Summary: Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BADCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BADSummary: A traveling circus accidentally leaves behind a baby zebra. The baby is then rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh, who takes him home to his young daughter Channing. "Stripes" is soon introduced to the farm's misfit troupe of barnyard residents. The Walsh farm borders the Turfway Racetrack, where highly skilled thoroughbreds compete for the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Crown. From the first moment...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY RACCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Racing 2005Summary: Sue works in a library; her son Daniel eats chips and listens to Metallica. When his father and stepmother cancel his summer plans to visit them in Florida at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An epic war of wills ensues in the unassuming battleground of their suburban home as they each reckon with private tragedies, and pursue their passions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DAYSummary: Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY DIMSummary: Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FARSummary: Meet Zack and Cody, 11-year-old identical twins and the newest residents of Boston's swanky Tipton Hotel. Living in a suite with their mom Carey, the boys treat Tipton like their own personal playground, often taking their new friends along for the ride.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SUISummary: The story follows a company of degenerates who can be hired for a premium to bring your greatest fears to life. But when horror junkie Joe Foster's customized scare seemingly begins, he and his friends must decide if this company is there to scare them or make them pawns in their own sick game.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FEASummary: A portrayal of adolescent Catholic boys. Follow Tim and Francis as they engage in aimless vandalism and mockery--not from malice but boredom. The theft of a religious icon and a plan to kidnap a cougar result in far more serious consequences than either boy intends.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DANSummary: A young couple travels to a secluded island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared an extravagant menu. What they don't know is tonight's clientele have been selected for a specific reason, and they are all involved in the spectacle he intends to perform.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie MenuSummary: In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BAT PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Battle 2017Summary: When two fathers find themselves out of work, they decide to start a day care center. When their business starts to take off, the head of a competing prestigious children's academy tries, with hilarious results, to put them out of business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DADCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DADCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Daddy 2003Summary: Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they ultimately have to contend with a bizarre community of campers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie RV 2006Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RV RATED PGSummary: After an accident in the lab of the maniacal Dr. Barsinister, an ordinary beagle named Shoeshine finds he has some unimaginable powers, along with the ability to speak. Underdog vows to protect the citizens of Capitol City, and one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebred.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY UNDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UND RATED PGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD UnderdogSummary: The Worth's are a family portrait of dysfunction, but when their matriarch, Grandma Mabel dies suddenly, they must set aside their differences and come together. Chaos ensues as they soon discover that not only did Grandma Mabel keep secrets, so did everyone else. They begin to find their way back to each other and realize that while you can't choose your family, you can choose to be friends...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FAMSummary: The story of a famous author who takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to manage the women, along with her literary agent, who is impatient to find out about her next book.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LETCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LETCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LETCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie LetSummary: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990, 95 min.): After wading in a puddle of radioactive waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TEESummary: A mystery man, a murder, and a wad of missing cash in his wryly offbeat breakthrough, Wayne Wang updates the ingredients of classic film noir for the streets of contemporary San Francisco's Chinatown. When their business partner disappears with the money they had planned to use for a cab license, driver Jo and his nephew Steve scour the city's back alleys, waterfronts, and Chinese restaurants...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY CHASummary: Anthony finds himself embroiled in the machinations of his best friend, who is an elaborate schemer. With the help of a getaway driver they develop a plan to rob a small bookstore.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY BOTSummary: When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE OFFSummary: The daughters of a cosmetic company tycoon must learn what it's like without money and hired help, when a scandal in the company forces them to work for a living, while trying to clear their late father's name.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MATSummary: When product-tester Fielding Mellish goes to the country of San Marcos to try and win back his girlfriend, he is kidnapped by a group of rebels. When their leader goes insane, the rebels elect Mellish to replace him, thinking he can save the country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2008