New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 17, 2012

Abduction By Singleton, John 2012-01 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398147558 Check Our Catalog For as long as he can remember, Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) has had the uneasy feeling that he's living someone else's life. When he stumbles upon an image of himself as a little boy on a missing persons website, all of Nathan's darkest fears come true: he realizes his parents are not his own and his life is a lie, carefully fabricated to hide something more mysterious and dangerous than he could have ever imagined. Just as he begins to piece together his true identity, Nathan is targeted by a team of trained killers, forcing him on the run with the only person he can trust, his neighbor, Karen (Lily Collins). Every second counts as Nathan and Karen race to evade an army of assassins and federal operatives. But as his opponents close in, Nathan realizes that the only way he'll survive and solve the mystery of his elusive biological father is to stop running and take matters into his own hands. …More

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star By 2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396390430 Check Our Catalog Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star is a new comedy starring Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Don Johnson, and Stephen Dorff. Bucky (Swardson) is a small town grocery bagger, going nowhere in life -- until he discovers that his conservative parents were once adult film stars! Armed with the belief that he has found his destiny, Bucky packs up and heads out to LA, hoping to follow in his parents footsteps. …More

Courageous By Kendrick, Alex 2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396388338 Check Our Catalog Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they're quickly discovering that their standard is missing the mark. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. Will they be able to find a way to serve and protect those that are most dear to them? When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a new found urgency help these dads draw closer to God and to their children? …More

Ides of March By Clooney, George 2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396392496 Check Our Catalog The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidates shot at the presidency. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of January 10, 2012

Essential Killing By Skolimowski, Jerzy 2012-01 - New Video Group 0767685254479 Check Our Catalog …More

Killer Elite By McKendry, Gary 2012-01 - Universal Home Video 0025192130502 Check Our Catalog Inspired by true events, KILLER ELITE is an action-adventure spy film that follows Danny (Jason Statham), one of the world's most skilled special-ops agents. Lured out of self-imposed exile, Danny reassembles his crack team of operatives to execute a near-impossible mission of retribution - to rescue his former mentor and partner Hunter (Robert De Niro). Together they must penetrate the highly feared and respected military unit, the British Special Air Service (SAS), to take down a rogue cell of soldier assassins and their leader Spike (Clive Owen) before their actions create a global crisis. KILLER ELITES whirlwind journey of action hurtles across the globe: from Mexico to Australia, from Paris and London to Oman and Wales. The film is based on Ranulph Fiennes controversial non-fiction bestseller The Feather Men. …More

Moneyball By Miller, Bennett Pitt Director Hill, Jonah Miller 2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396392250 Check Our Catalog Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in an unlikely partnership, recruiting bargain players that the scouts call flawed, but all of whom have an ability to get on base, score runs, and win games. It's more than baseball, it's a revolution one that challenges old school traditions and puts Beane in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game. …More

Poetry By Lee, Chang-Dong 2011-08 - Kino Video 0738329071028 Check Our Catalog KOR Mija is a beautiful woman in her sixties who moves gracefully through life, contemplating a trivial daily routine that is ill-suited to her refined persona. On a whim, Mija enrolls in a poetry class at the local cultural center and begins a personal quest to find the perfect words to describe her feelings. However, she's appreciate the wonders of the natural world, but a school girl's suicide initiates a chain of tragic events that will change her life forever. …More

There Be Dragons By Joffe, Roland 2012-01 - Provident-Integrity Distribution 0024543784852 Check Our Catalog …More

What's Your Number? By 2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543751113 Check Our Catalog Anna Faris stars in this rollicking comedy as Ally Darling, a sexually adventurous twenty-something who begins to suspect that her one true soul mate may be among the many lovers she has left in the dust, including Colin (Chris Evans). Turning to her licentious neighbor for help, Ally begins a quest to locate her old boyfriends to see which one might be Mr. Right. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 27, 2011 & January 3, 2012

Apollo 18 By Lopez-Gallego, Gonzalo Director Robbins, Ryan Lopez-Gallego 2011-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132321394 Check Our Catalog Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972, was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon. …More

Contagion By Soderbergh, Steven 2012-01 - Warner Home Video 0883929191758 Check Our Catalog "Contagion" follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. …More

