Gavin Hood
1) Tsotsi
Language
Bantu
Description
A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
Language
English
Description
"The incredible true story of the spy who defied her government to stop a war. In 2003, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun received a memo with a shocking directive: collect blackmail worthy information on UN council members to force the vote for the invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world rush into war. Gun makes the decision to leak the memo to the press, igniting an international firestorm that would expose a vast political...
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Language
English
Description
Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, Logan and Victor, two half-brothers with special powers grow up amid violence. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors known as Wolverine and Sabretooth. William Stryker is a sinister government operative whose Weapon X program experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in. Kayla Silverfox shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with Wolverine as he tries to drop out...
Language
English
Description
Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, Logan and Victor, two half-brothers with special powers grow up amid violence. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors known as Wolverine and Sabretooth. William Stryker is a sinister government operative whose Weapon X program experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in. Kayla Silverfox shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with Wolverine as he tries to drop out...
7) Ender's game
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Language
English
Description
"Renowned safari hunter Allan Quatermain has given up the life of an adventurer, vowing to leave the natural splendor of Africa to its own people and leave its destruction to the likes of his mercenary former partner, Bruce McNabb. But Quartermain can't live on his principles alone. His acceptance of a handsome offer from beautiful Elizabeth Anderson and her friend Captain Good promises to be an expedition of another sort -- find the desperate woman's...
11) Eye In The Sky
Author
Language
English
Description
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
12) Tsotsi
Author
Language
Zulu
Description
On the edges of Johannesburg, Tsotsi's life has no meaning beyond survival. One night, in desperation, Tsotsi steals a woman's car. But as he is driving off, he makes a shocking discovery in the backseat. In one moment his life takes a sharp turn and leads him down an unexpected path to redemption...giving him hope for a future he never could have imagined.
Language
Polish
Description
At the end of the 19th century, two children, whose fathers are engineers working on the Suez Canal, are kidnapped by followers of the great Arab leader the Mahdi. The children and two young African slaves manage to escape and embark on a journey across the harsh yet beautiful African landscape.
16) Tsotsi
Language
Bantu
Description
When Tsotsi, a young man from Johannesburg, steals a woman's car, he finds a baby in the back seat and decides to raise it himself.
Author
Series
King Solomon's Mines volume 1
Language
English
Description
Golden Globe nominee Patrick Swayze stars as renowned big-game hunter Allan Quatermain who embarks on an action-packed adventure to find the fabled tomb of King Solomon.
18) The Fairy King
Author
Language
English
Description
Two children discover that fairies are trapped in an old gold mine that they have inherited from their grandmother. They are torn between the hostility of the local villagers who believe the fairies to be evil, and the hope that they will save their father from a terminal illness. This film is a story of prejudice, hope and perseverance, with the fairies created by stunning computer animation and effects combined with live action.
Author
Series
King Solomon's Mines volume 2
Language
English
Description
Legends of countless riches lie ahead as Quatermain and his crew of explorers encounter thrilling twists and turns deep down in King Solomon's mines.