Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Heidi: Based on the classic, Shirley stars as an adorable orphan who transforms her gruff grandfather in the Alps into a loving man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SHISummary: Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal as Vincent van Gogh, torn between the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation of his tormented mind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LUSSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: Roger and his friend Charlie audition at a saloon in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. The number "Alexander's ragtime band" proves to be a sensation. Charlie soon falls in love with Stella who is the singer of the band. When Roger returns from World War I, he meets Stella and learns she and Charlie have married.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ALESummary: Series follows anti-corruption unit 12 (AC-12) as they investigate fellow police officers accused of corruption. In series five, Stephen Graham stars as John Corbett, the ruthless leader of an organized crime group who hijacks a seized drugs transport. AC-12 investigators suspect corrupt police officers of leaking information. As the body count rises, AC-12 realize they₂re facing their most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LINSummary: Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Legion follows the story of David Haller, a man who believed he was schizophrenic but discovered he might be the most powerful mutant in the world. With help from a team of specialists, David harnessed his unique abilities and learned he had been haunted by a malicious parasite. Now, David is all that stands in the way of Amahl Farouk from attaining infinite and world-ending power.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LEGSummary: National headlines blazed the story: Churchgoers Gunned Down During Prayer Service in Charleston. South Carolina. After a 21-year-old white supremacist opened fire in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, nine African Americans lay dead, leaving their families and the nation to grapple with this senseless act of terror. Featuring intimate interviews with survivors and family members. From...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMASummary: Edward Morgan, rich trustee of an orphanage, meets and is entranced with little Elizabeth and her older sister Mary. He adopts them and they come to adore Edward. Mary falls in love with Edward, and he has the same feelings; Elizabeth plays matchmaker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CURSummary: Hot shots. A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HOTSummary: This spoof of documentary films stars Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, the famous "Chameleon Man" of the 1920's, whose personality was so vague he would assume the characteristics of whomever he came into contact with. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie simulates the look of a newsreel, complete with stentorian narration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ZELSummary: A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistant questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ZSummary: The Barden Bellas are back to pitch slap the world. It's been three years since the Bellas brought their signature vocals, style and attitude to become the first all-female group to win a national title. But when they get banned after a scandal that threatens to derail their last year at Barden, the three-time defending champs worry that this time they've lost their harmony for good. The Bellas...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PITSummary: New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city's next skyscraper. And if things weren't bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare, a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ISNCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IsCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISNSummary: Notable highlights include an episode in which a program to build an international space station is threatened by sabotage. Another where Superman encounters Kryptonite for the first time. Then there is the episode where Superman is suspected of causing a heatwave and jailed for using his powers. Lois and Clark share a hotel suite whilst investigating high level political corruption. Superman...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LOISummary: Nevada Smith is a rugged innocent boy born during the 1890s California gold rush to a Native American mother and white father. When he finds his parents murdered by vicious killers, he sets out to track them down.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN NEVSummary: It all starts with a meteorite falling to earth near Glen Canyon, Arizona. The next day, biology teacher Dr. Ira Kane and geology teacher Harry Block from Glen Canyon Community College go to investigate. While taking a sample, they discover a slimy blue fluid oozing from the meteorite. Kane finds myriad single-celled life-forms in the fluid, evolving at an incredible rate, even while he's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EVOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EVOSummary: Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding for the third time! He develops a miraculous elastic goo flubber that enables anything it's applied to, to bounce super high and fast.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FLUSummary: In this dark and suspenseful miniseries, Maja Silver is an inspector with the Stockholm police department who returns to her hometown in the Swedish Bible Belt in an attempt to reconnect with her estranged daughter, Becky. The family reunion is interrupted by a terrible discovery as an emaciated girl is found dead on a highway. When another local girl disappears, Maja finds herself embroiled in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MISSummary: Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson has an offbeat personality, uses a tough-as-nails approach, and has a track record as one of the country's leading investigators. For the Atlanta transplant heading up the Priority Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, her position on this elite detective squad, which handles high-profile cases of a sensitive nature, is a tenuous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009