New Quick Flicks for the Week of October 12, 2010

Arn: The Knight Templar By 2010-10 - E1 0741952680291 Check Our Catalog In a time of brave knights in battle; of powerful queens and treacherous kings; of war and betrayal, ARN, a skilled Crusader and swordsman separated from his one true love, is sent to the Holy Land as a Knight Templar to fight fiercely in a cruel and jealous world. …More

As Good as Dead By 2010-10 - Millenium Media Services 0687797132192 Check Our Catalog …More

Baseball-Tenth Inning-Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick By 2010-10 - Paramount Home Video 0097360771749 Check Our Catalog …More

Casino Jack and the United States of Money By 2010-09 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964003131 Check Our Catalog This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramofffrom his early years as a gung-ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies, Chinese sweatshops, and a mob-style killing in Miami, this is the story of the way money corrupts our political process. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney once again wields the tools of his trade with the skill of a master. Following the ongoing indictments of federal officials and exposing favor trading in our nation's capital, Gibney illuminates the way our politicians' desperate ly need to get electedand the millions of dollars it costsmay be undermining the basic principles of American democracy. Infuriating, yet undeniably fun to watch, CASINO JACK is a saga of greed and corruption with a cynical villain audiences will love to hate. …More

Chuck Close By 2010-08 - New Video Group 0767685224564 Check Our Catalog …More

I Am Love By Guadagnino, Luca 2010-10 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent 0876964003155 Check Our Catalog The story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reins of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the family is Tancredis wife Emma (Tilda Swinton), a Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Edos friend and partner Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever. …More

Mid-August Lunch By Gregorio, Gianni Di 2010-10 - Zeitgeist Films 0795975112932 Check Our Catalog As the Italian holiday of Pranzo di Ferragosto approaches, cash-strapped Gianni (Gianni Di Gregorio) gets help from his landlord, his friend and his doctor, who offer financial relief in exchange for Gianni looking after their elderly relatives over the holiday. Four mismatched Italian mamas at the same table make for an awkward, hilarious and touching mid-August lunch in this film festival favorite from Di Gregorio, who also writes and directs. …More

Splice By Natali, Vincenzo 2010-09 - DVD BL12105DVD000 Check Our Catalog Ignoring instructions from the pharmaceutical company that funds their research, groundbreaking genetic scientists Elsa and Clive continue with an unorthodox experiment to create a human-animal hybrid, a new life form they dub "Dren". When they see their fantastical creation, Clive warns that it should be destroyed, but Elsa refuses -- a decision she'll regret when Dren makes deadly plans of her own. …More

Christmas in Canaan
An unlikely friendship blossoms between two ten-year-old boys from different backgrounds during the racially charged backdrop of rural Texas, 1964. Through the years into manhood, prevailing attitudes and the growing civil rights movement severely test their friendship. In the end, they will discover that despite people's differences, it's the memories you make that determine your happiness and peace in life.

The Christmas Story Lady
An elderly lady has a gift for storytelling that brings a troubled family together and envelops them in a world of imagination.

Four Seasons Lodge
The documentary follows a group of aging Holocaust survivors during what may be their last summer together at a compound in the Catskill Mountains of New York. For twenty-five years they have spent the long summer days in the company of others who understand their pasts and their pain.

Racing Dreams
Follows Annabeth, Josh, and Brandon, three kids that compete for the championship in the World Karting Association's National Series, which is widely considered the Little League for professional racing. Clocking speeds of up to 70 mph, these young drivers race their way through the year-long National Series that spawned many of NASCAR's top drivers. And at the same time, they navigate the treacherous road between childhood and young adulthood.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of October 5, 2010

Calvin Marshall By 2010-09 - Passion River Films 0850700001964 Check Our Catalog Alex Frost stars in this heart-warming and hilarious comedy about a junior college kid pursuing a lifelong dream to play major league baseball. …More

Dinosaurs Decoded By National Geographic, 2010-07 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0727994754534 Check Our Catalog …More

George Lopez: America's Mexican By 2008-02 - HBO Home Video 9780783154527 Check Our Catalog …More

Hurricane Season By Story, Tim 2010-02 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476012186 Check Our Catalog …More

