New Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/15/09

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.

Coco Chanel By Duguay, Christian 2009-07 - Universal Home Video 0025192027512 Check Our Catalog …More

Easy Virtue By Elliott, Stephan 2009-09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435968719 Check Our Catalog American divorcee Larita meets a wealthy young Englishman, John Whittaker, in France and impulsively marries him -- but she's not ready to take on her disapproving new in-laws. When John returns to his parents' country estate with his new bride, the dysfunctional Whittaker family attempts to destroy the spirited American girl. This romantic comedy is based on Noel Coward's play. …More

Stealing Lincoln's Body By 2009-05 - A & E Home Video 0733961154726 Check Our Catalog …More

X-Men Origins,Wolverine By Hood, Gavin 2009-09 - 20th Century Fox 0024543602859 Check Our Catalog This action-packed prequel to the popular X-Men films explores Marvel Comics character Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) past and the events that influenced the mutant before the Weapon X program bonded his skeleton with the powerfully strong metal alloy adamantium. After the death of his girlfriend, Wolverine seeks vengeance against supervillain Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber). …More

Remembering Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009

Patrick Swayze, actor in such films as Dirty Dancing and Ghost, passed away today at the age of 57. Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008.

Read a news article about Patrick Swayze:
Patrick Swayze Dies
New York Times, September 14, 2009.

Patrick Swayze Dies From Pancreatic Cancer
Newsweek, September 14, 2009.

'Dirty Dancing,' 'Ghost' Highlighted Film Career
The Washington Post, September 14, 2009.


Dirty Dancing Clip



Checkout a movie by Patrick Swayze:

City of Joy By Joffe, Roland 2006-07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1404950621 Check Our Catalog A Houston surgeon goes to Calcutta and joins an Englishwoman's crusade at her clinic for the poor. Directed by Roland Joffe. …More

Dirty Dancing By Ardolino, Emile 2008-04 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 5559946982 Check Our Catalog A doctor's daughter gets slinky with the dance teacher at a Catskills resort, summer 1963. …More

Donnie Darko By Kelly, Richard Producer Barrymore, Drew 2007-09 - Twentieth Century-Fox 5550121840 Check Our Catalog An edgy, psychological thriller aobut a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his dark destiny. A delusional high school student is visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past - and deadly predictions for the future. …More

The Fox & the Hound 2 By 2008-09 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 5558159243 Check Our Catalog Tod and Copper are back, and they've brought along some new friends in this homespun tale of true friendship that can't be broken. Overflowin' with toe-tappin' songs and a star-studded voice cast, including Reba McEntire and Patrick Swayze as The Singin' Strays. …More

Ghost By Zucker, Jerry 2008-02 - Paramount Home Video 5557980962 Check Our Catalog A slain Manhattan yuppie reaches out to his lover, with a medium as his middlewoman. …More

Keeping Mum By Johnson, Niall 2008-05 - Image Entertainment 5557991417 Check Our Catalog Keeping Mum stars Rowan Atkinson as an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wifes (Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor (Swayze), his daughters parade of new boyfriends, and his young sons regular trouncing by the schools bullies. Enter their charming new housekeeper, Grace (Smith), the answer to the familys prayers: a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house and a very unusual way of solving problems. …More

North and South: The Complete Collection By Heffron, Richard T. 2004-10 - Warner Home Video 0790798247 Check Our Catalog TWO FRIENDS, ONE NORTHERN AND ONE SOUTHERN, STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR FRIENDSHIP AS EVENTS BUILD TOWARDS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. …More

The Outsiders By Coppola, Francis Ford 2008-09 - Warner Home Video 1419873377 Check Our Catalog The Socs oppose the Greasers in 1960s Oklahoma. Directed by Francis Coppola. From the S.E. Hinton novel. …More

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar By Kidron, Beeban Director Swayze, Patrick Kidron 2004-12 - Universal Home Video 0783219679 Check Our Catalog Car trouble strands three drag queens in a conservative Midwestern town. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/8/09

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.

