AFI Lifetime Achievement

The American Film Institute has nominated Warren Beatty to receive their 36th Life Achievement Award. Here is a sample of his filmography:

Bonnie and Clyde By Penn, Arthur 1999/05 - Warner Home Video BL07964DVD Check Our Catalog Adrift in the depression-era Southwest, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker embark on a life of crime. Includes original theatrical trailer ...More

Bugsy By Levinson, Barry 1999/01 - Sony Pictures BL08928DVD Check Our Catalog Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, is inspired by a female companion to follow his dream and build the now famous Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Bonus features include 13 minutes of extra footage, documentary, deleted scenes, and more. ...More

Reds By 2006/10 - Paramount Home Video 5558233753 Check Our Catalog U.S. journalist John Reed and wife Louise Bryant witness the Russian Revolution. Oscars for director Beatty, supporting actress Maureen Stapleton. ...More

Shampoo By Beatty, Warren Ashby, Hal Beatty, Warren 2004/11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 076784887X Check Our Catalog Lovers undo a Beverly Hills hairdresser around Election Eve 1968. Supporting actress Oscar for Lee Grant. ...More

Splendor in the Grass By Kazan, Elia Various Artists 2005/07 - Warner Home Video 5554490603 Check Our Catalog Parents drive two high-school lovers tragically apart in 1920s Kansas. Directed by Elia Kazan. ...More

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Public Library

On July 25th at 2pm, the library will be showing the movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

(Rated PG) in the Community Rooms. If you enjoy this movie, you may also like these other action-packed films:

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie By Winning, David Levy, Shuki Frank, Jason David 2008/02 - Tcfhe 555035344X Check Our Catalog It's time to shift into turbo. It's the Power Rangers to the rescue in their all new high action motion picture adventure. With new turbo powers and racing Turbo Zords, the five superheroes battle an evil space pirate to save a wise and gentle alien and the planet Earth from certain destruction. ...More

Avatar, the Last Airbender: Book 1 Water, Volume 3 By 2008/02 - Paramount Home Video 5558470178 Check Our Catalog ...More

Yu-GI-Oh! the Movie By Takahashi, Ryosuke Stuart, Eric Grayson, Wayne 2007/04 - Warner Home Video 1419801619 Check Our Catalog For ultimate action, he holds all the cards! My monster can beat your monster! Or can it? The duels, strategies, lore and flat-out fun of the hottest trading-card game around supercharge this first-ever movie inspired by the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! games, comic books and TV series. Heroic Yugi squares off against archrival Kaiba in an adventure even more dangerous when the imaginary monsters in their playing cards become ferociously real when an old evil enters the fray. Who will win this ultimate smackdown? Whether you're a novice Duelist or a professional, you'll want to watch and find out! ...More

Bionicle: Mask of Light - The Movie By Molina, David Shakespeare, Terry Michas, Jason 2006/09 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 5552193229 Check Our Catalog Experience the action-packed adventure that has enthralled millions of fans. Discover the latest chapter in this legendary story in an all-new CGI animated movie. It's nonstop action as Jaller and his best friend Takua set off on their journey to find the 7th Toa, a mysterious guardian who will help protect their island home. With the guidance of the Mask of Light and the united strengths of the other six Toa, the brave companions must overcome the powerful Makuta and his menacing Rahkshi. They must prevail or the island of Mata Nui will be doomed to an eternity of darkness! ...More

Scooby-Doo By Gosnell, Raja 2002/10 - Warner Home Video BL04982DVD Check Our Catalog Two years after a clash of egos forced Mystery, Inc. to close its doors, Scooby-Doo and his crime-solving cohorts are individually summoned to Spooky Island to investigate a series of paranormal incidents at the ultra-hip spring break hot spot. Concerned his park might truly be haunted, the owner tries to reunite those notoriously meddling detectives to sovle the mystery before his supernatural secret scares away the college crowd ...More

