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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
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Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. Since his painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone. His only friend, Scrap, is an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym. He knows that Frankie has been seeking forgiveness for the past 25 years. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym. Maggie is a waitress with a dysfunctional family. She...
2) Girlfight
Series
Criterion collection volume 1219
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Bullied by her father at home and feeling adrift at school, Diana Guzman finds refuge in an unexpected pocket of her native Brooklyn, a timeworn boxing gym, where she learns to channel her strength, discovers a sense of community, and falls for a rival fighter. In Karyn Kusama's raw, understated feature debut, Rodriguez commands the screen with both tightly coiled intensity and deep wells of vulnerability as a young woman hitting back at society's...
Publisher
[Binge Box]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Million dollar baby: Frankie is a former boxing manager who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
Warrior: An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of...
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
In this powerful and timely story of a girl's pursuit of freedom and belonging, fifteen-year-old Frances fights for her humble Irish community by becoming a boxer like her idol, Muhammad Ali. While society may be determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life, Frances was not born to be broken. Instead, she digs deep to prove to her disillusioned father that she's a true champion.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the end of the 70s, Charles is still unmarried and England's first female Prime Minister locks horns with the Queen, causing some unrest among the entire country. As Margaret Thatcher leads England into the Falklands war and a prince courts a "commoner", the Lady Diana Spencer, the country may unite under a fairytale ending but the royal family's division grows wider.
8) Creed II
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, the telegraph and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like "death by a thousand cuts" and put an end to foot-binding. She inaugurated women's liberation...
10) La vie en rose
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Français
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Raised in a brothel, then wrested from the only life she knew by her father, so they could join the circus, Edith Piaf spent her teen years on the streets. She is finally "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start and, ultimately, by her international success and final illness. Always frail, sickly, malnourished, and wildly temperamental, she was often on drugs or alcohol and was always in search of true love. Middleweight boxer, Marcel...
Language
English
Description
"Detective Superintendent Tennison moves among stations to head high-profile cases for the Area Major Investigation Team. In The lost child a wrenching personal decision colors her search for an abducted toddler. In Inner circles, the manager of an exclusive country club is found dead in his home, and fingers point to the residents of a local housing project. The scent of darkness finds Tennison happy in her private life, but strained at work....
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, two middle-aged women, make a fresh start by opening a gardening business. Mysteries grow around these two gardening sleuths as they dig up trouble on the job and use investigative skills to get to the bottom of things.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Stunning gardens provide the backdrop for this British mystery series. From their former careers as a university plant biologist and a police officer, Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, professional gardeners and amateur sleuths, bring unique investigative talents to their horticultural and human mysteries. Locations include manor houses in the English countryside, London's Kew Gardens and Regent's Park, the French Riviera, Italy's Ligurian coast, a...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching, the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing and the pair form a touching bond in the process.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Glorious gardens and classic whodunits combine in a hit British series seen on public television. Rosemary Boxer is a former professor. Laura Thyme is a former policewoman. They share a passion for horticulture and a talent for sleuthing. Filmed on location in English and European countryside settings, the collection includes all 3 series.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Glorious gardens and classic whodunits combine in a hit British series seen on public television. Rosemary Boxer is a former professor. Laura Thyme is a former policewoman. They share a passion for horticulture and a talent for sleuthing. Filmed on location in English and European countryside settings, the collection includes all 3 series.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Glorious gardens and classic whodunits combine in a hit British series seen on public television. Rosemary Boxer is a former professor. Laura Thyme is a former policewoman. They share a passion for horticulture and a talent for sleuthing. Filmed on location in English and European countryside settings, the collection includes all 3 series. Bonus features include: Interview with Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris, production notes, location notes, photo...
20) Be yourself
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A nightclub singer falls in love with a boxer and becomes his trainer. When he becomes successful, will it be the beginning of the end for this lovestruck pair?
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