Summary: It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the gay director and the simple yardman develop an unlikely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GODSummary: Bourgeois couple Hélène and Paul witness Malika, a young prostitute, being attacked by thugs and Paul immediately speeds off. Remorseful, Hélène tracks down Malika in the hospital. As she nurses Malika back to health, Malika tells Hélène a shocking story of how she was turned into a sex slave by a vicious criminal organization. Hélène and Malika join forces to double-cross her pimps and gets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHASummary: Jeffrey is the killer hired by the mob for one last job. Lee is a relentless cop whose mission is to stop Jeffrey at all cost. The two enemies form a strange bond that blurs the line between good and evil. When Jeffrey is double-crossed by the mob in a shootout, Lee picks up his trail in a church while Jeffrey's mistress is caught in a crossfire.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A former Rough Rider, a lovely but shady lady-in-distress, a drifting ex-cowboy, a young reckless cowboy, a haughty English sportsman, and a gutsy Pony Express rider come together to battle the trials of the rugged West in a grueling 700-mile horse race.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BITSummary: Jack Putter feels a little funny, and that's not new, but now he hears something. No, the voice isn't coming from a fiendish spirit. It's coming from hotshot Navy pilot Tuck Pendleton, the subject of a top secret miniaturization project that's gone haywire.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY INNSummary: The Ghostbusters team regroup when the infant son of single mother Dana Barrett becomes the target of a demonic force. They must put a stop to an enormous underground river of slime ready to rot the roots of the Big Apple.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GHOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie GhostSummary: Francis Barrett grew up in a cluttered trailer park among a group of poor gypsies, who are scorned by Irish society. Against all odds, Francis participates in the 1996 Olympics and represents Ireland. An unflinching tribute to an unlikely hero who is a boxing champion and national hero.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOUSummary: Suit up for classic comedy! Contains the original Ghostbusters feature film, plus deleted scenes, filmmaker's commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and more extras.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GHOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GhCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GHOSummary: The young ambitious D'Artagnan arrives aspiring to join the Musketeers, proves he is worthy, and with the others helps save the honor of their Queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber 1997
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THRSummary: Detective Maiku Hama navigates the Yokohama underworld with super cool threads and two-fisted street smarts. But when he comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter at a local parlor, the unflappable Hama has no idea what he's in for. Though seemingly a luckless immigrant on the threshold of Yokohama's gutter, Hama's client holds the secret to a ferocious gangland revenge triangle that soon has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOSSummary: Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics. He makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China. He meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan; an enigmatic and skillful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: As imminent conflict brews between the powerful Trade Federation and the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Naboo to warn the Queen of the galactic fallout which is to follow. Eventually, Naboo is invaded forcing the Jedis to evacuate the planet with the Queen and her court. They travel to the desert planet of Tatooine where they...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STASummary: Wes is 25 years old and is a disaffected, clock-punching drone. His boss chews him out hourly, his girlfriend ignores him routinely, and his life plods on in interminable boredom and routine. Everyone knows Wes will amount to nothing - that is until he meets the sexy woman named Fox, and then everything changes. Wes' estranged father is murdered, and the deadly Fox recruits him into The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FIC WANSummary: Elderly hobbit Bilbo Baggins relinquishes possession of a golden ring possessing magical powers to Frodo, his youthful heir. Charged with casting the ring into the fires from which it was forged, the young hobbit begins an arduous trek across Middle-earth, accompanied by a stalwart band including his best friend Sam, the mercurial wizard Gandalf, the warrior Aragorn, and the blustery Gimli,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY LORSummary: The heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace as the Clone Wars continue to sweep through the galaxy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV STACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA RATED PGSummary: Peter Parker has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. and his duties as a superhero. But there is a storm brewing on the horizon. When his suit suddenly changes, turning jet black and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter as well, bringing out the dark, vengeful side of his personality that he struggles to control. Under the influence of the suit, Peter becomes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Spider-Man 3 2007Summary: Smugglers are out to capture the world's glittering diamond market. Bond uses fast cares, hearses, jets, helicopters and moon machines in a perplexing search to find out why. Seductive smuggler Tiffany Case and millionaire recluse Willard Whyte do their best to deter Bond's efforts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Video 2000
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Diamonds 1971Summary: Agent 007's mission is to find the Moonraker, a space shuttle that has been stolen while enroute to England from the United States. Bond's travels take him from California to Italy, and on to Brazil where he uncovers Drax's evil space scheme.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 1979
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Moonraker 1979Summary: Time is running out. From their secret base on a Japanese island, Blofeld and the fanatics at SPECTRE hijack both an American and a Soviet spaceship. Accusations fly, and superpower war is imminent. 007 must infiltrate SPECTRE's heavily fortified hideout, but countdown to destruction has already begun. This the last consecutive Bond film to star Sean Connery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Video 2000
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE YOUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD YOUSummary: A dream vacation turns into a hilarious tropical nightmare when a rough-hewn cargo pilot takes a sharp-tongued yuppie on a quick flight to Tahiti, only to crash in a storm, stranding the two on a deserted island.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 1998
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SIXSummary: While on assignment in North Korea, Bond is captured by government agents, where he's imprisoned and tortured for over a year. When Bond is exchanged for another prisoner, not everyone is certain 007 is still capable of doing the job. After an unscrupulous entrepreneur is discovered to be in cohoots with the other prisoner, Bond is back on the case, and he finds the two men have sinister plans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DIECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie DieSummary: High voltage crime thriller that crackles with chilling style and wit. A savage gangster named Don Logan is met with resistance when he tries to recruit a retired pal for "one last job". But Logan just won't take no for an answer--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SEXSummary: With the help of their new recruits, The Beast and Angel, the X-Men must face evolution itself in the form of their former teammate, Jean Grey. Possessed with the cosmic power of the Dark Phoenix, the resurrected Jean Grey has become a danger to herself, her mutant comrades, and the entire planet. A potential cure is discovered and processed to treat and ultimately eliminate the genetic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006