Summary: "Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY KILSummary: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes it may already be too...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE JUSSummary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOLSummary: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes it may already be too...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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3 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE JUSCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JuCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JUSCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Justice 2018Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PG-13Summary: "Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt. Soon the three are in for the ride of their lives as they cross the blistering North African terrain, pitting thier skills against ruthless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 HIGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HIGSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: High plains drifter: When "The Stranger" rides into the sin-ridden town of Lago, bullets fly as he battles three ruthless gunmen in a pulse-pounding shoot-'em-up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. He is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA INSSummary: "In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood, in hell-bent sixties...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BEYSummary: When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. They then embark on a trip to find his father whom he has never met.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CENSummary: When the Silver Surfer arrives on Earth, army General Hager demands that Reed Richards create a sensor to track him and find out what he's doing on Earth. The only problem is that Richards is helping Sue Storm plan their rescheduled wedding. Ben Grimm is heating up his relationship with Alicia and Johnny Storm is trying to get sponsorships and girls. Returning is Victor Von Doom, who gladly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FANSummary: After exposure to cosmic radiation, four astronauts become the most remarkable, if not most dysfunctional, superheroes of all time. Reed Richards is the leader of the group and gains the ability to stretch all parts of his body, he takes the name Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FANSummary: After five-year old Jack and his Mom escape from the enclosed environment that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a miraculous discovery: the outside world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ROOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie RoomCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ROO RATED RSummary: After the loss of their unborn baby, Kate and John Coleman decide to adopt a child as a way to bring some joy and normalcy into their lives. The couple is drawn to Esther, a 9-year-old orphan and they welcome her into their home. As soon as Esther moves in, a series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther--this seemingly angelic little girl...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORPSummary: A demented actor and his daughter set about murdering each of London's nine prominent drama critics according to murders in Shakespeare's plays.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM/UA Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THESummary: The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared, a curious, adventurous boy, quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Chronicles 2008Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SPISummary: Set in a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a young boy experiences an unforgettable summer. Luca shares his amazing adventures with his newfound friend Alberto, but their fun is threatened by a deeply held secret: they're sea monsters from another world just below the water's surface.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LUCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LUCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LUCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LUC FAMILYSummary: A fictional account of what might have happened in April 1963, when John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein traveled to Barcelona for an extended weekend getaway. In the four days spend together, the suave Epstein and the provocative Lennon reflect on their lives, both private and professional; as they explore the unique bond they share. Munch's sparse and intimate narrative, captured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOUSummary: An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck, his idol. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PEA1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PEA
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Peanut 2019Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PEACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PEASummary: A lonely young woman saves the life of a handsome stranger she has fallen in love with from afar. His family mistakes her for his fiancee, and she goes along because she likes his offbeat family so much. Matters take a hilarious turn when she meets and falls in love with her make-belive lover's brother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Pictures Home Video 1998
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY WHICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WHICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WHISummary: Based on the inspiring true story of salesman turned pastor Michael Spurlock, the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALL RATED PGCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALLSummary: After five-year old Jack and his Mom escape from the enclosed environment that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a miraculous discovery: the outside world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016