Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video January 2020 (arrived in December 2019)

CDs

CHRISTMAS

The best of Pentatonix Christmas., Pentatonix.
The Christmas present, Robbie Williams.

EASY LISTENING

Happy days, Andre Rieu.

FILM

Last Christmas : the original motion picture soundtrack, George Michael.
Judy, Renee Zellweger.

INSTRUMENTAL

Royal fireworks, Alison Balsom.

KEYBOARD

Beatrice Rana., Mauurice Ravel.

MUSICAL

American utopia on Broadway : original cast recording, David Byrne.

OPERA

La reine de Chypre, Fromental Haluvy.
Facce d'amore, Jakub Jozef Orlinski.

POPULAR

Thanks for the dance, Leonard Cohen.
12 songs, Neil Diamond.
Courage, Celine Dion.
American tunes : songs, Paul Simon

ROCK

Everyday life, Coldplay.
Once upon a mind, James Blunt.
Crying lessons, Adam Hattaway.
You're in my heart, Rod Stewart.

DVDs

COMEDY

Miranda, director, Juliet May.
Stars: Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge, Sarah Hadland, Sally Phillips.
Miranda. Series 2, director: Juliet May.
Miranda is struggling to get over her love interest Gary who has gone to Hong Kong. With the decision to stop wallowing in self pity, Miranda goes about reinventing herself, hell bent on becoming the kind of woman who power walks to work, keeps her pot plants alive and eats all the fruit in the bowl before it rots. Stars: Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge, Sarah Hadland, Sally Phillips.
Miranda. Series 3, director: Juliet May.
It doesn't matter what Miranda attempts in life, whether it is dating or simply dealing with her overbearing mother, she always seems to fall flat, quite literally. Miranda is 6 feet 1 inch (1.85m) tall and gets called 'Sir' all too often. She has never fitted in and finds social situations awkward, especially around men. She is a constant disappointment to her mother, Penny, who is desperate for her to get a proper job and a husband. Stars: Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge, Sarah Hadland, Sally Phillips.

