New Quick Flicks for the Week 7/7/09

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.

Knowing By Proyas, Alex 2009/07 - Summit Entertainment 0025192031885 Check Our Catalog In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule but one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, Professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts every major disaster of the past 50 years. As John further unravels the documents chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional eventsthe last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve John and his son. ...More

Love Takes Wing By Phillips, Lou Diamond 2009/05 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543580898 Check Our Catalog From award-winning author Janette Oke comes the seventh chapter in the Love Comes Softly series, Love Takes Wing. The story picks up where the last chapter left off as Dr. Belinda Simpson (Sarah Jones) returns from Boston and takes on a new adventure as she makes her way to Missouri with her best friend Annie (Haylie Duff) to become the town doctor. ...More

The Marriage Counselor By Perry, Tyler 2009/01 - Lions Gate BL08863DVD Check Our Catalog Marriage counselor Judith may be better at giving advice than taking it in this Tyler Perry play. Judith and her accountant husband Roger seem to have the perfect life, but some unexpected guests reveal the cracks in their relationship. When Hurricane Katrina forces Roger's dad and Judith's mom to seek refuge with their children, Judith turns to an old friend for advice about her suddenly unstable home environment. ...More

Praying with Lior By Trachtman, Ilana 2009/03 - Frist Run Features BL07866DVD Check Our Catalog Lior Liebling, a Jewish boy with Down syndrome, spends his days praying endlessly to God, much to the delight -- and occasional befuddlement -- of those around him. Follow Lior, nicknamed the little rebbe, as he approaches his bar mitzvah. ...More

Push By McGuigan, Paul 2009/06 - Summit Entertainment BL06091DVD Check Our Catalog On the run from the Division, a dangerous government agency that uses people with psychic abilities to do their bidding, telekinetic Nick Gant and clairvoyant Cassie Holmes team up to find a third psychic who can help them destroy the organization. ...More

The Unborn By Goyer, David S 2009/07 - Universal Home Video 0025195054645 Check Our Catalog Enter a world of unrelenting evil as terror finds a new form in The Unborn. In this shocking supernatural thriller, a young woman, Casey (Yustman), is plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. Her only hope to break the debilitating paranormal curse is in an exorcism with spiritual advisor Sendak (Oldman). See what lies beyond the doorway of our world in this non-stop nightmare of the undead. ...More

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: The Music Man

The Music Man

Monday July 13, 2009 at 10:00 am

Robert Preston made his musical debut--both live and on film—in the role he was born to play: "Professor" Harold Hill, the upbeat charlatan who promises to teach a small-town boys band by the "think system." Composer Meredith Willson’s memorable songs include "Gary, Indiana", "Goodnight My Someone", "Till There Was You", "Trouble," and "76 Trombones". With Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett and Ron Howard.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 06/30/09

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.

12 Rounds By Harlin, Renny 2009/06 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543600114 Check Our Catalog When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher (John Cena) stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with 12 rounds of near-impossible puzzles and tasks that he must somehow complete to save the life of the woman he loves ...More

Humboldt County By 2009/01 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964001663 Check Our Catalog ...More

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li By Bartkowiak, Andrzej 2009/06 - 20th Century Fox BL08869DVD Check Our Catalog Undercover agent Chun Li seeks justice and peace in this action-packed adaptation of the megahit video game franchise Street Fighter. ...More

Two Lovers By Gray, James 2009/06 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964001892 Check Our Catalog Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man, moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents, Leonard meets two women in quick succession: Michelle, a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business. Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision - between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love - or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. ...More

Remembering Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson passed away this Thursday at age 50 in Los Angeles. Jackson was a performer from a young age, starting at the age of 5 along side his brothers in the Jackson 5. His greatest success was the 1982 album Thriller, this album established his place in pop history but Jackson was unable to match that level of success again. Today his fans around the world are paying tribute to Jackson's music and life.

Watch Michael Jackson's Video for Thriller:

Michael Jackson - New Music - More Music Videos

Read about Michael Jackson in the news:

Michael Jackson And MTV: A History
MTV, June 26, 2009

Michael Jackson's death: Police try to control Jackson mourners, media
Los Angeles Time, June 26, 2009

Michael Jackson's Groundbreaking Career, By The Numbers
MTV, June 26, 2009

Check out a Michael Jackson CD:

Blood on the dance floor history in the mix
The essential Michael Jackson
Got to be there
Invincible
Number ones
Off the wall
Thriller

Check out a Jackson 5 CD:

The ultimate collection
The best of Jackson 5

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Remembering Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett lost her battle with cancer this Thursday. Fawcett was a 70's style icon who starred in the television show Charlie's Angels as Jill Munroe before she moved on to the big screen.

Read a news article about Fawcett's life and battle with cancer:

Farrah Fawcett Dies After 3 Year Battle With Cancer
Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2009

Farrah Fawcett dies at 62
USA Today

Farrah Fawcett, Her Life Remembered
ABC News

Check out a film that stars Farrah Fawcett:

The Cannonball Run By Needham, Hal Various Artists Reynolds, Burt 2005/03 - HBO Home Video 555540543X Check Our Catalog A daredevil and other characters get in their cars and take off on a cross-country race. ...More

The Apostle By Duvall, Robert Duvall, Robert Thornton, Billy Bob 2009/01 - Universal Home Video 5552438957 Check Our Catalog He spent his life trying to be a good man. But beneath the virtue and the conviction that made him a successful preacher, lie true human emotions -- lust, desire and rage. Robert Duvall gives us the most powerful and insightful performance of his career as Sonny, a preacher whose honest conviction won him the respect of his town until one day he commits a crime of passion. Forced to assume a new identity and armed only with the unfaltering will to change, Sonny sets out on a road to redemption. ...More

Extremities By Young, Robert M. Fawcett, Farrah Russo, James 2002/04 - Tcfhe/MGM 0792852362 Check Our Catalog A woman is brutally attacked in her own home by a man who lives to regret it. ...More

Man of the House By Orr, James Fawcett, Farrah Thomas, Jonathan Taylor 2005/04 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 5552457331 Check Our Catalog A district attorney tries to win over the bratty son of his future wife. ...More

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