New Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/8/09

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.

Beyond Our Differences By 2009-03 - PBS 0841887010221 Check Our Catalog …More

Crank 2-High Voltage By 2009-09 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398112655 Check Our Catalog In this high-octane sequel, hitman Chev Chelios' (Statham) launches himself on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart. …More

Dance Flick By Wayans, Damien Dante 2009-09 - Paramount Home Video 0097360726947 Check Our Catalog Dance Flick is a hilarious new comedy that brings together the talents of two generations of the Wayans family, the explosively funny clan who brought us the Scary Movie franchise and White Chicks, as well as the groundbreaking TV series In Living Color. In Dance Flick, a young street dancer, Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans, Jr.), from the wrong side of the tracks and a beautiful young woman, Megan White (Shoshana Bush), are brought together by their passion for dancing and put to the test in the mother of all dance battles. Dance Flick sends up the dance movie genre, including such recent hits as Step Up and You Got Served, as well as the classic Flashdance. …More

Home By Harden, Marcia Gay 2009-06 - Monterey Home Video 0012233224825 Check Our Catalog There are moments frozen under glass] Inga (Academy award winner Marcia Gay Harden) is a poet. She wants to buy and restore a house she is drawn to that reminds her of her childhood home, but her distant husband Hermann (Michael Gaston) sees little value in it or many of the things Inga loves. Inga realizes that many things in her life are coming full circle. Her crumbling marriage is a stark contrast to her relationship with her 8-year-old daughter, (Eulala Scheel, Ms. Harden's real life daughter) with whom she shares her hopes, fears and inner-most thoughts following her recovery from breast cancer. By day their lives seem magical, full of cloud watching, kite flying and lazy summer drives. But at night, Inga is troubled by her marriage, its lack of intimacy and her fear of her own mortality. By weaving optimism into her lifes story it is in her own writing that she hears the echo of her mothers journey and experiences the revelation that allows her transformation. …More

Music Within By Sawalich, Steven 2009-02 - Tcfhe/MGM 5557459413 Check Our Catalog Ron Livingston delivers the performance of a lifetime in this acclaimed film based on the incredible true-life story of Richard Pimentel. Deafened by a bomb blast in Vietnam, Richard (Livingston) returns home and discovers his lifes calling: helping others with disabilities, including his fellow veterans. Along with his best friend Art (Michael Sheen), a wheelchair-bound rebel with a wicked wit, Richard fights for the rights of those whose voices cant always be heard. MUSIC WITHIN is a powerful and inspiring journey that every American should take. …More

American Experience: Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer By 2009-04 - PBS 0841887010382 Check Our Catalog …More

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther
Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 at 11am

The Pink Panther introduced us to the bumbling Inspector Clouseau (hilariously played by Peter Sellers), hot on the trail of a famous jewel thief (David Niven), who may be planning to make off with an expensive gem known as the Pink Panther. Set in a European ski resort, this bubbly comedy is a delightful blend of elegance and slapstick. Also appearing for the first time is the cartoon Pink Panther, slinking to the beat of Henry Mancini's timeless music. With Claudia Cardinale and Robert Wagner. (Not rated, 115 minutes)

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 9/1/09

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Bring It On, Fight to the Finish By Woodruff, Bille 2009-09 - Universal Home Video 0025195054386 Check Our Catalog After her mom gets remarried, Lina says adios to her East Los Angeles home and readjusts to life in affluent Malibu, where the new girl pledges to whip her school's ailing cheerleading squad into shape. But will Lina's fiery Latin and hip-hop moves be enough to topple the ranking champions, led by the formidable Avery? The spirit is back in this high-energy addition to the cheerleading franchise. …More

Disneynature Earth By Fothergill, Alastair 2009-09 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936787429 Check Our Catalog An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet -- polar bears, elephants and humpback whales. Filmed with spectacular clarity and beauty, EARTH is both majestic and intimate as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals. From the landmark Disneynature collection, EARTH is an astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense and humor that will take your breath away. …More

