New Quick FLicks for the Week of 2/10/09

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.

Blindness By Meirelles, Fernando 2009/02 - Miramax BL09871DVD Check Our Catalog Julianne Moore stars in this adaptation of Jose Saramago's gripping masterpiece in which a plague of blindness overtakes the residents of her entire city. ...More

Frozen River By Hunt, Courtney 2009/02 - Sony Pictures BL10879DVD Check Our Catalog On a Mohawk reservation on the Canadian border, Ray teams with widowed tribe member Lila to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States. Although the work provides the women with much-needed money, each trip puts them in danger. ...More

Madagascar, Escape 2 Africa By Darnell, Eric McGrath, Tom 2009/02 - DreamWorks BL09878DVD Check Our Catalog A botched rescue attempt strands Alex the lion and his companions smack dab in the African wild. Sadly, as in Madagascar, Alex discovers he has little in common with the locals, having lived for so long in the city. His friends, meanwhile, begin to doubt they'll ever make it back to the zoo. ...More

Miracle at St. Anna By Lee, Spike 2009/02 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0788892487 Check Our Catalog MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA chronicles the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy. Directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay written by James McBride, the author of the acclaimed novel of the same name, the film explores a deeply inspiring, powerful story drawn from true history, that transcends national boundaries, race, and class to touch the goodness within us all. ...More

Nights in Rodanthe By Wolfe, George C. 2009/02 - Warner Home Video BL03093DVD Check Our Catalog With chaos tearing her marriage and family apart, Adrienne Willis takes a weekend caretaker job at her friend's coastal North Carolina inn. When a storm hits, stranding the inn's only guest, Dr. Paul Flanner, Adrienne's life changes forever. As the storm rages outside, Adrienne connects with Flanner, who came to the Rodanthe retreat to escape his own personal crisis. ...More

A Room with a View By 2008/04 - Wgbh Boston 5557438343 Check Our Catalog On a trip to Italy, prim aristocrat Lucy Honeychurch (Elaine Cassidy) steals a kiss from a handsome commoner (Rafe Spall) but pays a heavy emotional price when she sees him again in stuffy Edwardian England in this spirited adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic novel. ...More

W. By Stone, Oliver Brolin, Josh 2009/02 - Lionsgate BL03097DVD Check Our Catalog Academy Award winner Oliver Stone directs an all-star cast in this satiric retrospective of the life and political career of George W. Bush, from his troubles as a young adult through his governorship of Texas and all the way to the Oval Office. ...More

American bullfighter
Documentary that explores filmmaker Alex LeMay's recovery from alcoholism using bullfighting as his method of rehabilitation and redemption.

Closing the ring
World War II. On June 1, 1944, a United States bomber pilot crashes onto the Cave Hill just outside of Belfast in Northern Ireland. He lives long enough to give a ring to a stranger and asks that he return it to his girlfriend. 50 years later, a young man searches for the woman to make good on a promise.

December bride
A proud Irish servant girl rebels against her strict upbringing by having love affairs with two brothers at the same time. Sarah and the brothers risk happiness, reputation, and safety for their daring love.

Gorintaku
Brother and sister Ashok and Lakshmi become inseparable ever since they were orphaned. They both marry and lead close, but separate lives until Ashok's wife has her uterus removed.

My name is Bruce
Something evil is stirring in the small mining town of Gold Lick, and it's not happy. Guan-di, the Chinese protector of the dead with a strange affinity for bean curd, has been awakened by reckless teenagers, and now his bloody crusade to wipe out the town's entire population can only be stopped by one man -Bruce Campbell, B-movie star and deadbeats ex-husband extraordinaire, who's recruited to be their unwitting savior.

The shadow in the north
Sally Lockhart has started her own financial consulting business. When her client loses a fortune from the unexpected collapse of a shipping line, Sally is determined to find out why so many of their ships have mysteriously vanished without a trace.

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Tom Clancy Goes Digital

Prolific author Tom Clancy has announced that his books will soon be published in all electronic formats. Hopefully, we will soon be able to listen to The Hunt For Red October as an eAudiobook, or access Patriot Games on a computer screen whenever the whim moves us. In the meantime, you may want to take a listen to some of these thrillers. With just a library card and a computer, you can download and listen to these titles any time of day through the library's MyMediaMall download service.

24 Hours By Iles, Greg 2000/09 - Putnam Publishing Group 0399146245 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of "Mortal Fear" and "The Quiet Game" crafts the story of a psychopathic kidnapper who has perfected the unbeatable crime--a man who has never been caught and whose victims have never talked to the police. But this man has never met the likes of Will and Karen Jennings. LG Featured Alternate. ...More

7th Heaven By Patterson, James Paetro, Maxine 2008/02 - Little Brown and Company 0316017701 Check Our Catalog As fire after fire consumes couples in expensive neighborhoods, San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Womens Murder Club race to find the arsonists responsible, in a thriller with unexpected twists and emotional extremes of the kind only Patterson can deliver. ...More

The Camel Club By Baldacci, David 2005/10 - Warner Books 0446577383 Check Our Catalog Exposing the juicy underbelly of Washington society, "The Camel Club" takes readers inside the nation's most elite power club and shows how far its members will go to protect their darkest secrets. ...More

Capital Crimes By Kellerman, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye 2006/11 - Ballantine Books 0345467981 Check Our Catalog Two popular authors team up again for a collaborative work of white-knuckle suspense featuring Jonathan Kellerman's beloved Alex Delaware, and Faye Kellerman's popular duo Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. ...More

