Tuesday, November 24, 2009

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 11/24/09

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.

Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons
By Howard, Ron
2009-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
1435900979 Check Our Catalog

What terrifying discovery would make the Vatican turn to Robert Langdon, the man who cracked historys most controversial code? When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati the most powerful underground organization in history he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. Upon learning that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, Langdon travels to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that marks the Vatican's only hope for survival. …More

Four Christmases

Four Christmases
By Gordon, Seth
2009-11 - New Line Cinema Corporation
0794043138348 Check Our Catalog

Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon teams up with Vince Vaughn for this romantic comedy that casts them as a dating couple who are forced to spend their first Christmas together visiting each of their four divorced parents -- in a single day. …More

Funny People

Funny People
By Apatow, Judd
2009-11 - Universal Home Video
0025195053815 Check Our Catalog

George Simmons is a famous stand-up comedian who learns that he has a terminal illness and less than a year to live. When, he meets Ira, a struggling comedian at a comedy club where both the comedians are performing, George hires Ira to be his personal assistant and opening act at his performances. The two forge a close friendship as George helps Ira with his career and Ira helps George find closure in his legacy. However, when George learns that his disease has gone into remission and an ex-girlfriend re-enters his life, he's inspired to reevaluate what is important to him and what truly gives meaning to his life. …More

Gomorrah (DVD)

Gomorrah (DVD)
By Garrone, Matteo
2009-11 - Image Entertainment
0715515051712 Check Our Catalog

The intertwining tales of a delivery boy, a tailor, a businessman and two cocky teenagers form the fabric of this gritty and lyrical examination of the influential Neapolitan mob known as the Camorra. …More

Ryan & Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure

Ryan & Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure
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2009-07 - Uni Dist Corp (Music)
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Shorts

Shorts
By Rodriguez, Robert
2009-11 - Warner Home Video
1419879154 Check Our Catalog

When the residents of a tight-knit community learn that 11-year-old Toe Thompson has discovered a mysterious multicolored rock that grants the wishes of whomever possesses it, chaos ensues. …More

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
By Walt Disney
2001-10 - Walt Disney Home Video
BL11027DVD Check Our Catalog

Fairy tale story of Snow White and the adventures she has with the seven dwarfs, the prince, and her evil step mother. …More

Baabarr
"A 12 year old boy picks up a country made gun and shoots a man in cold blood! His eyes, devoid of any emotion, his heart exhibit no remose. After shooting the person in broad day light, this 12 year old boy walked the streets of Aman ganj, with a gun in one hand. Everyone present in the market watched this young lad walk with no fear. The fear in fact had translated, from him into everyone's heart there. He had made a mark! The boy who started from the streets of Aman Ganj had trespassed every barrier of crime. For the 10 years that followed he traumatized one and all. His reign of fear knew no bounds, the government summoned a man to put an end to all of his. An encounter specialist -- S. P Dwivedi. The order was simple, arrest him or kill him!"

Darwin's darkest hour
When Charles Darwin's life's work is in danger of being scooped by Alfred Wallace, one of his children is stricken by scarlet fever and one with diphtheria. His wife, Emma, is his rock, helping him through the turmoil. This story brings to life the compelling human story behind the publication of one of history's most influential theories.

Enlighten up!: a skeptic's journey into the world of Yoga
Determined to prove that Yoga can transform anyone, filmmaker Kate Churchill finds a test subject to document. Nick Rosen is skeptical, but agrees to be her guinea pig. Kate immerses Nick in yoga and follows him around the world as he examines the good, the bad and the ugly of Yoga. The two encounter celebrity yogis, true believers, kooks and world-renowned gurus. Tensions soar as Nick's transformational progress lags and Kate's plan crumbles. Ultimately, what they find is not what they were looking for.

Evergreen
"Fourteen year old Henrietta -- Henri for short -- longs for everything she doesn't have. Looking down a road that turns bad instead of right, Henri and her mother Kate are forced to move in with her grandmother in a leaking shack on the edge of a Pacific Northwest town. Desperate to find a way out, Henri starts seeing a boy at school, Chat Turly, and resolves to do anything it takes to become part of his seemingly ideal wealthy family. But when Henri can no longer ignore the severe flaws in Chat's home life, she takes stock of her comic and tragic roots and realizes she possesses a different kind of wealth"

High school record
Mockumentary about senior year in high school.

Left bank
A dedicated professional runner is sidelined by an infection. But when she impulsively decides to move into her new boyfriend's high-rise apartment on the outskirts of Antwerp, she will discover that his 'perfect' home may hold strange powers and even darker secrets. The previous tenant disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Lovecraft: fear of the unknown
"H.P. Lovecraft was the forefather of modern horror fiction having inspired such writers as Stephen King, Robert Bloch, and Neil Gaiman. The influence of his Cthulhu mythos can be seen in film, games, music, and pop culture in general. But what led an Old World, xenophobic gentleman to create one of literature's most far-reaching mythologies? What attracts even the minds of the 21st century to these stories of unspeakable abominations and cosmic gods? 'Lovecraft : fear of the unknown' is a chronicle of the life, work and mind that created these weird tales as told by many of today's luminaries of dark fantasy including John Carpenter, Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Stuart Gordon, Caitlin Kiernan, and Peter Straub"

Manson
A look at how one man could change a group of innocent peace-loving people into a gang of brutal killers. Includes rare archive footage and firsthand interviews with members of the Manson family, lead prosecutors at the time, and Manson himself.