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Brad Pitt stars in this darkly comic thriller based on a 1974
George V. Higgins crime novel. Jackie Cogan (Pitt) is a
professional 'point man' - that is, the investigator who prepares
the way for a hitman - who is assigned to track down a pair of
junkies who have ripped off a mob-protected poker game. The
star-studded supporting cast includes Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini,
Scoot McNairy and Sam Shepard.
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Serena (DVD)
Toby Jones, David Dencik, Mark Oneal, Sean Harris, Ana Ularu, …
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Discovery Miles 550
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Romantic period drama starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley
Cooper. Set in depression-era North Carolina the film follows
timber magnate George Pemberton (Cooper) and his wife Serena
(Lawrence) as their marriage and the life they have built together
deteriorates. Following a devastating miscarriage and the news that
she cannot have children, Serena and George struggle with the fact
that she will not be able to provide him with an heir to his
empire. As they seek a solution to their woes, Serena becomes
increasingly jealous of the women involved with her husband as he
tries to create the child he so desires that he envisages will one
day take over his business. When Serena delves deeper into her
husband's extramarital affairs she becomes increasingly suspicious
that he may be harbouring more than just a single heir.
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The Host (Blu-ray disc)
Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, William Hurt, Max Irons, Jake Abel, …
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Discovery Miles 470
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Andrew Niccol directs this science fiction romance adapted from the
novel by Stephenie Meyer, creator of 'The Twilight Saga'. An alien
race has begun colonising Earth by taking over human bodies and
erasing their minds and memories and only a small band of survivors
remain who are working to protect themselves from extinction. One
of them is Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan), who, when out on a
search for food, meets another human being named Jared Howe (Max
Irons) and it isn't long before they begin to develop feelings for
one another. However, when Melanie is taken by the alien species
and is made host to one of their own, it seems all hope is lost.
That is, until Melanie's mind begins to fight back against her new
inhabitor and her human emotions and memories ignite some empathy
in the alien parasite.
Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant
place between the world wars with composers such as George
Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a
soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans. While biographies of
these individual composers exist, no single book has taken on this
period as a direct contradiction to the modernist dichotomy between
the music of Stravinsky and Schoenberg. In Nationalist and Populist
Composers: Voices of the American People, Steve Schwartz offers an
overdue correction to this distortion of the American classical
music tradition by showing that not all composers of this era fall
into either the Stravinsky or Schoenberg camps. Exploring the rise
and decline of musical populism in the United States, Schwartz
examines the major works of George Gershwin, Randall Thompson,
Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Kurt Weill, Morton
Gould, and Leonard Bernstein. Organized chronologically, chapters
cover each composer's life and career and then reveal how key works
participated in populist and nationalist themes. Written for the
both the scholar and amateur enthusiast interested in modern
classical music and American social history, Nationalist and
Populist Composers creates a contextual frame through which all
audiences can better understand such works as Rhapsody in Blue,
Appalachian Spring, and West Side Story.
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