Friday, November 20, 2009

The "Mom Can Shop" Movie: UP (2009)

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Friday, November 27, 2009 at 10:30am & 2:00pm

Hey, Moms! Need time for all of your holiday shopping? Drop off Dad with the kids at the library to see “Up” (of course, you are welcome to stay, too!).
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and now in his 78th year he launches his house into the sky via thousands of balloons. Right after liftoff, he discovers he has a stowaway in the form of an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. This hilarious journey takes you into a lost world with the least likely duo on Earth. Rated PG, 96 minutes.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 11/17/09

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.

Bruno

Bruno
By Charles, Larry
2009-11 - Universal
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Golden Globe-winner Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again as he brings his most over-the-top character to life in the comedy that has started more conversations, generated more controversy and dared to go further than ever before! As Bruno travels the world in search of fame, no one - whether they are celebrities, politicians or even terrorists - will be spared from his signature sense of style and his wickedly off-kilter manner! And, yes, they are all real situations! …More

Is Anybody There?

Is Anybody There?
By Crowley, John
2009-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
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Ten-year-old Edward lives in his family-run retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward leads an increasingly lonely existence until he meets Clarence, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age. The two strike up an unlikely friendship that helps them both remember what magic is possible when life is lived to its fullest. …More


The Midnight Meat Train

The Midnight Meat Train
By Kitamura, Ryuhei
2009-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Struggling photographer Leon Kauffman's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany, the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters -- ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable. …More

My One and Only

My One and Only
By Loncraine, Richard
2009-11 - Fox
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Based on the true story of actor George Hamilton's early years, during which he accompanied his glamorous mother, Anne Hamilton Spalding, on an extended road trip across the country to track down her former boyfriends. …More

My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper
By Cassavetes, Nick
2009-11 - New Line Cinema Corporation
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A former defense attorney finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband get sued for emancipation by their teenage daughter, Anna. The subsequent trial exposes a shocking family secret that tests the limits of parental love -- and the boundaries of ethics. Based on Jodi Picoult's novel. …More


Star Trek

Star Trek
By Abrams, J.J.
2009-11 - Paramount Home Video
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The incredible story of a young crews maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: The USS Enterprise. In the midst of an incredible journey full of optimism, intrigue, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind. …More

The botany of desire
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.

The echo
After leaving prison, Bobby must live in the apartment of his deceased mother. When he begins to hear the dead that are trapped in the building, he begins to suspect who might have killed his mother.

How to be
Arthur is a twenty-something supermarket clerk and depressed musician who's just been dumped by his girlfriend and has to move back home to his emotionally distant parents. But when Arthur discovers the best-selling self-help book, It's Not Your Fault, he spends his inheritance on hiring the oddball author to be his live-in life-coach. Featuring original songs performed by Robert Pattinson.

The limits of control
A hitman is a mysterious loner. Getting his instructions at the airport before leaving for Madrid, he is told simply to go to a café and look for the violin. Further instructions come from various people he meets along the way and each is a part of his dangerous mission. He uses a coded greeting and exchanges matchboxes, one of which contains a curious code which the hitman simply eats. He prefers two cups of espresso served in separate cups and practices Tai Chi. He likes women because he is tempted by naked beauty.

The open road
Minor league baseball player Carlton Garrett takes an unplanned road trip to find his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garrett, after his mother becomes ill. Knowing that his father is charming, yet extremely immature, he brings along his sometimes girlfriend for support. After father and son are reunited, Carlton must struggle to deal with the misadventures brought on by his father's antics. Frustrations from the past come to a head as the mismatched trio returns home to Houston.

Rip!: a remix manifesto
Explores the complexities of intellectual property in the era of peer-to-peer file sharing. Interviews key figures in the debate, including Gregg Gillis, the Pittsburgh biomedical engineer who moonlights as Girl Talk, a mash-up artist rearranging the pop chart's DNA with his incongruous, entirely sample-based songs. A mash-up in itself, this shatters the wall between users and producers, and challenges the thresholds of 'fair use.'

Secrets of Shangri-La
Dive deep into Tibet as National Geographic explorers venture to discover the real Shangri-La, the mythic paradise that adventurers from all around have coveted for the past 2,000 years.

Thirst
Sang-hyun is a priest who cherishes life - so much so that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun now exists as a vampire.

Wild child
Sixteen-year-old Poppy is an LA teen diva who does what she wants, whenever she wants. But after an over-the-top prank pushes her father one step too far, she finds herself shipped off to the one place where everything will change: a British boarding school. Finding herself in a foreign world of early curfews, stern matrons, and mandatory lacrosse, Poppy realizes that she has finally met her match: a school of British girls who won't tolerate her rebellious ways. Under the watchful eye of the headmistress and surrounded by a new circle of friends, Poppy begins to understand her bad-girl behavior will only go so far. But just because she must grow up into a young lady, doesn't mean that she won't be spending every waking hour shaking up a very proper system.

You're welcome America: a final night with George W. Bush
In his first-ever HBO special, Will Ferrell takes viewers on a sentimental journey through the life, legend, and legacy of the 43rd U.S. President, portraying George W. Bush in this live performance from Broadway's Cort Theater.

Reel Women for Real Women: Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary RoadRevolutionary Road
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 6:00pm

In this portrait of an American marriage, Frank and April Wheeler seem to be a perfect couple but struggle behind closed doors with their personal demons. Determined not to become victims of the homogeneous suburbs of the 50s, the two make the decision to move to Paris, but this change forces the cracks that had already formed to be fully realized.