FILM

10 minutes gone, directed by Brian A. Miller.
A crime thriller that centers on a man whose memory has been lost due to a bank heist gone wrong. The character will need to piece together the missing 10 minutes from his memory in order to determine who sabotaged him. Stars: Bruce Willis, Michael Chiklis, Meadow Williams.
A faithful man, mise en scene, Louis Garrel.
A couple's relationship becomes complicated when she leaves him for his best friend, and returns after he dies. Stars: Louis Garrel, Laetitia Casta, Lily- Rose Depp.
An unexpected love, directed by Juan Vera
After the leaving of their only one son to study in the foreign, a 25-years marriage faces their split, questioning themselves about love, desire, the passing of time and what really they want in life. Stars: Ricardo Darin, Mercedes Moran, Claudia Fontan.
Angel has fallen, directed by Ric Roman Waugh.
Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat. Stars: Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston.
Anna, written and directed by Luc Besson.
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins. Stars: Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren.
Aurore, directed by Blandine Lenoir.
A woman, separated from her husband, has lost her job and finds out that she is going to be a grandmother. She is slowly being pushed to the outskirts of society then accidentally runs into the great love of her youth. Stars: Agnes Jaoui, Thibault de Montalembert, Pascale Arbillot, Sarah Suco.
Booksmart, directed by Olivia Wilde.
Told from a wildly original, fresh, and modern perspective, this is an unfiltered comedy about high school best friends and the bonds they create that last a lifetime. Capturing the spirit of the times, it is a coming-of-age story for a new generation. Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams.
Boot Hill, written and directed by Giuseppe Colizzi.
Two outlaws join forces with a circus and local townsfolk to fight a corrupt land-owner and his gang of henchmen. Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Victor Buono, Woody Strode.
Carry on constable, directed by Gerald Thomas.
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Eric Barker.
Danger close, directed by Kriv Stenders.
In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers. Stars: Travis Fimmel, Richard Roxburgh, Luke Bracey.
Downton Abbey : the motion picture, directed by Michael Engler.
A royal visit from the King and Queen of England unleashes scandal, romance and intrigue that leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance. Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern.
Fast & furious. Hobbs & Shaw, directed by David Leitch.
Lawman Luke Hobbs (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and outcast Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) form an unlikely alliance when a cyber- genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity. Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba.
God's gun, directed by Gianfranco Parolini.
A priest and his twin brother take turns defending a small town from the vicious Clayton gang. Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone.
Hurricane, directed by David Blair.
The tale of the Polish pilot who, alongside his comrades of the Polish Air Force, joins the British Royal Air Force to fight during the Battle of Britain. Stars: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini, Krystof Hadek, Marcin Dorocinski.
In harm's way, produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
Epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attack on the naval base. Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal.
Kind hearts and coronets, directed by Douglas Slocombe.
Impatient to become duke, the ninth in line decides to eliminate the eight relatives standing in his way in this tart black comedy. Stars: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness.
Lancaster skies, directed by Callum Burn.
Douglas, a broken, solitary, Spitfire Ace, must overcome his past to lead a Lancaster bomber crew in the pivotal aerial war over Berlin, in 1944. Stars: Rosa Coduri, Josh Collins, Kris Saddler.
Late night, directed by Nisha Genatra.
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show. Stars: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow.
Little woods, written and directed by Nia DaCosta.
A modern Western about two sisters who work outside the law to better their lives. Stars: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby.
Lock up, directed by John Flynn.
With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden. Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos.
Loro, director, Paolo Sorrentino.
During a tumultuous period in the career of Silvio Berlusconi, as his marriage to second wife Veronica Lario fractures, LORO speculates on what may or may not have taken place behind closed doors, depicting a wide variety of characters from multiple levels of society and their attempts to either ingratiate or distance themselves from him. Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio.
Men in black. International, directed by F. Gary Gray.
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization. Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani.
Once upon a time... in Hollywood, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie.
Sink or swim, directed by Gilles Lellouche.
A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men. Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoit Poelvoorde.
Spider-Man. Far from home, directed by Jon Watts.
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever. Stars: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal.
Swimming with men, directed by Oliver Parker.
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. Stars: Rob Brydon, Rupert Graves, Thomas Turgoose.
The intruder, directed Deon Taylor.
A young married couple buys a beautiful house on several acres of land, only to find out that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property. Stars: Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid.
The keeper, directed by Marcus H. Rosenmuller.
The Keeper tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility, and personal tragedy. Stars: David Kross, Freya Mavor, John Henshaw.
The miracle of the cards, directed by Mark Griffiths.
Based on a true story. An eight year old cancer patient who, during the course of his treatment, manages to shock the world by breaking the Guinness wold record by receiving get-well cards, amassing an astounding 1.3 million cards from around the globe. Stars: Catherine Oxenberg, Thomas Sangster, Kirk Cameron.
The Nevadan, directed by Gordon Douglas.
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.Stars: Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker.
The Omega Code, directed by Rob Marcarelli.
The Omega Code is a suspense thriller about the discovery of the Bible's intangible secrets and hidden messages, and the fight to control the world before the end of days. Stars: Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg; Michael Ironside.
Transit, written and directed by Christian Petzold.
A man attempting to escape Nazi-occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed. Stars: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese.
Vox lux, written and directed by Brady Corbet.
An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Stacy Martin.
Young Billy Young, directed by Burt Kennedy.
In New Mexico, looking for his son's murderer, Ben Kane takes a deputy marshal's job and runs into young Billy Young who's on the lam. Stars: Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jr.
Spider's web, directed by Basil Coleman.
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is inconvenienced by finding a corpse in her drawing-room. Expecting her husband home with an important foreign politician, the only thing to do is hide the body and persuade her three house guests to become accessories and accomplices. Based on the play "Spider's Web" by Agatha Christie. Stars: Penelope Keith, Robert Flemyng, David Yelland, Elizabeth Spriggs.
It. Chapter two, directed by Andy Muschietti.
Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader.
Ophelia, directed by Claire McCarthy.
A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective. Stars: Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen.

MUSIC

Amazing grace : Aretha Franklin, directed by Sydney Pollack.