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark By Nixey, Troy Director Pearce, Guy Nixey 2012-01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396392076 Check Our Catalog Guillermo del Toro presents DONT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, a horror film starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison, directed by Troy Nixey. Based on the 1973 telefilm that del Toro believes is the scariest TV production ever made, the story follows Sally (Madison), a young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own. Akin to del Toros PANS LABYRINTH, DONT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK focuses on a young girls struggle against menacing and terrifying forces. …More

Shark Night By Ellis, David R 2012-01 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543774082 Check Our Catalog Arriving by boat at her familys Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Sara Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Sinqua Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast. But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land. …More

A Christmas Wedding Tail
Susan is an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake is a single dad of two tomboys who owns a local winery. When Susan's dog Rusty falls for Jake's poodle Cheri, these canine matchmakers help their owners fall in love too. Now with a Christmas Day wedding to plan, and major complications threatening to unravel it all, can two mismatched broods find a way to make one happy family?

The Guard
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

I Don't Know How She Does It
A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy Reading from everyone at the Gail Borden Public Library!

New Quick Flicks for the Week of December 20, 2011

Colombiana By Megaton, Olivier 2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396389434 Check Our Catalog In the action film Colombiana, Zoe Saldana plays Cataleya, a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents deaths. …More

Dolphin Tale By Smith, Charles Martin 2011-12 - Warner Home Video 0883929191680 Check Our Catalog Dolphin Tale is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter's prognosis is dire. It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to bring about a groundbreaking miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help scores of people around the world. …More

Magic Trip By Ellwood, Alison Director Gibney, Alex Director Gibney, Alison Ellwood and Al 2011-11 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964004237 Check Our Catalog …More

Margin Call By Chandor, J C 2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398147022 Check Our Catalog Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during the first 24-hours of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Writer/director J.C. Chandor's enthralling first feature is a stark and bravely authentic portrayal of the financial industry and its denizens as they confront the decisions that shape our global future. …More

Midnight in Paris By Allen, Woody 2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396385269 Check Our Catalog This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. Its about a young mans great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. …More

Straw Dogs By Lurie, Rod 2011-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396389373 Check Our Catalog David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her fathers death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amys ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation. …More

The Tempest By Taymor, Julie Director Cooper, Chris Taymor 2011-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936811698 Check Our Catalog This modern retelling of William Shakespeares final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy with Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren (best actress, The Queen, 2006) leading a star-studded cast including Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek), and Alfred Molina (The Sorcerers Apprentice). Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge. Directed by the visionary Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor (best director, Frida, 2002) and complete with exclusive bonus features The Tempest, with its innovative twist, is a supernatural dramedy filled with Shakespearean villains, lovers, and fools that will leave you spellbound. …More

Terror Trap By 2011-09 - Phase 4 Films 0625828550706 Check Our Catalog Don and Nancy find themselves stranded after their car breaks down while driving to a weekend getaway. Finding the couple on the roadside, the towns Sheriff tells them there will be no one to repair their car before morning and directs them to a nearby motel for the night run by Carter (Michael Madsen). At first glance Carter seems like a typical motel clerk, until they notice that everyone including the Sheriff seem to answer to him. By the time Don and Nancy realize what is happening, it is too late to flee. Now they must fight to survive the night, or be the next victims of the Terror Trap. …More

Warrior By O'Connor, Gavin 2011-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398147183 Check Our Catalog An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, (Joel Edgerton) a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family after being suspended from his day job. Even though years have passed, recriminations and betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives. …More

Sniper: Deadliest Missions
From the treacherous jungles of Vietnam and the bloody war zones of Iraq to danger high in the skies of the Alaskan wilderness, Sniper: Deadliest Mission puts the viewer behind the scope with the men who pulled the trigger during some of the deadliest missions in military and law enforcement history.

Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
This documentary looks not only at how his talent, style and imagination have shaped all of our lives, but also at the influences that shaped and molded the man himself. Through interviews with the people who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, we gain unique insight into what made him tick. In a never before broadcast, exclusive interview, Steve Jobs expounds his own philosophy of life, and offers advice to us all on changing our own lives.