Tuesday, October 13, 2009

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 10/13/09

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.

American Violet

American Violet
By Disney, Tim
2009-10 - Image Entertainment
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Falsely accused of distributing narcotics in a school zone, Dee Roberts (Beharie) is offered a deal she can't refuse: plead guilty and accept a 10-year suspended sentence. The alternative: risk serving 16-to-25 in jail. Realizing a conviction would ruin her life, Dee decides to fight back. Suing the DA for racial discrimination, Dee battles impossible odds in a case that will not only change her life but the laws of Texas as well. …More



Drag Me to Hell

Drag Me to Hell
By Raimi, Sam
2009-10 - Universal Home Video
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After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Now, her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell. …More



Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost
By Silberling, Brad
2009-10 - Universal Home Video
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After accidentally uncovering a portal to an alternate universe peopled with dinosaurs, park ranger Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) and his two kids are forced to navigate a dangerous new world. Brad Silberling directs this big-screen adaptation of the classic 1970s adventure series "Land of the Lost." …More



Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
By Park, Nick
2009-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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The bread business booms for Wallace and his clever pooch, Gromit, when they open their windmill-powered bakery, Top Bun. But danger looms when local bakers begin disappearing without a trace in this tongue-in-cheek mystery. Convinced that Wallace's new lady friend, Piella Bakewell -- a former model for the Bake-O-Lite bread company -- is behind the crimes, Gromit enlists the help of Piella's own dog, Fluffles, to save his beloved master. …More



The Proposal

The Proposal
By Fletcher, Anne
2009-10 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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When she learns that she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported back to her native Canada, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), to marry her. …More



The Village Barbershop

The Village Barbershop
By Ford, Chris J.
2009-03 - Monterey Home Video
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Art Leroldi is terminal. Terminally irritable, that is. A small-time Reno barber stuck in a rut of haircuts, hot dogs and horse books, he lives every day like a warmed-over version of the last. Hit with the unexpected death of his long-time business partner and last apparent friend, he's faced with losing the only thing in life hes got left-his man's man barbershop. To keep it, hell be forced to hire the last person on earth he'd ever want working there-a woman. More specifically, Gloria MacIntyre, a spitfire young lady who suddenly finds herself unable to take Arts no for an answer. …More