Karate Kid By Zwart, Harald 2010-10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396359130 Check Our Catalog 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts the karate kid on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life. …More

Laughology By 2010-09 - E1 0826262006495 Check Our Catalog …More

Leaves of Grass By Nelson, Tim Blake 2010-10 - Millenium Media Services 0687797130297 Check Our Catalog Tim Blake Nelson's Leaves of Grass is a comic thriller seen through the dual perspectives of identical twins Bill and Brady Kincaid (both played by two-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton). Bill, a classical philosophy professor at Brown University, returns home upon news of his brother Bradys murder in a drug deal gone awry. Bill quickly learns that Bradys death has been grossly exaggerated, as hes swept up into one of his brothers crazy schemes. Alongside his eccentric mother (Susan Sarandon) and a beautiful woman named Janet (Keri Russell), Bill participates in his brothers wild plan, leading him on a twisted path filled with unique characters and lifes most challenging questions. Also starring Richard Dreyfuss and writer-director Nelson, Leaves of Grass merges crime drama, drug comedy and classical philosophy, as it attempts to answer one of the oldest questions in the world: What does it truly mean to be happy? …More

A Nightmare on Elm Street By Bayer, Samuel 2010-10 - New Line Cinema Corporation 0794043132322 Check Our Catalog Samuel Bayer directs this reinvention of Wes Craven's 1984 slasher classic about Freddy Krueger, a serial killer who crosses the boundary between dreams and the waking world to gut his victims with his razor-sharp blade-fingered glove. …More

Rust By 2010-10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396357501 Check Our Catalog …More

The Secret of Kells By Moore, Tomm Voice by Gleeson, Brendan Voice by Hourican, Liam 2010-10 - New Video Group 0767685229026 Check Our Catalog When Vikings attack an Irish abbey, the monks must stop work on the legendary Book of Kells and protect their home. So Brendan (voiced by Evan McGuire), the 12-year-old nephew of Abbott Cellach (Brendan Gleeson), is tasked with completing the magnificent work. Now, he must confront his most intense fears as he uses his illumination skills and braves the enchanted forest outside the abbey walls in this exhilarating, Oscar-nominated animated tale. …More

Suck By Stefaniuk, Rob 2010-09 - E1 0741952687092 Check Our Catalog A truly all-star cast couples with some of the greatest rock stars and music ever in the perfect-for-Halloween vampire spoof about a band that sells itself at any cost! With creepy producers, wild groupies and the legendary vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsing, a down and out rock band, The Winners, are launched into the spotlight only to find that fame may be a fate worse than death! …More

Wushu Warrior By 2010-03 - Phase 4 Films 0625828521102 Check Our Catalog …More

24 Hours after Hiroshima
On August 6th, 1945 a weapon unlike any other was unleashed on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Four days later, the Japanese surrendered, having been subjected to horrors and devastation previously unknown and unimaginable. A team of scientists and experts from the Manhattan Project was ordered by President Truman to investigate the facts of what really happened when the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima. Revealed is what happened moment by moment in those first 24 hours.

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted
Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of 'astonishing' the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the 'mutant cure' reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally, and some unexpected adversaries, tipping the scales! Includes six episodes.

Bill Maher "--but I'm not wrong"
In this freewheeling, no-holds-barred performance before a packed house in Raleigh, North Carolina, Bill fearlessly and hilariously lets loose on a comprehensive set of unique insights and controversial topics: the 'Great Recession,' fake patriotism, President Obama, Michael Jackson, the drug war, health care, the Tea Party movement, reverse racism, religion, and much more, including the first-ever burka fashion show.
 
Don't Let Me Drown
A young girl who lost her sister during the September 11 attacks meets and falls in love with another teen whose father works sifting through the Ground Zero debris.

Fade to Black
After a failed marriage and career, Orson Welles travels to  Italy, where he is swept up in intrigue, deceit, and romance when he falls for a woman whose stepfather is murdered.

George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano
Performed live in a front of a sold-out audience, George targets modern kids and family values, love, sex, immigration, his Latino roots and more as he gives us his hilarious take on living la vida Lopez.

"I need that record!  The death (or possible survival) of the independent record store"
Documentary feature examining why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade.