Gigantic By Aselton, Matt 2009-08 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476011257 Check Our Catalog Brian Weathersby (PAUL DANO) is a 28 year-old salesman at a high-end Swedish mattress company. The afterthought child to elderly parents (ED ASNER, JANE ALEXANDER), and the youngest son in a trio of successful brothers, a shady oil man (IAN ROBERTS), a surgeon (ROBERT STANTON), Brian is searching for his place in the world. Unfulfilled by his work he spends a good portion of his day pursuing his goal of someday adopting a baby from China. He gets swept up in a romance with the lovely but misguided Harriet Lolly (ZOOEY DESCHANEL) when she comes in to his store one day and falls asleep on one of the beds. To win her over, he must compete with her bear of a father, Al Lolly, (JOHN GOODMAN) an art-collecting loudmouth with a bad back and deep pockets. GIGANTIC is a funny, surreal love story about the anxiety that comes when two people with crazy families collide unexpectedly and fall for each other. …More

The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love By Barr, Douglas 2009-10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435963806 Check Our Catalog …More

State of Play By Crowe, Russell 2009-09 - Universal Home Video 0025195040075 Check Our Catalog When D.C. Reporter Cal McCaffrey (Crowe) is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician (Affleck), he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nations power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no ones integrity, love or life is safe. …More

Sugar By Boden, Anna 2009-09 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435968689 Check Our Catalog A gifted pitcher travels from his home in the Dominican Republic to play minor league baseball in the U.S., where he struggles with the new culture and the pressure of knowing that only his success can rescue his family. …More

Quick Flicks for the week of Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Adventureland By Mottola, Greg 2009-08 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936795226 Check Our Catalog From the director of Superbad comes Adventureland, a smart, witty comedy we can all relate to. When James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) has to cancel his dream summer vacation and make some money for grad school, the only job he can get is at Adventureland, a tacky amusement park where the games are rigged and the rides make you hurl. But its where he meets Em (Kristen Stewart, Twilight), and his rollercoaster ride to nowhere turns into the best summer ever. …More

Duplicity By Gilroy, Tony 2009-08 - Universal Home Video 0025195046176 Check Our Catalog Academy Award winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star as two sexy spies-turned-corporate operatives who attempt to pull off one of the biggest heists ever. As the stakes rise in the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse, they'll put everything on the line to remain one double-cross ahead of the rest. …More

Fighting By Montiel, Dito 2009-09 - Universal Home Video BL09093DVD Check Our Catalog When Sean Arthur, an unmotivated young man who hustles counterfeit merchandise in New York City, meets seasoned street-fighting coach Harvey Boarden by chance, his whole life changes. Sean's fights are dangerous, but he sets out to win the prize money at stake and the respect of those around him. …More

Informers By Jordan, Gregor 2009-08 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435964926 Check Our Catalog Bret Easton Ellis adapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen, returning to the Los Angeles of the early 1980s with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances a vast array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs and one another with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano. Filmed with uncommon glamour and grit by acclaimed Australian director Gregor Jordan, THE INFORMERS is an alternately blistering and chilling portrait of hedonism run amuck. …More

Sunshine Cleaning By Jeffs, Christine 2009-08 - Starz/Sphe 0013138003393 0013138003393 Check Our Catalog Financially on shaky ground yet determined to send her son to a top private school, Rose Lorkowski teams up with her unreliable sister, Norah, to start a new company that specializes in biohazard removal and crime scene cleanup. …More

Trouble the Water By Lessin, Tia Director Deal, Carl 2009-08 - Zeitgeist Films 0795975111836 Check Our Catalog Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal recount a surprising tale of heroism in New Orleans, where a wannabe rapper and her husband brave the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina to rescue their neighbors. Featuring live video diary footage from the couple, the Oscar-nominated documentary is both a poignant portrait of a family's will to survive and a startling portrayal of Katrina's devastating power. …More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 8/18/09

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.

Goal 2: Living the Dream By Collet-Serra, Juame 2009-03 - Genius Products BL01874DVD Check Our Catalog Kuno Becker reprises his role as rising soccer star Santiago Munez in the second installment of the Goal! trilogy, which features footballer David Beckham and most of the cast from the original film. …More

Messengers 2: the scarecrow
Desperate to save his crops, a farmer places a mysterious scarecrow in his field, only to discover that with pure evil-- you reap what you sow. As the body count rises around him and his family questions his sanity, he'll have to fight back against a deadly force that knows no bounds.

Naa girlfriend baga rich
When Sanjay joins Sravya on a trip to Bangkok, his bag is switched with one which contains the heads of seven people.

Paying Guests
While four fun-loving guys search for a house to share, they convince their landlord to keep them as paying guests. But the landlord has one condition: He wants only couples. Since they are all bachelors, who will play their wives?