Richard Coyle
1) Lorna Doone
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Publisher
A & E Television Network
Pub. Date
2001, c2000
Language
English
Description
Retells the high adventure and romantic love story, set in late seventeenth-century England, about Lorna, the granddaughter of the head of a nobly-born family of robbers and outlaws, who falls in love with John Ridd, a man intent on avenging his father's death upon the Doone clan.
2) Spy Games
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English
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In a world of lies, one man wants the truth.
Journalist Philip Mangan is trying to stay out of trouble in East Africa, his reputation and his life in tatters. But when he is caught in a terrorist attack in East Africa and a shadowy Chinese figure approaches him in the dead of night with information on the origins of the attack, Mangan is suddenly back in the eye of the storm.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away on a humid Hong Kong night, a key British...
3) Going Postal
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English
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Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into ... a government job?
By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork. Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may prove an impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered...
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English
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From acclaimed director Renny Harlin (HERCULES 3D), 5 DAYS OF WAR is an action-packed thriller that sheds light on the complicated politics and danger involved in exposing the truth during wartime. Inspired by the real events of the five-day war between Russia and the Georgian Republic in 2008, this heart-pounding film follows a renegade American journalist (Rupert Friend of TV's HOMELAND), his cameraman (Richard Coyle of TV's COVERT AFFAIRS), and...
6) W.E
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English
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Madonna's beautifully crafted film tells the story of Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish of LIMITLESS, SUCKER PUNCH), a lonely New Yorker who finds a welcome escape from her troubled relationship when she begins to explore the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's (James D'Arcy of MASTER AND COMMANDER) scandalous abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorcée Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough of HAPPY-GO-LUCKY). Wally's...
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Coupling volume 2
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English
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Steve has been having problems with being witty and eloquent on the phone to Susan. Susan invites him 'round for supper at her place. As Jeff expounds on "the sock gap" and offers advice on foreplay and his theory on celebrity marriages, he has no idea Susan can overhear everything. Meanwhile, Patrick invites Sally on a date to a motor show. Elsewhere, to everyone's surprise, Jane materializes with Howard, a particularly good-looking young man.
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Coupling volume 6
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English
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Steve and Susan have been together for a year. And in the field of human relationships, what is the most frightening thing that can come through your door? A wedding invitation! At the breakfast table Susan is harassed and absorbed in her work. Tonight is the first anniversary of their first date, and there it is, the putting-thoughts-in-your-long- term-girlfriend's-head bomb, ticking away right in Steve's hand.
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Coupling volume 6
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English
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Jane turns up on Patrick's doorstep. Meanwhile the boys discuss screen nudity. When Jane opens Patrick's cupboard and is confronted by a wall of videos, she grabs him and slams him against the wall. It seems Patrick has filmed all the women he's ever had sex with — including Susan. News spreads about the videos. But just who has the naked rights to Susan now that she's going out with Steve? Slightly anxious, Susan decides to confront Patrick, only...
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Coupling volume 4
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English
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Sally is having a drink with a complete oaf called Brian. She spots Patrick with a bunch of business cronies and begs him to rescue her, which he does in true tripod style. Soon they are drinking to Code Red and wondering whether they should have got indelicate together. The next day, Sally decides they should do it - now, a one-time-only offer. He's got the builders in, her flatmate's at home with 'flu; but she has the key to Susan's flat and arranges...
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Coupling volume 4
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English
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Something stirs in Sally's bedroom. It's three in the morning, and Patrick has been called out to rescue Sally from a spider in her bedroom. This event causes them both to reflect on their very different recollections of their first meeting at Susan's office party 4 years ago. While Jeff expounds on Porn Jelly and his eight thousand names for breasts, Patrick has to face an uncomfortable truth. Is there some kind of emotional thing with Sally? What...
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Coupling volume 5
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English
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The boys are sitting in the bar looking at a beautiful girl with the casual lust of no-hopers. When she glances at Jeff, the others encourage him to go and talk to her. A man on his way to an execution, Jeff plods off in the direction of the bar. Before long he's babbling away — but she seems to understand nothing. The girl is from Israel — she hasn't understood a word. The next day the girls watch the same beautiful girl in the bar. Suddenly...
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Coupling volume 9
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English
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Steve seems incapable of making any decisions, and Susan is beginning to despair. When her new French client starts picking holes in her work over the phone, she tears her off a strip - in fluent French. Richard, a pleasant looking guy of the same age, grins oafishly at her - he really likes French women. "But I bet you've got a boyfriend", he says. Susan hesitates. "Oui" she replies. A guilty Steve finds himself exchanging phone numbers with an attractive...
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Coupling volume 4
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English
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Patrick is sporting a new — and very gay — haircut. Steve is appalled to find that Susan is recording something on the VCR. In an advanced state of shock and horror, he remains uncertain as to whether she's spotted his porno tape — Lesbian Spank Inferno. Jane is astonished to hear that Steve told Susan he loved her, something he failed to say to her throughout the five years of their relationship...
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Coupling volume 1
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English
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Steve and his best friend, Jeff, head for the wine bar where Steve has decided he is going to dump his longstanding girlfriend once and for all. Meanwhile Susan and her best friend, Sally, are heading towards the same destination with equal determination. Is this the evening when 'he' is going to propose? But all is not as it seems.
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Coupling volume 3
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English
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Steve has lost his apartment keys and goes to Susan's to find them. But instead he finds Sally stepping out of the shower... How can he ever tell Susan that he's seen her best friend's bottom? "You have seen into the heart of the forbidden lands," Jeff tells him, "You must never speak of what you saw!" Steve must also steer clear of Captain Subtext, who will collude with the Prickles, the Blurts and the Head Laugh to tell Susan everything. All this...
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Coupling volume 7
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English
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Jane's attention has been caught by Bill, a stunningly handsome guy in the bar. Lust at first sight, contact is established. Although Jane has been a bit horrible to his friends, Bill suggests she join him for dinner the following evening at his place. Meanwhile Patrick needs a pretend wife just for one evening. He and a colleague Ivan are fiercely competitive; Ivan recently got married, so naturally Patrick has invented a whole marriage. Amazingly,...
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Coupling volume 3
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English
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Jeff is about to have a job interview — and he's pretty nervous. Jane appears on Steve's doorstep and is clearly very, very upset. Her aunt has just died and she wants Steve to go to the funeral with her. Meanwhile, Susan is busy inviting Patrick to the funeral while he is inviting Sally, who has a pathological fear of growing old, to be his decoy date. Before long, all six of them are heading up a suburban street dressed in funereal black...
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Coupling volume 2
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English
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Jane finds herself competing with the Supreme Being of the Universe. She feels it isn't fair on either of them. Jeff has been going out with Julia for some time. But then the disconcertingly lovely Wilma propositions him in the stationery cupboard. Meanwhile Jane meets and quickly unnerves the ruggedly handsome James under similar circumstances.
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Coupling volume 1
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English
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On his morning train, Jeff has glimpsed paradise sitting several rows in front; she's shapely, long, and usually wears a red shoe. Susan is amazed that Sally has been seeing someone for two whole weeks. Two new relationships, two lies, one bar...