Non-fiction

More simply pilates, Jennifer Pohlman.
Apollo 11, produced and directed by Todd Douglas Miller.
Liam Gallagher : as it was, directed by Charlie Lightning, Gavin Fitzgerald.
Mystify : Michael Hutchence, directed and written by Richard Lowenstein.
Pavarotti, directed by Ron Howard.
Dan Carter : a perfect 10, producer, David Wilkes ; directed by Luke Mellows.
Group C gold. Volume 1., Seven Network Australia.
Aussie touring car favourites from the 70s and 80s.
The Light horse century., A film by Nigel Traill
Retracesthe steps of the last great cavalry charge in history.
Jeremy Clarkson war stories : the true stories of two audacious World War II missions, written and presented by Jeremy Clarkson.
Camino skies, directed by Fergus Grady and Noel Smyth
Exploring themes of spirituality, wellbeing and religion, this is the inspirational journey of six strangers from New Zealand and Australia walking the 800km Camino de Santiago to overcome the personal and physical trauma that life has dealt them.
Coast. New Zealand. Series 3.,

TV SERIES

Criminal minds : the fourteenth season.,
The cases of the F.B.I. Behavioral Analysis Unit (B.A.U.), an elite group of profilers who analyze the nation's most dangerous serial killers and individual heinous crimes in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again. Stars: Joe Mantegna, Matthew Gray Gubler.
The handmaid's tale. Season three.,
The award-winning drama series returns in a third season, which will follow June's resistance to Gilead's dystopian regime, and her struggle to strike back against overwhelming odds. Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski.
My brilliant friend, directed by Saverio Costanzo.
A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s. Stars: Valentina Acca, Antonio Buonanno, Gennaro Canonico.
Catch-22., Based on the book by Joseph Heller.
Limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel. Follows Captain John Yossarian and airmen in World War II.Stars: Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Daniel David Stewart.
The haunting of Hill House, created and directed by Mike Flanagan.
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it. Stars: Henry Thomas, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kate Siegel.
Game of thrones : the complete eighth season.,

Talking Books

ADVENTURE

A minute to midnight, David Baldacci.

FICTION

Golden child, Claire Adam.
The Olive Garden Choir, Leah Fleming.
The postcard, Zoe Folbigg.
A thousand roads home, Carmel Harrington.
The things we keep, Sally Hepworth.
The boy next door, Josie Lloyd.
Sweet sorrow, David Nicholls.
Promising young women, Caroline O'Donoghue.
I wanted you to know, Laura Pearson.
My Oxford year, Julia Whelan.

HISTORICAL

The diamond hunter, Fiona McIntosh.

MYSTERY

Blue moon, Lee Child.
One shot, Lee Child.
Platform Seven, Louise Doughty.
The flower arranger, J.J. Ellis.
Close to the edge, Toby Faber.
Stone cold heart, Caz Frear.
The lying room, Nicci French.
The room of the dead, M.R.C. Kasasian.
19th Christmas, James Patterson.
Criss cross, James Patterson.

Non-fiction

The fear bubble : harness fear and live without limits, Ant Middleton.
Time to go, Guy Kennaway.
The Windrush betrayal : exposing the hostile environment, Amelia Gentleman.
Corrupt bodies : death and dirty dealing in a London morgue, Peter Everett.
Chasing the moon : an epic rivalry, a monumental challenge, the race to be first, Robert Stone.
The chimpanzee & me, Ben Garrod.
Inside out, Demi Moore.
Close to where the heart gives out : a year in the life of an Orkney doctor, Malcolm Alexander.
On the plain of snakes, Paul Theroux.

ROMANCE

One last Greek summer, Mandy Baggot.
In the city of love's sleep, Lavinia Greenlaw.
The bookish life of Nina Hill, Abbi Waxman.

SAGA

Score!, Jilly Cooper.
The shop girls of Lark Lane, Pam Howes.
Just one wish, Rachael Johns.
The secret hours, Santa Montefiore.
The last paradise, Di Morrissey.

SCIENCE FICTION

Waste tide, Chen Qiufan.