Thursday, November 20, 2008

Twilight Chat

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Looking for a place to chat about Twilight online?

Check out the Courier News! They will be hosting an online forum on Friday, Nov 21st. Stop by the Entertainment page to chat with other Twilight fans, read reviews of the film, and post your own comments.

Twilight

In theaters across the country, one of the most anticipated book-to-movie releases is happening this week with the movie premier of Twilight. Based on Stephanie Meyer's enormously popular teen novel, it follows the trials and tribulations of first love---but with a vampire! If you're in the mood for paranormal romance--or perhaps you just like a really good vampire movie-- find your true match in one of these films below:

Book Cover Bram Stoker's Dracula
By Coppola, Francis Ford
Oldman, Gary
Ryder, Winona
2008/03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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The vampire count of Transylvania seeks his lost love and the conquest of Britain by plague. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. ...More

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2008/07 - Warner Home Video
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Bewitched
By Ephron, Nora
2005/10 - Columbia Tristar
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Hoping to revive his career, washed-up actor Jack Wyatt is convinced that Isabel Bigelow is the perfect Samantha to his Darrin for the 1960s sitcom "Bewitched." Wyatt doesn't know how right he is: Isabel actually is a witch. ...More

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By Quine, Richard
Various Artists
Novak, Kim
2000/03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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A witch's warlock brother helps a San Francisco publisher break her love spell. ...More

Book Cover Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Complete First Season
By Gellar, Sarah Michelle
Brendon, Nicholas
2004/05 - Tcfhe
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The complete first season of the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. ...More

Book Cover Nosferatu
By Herzog, Werner
2001/01 - Image Ent.
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It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker is about to leave on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His wife, Lucy, begs him not to go and is troubled by a strong premonition of danger. Despite her warnings, Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure with a shaven head and deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula. The events that transpire slowly convinve Harker that he is in the midst of a vampyre. What he doesn't know, however, is the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town are about to experience as victims of Nosferatu ...More

Book Cover Shadow of the Vampire
By Merhige, E. Elias
Malkovich, John
Dafoe, Willem
2003/06 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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A behind the scenes look at the making of Nosferatu and the odd relationship between the director and the lead actor. ...More

Book Cover Blood and Chocolate
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2008/09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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A young teenage werewolf (Bruckner) is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man (Martinez). ...More

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 11/18/08

Do you want to know the newest DVD titles available at your library? Check here to find the newest Quick Flicks released at the Gail Borden Library. This fast turnover, no reserves collection is where you will find multiple copies of the most popular DVDs.

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Kung Fu Panda
By Stevenson, John Wayne
2008/08 - DreamWorks
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When China's Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the chosen one and trains to become a kung fu hero. Master Monkey and Master Viper impart their knowledge to Po, but transforming this slacker into a brave warrior isn't going to be easy. ...More

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2008/04 - Monterey Home Video
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
By Hamri, Sanaa
2008/11 - Warner Home Video
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Three years later, the famed sisterhood is going strong even as Bridget, Lena, Tibby and Carmen scatter throughout the country for their first year of college. Separated by geography, the fabulous foursome remains united in friendship in this sequel to the beloved 2005 hit, which finds the characters facing new challenges in the realms of romance, school and growing up. ...More

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Star Wars The Clone Wars
By Filoni, Dave
Lucas, George
2008/08 - Warner Brothers
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On the battlefield of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and his friend Anakin Skywalker—the future Darth Vader—fight to keep the republic together in this feature-length animated addition to the Star Wars franchise. ...More

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Stuck
By Gordon, Stuart
2008/10 - Image Entertainment
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Mena Suvari unforgettably stars as Brandi, a hard-partying, overworked nursing assistant in this delicious, darkly humorous psychological thriller from director Stuart Gordon. Brandi accidentally steers her car into a homeless man, movingly played by Stephen Rea, sending him flying through the windshield. Not wanting to jeopardize a possible job promotion, she chooses not to get him medical help, leaving him clinging to life in her garage. But soon her psyche begins to unravel as captor and captive are pitted against each other in a bloody...even outrageous battle for survival. ...More

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Tropic Thunder
By Stiller, Ben
2008/11 - Dreamworks
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Drawing inspiration from films like Apocalypse Now and Platoon, this war movie send-up from director and star Ben Stiller follows a group of dimwitted actors forced to become real-life soldiers when they're abandoned in the jungles of Southeast Asia. ...More

The Unforeseen
By Dunn, Laura
2008/09 - New Yorker Films Video
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The American dream of owning a house with a white picket fence goes head-to-head with environmental sustainability in this urgent, beautifully crafted documentary. When an ambitious real estate developer sets out to transform thousands of acres of pristine hill country around Austin, Texas into a suburban development¢¬threatening a nearby natural spring and local treasure¢¬the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see in miniature the struggle between development and preservation that today plays out in cities and towns across the country. A work of stunning visual beauty and epic scope, The Unforeseen is a grand meditation on the destruction of the natural world in pursuit of an often fleeting dream. ...More

Monday, November 17, 2008

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library

Away From Her
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 6:00pm


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Away From Her
By Polley, Sarah
2007/09 - Lions Gate
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Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since the nursing home has a 'no-visitors,' policy for the first 30 days of a patient’s stay. When Grant visits Fiona after the orientation period, he is devastated to find out that not only has she seemingly forgotten him, but she has transferred her affections to another man. As the distance between husband and wife grows, Grant must draw upon his love for Fiona to perform an act of self-sacrifice in order to ensure her happiness. ...More

Check out other films staring Julie Christie

Book Cover The Secret Life of Words
By Coixet, Isabel
2007/05 - Universal Studios
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After surviving the war in Yugoslavia, taciturn nurse Hanna heads to Ireland for some rest and relaxation. But when she hears about an oil-rig accident off the coast, she agrees to tend heroic burn victim Josef. Personalities clash aboard the derrick as Hanna contends with Josef, a Russian soldier, a lively Spanish chef and other oddballs in this compelling character study. ...More

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Fahrenheit 451
By Truffaut, Francois
2003/04 - Umvd
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Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury and originally released as a motion picture in 1966. A fireman in charge of burning forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom. ...More


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