Summary: The story of Stevie, a teenager growing up in Los Angeles. He struggles with his family, including his abusive old brother and co-dependent single mom. He also struggles with his richer friends at school. When Stevie befriends a crew of skateboarders, he learns some tough lessons about race, class, and privilege.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2019
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIDSummary: Based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Secret agent Derek Flint fights an evil organization called Galaxy which has learned how to send icebergs crashing into the Mediterranean, to flood whole valleys and to cause volcanoes to erupt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE OURSummary: Peter has his heart broken by Sarah Marshall, his girlfriend of five years. Sarah is an actress on a television crime series. After breaking up with Peter, she moves on with her life and her new boyfriend, Aldous, a British rock star. Peter is devastated, and after trying unsuccessfully to put her out of his mind, he decides to take a vacation to Hawaii to unwind. Unfortunately for Peter,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FORSummary: Rob Gordon's record store is semi-failing, and his long-time girlfriend has just walked out on him. In order to figure out where things went wrong, he examines his past relationships with other women.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Video 2000
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HIGSummary: Unmarried at 31, Zaza has become an embarassment to his family. With one potential bride after another trotted out in front of him, he somehow manages to never tie the knot. Curious, his family investigates and discovers his secret relationship to a divorcGee. Upset, the entire family decide to intervene.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LATSummary: Two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, the evening becomes quite chaotic as the parents become increasingly childish.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CARSummary: How do you find lasting love in today's world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe, swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr. Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath's dismay. For Zoe's childhood friend and neighbor Kaz, the answer is to follow his parents' example and opt for an arranged (or "assisted") marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WHASummary: "Meet Arthur and Stanley, two wrongly accused and out-of-work actors who escape from the police by stowing away aboard a luxury liner. But soon these two impostors find themselves giving the performance of a lifetime - not only to escape the authorities, but to foil the dastardly plot of a deranged crewman who has explosive plans for everyone on board."--Back of container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY IMPSummary: Ben is a 23-year-old slacker who meets up and coming career girl Alison at a bar. They end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY KNOSummary: Nun Colleen has avoided all contact with her family until her mother emails her that her brother has returned home. She returns home to Asheville, North Carolina and finds her goth-inspired bedroom just as she hed left it. Despite her parents being happy to see her, unease and awkwardness abound. Her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq War. During...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LITSummary: As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett's teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John's side ever since. Their friendship is tested when Lori, John's girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Home Video 2012
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TEDSummary: After being caught in a particularly incompetent cash-station robbery, Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam, a well-intentioned blabbermouth who's convinced that the house is haunted. Miriam may be a ninny, but she's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HOUSummary: One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. Good thing since as it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home. Unfortunately for Horton, this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors. They...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HORSummary: Strange events unfold in Six Mile Hill when construction on a new road disrupts the ancient burial ground of Abhartach, a legendary Irish vampire said to have inspired Bram Stoker's famed 'Dracula.' Deadly and sinister forces terrorize the construction crew, and they're forced to fight to survive the night while exposing the true horror that resides in the town's local myth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR BOYSummary: Aspiring stand-up comedian Will is forced to face the realities of relentless hecklers, drunk comedy groupies and hard-to-impress morning radio DJs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RLJ Enterainment 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OPESummary: A corrupted police officer is in line for a promotion and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. While solving a brutal murder, he makes sure to turn his colleagues against one another to ruin their ambitions. By stealing their wives and exposing their secrets the cop starts to lose himself in the web of deceit he created.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FILSummary: Story of a woman rebuilding her life socially and emotionally after her divorce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNM 1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF UNMSummary: A popular California high school girl is selected by a mysterious old man to kill the vampires that are terrorizing Los Angeles. Although it could put a serious crimp in her shopping, Buffy takes on the ghouls with the help of a handsome drifter, and incurs the wrath of the chief vampire!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BUFSummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUMSummary: 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
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY FRASummary: A parody of epic science fiction movies, especially the original "Star wars" trilogy. Two space bums attempt to rescue a space princess from an assortment of space villains.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000