Summary: When seventeen year old J's mother dies of an overdose, he calls his grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, who invites him to come live with her. A Ma Barker camouflaged as a cheery suburban grandmother, she dotes on her roguish boys, and looks to add J to the mix. The oldest is Pope, a gunman off his meds, unhinged drug dealer Craig, and baby-faced youngest Darren. The brothers, along with Pope's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ANISummary: A true story of humanity and heroism, this film vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi and a waiter who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HoSummary: After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world forcing them to choose who to trust: the dead or the living.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY HORROR TALSummary: Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SWESummary: It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Media 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRASummary: Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRESummary: The heart-warming true story about an eccentric chicken farmer who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process tries to reunite his family and save their seaside town.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ODDSummary: Ray is in a loveless marriage and hopes to escape the monotony when he begins a torrid affair with next-door neighbor Carla. Although she is married to a low-level mobster, she also seeks a little excitement. Ray's moral values are tested to the limit when Carla presents him with a bag of cash from one of her husband's latest crimes. What was to be an opportunity to take the money and run, soon...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER SQUSummary: Martin, a skilled and ruthless mercenary, posing as a scientist sent into the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for a tiger believed to be extinct. Hired by an anonymous company that wants the tiger's genetic material, Martin proceeds to set up base camp at a broken-down farmhouse, where he stays with a family, becoming increasingly close to them. However, as his attachment grows, Martin is led...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HUNSummary: "I'm just a bloody normal bloke. A normal bloke who likes a bit of torture," says Mark "Chopper" Read. Read is one of Australia's best-selling authors, in part because before he became an author, he was one of Australia's most brutal stand-over men. "Chopper" tells his story with a kind of fascinated horror, a study of the mystique of criminal notoriety, and portrait of a cunning, ruthless...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR WINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WINCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WINSummary: Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE BRISummary: Amelia is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook turns up at her house, she is forced to battle with her son's deep seated fear of a monster. Soon she discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BABSummary: For Aaron Falk, going back home is not going to be easy. After all, with the area facing an extreme drought, everyone is in a constant state of alert. It is against this strange backdrop that Falk stumbles into a mystery that is four decades old. Many years ago, a teenage girl died under mysterious circumstances. And the more that Falk investigates this cold case, the more he realizes that it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DRYCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRYSummary: In one of the last traditional tribes in the South Pacific, a young girl falls in love with her chief 's grandson. But when war with their enemies escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, but are pursued by warriors of both tribes. With their lives on the line, the star-crossed lovers must choose between their hearts and the peaceful future of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TANSummary: "It seemed simple. Just deliver the cash. But when Jimmy loses ten grand of dirty money, the underworld comes knocking. If there's no cash, there's no more Jimmy. Suddenly it comes down to one hour, one girl, one crazy idea and ten thousand reasons to risk it all."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY TWOSummary: In August, 1892 Lizzie Borden is famously charged with the murder of her stepmother and father. It causes a huge media sensation, perhaps the first example of a tabloid court case. But what really happened on that night? Did Lizzie really do it? What happened in her quietly idyllic Massachusetts life that unfurled this chain of events? Did her father's strict hand send her down this treacherous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIZSummary: Glamorous lady detective Phryne Fisher returns in a cinematic sequel to the wildly popular TV series. In 1929 Jerusalem, Phryne's rescue of a young Bedouin girl leads her on a globe-trotting adventure to uncover priceless treasures, wartime secrets, and an ancient tomb bearing a terrible curse, with the help of handsome detective Jack Robinson.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MISSummary: A young Englishman teaching in an outback school sets off to spend his summer vacation in Sydney but doesn't make it beyond the nearby mining town known as 'the Yabba'. He is engulfed by the slightly sinister mateship of the locals with its undertow of repressed sexuality and squalid violence. The excess of this alcoholic nightmare is held in check by rough humour.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Madman Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA WAKSummary: On Constable Shane Cooper's first day with the Red Hill Police Department, a convicted murderer escapes from prison and seeks revenge on the men who put him there.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN REDSummary: Chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Dan, a renowned war photographer struggling with PTSD, forms an unexpected bond with Sebastian, a Sudanese refugee, until one of his photographs unearths a dark secret from Sebastian's past"--back cover.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HEASummary: A twisted, horrific tale of teen romance gone awry. When Lola Stone's prom invite is rejected by her secret crush (Brent), her dad kidnaps him and, together, father and daughter throw their own terrifying prom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2012