Now Showing at the Gail Borden Public Library

On Monday, September 8th from 11:00am-1:00pm, join the Brown Bag Lunchtime movie "Harvey". Jimmy Stewart stars in this comedy classic about a good-natured fellow whose constant companion is a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. His sister is determined to marry her daughter off and decides to commit her brother to a mental hospital to get him out of the way. Due to a mix-up the sister is committed instead, and it is up to the kindly brother and his imaginary friend to straighten things out! If you enjoy this movie, you may want to pick up these other Jimmy Stewart classics as well:

The Philadelphia Story By Cukor, George 2000/06 - Warner Home Video BL04014DVD Check Our Catalog A sophisticated romantic comedy about a rich, spoiled socialite who learns some things about who she is and what she really wants on the eve of her second marriage. ...More

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance By Ford, John Stewart, James Miles, Vera 2006/04 - Paramount Home Video 5555665458 Check Our Catalog A tenderfoot Eastern lawyer gets credit for shooting the worst outlaw in Shinbone. Directed by John Ford. ...More

It's a Wonderful Life By Capra, Frank 2002/03 - Republic Studios BL12039DVD Check Our Catalog The classic Christmas story of a man who is show why his life is worth living by this guardian angel. ...More

The Shop Around the Corner By Sullavan, Margaret Lubitsch, Ernst Sullavan, Margaret 2005/04 - Warner Home Video 0790771470 Check Our Catalog The more Budapest co-workers fight, the more they fall in love as secret pen pals. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. ...More

Rear Window By Hitchcock, Alfred 2001/03 - Universal Studios BL09909DVD Check Our Catalog As his broken leg heals, wheelchair-bound L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) becomes absorbed with the parade of life across the courtyard: A dancer, a lonely woman, a composer and a bedridden woman and her husband become like creatures in Needham's voyeuristic zoo. But when one of them disappears, Needham suspects foul play -- and suddenly he finds himself in the center of the action with nowhere to run. ...More

Vertigo By Hitchcock, Alfred 2003/09 - Universal BL01037DVD Check Our Catalog Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman. ...More

The Man Who Knew Too Much By Hitchcock, Alfred Stewart, James Day, Doris 2006/02 - Universal Home Video 1417058862 Check Our Catalog

Emmy Nominations!

The Emmy Awards will air on Sunday, September 21st. Prepare yourself by watching some of these nominated shows:

30 Rock: Season 1 By 2007/09 - Universal Home Video 5557674748 Check Our Catalog ...More

Monk: Season Four By 2006/06 - Universal Home Video 1417074205 Check Our Catalog The complete fourth season of the TV series Monk. ...More

Rescue Me: The Complete Second Season By 2006/05 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1404918019 Check Our Catalog ...More

The Tudors: The Complete First Season By 2007/12 - Paramount Home Video 5557557792 Check Our Catalog This superb and visually lush Showtime series provides a look at the world of the Tudors in the days when King Henry VIII was a handsome, charming, athletic 25-year-old. Inheriting absolute power at a young age, the king indulges his voracious taste for ladies-in-waiting, hangs out with his entourage of young nobles and makes momentous political decisions. ...More

John Adams By Hooper, Tom 2008/06 - HBO Home Video 1419868772 Check Our Catalog John Adams is a sprawling HBO miniseries event that depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of Americas least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of the United States, John Adams. Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man, HBOs American Spendor) in the title role and Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me, Kinsey) as Adams devoted wife Abigail, John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life journey of one of the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Set against the backdrop of a nations stormy birth, this sweeping miniseries is a moving love story, a gripping narrative, and a fascinating study of human nature. Above all, at a ...More

Mad Men: Season One By 2008/07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 5557420843 Check Our Catalog ...More

Tin Man By 2008/03 - Genius Products 5557487409 Check Our Catalog ...More

New Quick Flicks for the week of 8/5/08

Nim's Island By Levin, Mark 2008/08 - Fox BL08082DVD Check Our Catalog When the young island-dwelling Nim loses contact with her scientist father who's lost at sea, she reaches out to her favorite author for help. Problem is, the writer—of adventure stories no less—is a recluse who hasn't left her house in years. Can the agoraphobic author summon the same courage she's instilled in the hero of her novels in time to rescue her biggest fan? ...More

