Tuesday, July 7, 2009

New Quick Flicks for the Week 7/7/09

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.

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Knowing
By Proyas, Alex
2009/07 - Summit Entertainment
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In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule but one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, Professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts every major disaster of the past 50 years. As John further unravels the documents chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional eventsthe last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve John and his son. ...More

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By Phillips, Lou Diamond
2009/05 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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From award-winning author Janette Oke comes the seventh chapter in the Love Comes Softly series, Love Takes Wing. The story picks up where the last chapter left off as Dr. Belinda Simpson (Sarah Jones) returns from Boston and takes on a new adventure as she makes her way to Missouri with her best friend Annie (Haylie Duff) to become the town doctor. ...More

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By Perry, Tyler
2009/01 - Lions Gate
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Marriage counselor Judith may be better at giving advice than taking it in this Tyler Perry play. Judith and her accountant husband Roger seem to have the perfect life, but some unexpected guests reveal the cracks in their relationship. When Hurricane Katrina forces Roger's dad and Judith's mom to seek refuge with their children, Judith turns to an old friend for advice about her suddenly unstable home environment. ...More

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By Trachtman, Ilana
2009/03 - Frist Run Features
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Lior Liebling, a Jewish boy with Down syndrome, spends his days praying endlessly to God, much to the delight -- and occasional befuddlement -- of those around him. Follow Lior, nicknamed the little rebbe, as he approaches his bar mitzvah. ...More

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Push
By McGuigan, Paul
2009/06 - Summit Entertainment
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On the run from the Division, a dangerous government agency that uses people with psychic abilities to do their bidding, telekinetic Nick Gant and clairvoyant Cassie Holmes team up to find a third psychic who can help them destroy the organization. ...More

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The Unborn
By Goyer, David S
2009/07 - Universal Home Video
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Enter a world of unrelenting evil as terror finds a new form in The Unborn. In this shocking supernatural thriller, a young woman, Casey (Yustman), is plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. Her only hope to break the debilitating paranormal curse is in an exorcism with spiritual advisor Sendak (Oldman). See what lies beyond the doorway of our world in this non-stop nightmare of the undead. ...More

Monday, July 6, 2009

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: The Music Man

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The Music Man

Monday July 13, 2009 at 10:00 am

Robert Preston made his musical debut--both live and on film—in the role he was born to play: "Professor" Harold Hill, the upbeat charlatan who promises to teach a small-town boys band by the "think system." Composer Meredith Willson’s memorable songs include "Gary, Indiana", "Goodnight My Someone", "Till There Was You", "Trouble," and "76 Trombones". With Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett and Ron Howard.