People's Choice Awards

Justin Timberlake tops the list of the 2008 People's Choice Awards for Music....
Here's a select list of a few other choice winners:




Daughtry
By Daughtry, Chris
2006/11 -
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Justified
By Timberlake, Justin
2002/11 -
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Hairspray Soundtrack
By Original Soundtrack
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2007/07 -
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Me and My Gang
By Rascal Flatts
2006/04 -
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Sweet Escape
By Stefani, Gwen
2006/12 -
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The X-Files

The X-Files: I Want To Believe is scheduled to be released to theaters on July 25th. Catch up on the conspiracy and watch the television show:

The X Files: The Complete First Season By X-Files Duchovny, David Hardin, Jerry 2004/05 - Tcfhe 5554458165 Check Our Catalog An all new 11-minute "Truth about Season One" documentary, 47 promotional spots, 11 behind the scene truth spots from FX and much more. The complete first season ...More

The X-Files: The Complete Second Season By X-Files Duchovny, David Pileggi, Mitch 2004/05 - Tcfhe 5554457339 Check Our Catalog Containing all 24 episodes from television's award-winning show, the X-Files season two finds Mulder and Scully getting even closer to the truth, as their lives become more dangerous. Director Skinner, Cigarette-Smoking Man, the mysterious Syndicate, and more are all featured. ...More

The X Files By Bowman, Rob Duchovny, David Anderson, Gillian 2005/09 - Tcfhe 555445674X Check Our Catalog The X Files is set against the dynamic backdrops of Washington, D.C., dusty fields of northern Texas, private meeting rooms of London and the frigid reaches of Antarctica. The movie is carefully designed to introduce the popular characters to a whole new audience while rewarding its existing core of fans with answers to questions posed in the show's extraordinary five-season television run. ...More

The Dark Knight

While The Dark Knight swoops into theaters on July 18th, you may wish to revisit Batman's crime fighting past:

Batman Returns By Burton, Tim Keaton, Michael DeVito, Danny 2007/05 - Warner Home Video 141985500X Check Our Catalog The Caped Crusader clashes with Catwoman and saves gloomy Gotham City from the foul Penguin's plot. Directed by Tim Burton. ...More

Batman Begins By Nolan, Christopher 2005/10 - Warner Brothers BL10057DVD Check Our Catalog Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City after years of training in excile following his parents murder. He finds the city infested with crime and begins a one-man war against evil disguised at Batman. ...More

Batman 2007/05 - Warner Home Video 1419854992 Check Our Catalog The Caped Crusader saves dismal Gotham City and gorgeous Vicki Vale from the freaky Joker. Directed by Tim Burton. ...More

Justice League By Lukic, Butch Riba, Dan Murakami, Glen 2006/11 - Warner Home Video 079076590X Check Our Catalog When global catastrophe strikes, the world's greatest super heroes answer the call to join Justice League. Justice League works together as a team to overcome a dangerous array of interstellar invaders and world-conquering megalomaniacs. ...More

New Quick Flicks for the week of 7/15/08

The Bank Job By Donaldson, Roger 2008/07 - Lions Gate 5557398023 Check Our Catalog Based on a true 1971 event, this thriller tells the story of Terry, a car dealer who becomes involved in a London bank heist only to find that the contents of the bank vault will draw him deeply and irrevocably into the city's criminal underbelly. ...More

College Road Trip By Kumble, Roger 2008/07 - Buena Vista BL07080DVD Check Our Catalog College-bound Rachel finds her tour of prospective schools taking a detour when her overprotective police chief father insists on coming along. ...More

For My Country: The History of the National Guard By 2008/05 - Repnet LLC 5557426132 Check Our Catalog Narrated by legendary music icon PAT BOONE, FOR MY COUNTRY takes you on a journey of the rich history of the UNITED STATES NATIONAL GUARD. This moving documentary offers an insider¢¬¢s view of the impact the National Guard has made throughout our history and reaches into the heroic lives of the dedicated men and women who sacrifice to defend the United States and its interests at home and all over the globe. This acknowledgment to patriotism culminates with a beautifully filmed and emotionally charged music tribute by PAT BOONE to fallen heroes and the brave soldiers who continue to stand tall for our country. ...More

