New Quick Flicks for the week of 9/16/08

88 Minutes By Avnet, Jon Pacino, Al Unger, Deborah Kara 2008/09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1424894883 Check Our Catalog In 88 Minutes, Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out. ...More

The Love Guru By Schnabel, Marco 2008/09 - Paramount BL09081DVD Check Our Catalog Pitka is an American raised by gurus on an Indian ashram who returns to his native soil to make a name for himself as a spiritual guide, where he's promptly challenged to settle a rivalry between two pro hockey players. With one of the player's marriages—as well as the Stanley Cup—at stake, Pitka must call upon his healing skills to mend the rift before time runs out. ...More

Made of Honor By Weiland, Paul 2008/09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435901010 Check Our Catalog For Tom (Patrick Dempsey), life is good: he's sexy, successful, has great luck with the ladies, and knows he can always rely on Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), his delightful best friend and the one constant in his life. It's the perfect setup until Hannah goes overseas to Scotland on a six-week business trip... and Tom is stunned to realize how empty his life is without her. He resolves that when she gets back, he'll ask Hannah to marry him -- but is floored when he learns that she has become engaged to a handsome and wealthy Scotsman and plans to move overseas. When Hannah asks Tom to be her maid of honor, he reluctantly agrees to fill the role... but only so he can attempt to woo Hannah and stop the wedding before it's too late. ...More

Outsourced By 2008/09 - Porchlight Ent, Inc 5557395806 Check Our Catalog ...More

Pistol Whipped By 2008/09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1424886694 Check Our Catalog ...More

Speed Racer By Wachowski, Andy 2008/10 - Warner Bros. BL10087DVD Check Our Catalog Emile Hirsch stars as Speed in this big-screen adaptation of the popular 1960s-era Japanese animated series. With the support of his parents, his girlfriend, Trixie, and his onetime rival Racer X, Speed sets out to conquer a cross-country race known as the Crucible. ...More

Young @ Heart By Walker, Stephen 2008/09 - Tcfhe 5557381155 Check Our Catalog Get ready to rock out with the most entertaining golden oldies you will ever meet, a fun-loving senior citizen's choir called Young@Heart. To prepare for a show in their hometown that is only weeks away, the lovable seniors must learn a slate of new songs, ranging from James Brown to Coldplay. The chorus' tireless musical director leads the group through a series of hilariously chaotic rehearsals, proving that hard rock can be hard work, especially when you're hard of hearing! Climaxing in a triumphant performance that will leave you cheering, their inspiring story celebrates the unbreakable bonds of friendship and the life-affirming power of music! ...More

CMA Award Nominees

The Country Music Association nominated this years CMA artists, announcing their selections on Wednesday. The CMA awards will air on ABC on November 12th. Prepare yourself for the broadcast by listening to these nominations for "Album of the Year":

Carnival Ride by Carrie Underwood

Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates by Kenny Chesney

Good Time by Alan Jackson

Troubadour by George Strait

Cowboy Town by Brooks & Dunn

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Public Library

Real Women Have Curves by: Cardoso, Patricia 2005/09 ISBN:BL11986DVD / BL11986DVD Format: DVD Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory? It may seem an easy decision, but for 18-year-old Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life. Part of the Reel Women for Real Women series co-sponsored by the AAUW. Join us Tuesday, September 23rd at 6:30 in the Community Rooms. No registration required.

New Quick Flicks for the week of 9/9/08

Baby Mama By McCullers, Michael 2008/08 - Universal BL10086DVD Check Our Catalog Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. ...More

Forbidden Kingdom By Minkoff, Rob 2008/08 - Lions Gate BL08080DVD Check Our Catalog Kung fu legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li star in this exciting adventure about a martial arts movie fanatic named Jason who discovers a mystical Chinese staff in a local pawnshop that transports him to war-torn ancient China. ...More

The List By Wheeler, Gary McDowell, Malcolm Burton, Hilarie 2008/09 - Tcfhe 5557438920 Check Our Catalog Renny Jacobson is shaken by the news of his father's mysterious death and mystified by the reference in his will to an obscure entity called The Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd. He sets out on a quest to learn the truth about The List and finds that he must fulfill a prophecy spoken in 1863 or risk losing the true treasure that has changed his life. ...More

National Geographic: Strange Days on Planet Earth 2 By 2008/06 - Warner Home Video 5557441034 Check Our Catalog ...More

Then She Found Me By Hunt, Helen 2008/06 - ThinkFilm BL07883DVD Check Our Catalog Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, April Epner is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students, only to find that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation. ...More

New Quick Flicks for the week of 9/2/08

Felon By Waugh, Ric Roman 2008/08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435918487 Check Our Catalog A loving family man with a promising future, Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) suddenly loses everything when he accidentally kills the burglar who breaks into his home. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to spend the next three years inside a maximum security facility where the rules of society no longer apply. Forced to share a cell with a notorious mass murderer (Val Kilmer) and subjected to brutal beatings orchestrated by the sadistic head prison guard (Harold Perrineau), Wade soon realizes he¢¬¢s in for the fight of his life and must become the toughest FELON of them all if he wants to survive the block. After all, what doesn¢¬¢t kill you only makes you stronger. And in state prison, only the strongest survive. ...More

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise By 2008/01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1424823951 Check Our Catalog As Stone obsesses on solving the murder of a teenage girl found floating in a local lake, he also works a deadly domestic violence case and faces a run-in with Boston mobsters that may lead to grave consequences. ...More

Married Life By Sachs, IRA Brosnan, Pierce Cooper, Chris 2008/07 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435914538 Check Our Catalog When Harry decides to kill his wife to be with his beautiful girlfriend, his best friend and playboy Richard tries to talk him out of it. But Richard has his own agenda that soon comes to light. ...More

My Mom's New Boyfriend By 2008/06 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1424886643 Check Our Catalog F.B.I. Field Agent Henry Durand (Hanks) has a problem. It seems his mother Marty (Ryan) has developed a dating life of her own in the three years he's been on assignment. Now, Henry finds himself fending off midnight serenades from lovelorn Italian chefs and watching helplessly as Mary hops on the back of a college dropout's motorcycle, all of which is enough to drive him into therapy. But things get more serious when Marty begins dating Tommy (Banderas), the F.B.I.'s number one suspect in an international art theft ring. Now, Henry is forced to spy on his own mother to foil a sophisticated crime. For Henry, it's Mission Unthinkable. ...More

Picture This! By Herek, Stephen Tisdale, Ashley Amell, Robbie 2008/07 - Tcfhe/MGM 5557424210 Check Our Catalog Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical) stars in this hilarious teen comedy as Mandy, an unpopular high school senior who lands a date to the biggest party of the year with Drew, the school¢¬¢s hottest guy. But while her dreams are finally coming into focus, with the help of her friends, she¢¬¢ll have to battle her overprotective dad and Drew¢¬¢s ex-girlfriend, who¢¬¢s determined to keep Mandy away from the bash. In one crazy, adventure-filled day, Mandy strives to get to the party and discovers that popularity can come and go, but good friends will always be in the picture! ...More

Stargate: Continuum By Wood, Martin Shanks, Michael Tapping, Amanda 2008/07 - Tcfhe 5557418598 Check Our Catalog While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba'al, the last of the Goa'uld System Lords, Teal'c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. The remaining SG-1 members must find the Stargate and set things right before they world is enslaved by the Goa'uld. ...More