Summary: Set in 1913, a group of aristocratic men and women gather for a shooting party at an estate in the English countryside. They go through the elaborate rituals of an Edwardian country house party. Times are changing, though, and their values are about to change.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SHOSummary: A sinister thriller from the fractured 1960s that concerns a middle-aged businessman dissatisfied with his suburban existence, who is urged (and blackmailed) to undergo a strange and elaborate procedure that will grant him a new life as a reborn.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY SCI-FI SECSummary: "Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring. Features an all-star quartet that includes Robert Stack as a pistol-packin' alcoholic playboy; Lauren Bacall as his long-suffering wife; Rock Hudson as his earthy best friend; and Dorothy Malone as his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WRICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE WRISummary: Dixon Steele is an alcoholic screenwriter who has some success but is now in the midst of a long dry spell. One of his neighbors is Laurel Gray, a would-be actress and a smart cookie. Steele is a bitter, angry man who succeeds in insulting everyone he sees while drinking at noon in his usual hangout. Dix has taken a job adapting a trashy novel for the screen--but he doesn't want to read the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures Industries 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INSummary: Starship troopers: Charts the lives of elite members of the Mobile Infantry, a corps of dedicated young men and women soldiers fighting side by side in the ultimate intergalactic war ... the battle to save humankind. The enemy is mysterious and incredibly powerful with only one mission: survival of their species no matter what the human cost.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STASummary: Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers which chronicle the relationship of amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane unfolds in a realm of romance and intrigue.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DORSummary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: A pair of siblings from London purchases a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price. Soon they're caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night--this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR UNISummary: The white princess is a tale of power, family, love and betrayal, charting one of the most tumultuous times in British history uniquely from the point of view of the women. The tempestuous marriage between Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII officially marks of the conclusion of the War of the Roses, but the real battle for the throne is far from over.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHISummary: Mick St. John is a private investigator 'living' in Los Angeles. Mick's bride turned him into a vampire on the couple's wedding night fifty-five years earlier. In the present day, he struggles with his love for a mortal woman, his dealings with other vampires and other criminal elements.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MOOSummary: Six months after Bones and Booth leave their jobs to start a new life, Booth goes missing. Desperate for distraction, Bones takes a murder case, and is devastated to learn the deceased's identity. Featuring the highly anticipated Bones and Sleepy Hollow crossover event.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BONSummary: In the small Texas town of Rio Bravo, law and order is maintained by three unlikely enforcers: hard-boiled sheriff Chance; former quick draw artist Dude, now gone drunk and disheveled; and the crippled, wisecracking Stumpy, who patrols the jail with a shotgun. The arrest and incarceration of Joe Burdette for murder has set these three at odds with his brother, corrupt and wealthy landowner...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN RIOSummary: Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who find solace in real ale, classical music, and difficult crosswords. Together with his able sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford. (Cherubim & seraphim) While Morse goes on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSSummary: The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his 'family'.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HELSummary: When Emma, sixteen-year-old daughter of an ex-girlfriend, goes missing in a sea of hippies, Hodiak agrees to find her and teams up with the young, idealistic undercover vice cop Brian Shafe. Shafe behaves like a hippie to infiltrate the new counterculture and in doing so, realizes Karn has joined a small but growing band of drifters led by career criminal and cult leader Charles Manson.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AQUSummary: The man and the myth are larger than ever in this spectacular retelling of a timeless adventure. Packed with groundbreaking special effects, journey through breathtaking worlds where anything is possible.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GULSummary: An autobiographical film based on the director's life beginning in 1942 during Hitler's struggle to wrest Egypt, especially the city Alexandria, from the British Army. Yehia, an aspiring actor, and his friends experience the impact of war. Yehia studies cinema in Alexandria, stages his first makeshift productions, and finally reaches the conclusion that his future lies in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALESummary: A gritty cop drama set in 1967 Los Angeles, follows the story of Sam Hodiak a decorated World War II veteran and homicide detective, responsible for policing a city ridden by cheap drugs, rising crime, protest, and police brutality. When a daughter of an old girl friend goes missing, Hodiak agrees to find her. Hodiak teams with a young undercover cop and unbeknownst to them the investigation...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AQUSummary: It's Christmastime as young Robbie Eunson pulls his little sister on a sled through the snow to a snug house in the woods. Robbie is fulfilling the promise he made to their dying mother- that he would find a home for each of the six orphaned children.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ALLSummary: Jimmy, known to his friends as Rabbit, is a young man trying to make his way out of the burned-out shell of inner-city Detroit. Rabbit is a white kid trying to make music in a predominantly African-American community and culture. After Rabbit freezes up in the midst of an MC battle, he's convinced he's missed his chance and that he's doomed to lead a marginal life as a factory rat for the rest...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003