For One More Day By 2008/05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 5557452885 Check Our Catalog ...More

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control By 2008/07 - Warner Home Video 1419860852 Check Our Catalog ...More

Meet Bill By Goldmann, Bernard 2008/07 - First Look Home Entertain 5557432248 Check Our Catalog MEET BILL (Aaron Eckhart) - a doormat if ever there was one. A man reduced to a mere accessory to his family by working a dead end job at his father-in law's bank and arguing about his overindulgent love for chocolate with his wife Jess (Elizabeth Banks) who is loathe to explain her friendship with the local news anchorman (Timothy Olyphant). But Bill's fate begins to change when he becomes mentor to a self-assured boy (Logan Lerman) who engineers Bill's recovery with the help of a cute lingerie sales girl named Lucy (Jessica Alba). Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless life with humor and energy while forcing him to capture his dream of being financially independent and self-confident. MEET BILL is a film about what it means to let go of your inhibitions and find the path you're destined for. ...More

The Onion Movie By 2008/06 - Tcfhe 555741827X Check Our Catalog This just in...The Onion invades DVD! Based on the wildly popular satirical newspaper hailed by The New Yorker as ¢¬the funniest publication in the United States, ¢¬ The Onion Movie brings you uncensored, uninhibited, UNRATED news and views from around the world. And in a stunning development, when Onion News anchorman Norm Archer (Len Cariou) is asked to compromise his journalistic integrity to please a new corporate sponsor, he doesn¢¬¢t just get mad, he gets...angry. Taking aim at pop stars, party games, prisoners and peace talks, The Onion Movie delivers hard-hitting headlines¢¬and side-splitting laughs! ...More

Penelope By Palansky, Mark Ricci Palansky, Mark Ricci Ricci, Christina Witherspoon 2008/07 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 5557408649 Check Our Catalog Christina Ricci stars as Penelope, a lonely heiress who has spent her entire life trying to break a strange family curse that left her with the nose of a pig. When she meets a charming aristocrat (James McAvoy) who seems to see beyond her physical appearance, Penelope begins to learn that loving herself is more important than breaking the curse. Also starring Reese Witherspoon and Catherine O'Hara, Penelope is a delightful modern-day fairy tale for the entire family. ...More

A Raisin in the Sun By Leon, Kenny Combs, Sean Rashad, Phylicia 2008/05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 5557454810 Check Our Catalog Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads where the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the family? Perhaps a liquor store? Or even pay for medical school tuition? While no choice is easy, life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is even harder. ...More

Jesse Stone: Sea Change By 2008/09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1424870852 Check Our Catalog Jesse Stone: Sea Change is the fourth in the series of films starring Selleck as Jesse Stone, the former Los Angeles homicide detective who has been fired from the LAPD, left his wife and comes to Paradise, Massachusetts, to start life over again as the New England town’s police chief. ...More

Shutter By Ochiai, Masayuki 2008/07 - 20th Century Fox BL07888DVD Check Our Catalog This American remake of a Thai horror blockbuster follows the Shaws, a young newlywed couple who become haunted by strange shadowlike images in the photographs they develop after their involvement in a car accident. As more terrifying supernatural occurrences befall them, they begin to wonder whether the photographic ghosts are connected to the accident -- and to question whether they can survive learning the truth. ...More

Step Up 2: The Streets By Chu, Jon M. Evigan, Briana Sevani, Adam G. 2008/07 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 5557409831 Check Our Catalog STEP UP 2 THE STREETS is the follow-up to the smash hit "Step Up," which ignited theaters in August 2006. When rebellious street dancer Andie (BRIANA EVIGAN) lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase (ROBERT HOFFMAN) to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets, she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds. ...More