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Victoria & Abdul

· Universal
Format: DVD

The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions...
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Hamilton: Building America

Tom Brokaw · A&E HOME VIDEO
Format: DVD

This documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create - from the U.S. Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system - we'll...
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Mully

Scott Haze · Passion River
Format: DVD

What happens when a six-year-old boy is abandoned by his family and left to raise himself on the streets?  Mully is no ordinary rags-to-riches tale. It s the true story of Charles Mully, whose unlikely stratospheric rise to wealth and power leaves him questioning his own existence,...
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California Typewriter

· Gravitas
Format: DVD

Cultural historians, collectors, and various celebrity obsessives, including Tom Hanks and John Mayer, launch us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved, but dying technology, the typewriter, faces extinction.
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Viceroy's House

Gillian Anderson · Mpi Media Group
Format: DVD

The last British viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, must uphold the prestige of his position while helping the country transition to independence. Arriving in New Delhi in early 1947, Mountbatten and his wife must contend with the challenges of a changing India, as well as the intricate...
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Good Things To Do

Jasper Kjems · Dreamscape Media
Format: DVD

Our planet's quest for sustainability takes many forms. One such effort has yielded results that could very well teach all of us methods of success. The Danish island of Samsø is an experimental site for renewable energy production: wind turbine farms, biomass power plants, and solar...
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The Trip To Spain

Steve Coogan · Shout! Factory
Format: DVD

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country's gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter. Over plates of pintxos and paella, the pair...
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Lost In Paris

Emmanuelle Riva · Oscilloscope Pictures
Format: DVD

Filmed in Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon's signature whimsical style, it stars the filmmakers as a small-town Canadian librarian and a strangely seductive, oddly egotistical French vagabond. When Fiona's orderly life is disrupted by a letter of distress from her elderly Aunt Martha...
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Leap!

Eric Summer · LIONSGATE
Format: DVD

Eleven-year-old orphan Felicity has one dream to go to Paris and become a dancer. Her best friend, Victor, an imaginative, exuberant boy with a passion for creating, has a dream of his own to become a famous inventor. In a leap of faith, Victor and Felicity leave their orphanage in pursuit...
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Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express

David Suchet · ACORN MEDIA
Format: DVD

Traveling from Istanbul to London on the Orient Express, Poirot must solve the murder of a ruthless businessman. His little grey cells are tested to the limit when the train is trapped by a blizzard in the Serbian mountains.
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Despicable Me 3

· Universal
Format: DVD

The villian Balthazar Bratt, a former child star who's grown up to become obsessed with the character he played in the 80s, proves to be Gru's most formidable nemisis to date.
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