		The Counterfeiters By Ruzowitzky, Stefan 2008/08 - Sony Pictures BL06881DVD Check Our Catalog Facing an ethical quandary, Jewish master forger Salomon Sorowitsch must choose between abetting the Nazis and saving his skin in this taut Oscar-nominated drama based on a true story. Assembled at a death camp, a cadre of printers, artists and chiselers -- led by the opportunistic Sorowitsch -- is tasked with counterfeiting currencies to weaken Allied economies. But will Sorowitsch's conscience begin to gnaw at him as the war draws to a close? ...More De Taali Romantic comedy about a group of friends that start falling in love with each other. In Hindi with optional English or Arabic subtitles. Dhoom dadakka Mungilal must find an heir if he wants to continue to be a don. Music, Roop Kumar Rathod ; lyrics, Shakeel Azmi & Parveen Kumar Ashk. In Hindi with optional subtitles. Surfwise This documentary looks at the life of legendary Malibu surfer Dorian 'Doc' Paskowitz, a successful doctor who dropped out of normal society in the '60s and raised nine kids in a motor home, where he home-schooled them about life, love, sex, and surfing.

Though None Go With Me By Mastroianni, Armand 2006/09 - Good Times Video BL09977DVD Check Our Catalog Elizabeth Leroy devotes her life to serving God but her faith is tested over the years as she has to overcome many hardships and sorrows. Based on the novel by Jerry Jenkins. ...More

Times & Winds By Erdem, Reha 2008/07 - Kino International 5557426396 Check Our Catalog The stunning beauty of their isolated mountain village contrasts sharply with the lives of three adolescents in this poignant Turkish film. ...More

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns By Perry, Tyler 2008/07 - Lions Gate BL08081DVD Check Our Catalog Brenda, a struggling single mom in Chicago's inner city, learns that the father she never knew has died. With her three kids in tow, she heads to Georgia for the funeral, where she meets her dad's raucous family. ...More

New Quick Flicks for the week of 7/29/08

Awake By Harold, Joby 2008/04 - MGM BL05081DVD Check Our Catalog While undergoing a heart transplant, Clay experiences "anesthetic awareness," a condition that allows him to see and feel everything that's happening to him but leaves him paralyzed and unable to do anything about it. From his unique and painful vantage point, Clay learns troubling truths about his young wife as she struggles with her own demons. ...More

Doomsday By Marshall, Neil 2008/07 - Universal Home Video 5557405402 Check Our Catalog In the action-packed new thriller from writer/director Neil Marshall, authorities brutally quarantine a country as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades... until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare. ...More

Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay By Hurwitz, Jon 2008/09 - Warner Brothers BL10084DVD Check Our Catalog Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, Maria, who's headed for Amsterdam. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. This fun comedy follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they become fugitives and try to evade being recaptured by the Department of Homeland Security. ...More

One Missed Call By Valette, Eric 2008/05 - Warner BL09882DVD Check Our Catalog Cell-phone messages describing victims' last moments on earth are the only links connecting a string of deaths in this supernatural chiller. When two of her friends die after receiving such calls, college coed Beth Raymond contacts the police, who dismiss her story—with the exception of Det. Jack Andrews. The two team up to solve the mystery, but when Beth's phone rings with an eerie refrain, is her number up? ...More

Shine a Light By Scorsese, Martin 2008/07 - Paramount Home Video 5557378081 Check Our Catalog Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese chronicles the incomparable career of the Rolling Stones with this one-of-a-kind documentary that features footage from the legendary band's "A Bigger Bang" tour. ...More

New Quick Flicks for the week of 7/22/08

21 By Luketic, Robert 2008/07 - Sony Pictures BL08886DVD Check Our Catalog The true story of the very brightest young minds in the country - and how they took Vegas for millions. ...More

The Tracey Fragments By 2008/07 - Image Entertainment 5557413146 Check Our Catalog Ellen Page delivers an extraordinary performance as a feisty, independent-minded teenager with a unique view of the world. ...More