Beyond Our Differences By 2009-03 - PBS 0841887010221 Check Our Catalog …More

Crank 2-High Voltage By 2009-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398112655 Check Our Catalog In this high-octane sequel, hitman Chev Chelios' (Statham) launches himself on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart. …More

Dance Flick By Wayans, Damien Dante 2009-09 - Paramount Home Video 0097360726947 Check Our Catalog Dance Flick is a hilarious new comedy that brings together the talents of two generations of the Wayans family, the explosively funny clan who brought us the Scary Movie franchise and White Chicks, as well as the groundbreaking TV series In Living Color. In Dance Flick, a young street dancer, Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans, Jr.), from the wrong side of the tracks and a beautiful young woman, Megan White (Shoshana Bush), are brought together by their passion for dancing and put to the test in the mother of all dance battles. Dance Flick sends up the dance movie genre, including such recent hits as Step Up and You Got Served, as well as the classic Flashdance. …More

Home By Harden, Marcia Gay 2009-06 - Monterey Home Video 0012233224825 Check Our Catalog There are moments frozen under glass] Inga (Academy award winner Marcia Gay Harden) is a poet. She wants to buy and restore a house she is drawn to that reminds her of her childhood home, but her distant husband Hermann (Michael Gaston) sees little value in it or many of the things Inga loves. Inga realizes that many things in her life are coming full circle. Her crumbling marriage is a stark contrast to her relationship with her 8-year-old daughter, (Eulala Scheel, Ms. Harden's real life daughter) with whom she shares her hopes, fears and inner-most thoughts following her recovery from breast cancer. By day their lives seem magical, full of cloud watching, kite flying and lazy summer drives. But at night, Inga is troubled by her marriage, its lack of intimacy and her fear of her own mortality. By weaving optimism into her lifes story it is in her own writing that she hears the echo of her mothers journey and experiences the revelation that allows her transformation. …More

Music Within By Sawalich, Steven 2009-02 - Tcfhe/MGM 5557459413 Check Our Catalog Ron Livingston delivers the performance of a lifetime in this acclaimed film based on the incredible true-life story of Richard Pimentel. Deafened by a bomb blast in Vietnam, Richard (Livingston) returns home and discovers his lifes calling: helping others with disabilities, including his fellow veterans. Along with his best friend Art (Michael Sheen), a wheelchair-bound rebel with a wicked wit, Richard fights for the rights of those whose voices cant always be heard. MUSIC WITHIN is a powerful and inspiring journey that every American should take. …More

American Experience: Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer By 2009-04 - PBS 0841887010382 Check Our Catalog …More

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 at 11am

The Pink Panther introduced us to the bumbling Inspector Clouseau (hilariously played by Peter Sellers), hot on the trail of a famous jewel thief (David Niven), who may be planning to make off with an expensive gem known as the Pink Panther. Set in a European ski resort, this bubbly comedy is a delightful blend of elegance and slapstick. Also appearing for the first time is the cartoon Pink Panther, slinking to the beat of Henry Mancini's timeless music. With Claudia Cardinale and Robert Wagner. (Not rated, 115 minutes)

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/1/09

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.

Bring It On, Fight to the Finish By Woodruff, Bille 2009-09 - Universal Home Video 0025195054386 Check Our Catalog After her mom gets remarried, Lina says adios to her East Los Angeles home and readjusts to life in affluent Malibu, where the new girl pledges to whip her school's ailing cheerleading squad into shape. But will Lina's fiery Latin and hip-hop moves be enough to topple the ranking champions, led by the formidable Avery? The spirit is back in this high-energy addition to the cheerleading franchise. …More

Disneynature Earth By Fothergill, Alastair 2009-09 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936787429 Check Our Catalog An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet -- polar bears, elephants and humpback whales. Filmed with spectacular clarity and beauty, EARTH is both majestic and intimate as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals. From the landmark Disneynature collection, EARTH is an astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense and humor that will take your breath away. …More

Gigantic By Aselton, Matt 2009-08 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476011257 Check Our Catalog Brian Weathersby (PAUL DANO) is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (ED ASNER, JANE ALEXANDER), and the youngest son in a trio of successful brothers, a shady oil man (IAN ROBERTS), a surgeon (ROBERT STANTON), Brian is searching for his place in the world. Unfulfilled by his work he spends a good portion of his day pursuing his goal of someday adopting a baby from China. He gets swept up in a romance with the lovely but misguided Harriet Lolly (ZOOEY DESCHANEL) when she comes in to his store one day and falls asleep on one of the beds. To win her over, he must compete with her bear of a father, Al Lolly, (JOHN GOODMAN) an art-collecting loudmouth with a bad back and deep pockets. GIGANTIC is a funny, surreal love story about the anxiety that comes when two people with crazy families collide unexpectedly and fall for each other. …More

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love By Barr, Douglas 2009-10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435963806 Check Our Catalog …More

State of Play By Crowe, Russell 2009-09 - Universal Home Video 0025195040075 Check Our Catalog When D.C. Reporter Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician (Affleck), he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nations power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no ones integrity, love or life is safe. …More

Sugar By Boden, Anna 2009-09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435968689 Check Our Catalog A gifted pitcher travels from his home in the Dominican Republic to play minor league baseball in the U.S., where he struggles with the new culture and the pressure of knowing that only his success can rescue his family. …More