New Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/29/09

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.

Away We Go By Mendes, Sam 2009-09 - Focus Features 0025195050135 Check Our Catalog Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, this funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple (John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph), as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time. The movie features the music of Alexi Murdoch. …More

Generation RX: Reading, Writing & Ritalin By 2009-07 - Repnet LLC 0718122850815 Check Our Catalog …More

Management By Belber, Stephen 2009-09 - Image Entertainment 0014381540529 Check Our Catalog MANAGEMENT is a romantic comedy that chronicles a chance meeting between Mike Cranshaw (Steve Zahn) and Sue Claussen (Jennifer Aniston). When Sue checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike's parents in Arizona, what starts with a bottle of wine compliments of MANAGEMENT soon evolves into a multi-layered, cross-country journey of two people looking for a sense of purpose. Mike, an aimless dreamer, bets it all on a trip to Sue's workplace in Maryland only to find that she has no place for him in her carefully ordered life. Buttoned down and obsessed with making a difference in the world, Sue goes back to her yogurt mogul ex-boyfriend Jango (Woody Harrelson), who promises her a chance to head his charity operations. But, having found something worth fighting for, Mike pits his hopes against Sue's practicality, and the two embark on a twisted, bumpy, freeing journey to discover that their place in the world just might be together. …More

Monsters vs Aliens By Letterman, Rob 2009-09 - Paramount 0097361197548 Check Our Catalog After Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is struck by a meteor and grows to be 50-feet tall, she's captured by the government and shuttled to a secret compound where she meets a team of other monsters -- soon to be Earth's only defense when an alien attacks. Under orders from the president (Stephen Colbert), Susan and her cohorts Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), the Missing Link (Will Arnett) and B.O.B. (Seth Rogen) set out to save the world. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/22/09

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Battle for Terra By Tsirbas, Aristomenis 2009-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 031398113478 Check Our Catalog When the peaceful inhabitants of the beautiful planet Terra come under attack from the last surviving members of humanity adrift in an aging spaceship, the stage is set for an all-out war between the two species for control of the planet. But will an unlikely friendship between a rebellious young Terrian (voiced by Evan Rachel Wood) and an injured human pilot (Luke Wilson) somehow convince their leaders that war is not the answer? …More

Che: Part 1 - Argentine By Soderbergh, Steven 2009-08 - E1 Entertainment BL12094DVD Check Our Catalog Benicio Del Toro delivers a searing, emotional performance as Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an asthmatic Argentine doctor who became one of Latin America's most legendary revolutionary leaders in the 1950s. The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S. - friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista. …More

Echelon Conspiracy By 2009-07 - Paramount Home Video 0097360705140 Check Our Catalog After stumbling upon a strange cell phone that seems to steer him toward limitless wealth, a young engineer goes along for the ride. But the road veers into dangerous territory when he becomes the target of a global conspiracy. …More

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past By Waters, Mark 2009-09 - Warner Home Video 1419873776 Check Our Catalog When he attends his younger brother's wedding, playboy Connor (Matthew McConaughey) is troubled to discover that the ghosts of his many girlfriends have come to give him a piece of their mind and teach him a thing or two about true love. As the apparitions visit him, he rediscovers old feelings for the first love of his life. Mark Waters directs this delightful romantic comedy also starring Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas. …More

Frontline: Heat By 2009-04 - PBS 079369499X Check Our Catalog …More

Observe and Report By Hill, Jody 2009-09 - Warner Home Video BL10097DVD Check Our Catalog Rent-a-cop Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogen) is tasked with keeping the peace at the Forest Ridge Mall, but when a flasher strikes, Ronnie has no gun -- and no power to stop the exhibitionist. A rivalry ensues when the police send in Det. Harrison (Ray Liotta) to crack the case. Can Ronnie bring the flasher to justice before the well-armed Harrison does? …More

S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale By Fisher, Chris 2009-08 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543575184 Check Our Catalog Seven years after her brothers death, Samantha Darko is on the run]from her shattered home, from her bizarre past, and even from herself. But when she and her friend Corey are stranded in a desert town, they witness a meteorite crash that fractures time]and begins a countdown to the end of the world. Now Sam must rely on the frightening visions that plague her dreams to overcome her own dark destiny and set time back on course before everything she knows is destroyed! …More

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

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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

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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