Listen to Your Heart
A struggling musician falls in love with a wealthy girl, who inspires him to write beautiful music that she cannot hear. Bonus features include music clips, deleted scenes, and auditions.

Milenge Milenge
"...charming romantic comedy has all the right ingredients and of a sugary romance and slapstick fun. Amit and Priya meet at a Youth festival in Bangkok. The attraction is instant and they spend days together cavorting around Bangkok City together. At the end of the festival when they are preparing to come back to Delhi, Amit loses Priya's trust and she decides to end the relationship. Amit tries to regain her trust by telling her that they are destined to be together and Priya decides that if it is fate that they should be together, they will find each other in Delhi again. So is all of life pre determined, even who our soul mate is? That's the theme explored in Milenge Milenge, a delightful fairy tale of a romantic comedy that makes you fall in love all over again"--Container.

The Rolling Stones: Born Under a Bad Sign
This videodisc examines the early part of The Rolling Stones  career. Archive interview material with the band themselves, contributions from those who worked closely with them, classic performance footage, numerous rare and seldom seen photos, location shoots, and a host of other features, this will prove a delight for every Stones fan as it sheds a  uniquely informative light on the early career of this extraordinary group.

This Movie is Broken
Bruno wakes up in bed next to Caroline, his longtime crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France, and maybe she only granted this  miracle as a parting gift for her long time friend. So tonight is Bruno's last chance. And tonight, as it happens, Broken Social Scene, her favorite band, is throwing a big outdoor bash. Maybe if Bruno, with the help of his best pal Blake, can score tickets and give Caroline a night to remember, he can keep this miracle alive.

Woke Up Dead
Drex, a confused zombie, tries to solve the case of the mystery pill that left him drowned in a bathtub. With the help of his roommate Matt and sexy med student Cassie, he may be able to uncover leads about why his death didn't stick, why a mystery online chat buddy is after him, and why he's starting to show signs of superpowers. Will the group figure out why Drex is only sort of dead? Or is falling in love actually what Drex needs to do to stay alive? Includes featurettes, and more.

Blu-ray Discs have arrived!

MMM News
  Blu-ray Discs have arrived!  View our initial collection of over 100 titles. 
Each Gail Borden library cardholder may check out one (1) Blu-ray Disc for 3 days, no renewal, no grace period.  Extended use fees are $1/day. 
Enjoy high quality movies on your HD TV or your computer's BD drive.  Titles are available at the Main library and in the Rakow branch's MediaBank.  Come checkout the latest blockbuster titles like Iron Man 2 and Kick-Ass.  Check back every week for the newest titles!

 

No School Day Movie: Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Friday, October 8, 2010 at 10am

Years before meeting Wendy and the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell met Lizzy, a little girl with a steadfast belief in the power of pixie dust and the magic land of fairies. During the fairies’ summer visit to the flowering meadows of England, two very different worlds unite for the first time and Tink develops a special bond with a curious child in need of a friend. (Rated G)

New Quick Flicks for the Week of September 28, 2010

Babies By Balmes, Thomas 2010-09 - Universal Home Video 0025192047664 Check Our Catalog Everybody loves... BABIES. This visually stunning new movie simultaneously follows four babies around the world - from first breath to first steps. From Mongolia to Namibia to San Francisco to Tokyo, BABIES joyfully captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all. …More

Collapse By 2010-06 - MPI Home Video 0030306500096 Check Our Catalog In an avant-garde soliloquy, investigative journalist Michael Ruppert details his unnerving theories about the inexorable link between energy depletion and the collapse of the economic system that supports the entire industrial world. Helmed by filmmaker Chris Smith, Ruppert's monologue explains how the lies and political propaganda fed to Americans by big business will eventually lead to human extinction. …More

Frozen By 2010-09 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz 0013132143392 Check Our Catalog A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize with growing panic that theyve been left behind, dangling high off the ground with no way down. …More

Get Him to the Greek By Stoller, Nick 2010-09 - Universal Home Video 0025192049507 Check Our Catalog Ambitious young record company intern Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) will let nothing get in the way of his planned rise to the top in the music business -- not even the unruly rock star (Russell Brand) he must escort to Los Angeles for the start of his anniversary concert. Doing whatever it takes to get the rocker from Point A to Point B, Aaron encounters all manners of mishaps in this comedy directed by Nicholas Stoller and produced by Judd Apatow. …More

