Summary: Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF AFT

Summary: When Ginei Studios shuts down, filmmaker Genya Tachibana and his assistant are tasked with interviewing its reclusive star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who had retired from the spotlight 30 years prior. As she recounts her career, Genya and his crew are literally pulled into her memories where they witness her chance encounter with a mysterious man on the run from the police. Despite never knowing his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2001

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME MIL

Summary: Tokyo teenager Gorgeous is upset with her long-widowed father--he wants to marry his new girlfriend Ryoko. Seriously miffed, Gorgeous hits the road to visit her aunt in the country, bringing along her best girlfriends Sweet, Melody, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, and Kung Fu. The titular house belongs to the wheelchair bound aunt, whose large white cat has been immortalized in artwork throughout. Things...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOU

Summary: Shy Norimichi and fast-talking Yusuke are goo-goo-eyed over the same elusive classmate, Nazuna. But Nazuna, unhappy over her mother's decision to remarry and leave their countryside town, plans to run away and has secretly chosen Norimichi to accompany her. When things don't go as planned, Norimichi discovers that a glowing multicolored ball found in the sea has the power to reset the clock and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME FIR

Summary: Set in Hiroshima during World War II, an eighteen year old girl gets married and now has to prepare food for her family despite the rationing and lack of supplies. As she struggles with the daily loss of life's amenities she still has to maintain the will to live.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME IN

Summary: When Lu comes ashore and adds her mermaid singing to a middle-school rock band, a threatening ancient prophecy follows her, so Kai and her other bandmates step up to come to Lu's--and the village's--rescue.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME LU

Summary: A terrorist bomb destroyed a tanker truck on Highway One on Mars releasing a deadly virus killing hundreds. The rewards for the bomber's capture is massive and the bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop would love to get their hands on it.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME COW

Summary: After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko goes to live with her grandmother, who runs a traditional Japanese inn built on top of an ancient spring said to have healing waters. Okko discovers there are spirits who live there that only she can see; not scary ones, but welcoming ghosts who keep her company and play games. The inn₂s motto is that it welcomes all and rejects none, and it is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME OKK

Summary: Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku arrives in Hiroshima to direct a production of Uncle Vanya for a theater festival and, through relationships with an actor with whom he shares a tangled history and a chauffeur with whom he develops a surprising rapport, finds himself confronting emotional scars. This quietly mesmerizing tale of love, art, grief, and healing is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRI

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRI

Summary: As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, one girl experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN NIG

Summary: Seiya, a headstrong street teen, spends his time fighting for cash while he searches for his abducted sister. When one of his fights unwittingly taps into mystical powers he never knew he had, Seiya finds himself thrust into a world of warring saints, ancient magical training, and a reincarnated goddess who needs his protection. If he's to survive, he will need to embrace his destiny and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KNI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Knights

Summary: Based on the real incident of Abe Sada. An ex-prostitute becomes involved in an obsessive love affair with the master of the household where she is employed as a servant which culminates in murder and mutilation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN IN

Summary: After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN CAP
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF CAP

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAP

Summary: A group of heroic figures span the globe protecting democracy and freedom against terrorism. Learning that power hungry North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover as a terrorist. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to slip into an arms dealer's hideout to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TEA

Summary: "In an empire ruled by fear, the people's only hope is the ulitmate weapon: Zatoichi--a blind, nomadic samurai whose sword has made him a hero and whose courage has made him a legend! Determined to help the desperate residents of a village, Zatoichi seeks justice through revenge"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLI

Summary: Jordan is a take-no-prisoners mogul who torments her long-suffering assistant and employees daily. She soon faces an unexpected threat to her personal life and career when she magically transforms into a thirteen-year-old version of herself after the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LIT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LIT

Summary: A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen until now.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RIN

Summary: A medical school dropout named Wallace who has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben. Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WHA
Call number: DVD COMEDYWHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHA

Summary: In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MER

Summary: "In the taut thriller Alice, a woman, is pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon's vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering and, once unleashed, it...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALI

Summary: Calling all dudes buckle up, because the new adventures of Ed and Dex start now! Your favorite fast-food duo is back and serving up nostalgic laughs and new antics in Good Burger 2. Follow Dexter Reed and original cashier Ed as they reunite in the present day at fast-food restaurant Good Burger with a hilarious new group of employees. Dexter is down on his luck after another one of his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2024

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOO