Summary: High school biology teacher Scott Voss is desperate to save the music program at his cash-strapped school. Learning that fighting in MMA matches provides a pretty nice payout, Voss decides to put his former collegiate wrestling skills to the test and climb into the octagon. Unfortunately, Voss has been out of college for about 20 years. Does he have what it takes to beat the best and earn the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures Industries 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HERScharf, Yuval
Summary: The rivalry between father and son professors of Talmudic studies comes to a head when the father is slated to receive Israel's most prestigious national award for his work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FOOSummary: Alec Guinness plays a timid bank clerk with a perfect scheme to steal a million pounds in gold from the Bank of England. What can possibly go wrong? Everything, in this hysterically funny, madcap masterpiece.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LAVSummary: "Sami runs his immigrant family's gas station with his cousin Mike, a charismatic hustler with dreams of expanding into an unleaded empire. More than just a pit stop for late-night gas an drolling papers, their station is where a steady stream of unforgettable and often hilarious cumstomers flow through. When a gorgeous "up-do girl" Najlah comes to deliver cheap long-distance phone cards, Sami...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gas Afterhours Productions 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DETSummary: In 1968, the female workers at the Ford Dagenham car plant, walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. Their actions played a major role in the battle for equal pay, both nationally and internationally.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MADSummary: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, and the entire crew from the popular MTV show return with the most insane tricks and pranks to date.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JACSummary: For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NOTSummary: A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ELFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD ELFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ELF RATED PGCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ELFCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE ELFSummary: Ben Kalmen, a fifty-something New Yorker, discovers that he is not the man he wanted to be. Through many business and romantic indiscretions he has lost his once successful car dealership. Now he must make the decision to face the challenges of his not so youthful life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SOLSummary: A young restaurant worker does whatever it takes to become a millionaire, only to realize that by accomplishing his goal he has wound up in prison.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ISummary: Vince Rizzo is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Vince would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CIT RATED PG13Summary: A sharp comedy centered on a group of 20-something New Yorkers struggling to figure out themselves, their lives, and their loves. Captures the uncertainty and angst of what it is to be young, vulnerable, and desperate to find out who you are - or, perhaps more importantly, who you want to be.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HAPSummary: A high school student who belongs to the Heathers, a powerful but cruel clique, falls for the mysterious new boy in school. She and her new boyfriend grow to dislike the Heathers. Their dislike escalates into a murder, suicide and slushies.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New World Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HEASummary: A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ISummary: Straight-laced George and eccentric Edith, two strangers meet on their children's campus tour at the idyllic Middleton College. Failing comically to connect with their kids, George and Edith play hooky together, ditching the official tour for a carefree adventure reminiscent of their own college years. But what begins as an afternoon of fun soon becomes a revealing and enlightening experience...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Films. 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AtCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie AtSummary: Bridget is a stay-at-home wife whose life as she knows it ends when her husband loses his cushy, high-paying job. Her college degree in literature does not help her find a substantial job, so she accepts a janitorial position at the Federal Reserve. There, she meets Nina and Jackie, who could use some spare scratch as well. Suddenly, it dawns on Bridget that the bank has plenty of what they...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MADSummary: A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PADCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PADCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAD RATED PGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD PaddingtonSummary: When Henry discovers that he has only six weeks to live, he moves to the suburbs planning to spend his final days in seclusion. However, the discovery of a "miraculous" stain on the outside of Henry's house disrupts his plans and draws Henry back towards life and involvement with his neighbors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Henry 2008Summary: A not-so-musically-inclined band of outlaws pose as a group of amateur musicians, while secretly plotting a major heist. But the sweet landlady, who rents them their "digs," proves to be too much for these cutthroats. They decide to get rid of her ... a task they find easier said than done.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LADSummary: Jamie Wellerstein is an up and coming Jewish novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt, a Shiksa Goddess and struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through songs using an intercutting time line device; all of Cathy's songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair while Jamie's songs start at the beginning of their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The rumor circling the halls is that Beecham House (the home for retired musicians) is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it's a star. Reginald, Wilfred and Cecily are in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean. Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA QUACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD QUA RATED PG-13Summary: Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation. At the urging of their therapist, they escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to salvage what is left of their relationship, only to discover an unusual dilemma that awaits them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ONE1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ONE
Summary: Inspired by a true story, it's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2013
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SAPSummary: Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015