New Quick Flicks for the Week of 12/1/09

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.

Humpday By Shelton, Lynn 2009-11 - video 9786313196241 Check Our Catalog Two heterosexual college friends leading different lives meet again after ten years, and when they decide to enter an amateur pornographic film contest by having sex with each other their friendship is tested as they attempt to make the film. …More

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian By Levy, Shawn 2009-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543625889 Check Our Catalog Night has fallen upon the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The guides have gone home, the lights are out, the school kids are tucked in their beds... yet something incredible is stirring as former night guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) finds himself lured into his biggest, most imagination-boggling adventure yet in which history truly comes alive. In this second installment of the Night at the Museum saga, Larry faces a battle so epic it could only unfold in the corridors of the worlds largest museum. Now, Larry must try to save his formerly inanimate friends from what could be their last stand amid the wonders of the Smithsonian, all of which, from the famous paintings on the walls to the rocket ships in the halls, suddenly have a mind of their own. …More

Paper Heart By Jasenovec, Nicholas 2009-12 - Starz/Sphe 0013138009791 Check Our Catalog Eccentric performer and romantic skeptic Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest to learn the true nature of love -- and gathers some surprising findings when she begins a relationship with actor Michael Cera. Real-life sweethearts Yi and Cera star as themselves in this quirky hybrid of documentary and scripted comedy. …More

Terminator Salvation By McG, 2009-12 - Warner Home Video 1419873997 Check Our Catalog All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Christian Bale) must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots in this fourth installment of the popular action-packed Terminator series. But when Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe. …More

A Christmas proposal
When a real estate tycoon sets in motion a proposal to turn a small ski town into a posh year-round resort, his lawyer, Rick, discovers his childhood sweetheart, Lisa, is the local attorney who will do whatever necessary to stop the demolition of the town. After a car accident forces Rick to stick around, the small town, and his former beloved, begin to work their magic on him.

Ink
"As the light fades and the city goes to sleep, two forces emerge. They are invisible except for the power they exert over us in our sleep, battling for our souls through dreams. One force delivers hope and strength through good dreams; the other infuses the subconscious with fear and desperation through nightmares. John and Emma, father and daughter are wrenched into this fantastical dream world battle, forced to fight for John's soul and to save Emma from an eternal nightmare. Separate in their journey, they encounter unusual characters that exist only in their subconscious. Or are they real?"

Into the storm
This sequel to the award-winning film The Gathering Storm offers an intimate look at the making of a nation's hero, when Churchill was at his most commanding and effective. It shows how his prowess as a great wartime leader ultimately undermined his political career and threatened his marriage.

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: "A Class Apart: An American Experience" film and discussion

A Class Apart: An American Experience
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 12:00pm

Award-winning PBS documentary film tells the story of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ended Jim Crow-style discrimination against Mexican-Americans in 1954. The New Hope Baptist Church and the Templo Apostolico congregations will attend. This program is free and open to the public.

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 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 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 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) 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 By 2009-07 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476011165 Check Our Catalog …More

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 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.

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

Up
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.

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 By Charles, Larry 2009-11 - Universal BL12098DVD Check Our Catalog 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? By Crowley, John 2009-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964002622 Check Our Catalog 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 By Kitamura, Ryuhei 2009-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398101529 Check Our Catalog 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 By Loncraine, Richard 2009-11 - Fox BL03104DVD Check Our Catalog 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 By Cassavetes, Nick 2009-11 - New Line Cinema Corporation 078066003X Check Our Catalog 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 By Abrams, J.J. 2009-11 - Paramount Home Video 0097363485049 Check Our Catalog 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.