The Charlemagne Pursuit By Berry, Steve 2008/12 - Ballantine Books 0345485793 Check Our Catalog From the New York Times-bestselling author of "The Venetian Betrayal" and The Alexandria Link comes a stunning thriller that takes Cotton Malone on a dangerous international quest set in motion by a mysterious manuscript unearthed from the tomb of Charlemagne. ...More

Parallel Lies By Ridley Pearson 2001/07 - Hyperion 158788366X Check Our Catalog Pearson's latest audiobook brings together all his incomparable talents in a riveting story about a grieving man's mission to bring down the railroad company he blames for his wife and children's deaths, no matter who else dies in the process. Abridged. ...More

Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event By Cobb, James H. Ludlum, Robert 2008/01 - Center Point Large Print 1602851107 Check Our Catalog Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an army researcher specializing in infectious diseases, and a Covert-One agent, leads a team of scientists to remote Wednesday Island, an icy patch of land off the north coast of Canada. There they stumble upon the remains of a mysterious spy plane containing deadly weaponized anthrax. But Smith and his colleagues aren't alone in their discovery. An international arms dealer and his crew of vicious mercenaries plan to make a small fortune with their find. What neither party knows is that even deadlier secrets rest within the hulk of the lost bomber -- a secret the Russians are willing to do anything to protect. Trapped in a polar wilderness, Smith and his team find themselves fighting a savage war on two fronts -- against one enemy they can see, and another hiding within their own ranks. ...More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 2/3/08

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.

As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me By 2007/05 - Vanguard Cinema 5557876812 Check Our Catalog ...More

Bottle Shock By Miller, Randall 2009/02 - 20th Century Fox BL09872DVD Check Our Catalog France's position as the world's top wine producer was unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines permanently on the map. Director Randall Miller's film chronicles the heady early days of Napa Valley's rocket to success. ...More

Center Stage: Turn It Up By Smith, Rachele Brooke 2009/01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435931823 Check Our Catalog ...More

City of Ember By Kenan, Gil 2009/01 - 20th Century Fox BL02090DVD Check Our Catalog An adventure set in Ember, a city illuminated only by artificial light. When the city's generator begins to fail, two teens race to solve an ancient mystery and save Ember's citizens from darkness. Based on author Jeanne Duprau's enchanting children's tale. ...More

Shaun White: Don't Look Down By 2009/01 - Genius Products 5557410686 Check Our Catalog ...More

Honeydripper By Sayles, John Dutton, Charles S. Glover, Danny 2008/06 - Universal Home Video 5557420789 Check Our Catalog When Tyrone, owner of the Honeydripper lounge, is faced with having to shut down his juke joint, his hopes rest on one man -- the famous Guitar Sam. It's a make or break weekend for the Honeydripper. This better be some Saturday night! ...More

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist By Sollett, Peter 2009/02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435944666 Check Our Catalog Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is a comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living, and, live, loud music. Nick (Michael Cera) frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart and a vague ability to play the bass. Norah (Kat Dennings) is questioning pretty much all of her assumptions about the world. Though they have nothing in common except for their taste in music, their chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show and ends up becoming the first date in a romance that could change both their lives. ...More

Rent By Columbus, Chirs 2006/02 - Sony Pictures BL05991DVD Check Our Catalog Members of the original 1996 Broadway cast star in Chris Columbus's adaptation of the award-winning musical set in New York's East Village. ...More

The Secret Life of Bees By Prince-Bythewood, Gina 2009/02 - 20th Century Fox BL03096DVD Check Our Catalog Haunted by the death of her mother, 14-year-old Lily escapes the dreary life she lives on her father's farm and heads to Tiburon, S.C., with her friend and caregiver, Rosaleen, setting off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Set amidst the hotbed of racial tensions in the South in the 1960s. Based on the bestselling novel by Sue Monk Kidd. ...More

Zack and Miri Make a Porno By Smith, Kevin 2009/02 - Weinstein Company BL09877DVD Check Our Catalog Zack and Miri have been platonic friends for years. When they both find themselves in financial hot water, they hit upon the idea of making an adult film to bring in some easy money. But when action is called, these two friends discover that unspoken feelings for each other may threaten the whole enterprise. ...More

The alphabet killer
A police investigator's commitment to finding the murderer of a 10-year-old girl borders on obsession to the point that she is hospitalized for schizophrenia. Two years later she is back working as an advisor, and this time plans to get the job done.

The deal
A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about the 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. They can only get financing if he can cast a well-known action star. However, production is halted when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set. The producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.

The great polar bear adventure
Ikuk gives birth to 2 cubs, but is nervous about how to teach the cubs survival skills. The family befriends Pupa, an arctic fox, who scavenges after their food and warns of threats from Krakush, the dangerous old polar bear. With the rise of global warming, Ikuk discovers her traditional hunting grounds have melted. She is separated from her cubs in human territory and later reunited.

The lucky ones
Colee, TK and Cheever are three soldiers who return home from the Iraq War after suffering injuries. They learn that life has moved on without them. The three end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S. Colee is on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family. TK is seeking the confidence to face his wife after a shrapnel injury threatens his sexual function. Cheever is a middle-aged man who is planning to hit the casinos in a desperate effort to pay for his son's college tuition.

National Lampoon's Stoned age
Ishbo is a philosophical caveman who yearns for more out of life. Determined to single-handedly advance the human race, Ishbo continually irritates his fellow Neanderthals with ridiculous inventions with the ladder, sun visor and pants. His exasperated parents wish he would be more like his brother, who has the strength of ten mastoodons and has clubbed every girl in the tribe, including Ishbo's dream girl, Fardart.

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: Notorious

Notorious

Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Alicia Huberman becomes an undercover agent after her German father, who was sent to prison for treason against the U.S., commits suicide. She falls in love with government agent T.R. Devlin and together they bring down some German scientists.