Summary: Documentary providing an intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. The principal focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six, and Sunni political candidate who is an outspoken critic of the occupation but passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq. As his waiting room is filled daily with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MY

Summary: A young showgirl falls for a playboy soldier the night before his leave. When he comes back and is given a medal, he finds that she's singing at the celebration his family has arranged, and she finds that he gave her an assumed name and is engaged.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GAN

Summary: Reporter Bob Wilton is trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails. He gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. With unparalleled psychic powers, they can read the enemy's thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat by simply staring at...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2010

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Men 2010

Summary: Connor Mead is the kind of guy who dumps three girlfriends - at one time and by teleconference. So when he goes home to attend his brother's wedding, he has a singular goal in mind: score with the only bridesmaid he has somehow managed to miss. But the ghost of his departed Uncle Wayne - who taught him to love 'em and then leave 'em - has another goal in mind: restore Connor's lost faith in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2009

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

Summary: When Anna, an American journalist, travels to Iraq to report on the conflict, she quickly becomes familiar with the grim day-to-day realities of the war. When an Iraqi leader and friend is assassinated, Anna becomes determined to uncover the truth behind his death. As she becomes more entrenched, Anna finds herself pulled between the affections of an American intelligence offical and Zaid, a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2007

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

Summary: Chipmunk singing sensations Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are back for an encore in this hilarious 'squeakquel' packed with more action and more nutty fun for the whole family. When a concert mishap lands Dave in the hospital, the Chipmunks take a break from superstardom and enroll in school to fit in with kids their age. But they soon face some stiff competition when they meet the Chipettes, a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010

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

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALV

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

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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Alvin

Summary: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend called Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House. Black Dynamite is ready to seek his revenge and take...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010

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

Summary: An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc C

Summary: Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2011

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CIV

Summary: Bertram Pincus is an irritable dentist whose people skills leave much to be desired. Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him. Frank Herlihy, in particular, pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. Now, Pincus is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Pictures 2008

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

Summary: In 1962 Baltimore there are changes in the air. Plus-sized teen Tracy Turnblad, with big hair and even bigger heart, has only one passion, to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corney Collins Show" and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. The trendsetting Tracy aims to win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2007

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HAI RATED PG

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

Summary: Lars is a sweet but quirky guy who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a life-sized doll named Bianca. He is content with his artificial girlfriend until he develops feelings for Margo, an attractive co-worker. Now Lars finds himself in a unique love triangle, hoping to somehow discover the real meaning of true love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LAR

Summary: In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHA RATED R

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Charlie 2008

Summary: A short-order cook is hopelessly in love with a waitress who barely knows he's alive. Enter the Devil, who grants him seven wishes in order to win her over, but his efforts are hampered by the Seven Deadly sins including the insatiable Lillian Lust!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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

Summary: John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is black, a painful and emotional eruption occurs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pioneer Artists 1998

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

Summary: When Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary, he not only generates strong reactions regarding his extreme prejudices, he also tries to meet and marry Pamela Anderson.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BOR
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BOR

Summary: In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President and his aides struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DR

Summary: A superstitious Brooklyn widow is ready to get married again. Only this time, she plans on doing it right - even if she has to say "yes" to a man she doesn't really love. When she unexpectedly falls in love with her fiancé's estranged brother Ronny, what happens next is a wonderful romantic complication.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2006

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MOO

Summary: Four middle-aged men decide to take a motorcycle road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. These "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New Mexico for a drink, not knowing that the bar belongs to the Del Fuegos, a mean biker gang. When the Del Fuegos steal a bike that belongs to the Wild Hogs, Woody, one the the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2007

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

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE Wild 2007

Summary: Bitter mens figure skating rivals Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy brawl after tying for the gold medal at the world championships. Banned for life from the men's single skating competition, these archrivals find a loophole that will allow them to skate again as a figure skating pair.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2007

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Blades 2007

Summary: Nora Wilder is a thirty-something Manhattanite plugging away at her job, but her quest for love consistently results in falling flat on her face. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman with an unabashed passion for living. Inevitably, Nora discovers she must look inward before finding a new outlook on life and love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2007

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Broken 2007

Summary: It's one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys who brave a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, while managing to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and straighten out their offbeat love lives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 1995

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CLE

Summary: Eddie is a confirmed bachelor who is forty and owns a sporting-goods store. After watching his ex-fianc w̌alk down the aisle, he meets Lila who is an environmental researcher. Lila seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only 6 weeks. He almost immediately discovers that his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007

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

Summary: Fading movie musical star Tony Hunter, down and out in Hollywood, decides to try his luck on the Broadway stage.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005

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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS BAN