Teen Scream Horror Film Fest

Teen Scream Horror Film Fest
Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 11am - 5pm

Bring your fiercest scream to our first annual horror film fest. We have the snacks, you bring the fear. Stay all day or as long as you dare for this back to back movie marathon. For teens 13-18.

The Eye
PG-13, 99 minutes
Allison is a blind woman who undergoes a corneal transplant that restores her sight. However, she finds that her new eyes allow her to see ghosts so she tries to uncover the origins of the donor in this horror film.

Drag Me to Hell
PG-13, 99 minutes
Christine Brown is an ambitious L.A. loan officer who denies a home loan to the mysterious Mrs. Ganush leaving the older woman out on the street. In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell.

Cloverfield
PG-13, 90 minutes
The storyline of this heavily anticipated picture revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of October 19, 2010

Agora By 2010-10 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398125266 Check Our Catalog Set in ancient Egypt under Roman rule, AGORA follows the brilliant and beautiful astronomer Hypatia (Weisz) who leads a group of disciples fighting to save the wisdom of the ancient world, as violent religious upheaval spills into the streets of Alexandria. Among these disciples are two men competing for her heart: the witty, privileged Orestes (Isaac) and Davus (Minghella), Hypatias young slave, who is torn between his secret love for her and the freedom he knows can be his if he chooses to join the unstoppable surge of the Christians. …More

Four Boxes By 2010-10 - E1 0741952680796 Check Our Catalog …More

Oceans By Perrin, Jacques Director Cluzaud, Jacques 2010-10 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment 0786936804591 Check Our Catalog Nearly three-quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water and OCEANS boldly chronicles the mysteries that lie beneath. Directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud dive deep into the very waters that sustain all of mankind - exploring the harsh reality and the amazing creatures that live within. Narrated by Pierce Brosnan and featuring spectacular never-before-seen imagery captured by the latest underwater technologies, OCEANS offers an unprecedented look beneath the sea. …More

P-Star Rising By Noble, Gabriel 2010-05 - PBS 0841887012188 Check Our Catalog …More

Please Give By Holofcener, Nicole 2010-10 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396350342 Check Our Catalog Life gets knotty when successful Manhattan couple Alex and Kate develop a relationship with the granddaughters of Andra, the cantankerous elderly woman who owns the apartment next to theirs -- and who must die so they can expand their home. …More

Predators By Antal, Nimrod 2010-10 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543671992 Check Our Catalog PREDATORS, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez, stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers - mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members - human predators that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators. …More

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay By 2010-10 - E1 0652405004390 Check Our Catalog When Lefay is presumed dead, his daughter is left to make the funeral arrangements but is suddenly caught in the middle of a hysterical 6-way power struggle when her dads multiple wives begin appearing out of the woodwork. …More

25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Features live and previously unseen performances, and includes the 2009 celebration of the Hall's silver anniversary, marked by two all-star New York Concerts that aired on HBO. Features U2 performing with Fergie and Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen with John Fogerty, Metallica, Aretha Franklin, and more.

The Gates
Starting with an original attempt in 1979, this film documents the ambitions, planning, and ultimate achievement of Christo's project to install a series of cloth-hung gates in Central Park. The film follows the artists Christo and Jeanne Claude and they navigate through various meetings, arguments, facing an opposing host of city officials, private representatives, artists, and citizens. Over 20 years later the artists fulfill their hope of creating a shared artwork for the community, the camera capturing the ultimate result and public reactions.

Giallo
In Italy, a serial killer known only as Yellow kidnaps foreign women in his unlicensed taxi. After drugging them, he mutilates his victims and documents his deeds with photographs. Celine fears that her sister has been kidnapped and teams up with Inspector Enzo Avolfi to rescue her from the sadistic killer.

Hell Girl, Two Mirrors
Collection 2.  When there is Hell to pay, Ai Enma is the collector. Now, the volatile emotions she has entombed are beginning to exhume themselves, and a cycle of reprisal and retribution wields its deadly scythe on the people of Lovely Hills. Hell girl and her companions find themselves facing visions of their own mortality. Who were they, before becoming Hell's Collectors? And what will be their fate? Ai Enma must take a journey to find the answers to these questions, and others. Includes episodes 14-26.

How Sweet It Was
A best of the best compilation covering a span of over 40 years. Compiled by gospel music expert Anthony Heilbut, this exciting multi-faceted package offers great film of gospel icons, filmed in the 1960s, as well as many all-time classic music tracks from the 1940s-1960s on the accompanying CD. Also includes booklet with biographical notes and photos.

I Hate Love Stories
"'I hate love storys' is the maxim Jay lives by. But as an assistant director to Veer, the most famous romantic filmmaker of Indian Film Industry, Jay has little option but to live with larger than life, glossy, cinematic love  on an everday basis. Things only get worse when he is made to work under the new production designer on the film... Simran, with whom he shares the strangest first encounter"--Container.

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones
Filmed in Texas in 1972 over four nights of the 'Exile On Main Street' US tour, it was billed at the  time as the most powerful rock film ever made and is considered by many fans to be the  finest Rolling Stones performance ever captured on film.

Magadheera
Four people involved in a power struggle over the fate of medieval Udayghad die and are reincarnated together in contemporary India to resolve their conflicts.

Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure
When Uncle John forbids Mandie from joining his quest to keep an old promise, Jason Bond and Mandie's  newfound mother, Elizabeth, make other plans. Mandie  and friends then embark on a harrowing journey by train to protect Uncle John.

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
This is the story of two gangsters. While one was ethical the other was reckless. It has inspirations of the characters of infamous smuggler Haji Mastan and now infamous don Dawood Ibrahim. The film is about Sultan (Ajay Devgan) who labored through his childhood and became a  smuggler as he grew up completely ruling the sea routes. He however always preferred keeping the city clean and never smuggles which was against his conscience. Shoaib (Emraan Hashmi) is inspired by Sultan's life as a child and wants to it as big. He is a son of a  police officer but has no inclination towards the law. As he grows up he makes his way to Sultan's gang and proves himself good enough to go up the ladder fast. However his reckless ambitions soon outgrew Sultan and he decided to take over the city on his own.

Udaan
After being abandoned for eight straight years in boarding school, Rohan returns to the small industrial town of Jamshedpur and finds himself closeted with an authoritarian father and a younger half brother who he didn't even know existed. Forced to work in his father's steel factory and study engineering against his wishes, he tries to forge his own life out of his given circumstances and pursue his dream of being a writer.

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!