The bestselling novel & major film about love loss & hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness Conor has the same dream every night ever since his mother first fell ill ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working But tonight is different Tonight when he wakes there's a visitor at his window It's ancient elemental a force of nature & it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor It wants the truth Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd & weaves an extraordinary & heartbreaking tale of mischief healing & above all the courage it takes to survive ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Based on the bestselling novel this fantasy drama adaptation is directed by JA Bayona & written by Patrick Ness Young Conor (Lewis Mac Dougall) struggles to deal with his mother (Felicity Jones)'s terminal illness the heartless grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) he must stay with & the bullying he receives at school from Harry (James Melville) Gripped by guilt anger & fear Conor is given support from a quite unlikely source a drawing of a great ancient tree monster (voice of Liam Neeson) that comes to life The monster visits Conor at night to tell him stories & help him come to terms with his difficult situation With the monster at his back Conor faces his problems directly with courage & conviction Actors Lewis Mac Dougall Sigourney Weaver Felicity Jones Toby Kebbell James Melville Directors JA Bayona Writers Patrick Ness Producers Bel&233;n Atienza Mitch Horwits Jonathan King Format PAL Blu-ray Language English Subtitles English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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The bestselling novel & major film about love loss & hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness The monster showed up just after midnight As they do But it isn’t the monster Conor&s been expecting He&s been expecting the one from his nightmare the one he&s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments the one with the darkness & the wind & the screaming This monster is something different Something ancient something wild & it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor It wants the truth Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd & weaves an extraordinary & heartbreaking tale of mischief healing & above all the courage it takes to survive ...

The bestselling novel & major film about love loss & hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness Conor has the same dream every night ever since his mother first fell ill ever since she started the treatments that don&t quite seem to be working But tonight is different Tonight when he wakes there&s a visitor at his window It&s ancient elemental a force of nature & it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor It wants the truth Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd & weaves an extraordinary & heartbreaking tale of mischief healing & above all the courage it takes to survive ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Based on the bestselling novel this fantasy drama adaptation is directed by JA Bayona & written by Patrick Ness Young Conor (Lewis Mac Dougall) struggles to deal with his mother (Felicity Jones)'s terminal illness the heartless grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) he must stay with & the bullying he receives at school from Harry (James Melville) Gripped by guilt anger & fear Conor is given support from a quite unlikely source a drawing of a great ancient tree monster (voice of Liam Neeson) that comes to life The monster visits Conor at night to tell him stories & help him come to terms with his difficult situation With the monster at his back Conor faces his problems directly with courage & conviction Actors Lewis Mac Dougall Sigourney Weaver Felicity Jones Toby Kebbell James Melville Directors JA Bayona Writers Patrick Ness Producers Bel&233;n Atienza Mitch Horwits Jonathan King Format PALRegion Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play On Christmas Eve Santa is accidentally knocked off his sleigh & arrives unexpectedly in Tom&s fireplace Dizzy & confused Santa is unable to deliver any presents so Tom & his monster pals step in to help Adapted from Vincent James& book " My Favourite Monsters" "A Monster Christmas" is a charming story full of wit & beautifully animated in a bold colourful style that will appeal to the whole family Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1994 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Despite repeated warnings about humans from their father the Abominable Snowman two Abominable Snowkids find themselves in a sleepy Colorado mountain town after being chased out of their hideaway by a scientist determined to capture them A sevenyear- old girl takes them in over the objections of her father & brother & the family quickly grows to question the wisdom of housing these wild beasts With Christmas fast approaching the Abominable Snowman & the scientist & the local Animal Control all try to track the Snowkids down while the family just tries to stay sane when they realize exactly what they ve taken into their home In the end the Snowkids are finally reunited with their father & in the process they help bring the human family closer together just in time for Christmas Actors Ariel Winter Ray Liotta Jayne Lynch & Emilio Estevez Director Chad Van De Keere Certificate Universal Suitable for All Languages English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD A wacky inventor his camera crazy best friend & a madcap monkey make a BIG mistake when let loose in the Professor&s laboratory! With lotions & potions spilling everywhere the troublesome trio accidentally create Franc a musical talent of monstrous proportions With the help of the beautiful but feisty singer Lucille the team are on a mission to protect their new friend from the ghastly wannabe Mayor Commissioner Maynott who has a plan to increase his popularity by capturing Franc & revealing him to be a scary monster to the people of Paris Directed by Bibo Bergeron (Shark Tale) with a voice cast including Vanessa Paradis & Sean Lennon A Monster In Paris is fantastic fun for all the family Actors Mathieu Chedid Vanessa Paradis Gad Elmaleh François Cluzet Ludivine Sagnier Julie Ferrier Bruno Salomone Sebastien Desjours Philippe Peythieu Bob Balaban Adam Goldberg Matthew Geczy Jay Harrington Danny Huston & Sean Lennon Director Bibo Bergeron Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 2011 ...

It is 1921 & Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology
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A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War JL Carr's A Month in the Country

Includes:: an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald author of Offshore in Penguin Modern Classics A damaged survivor of the First World War Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting Immersed in the peace & beauty of the countryside & the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal & belief in the future Now an old man Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of 1920 remembering a vanished place of blissful calm untouched by change a precious moment he has carried with him through the disappointments of the years Adapted into a 1987 film starring Colin Firth Natasha Richardson & Kenneth Branagh A Month in the Country traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War Joseph Lloyd Carr (1912-1994) attended the village school at Carlton Miniott in the North Riding & Castleford Secondary School A head teacher publisher & novelist his books include A Day in Summer (1964); The Harpole Report (1972); A Month in the Country (1980) which won the Guardian Fiction prize & was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; The Battle of Pollock's Crossing (1985) which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize; What Hetty Did (1988) & Harpole & Foxberrow General Publishers (1992) If you enjoyed A Month in the Country you might like Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Unlike anything else in modern English literature'DJ Taylor Spectator

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