Summary: Greta Gerwig is radiant as a woman in her late twenties in contemporary New York, trying to sort out her ambitions, her finances, and, above all, her tight but changing bond with her best friend, Sophie (Mickey Sumner). Meticulously directed by Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming) with a free-and-easy vibe reminiscent of the French New Wave's most spirited films, and written by Baumbach and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY FRADee, Janie
Summary: When Helena performs a miraculous deed for the King of France, she claims the conceited Bertram as her husband in payment, but Bertram agrees only if she fulfills two conditions that he thinks are impossible.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2013
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS ALLSummary: A group of kids discover that a neighborhood house is actually a monster. To solve the mystery of the house they must go inside it, before it takes everyone that crosses its path.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD MonsterSummary: Small town pizza parlor owner Longfellow Deeds inherits a fortune and a media empire. The humble Deeds thinks the hoopla is a bit much, though he manages to win the heart of a sneaky reporter and fend off a slimy CEO.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MR. DSummary: What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola? A contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. Funny yet hard-hitting, the film tackles the thorny subject of cross-cultural relationships with humor and honesty.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FANSummary: When the Museum of Natural History is closed for renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Smithsonian Institution. It houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections. These range from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NIGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Night 2009Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NIG RATED PGSummary: Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals in this portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMASummary: Zoe wants a baby, but has a problem letting anyone get close to her. The perfect solution is to become artificially inseminated. Shortly after she conceives twins, she finally meets the man of her dreams. Will he stick around when he finds out?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BSummary: The Muppets tasted success with a college musical, and are now ready for Broadway to experience their talent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MUPSummary: A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is the prosecutor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM-UA Home Video 1997
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ADACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ADASummary: A corrupt millionaire junk dealer, embarrassed by his girlfriend's lack of social sophistication, arranges to have her trained in a crash course in "culture." He is surprised and outraged when after becoming aware of her role as pawn in his crooked business deals, she refuses to cooperate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BORSummary: A woman athlete of enormous promise in the worlds of both tennis and golf is pursued by a shady promoter who hopes to make her famous and make some money in the process.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Loew's Incorporated [producer] 1952
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PATSummary: 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: In a fictional African country, a rich, self-made businessman and member of the post-colonial ruling elite takes on a third wife to show the world his wealth, only to be stricken by a curse resulting in impotency. His efforts at getting cured lead to disasterous yet comical results.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Films 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN XALViard, Karin
Summary: After losing her job in a factory, a woman finds a new job as a housekeeper for the man who was responsible for shutting down her previous employer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MYSummary: Elections are always tense, but none more than for the leadership of Hong Kong's largest and oldest criminal triad. The level-headed Lok and the megalomaniac Big D vie for the chairmanship of the 50,000-strong Wo Shing Triad. Big D will do whatever it takes to win, but Lok defeats him when the respected Uncle Teng intervenes. Enraged, Big D prevents the ceremonial baton being transferred to his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ELESummary: Two of Hong Kong special police took the stolen jewels and ran away to Japan to join a criminal society. Hong Kong police sent 2 policemen to Japan to arrest them. However, one of them was captured and another needs help. Therefore, Hong Kong police gathered 5 criminals in Hong Kong with a woman police to go to Japan. They worked together to sweep that criminal society and arrested those 2...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 1985
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie My Lucky 1985Summary: Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BROSummary: Long-married British couple Nick and Meg are revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. Diffident, wistful Nick and demanding, take-charge Meg careen from harmony to disharmony as they take stock of half a lifetime of deep tenderness, and even deeper regret. An invitation from Nick's old friend Morgan, an amusingly eccentric American...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WESummary: Jeff Goldblum may have starred in some of the biggest movies in history, but to secure a green card for his young Canadian fiancée, he's agreed to do a two-week regional theater production of "The music man" in his Pennsylvania hometown. Now he's faced with grueling rehearsals, a furious agent, good friends with their own troubles whom he's convinced to co-star, and the very real prospect of a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PITSummary: Archibald Asparagus stars as Jonah, who is chosen by God to help spread his message to the world. Unfortunately, his first stop on his evangelical tour is the city of Nineveh, where the residents while away their days bingeing on cheese snacks and arguing. Circumstances force Jonah to set sail across the ocean, where he's assisted by Khalil, and pirates who are led by the well-meaning but...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Idea Productions 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV VEGSummary: During a blackout, three train passengers arrive at Chillingbourne in Kent. Londoner Alison Smith is feisty representative of the Women's Land Army (aka the "land girls"). Bob Johnson is an American soldier whose intended destination was Canterbury. Peter Gibbs is a classical music student who worked in peacetime as a cinema organist. As they make their way through the village, Alison has...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006