Summary: "Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the misadventures of three kings"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY TAL

Summary: A classic tale is reborn through the inspired imagination of cinematic dream-weaver Guillermo del Toro, directing alongside Mark Gustafson. Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2023

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GUI

Summary: A classic tale is reborn through the inspired imagination of cinematic dream-weaver Guillermo del Toro, directing alongside Mark Gustafson. Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FANTASY GUI

Summary: Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BLA

Summary: Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2023

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BLA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Black

Summary: Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and Jack from the Beanstalk are all about to live happily ever after when the balance between good and evil gets thrown out of whack. It's up to Cinderella (a.k.a. Ella) to save the day by taking on her power-hungry stepmother. This time Ella will have to do all the work without her Prince Charming. She joins forces with an unlikely army of dwarves, fairies, and the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HAP

Summary: A heartwarming story about a deceased Sicilian father trying to negotiate his way into heaven. But the only way in is to first go back and repair his relationship with his reluctant son, reunite his feuding family back in Sicily, and help all find love in places they never imagined.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ROA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROA

Summary: In this adaptation of a Czech legend about an infertile couple, a husband presents a tree stump that physically resembles a baby to console his wife. When she treats it like a real baby, it begins to take on a life and a monstrous hunger of its own.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2002

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LIT

Summary: Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, Logan and Victor, two half-brothers with special powers grow up amid violence. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors known as Wolverine and Sabretooth. William Stryker is a sinister government operative whose Weapon X program experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in. Kayla Silverfox shares a peaceful...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE XMEN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD X

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD XME

Summary: An epic fantasy tale of good versus evil, friendship and sacrifice. With the help of a courageous fellowship of friends and allies, Frodo the hobbit embarks on a perilous mission to destroy the legendary One Ring. Hunting him are servants of the Dark Lord Sauron, the Ring's evil creator. If Sauron reclaims the Ring, the whole of Middle-Earth is doomed. Part one of three films.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOR

Summary: Monsieur Oscar, a mysterious, shadowy character, spends a day traveling through Paris in a limousine driven by his loyal chauffeur, Celine. During his travel, he journeys from one life to the next, taking on the appearances of a wide variety of characters, including a captain of industry, an assassin, a beggar, a monster, a reptilian sex god, a melancholy father, and a dying old man.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Vivendi Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOL

Summary: In the second film of 'The lord of the rings' trilogy, the breathtaking adventure continues. The Fellowship is broken, but its quest to destroy the One Ring continues. Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the ring, as their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOR

Summary: When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2015

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY CIN

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CIN

Summary: This magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis, who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town's sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches. Based on the beloved children's classic book.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOU

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOU Family

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ho

Summary: Clara is searching for the special key to unlock a box from her late mother. Inside that box is a priceless item that her mother left for her. During her godfather's yearly holiday party, Clara almost gets the key but it disappears. She embarks on a quest into a mysterious world which has four different realms: a snowflakes realm, flowers realm, sweets realm, and the challenging realm where the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NUT

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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV NUT

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nu

Summary: In a remote medieval outpost of Ireland, young Brendan embarks on a new life of adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying a book brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SEC

Summary: Frodo and Samwise press on toward Mordor: Gollum insists on being the guide. Can anyone so corrupted by the ring be trusted? Frodo is increasingly under the sway of the ring wonders if he can trust himself. Meanwhile, Aragorn, drawing closer to his kingly destiny, rallies the forces of good for the battles that are about to come. Dark Lord's army is fast approaching Gondor and the War of the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Lord 2002

Summary: The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY HOB

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOB

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Hobbit 2013

Contents: Discs 1 & 2: Blu-ray 3D, extended edition, parts 1 & 2 -- Disc 3: Blu-ray, extended edition, plus the filmmakers commentary (includes New Zealand: Home of Middle-Earth: Part 3) -- Disc 4: Blu-ray, the appendices part II: The gathering storm/chronicles of the Hobbit; part 3 -- Disc 5: Blu-ray, the appendices part 12: Here at journey's end.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: Blu3D DVD Movie Hobbit

Summary: The epic conclusion to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. The dragon Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women, and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo attempts to make him see reason.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ho

Summary: Join Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, and brave members of the Fellowship as they continue their quest to destroy the Ring of Power. As darkness descends on Middle-earth, a strange creature named Gollum leads the heroes to the Black Gates of Mordor. The rest of Middle-earth prepares for a battle that will decide the fate of all.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY LOR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Lord 2003

Summary: It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2016

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BFG

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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: DVD BFG

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3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BFG