Natasha Richardson, 1963 - 2009

Actress Natasha Richardson passed on March 18th 2009 due to a head injury from a skiing accident. Richardson was the wife of actor Liam Neeson and daughter of legendary actress Vanessa Redgrave.

Chelsea Walls By Hawke, Ethan Alexanian, Alexis Koffler, Pamela 2004/07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 555359541X Check Our Catalog THE CHELSEA HOTEL USED TO BE THE HIPPEST PLACE TO LIVE FOR NEW YORK ARTISTS. PAINTERS, WRITERS AND MUSICIANS FROM MARK TWAIN TO JIMI HENDRIX ENLIVENED THE HOTEL'S HALLS. NOW, EVEN THOUGH THE IRON FACADE HAS BECOME RUSTY, A NEW GENERATION OF DREAMERS INHABIT THE HOTEL. ...More

Evening By Koltai, Lajos 2007/09 - Universal Studios BL07907DVD Check Our Catalog Overcome by the power of memory, Ann Lord reveals a long-held secret to her concerned daughters. Constance is a content wife and mother. Nina is a restless single woman. Both are bedside when Ann calls out for the man she loved more than any other. But her daughters wonder who is Harris and what is his relation to their mother? Constance and Nina try to take stock of Ann's life as their mother is tended to by a night nurse as she journeys into her mind back to a summer weekend some fifty years before, before she was married, going from New York City to be maid of honor at the high-society Newport wedding of her dearest friend from college, Lila Wittenborn. The bride-to-be is jittery, and turns to her maid of honor rather than her own mother for support. Ann stays close to her friend, yet is even closer to Lila's irrepressible brother Budd ...More

Maid in Manhattan By Wang, Wayne Lopez, Jennifer Fiennes, Ralph 2005/01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1404902716 Check Our Catalog Maid in Manhattan is the story Marisa Ventura, a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall, a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx. ...More

Nell By Apted, Michael Foster, Jodie Neeson, Liam 2008/04 - Twentieth Century-Fox 5559832049 Check Our Catalog Two doctors observe and try to communicate with a wild woodswoman in North Carolina. ...More

The Parent Trap By Meyers, Nancy Quaid, Dennis Richardson, Natasha 2006/06 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 5559199702 Check Our Catalog The Parent Trap tells the tale of identical twin sisters, separated shortly after birth by the break-up of their parents. The twins are raised on different continents by their two successful parents. Unaware of each other's existence, fate intervenes when the girls coincidentally meet at summer camp in Maine. Eager to meet their respective parents, the girls devise a scheme to switch places and ultimately, reunite their mom and dad. ...More

The White Countess By Ivory, James 2006/05 - Sony Pictures BL09985DVD Check Our Catalog A blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd and sometimes illicit jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family. ...More

Widows' Peak By Irvin, John Farrow, MIA Plowright, Joan 2005/04 - New Line Cinema Corporation 0780651189 Check Our Catalog An American widow clashes with another widow living in a special section of a 1920s Irish town. ...More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 3/17/09

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.

Cadillac Records By Martin, Darnell 2009/03 - Sony Pictures BL07870DVD Check Our Catalog The sounds of 1950s Chicago spring to life in this musical drama based on the true story of Leonard Chess, a bar owner turned record mogul who signs a lineup of future legends to his fledgling label, Chess Records. ...More

The Clique By 2009/02 - Warner Home Video 1419874608 Check Our Catalog ...More

Elegy By Coixet, Isabel 2009/03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 143593170X Check Our Catalog Driven by Isabel Coixets visually assured and deeply observant direction, ELEGY charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms themmore than either could imaginea charged sexual contest evolves into an indelible love story. With humanistic warmth, wry wit and erotic intensity, ELEGY explores the power of beauty to blind, to reveal and to transform. ...More

Punisher 2: War Zone By Alexander, Lexi 2009/03 - Lionsgate BL05872DVD Check Our Catalog Frank Castle, a one-man force of vengeance known as The Punisher, battles mob boss Billy Russoti. Left disfigured by the encounter, Russoti reemerges as Jigsaw, a psychotic villain with a small army at his command. ...More

Role Models By Wain, David 2009/03 - Universal Studios BL04092DVD Check Our Catalog Slackers Danny and Wheeler have coasted their way through jobs at an energy drink company. When their goofing off catches up with them, they're sentenced to community service with the Sturdy Wings mentoring program. The assignment is supposed to teach them responsibility, but it just proves that they're the last people who should be in charge of kids. ...More

Up the Yangtze By Chang, Yung 2008/11 - Zeitgeist Films BL07879DVD Check Our Catalog In China, it is simply known as The River. But the Yangtze--and all of the life that surrounds it--is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Canadian documentary filmmaker Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfather's youth to trace the surreal life of a farewell cruise that traverses the gargantuan waterway. ...More

Angel in love
"Angel Giordano, unable to return to heaven, stays optimistic while living with so many unhappy humans on earth. But Giordano is deeply shocked with his first experience of 'maleness' and old friends in heaven take pity on him, arranging a meeting with the only person on earth who can help Giordano overcome his deep sadness. Giordano discovers that love on earth brings great[er] happiness than he ever experienced in heaven."

Treasure blind
A Tulsa cabbie with a past full of wrecked relationships and missed opportunities is busy trying to track down a legendary stash of Civil War gold. What he digs up instead is the very past he has tried to bury. What will finding the treasure cost him?

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: Frida

Frida
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 6:00 PM

This film explores the amazing life story of world-renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo with a focus on her marriage to Mexican painter Diego Rivera and the outrageous personalities that made the two legends. Salma Hayek, who also produced the film, won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Frida.

Harry Potter Film Festival

Join us for the Harry Potter Film Festival. Each day the next in the series will be playing at 1:00 PM.

March 23, 2009

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone By Columbus, Chris 2004/05 - Warner Home Video BL10047DVD Check Our Catalog The Harry Potter saga begins when Harry learns that he is a wizard and begins at Hogwarts school for whichcraft and wizardry. ...More

March 24, 2009

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By Columbus, Chris Jones, Toby Radcliffe, Daniel 2008/01 - Warner Home Video 1419858858 Check Our Catalog The adaptation to J.K. Rowling's second book. All of the actors are back for a more action-heavy adventure. Harry, Ron and Hermione begin their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The school is the target of a series of attacks from a mysterious dark force. ...More

March 25, 2009

Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban By Cuaron, Alfonso 2004/06 - Warner Brothers BL07040DVD Check Our Catalog The third installment in the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban shows Harry's latest adventures at Hogwarts where he hears about Sirius Black, a feared wizard who has escaped from Azkaban prison. What Harry doesn't suspect is that Black escaped to specifically look for him. ...More

March 26, 2009

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire By Newell, Mike 2006/03 - Warner Home Video BL03064DVD Check Our Catalog J.K. Rowling's fourth book comes to life as young wizard Harry Potter faces evil Lord Voldemort. In his fourth year at Hogwarts, Harry competes in the treacherous Tri-Wizard Tournament. ...More

March 27, 2009

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix By Yates, David 2007/12 - Warner Bros. BL12072DVD Check Our Catalog Returning for his fifth year of study at the venerable Hogwarts, youthful wizard Harry Potter is stunned to find that that his warnings about the return of the evil Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students—dubbed "Dumbledore's Army"—to defend themselves against the dark arts. ...More