Iron Man 2 By Favreau, Jon 2010-09 - Paramount Home Video 0097361399744 Check Our Catalog In Iron Man 2, the world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James Rhodey Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces. …More

The Killer Inside Me By Winterbottom, Michael 2010-09 - MPI Home Video 0030306975795 Check Our Catalog Lou Ford is a handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy named in an idyllic West Texas town in the early 1950s. As a lifelong resident, Ford has difficulty juggling his long-term girlfriend Amy, the prostitute named Joyce that he mistakenly falls for, and the sociopathic tendencies inside him. …More

Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith By 2010-09 - Inception Media Group 0815300010044 Check Our Catalog …More

Perrier's Bounty By Fitzgibbon, Ian Voice by Byrne, Gabriel 2010-09 - MPI Home Video 0030306975597 Check Our Catalog …More

Stiffs By 2010-09 - Monterey Home Video 0012233402223 Check Our Catalog Academy Award nominated Danny Aiello stars as Frank Tramontana, a hearse driver who unwittingly gets drawn into a scheme his co-workers have concocted for a series of unfortunate accidents designed to clean up the neighborhood and fill their funeral parlor with much needed customers. As the body count rises, they stumble and bumble their way through the sidesplitting antics of this new business plan strewn with familiar faces like Jon Polito (American Gangster) and Frank Vincent (Phil Leotardo The Sopranos). But things get a bit complicated and problems are further exacerbated when Franks provocative ex-wife (Academy Award nominated Lesley Ann Warren) reappears to give Frank a dose of reality. …More

Bumm bumm bole
Pinu loses his sister Rimzim's shoes so they both decide to share a pair of shoes untill their father saved enough money to buy a new pair.

The Escapist
Frank Perry is a tough lifer determined to bust out of a London penitentiary to see his terminally ill daughter before she dies. But first he'll have to assemble a hardcore crew, battle the brutal prison kingpin, and pull off one of the most daring and suspenseful escapes in movie history.

Gangster's Paradise
Starting off with simple smash and grabs, Lucky Kunene quickly graduates to more aggressive heists such as armed robbery and carjacking. Soon Lucky realizes he needs a bigger score to fulfill his goals of making it big and escaping from the slums to a dream house by the sea. Kunene hatches an elaborate and violent plan to make his fortune, hijacking buildings from landlords of Johannesburg tenements by winning the favor of the tenants and holding their rent hostage from the landowners.

Good
When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing instantly advance. But after learning of the Reich's horrific plans for the future, John must decide whether to do nothing and keep his fame or risk losing everything.

Mercy
A best selling novelist one-night stands his way through LA until he finally meets his match with Mercy, a book critic who calls his bluff in this powerful romance.

The Oath
A spectacularly gripping documentary that unfolds like a great political thriller. It's the cross-cut tale of two men whose fateful meeting propelled them on divergent courses with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oath offers a rare window into a hidden realm and the international impact of the U.S. War on Terror.

Teen Patti
"Perci Trachtenberg, widely regarded as the world's greatest living mathematician, meets Venkat, a reclusive math genius from India, at a high rolling casino in London. Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could not only change the dialogue on mathematics forever, but one that has already left an indelible impression of guilt - for many painful reasons - on Venkat's life. As it turns out, the reclusive genius Venkat has cracked a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness. Venkat is encouraged to test his theory in the real world by professor Shantanu, an ambitious colleague of Venkat, to see if his equation could crack Teen Patti, a poker game. ) he eventually succumbs to Shantanu's charismatic persuasion. Soon, with the help of a few students, they explore the addas (underground gambling dens) of wild Bombay. But what starts out as an experiment between a charismatic young professor and an eccentric older one soon descends into a game neither of them can control. When their lives sink into maddening chaos, the greed and desperation that had fueled them on can no longer save them."--container

www.love.com
Love.com is directed by debutant director Vinod Mukhi's film who touches the subject of internet use by contract killers. Lead character played by Mika Singh is shown as a fun loving club owner who enjoys singing dancing but does not tolerate any misconduct inside his joint. The club becomes the hub for contract killers.