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Kidnapping victims United States Drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama Man-woman relationships United States Drama Psychopaths United States Drama Serial murder investigation United States Drama Teenagers United States Drama Thumb sucking Drama United States United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation DramaSummary: Passions ignite and culture clash in this provocative coming-of-age story, based on the best-selling novel by Philip Roth. Marcus, a student from New Jersey arrives at a small conservative college in Ohio. He becomes infatuated with his class mate Olivia. The mutual attraction sparks a torrid encounter with consequences no one ever could have imagined. He puts his family's best-laid plans and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INDSummary: A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to a painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA BIGSummary: Two local outcasts attempt to save a local video store. Amateur film director Mike must find a way to save the business after his magnetized friend, Jerry, erases every movie in the store. Using an outdated video camera and their own special effects, the two embark on an adventure to remake all the movies, from "Ghostbusters" to "Driving Miss Daisy," turning the two town misfits into local...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BESummary: The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SNOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SNO RATED RSummary: When FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose fascination with the young woman is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling must confront her own demons, and an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER SILSummary: Social climber Alice tries to push her clodhopper family to the background and assumes airs to win the love of an amiable, wealthy young man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ALISummary: "In this chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, the astonishingly versatile director Jonathan Demme crafted a taut psychological thriller about an American obsession: serial murder. As Clarice Sterling, an FBI trainee who enlists the help of the infamous Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter to gain insight into the mind of another killer, Jodie Foster subverts classic gender...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY THRILLER SILSummary: Working undercover for the U.S. government in Rio, the daughter of a convicted Nazi traitor marries a ruthless Nazi spy, but then begins a love affair with her American contact. Torn between passion and patriotism, they must sacrifice their feelings or risk destruction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A parish priest Father O'Malley is sent to revive a financially ailing parochial school and immediately finds himself at odds with no-nonsense Sister Benedict on how to educate the children. Beyond their delightful battle of wits lies a bigger problem-the skinflint businessman next door wants St. Mary's condemned, so he can build a parking lot for his employees. Only a miracle can save St. Mary's.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA BELSummary: Defense attorney Richard Ramsay takes on a personal case when he swears to his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter that he will keep her son Mike out of prison. Charged with murdering his father, Mike initially confesses to the crime. But as the trial proceeds, chilling evidence about the kind of man that Boone Lassiter really was comes to light. While Ramsay uses the evidence to get his client...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WhSummary: At 17, Justin Cobb releases his anxiety by sucking his thumb, which makes him more of an outcast than he already is. As he seeks treatment for his habit, it causes big changes for him and those around him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THUSummary: In First blood, an ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam is searching for peace, but finds instead an overzealous, small town sheriff who's spoiling for a fight.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Easter parade: Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but on the day before Easter she refuses to sign a new contract with him. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. He vows to make Hannah a success before the next Easter parade. After a while Don and Hannah are so successful that Florence Ziegfeld is interested in them. With Nadine dancing for the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRESummary: Inspired by the legend of Shields 'Emperor' Green, a descendant of African kings turned outlaw slave in the pre-Civil War South. Seeking freedom for his family, Emperor fights his way north, joining the daring raid on Harper's Ferry and helping alter the course of American history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EMPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EmSummary: In Barcelona, Spain during the last decade of the Cold War, Ted Boynton, the Spanish representative for a Chicago electric engine firm, plays host to his cousin, Fred Boynton, a lieutenant in the Navy. Ted is earnest and ambitious, but not a typical American salesman. Fred is an advance man for the Sixth Fleet's upcoming shore leave. They are smart but somewhat naive white-collar workers, who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore settles in at a wealthy and powerful legal firm that focuses primarily on civil cases. With some help from veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOSSummary: When white-collar peon Peter Gibbons decides he's had enough and neglects his job, he is quickly promoted to upper management.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Show Boat: When Julie La Verne and her husband Steve Baker are forced to leave the showboat Cotton Blossom, they are replaced by the Captain's daughter, Magnolia, and Gaylord Ravenal, a notorious gambler. Magnolia and Ravenal fall in love, marry, leave the boat and move to Chicago. They live off Ravenal's earnings from gambling. After they go broke, Gaylord feels guilty and leaves Magnolia, not...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRESummary: The film centers on Joe Paterno, who, after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2018