TV DVD Award Winners

Home Media Magazine allows consumers to vote on their favorite TV on DVD productions within several categories. Take a look at these TV favorites:

Best 2000's Series:

Lost: The Complete Third Season - The Unexplored Experience By 2008/05 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 5557672583 Check Our Catalog ...More Best 1990's Series:

My So-Called Life: The Complete Series By 2007/10 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 5557598251 Check Our Catalog The complete ABC TV series My So-Called Life. ...More Best Miniseries

John Adams By Hooper, Tom Giamatti, Paul Linney, Laura 2008/06 - HBO Home Video 1419868772 Check Our Catalog John Adams is a sprawling HBO miniseries event that depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of Americas least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of the United States, John Adams. Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man, HBOs American Spendor) in the title role and Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me, Kinsey) as Adams devoted wife Abigail, John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life journey of one of the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Set against the backdrop of a nations stormy birth, this sweeping miniseries is a moving love story, a gripping narrative, and a fascinating study of human nature. Above all, at a ...More Best Extras:

Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition By 2007/10 - Paramount Home Video 5557588418 Check Our Catalog The Definitive Gold Box Edition of the series that became one of television's most acclaimed events finally arrives with all 29 episodes plus both the original and European versions of the pilot. ...More Best International TV:

Torchwood: The Complete First Season By 2008/01 - Warner Home Video 1419858939 Check Our Catalog Policewoman Gwen Cooper stumbles upon a secret organization known as Torchwood. Led by the mysterious Capt. Jack Harkness, the clandestine group monitors alien activity on Earth, which is more prevalent than anyone realizes. Cooper soon joins Harkness, tech expert Toshiko Sato and medic Owen Harper in their quest to protect Earth from invasion in this series spun off from "Doctor Who." ...More Best TV Documentary:

The War By Burns, Ken 2007/10 - PBS Home Video BL07905DVD Check Our Catalog Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore World War II through the experiences of American veterans and their loved ones in this riveting seven-part series. Combining vivid historical footage, gripping accounts from soldiers and the memories of those who waited at home, the film provides an intimate look at war. ...More

Downloadable Audiobooks Now Available for Macs, too!

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New Quick Flicks for the Week of 12/2/08

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.

Christmas Caper By 2008/10 - First Look Home Entertain 5557381260 Check Our Catalog ...More

The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian By Adamson, Andrew 2008/12 - Buena Vista BL07081DVD Check Our Catalog One year later, the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1,300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct and Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. The four children will soon meet a curious new character: Narnia's rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding, as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. ...More

Linewatch By Bray, Kevin Gooding, Cuba Hardwick, Omari 2008/10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435900588 Check Our Catalog Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. leads the cast as Michael Dixon, a seasoned agent working linewatch on the US/Mexico Border. Well respected by his peers at US Border Patrol, and well loved by his family, Michael's world is suddenly threatened by secrets from his past. Michael was not always the respectable family man he now has become - he was once a vicious Los Angeles gang member who turned his back on the gang and his own brutal ways. But no one can quit the gang, so when a chance encounter leads the gang to Michael in New Mexico, Michael is forced to find a way to protect his family, even if it means helping the psychotic gang leader Drake smuggle a truckload of drugs across the border. ...More

The Longshots By Durst, Fred 2008/12 - Weinstein Co BL01885DVD Check Our Catalog Eleven-year-old Jasmine Plummer becomes the Pop Warner League's first female quarterback with help from her uncle, a former high school gridiron star, in this true story directed by Fred Durst. ...More

Pictures of Hollis Woods By Spacek, Sissy 2008/05 - Hallmark BL08883DVD Check Our Catalog Having run away from a succession of foster homes, a 12-year-old girl resorts to desperate measures to stay with the eccentric retired teacher who's made her feel like she's finally in the place where she belongs. ...More

Priceless By Salvadori, Pierre 2008/09 - First Look BL04889DVD Check Our Catalog Irene, who makes a fortune sweet-talking rich men, puts the moves on klutzy Jean, unaware that he's just a hotel bartender. But by the time she realizes her mistake, Jean is smitten with her. Letting men down easy has never been Irene's strong suit, but she finds a way to mend Jean's broken heart that ensures he'll never have to mix cocktails again. ...More

Step Brothers By McKay, Adam 2008/12 - Sony BL12086DVD Check Our Catalog Brennan Huff and Dale Doback -- two grown men still living at home -- turn into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad. Will the reluctant step siblings ever see eye to eye? And more importantly, will they ever leave the nest? ...More

Wanted By Bekmambetov, Timur 2008/08 - Universal BL11086DVD Check Our Catalog Wesley Gibbon is just an ordinary guy, unaware that his long-lost father is one of the world's most notorious assassins. But when his father is killed, a mysterious associate named Sloan arrives, offering Wesley the chance to fill dad's shoes. Mentored by Sloan's deputy, Fox, Wesley carries out the will of the mythological Fates, who see Wesley's targets in a magical loom. ...More

X-Files I Want to Believe By Carter, Chris 2008/12 - Fox Home Entertainment BL12084DVD Check Our Catalog David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their trademark roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in this long-awaited sequel to the 1998 hit film The X Files: Fight the Future, based on the phenomenally popular TV series. ...More

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Public Library

Holiday Inn

Monday, December 8, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

A singer and a dancer flirt with women at the singer's New England inn, open only on holidays.