Summary: Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother (Sarandon) who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo (Ryder) who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg (Alvarado); fragile Beth (Danes); and the romantic Amy (Dunst/Mathis). Through...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LITCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Little 2000Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LITSummary: Three separate stories about love in Puerto Rico: a man accidentally reveals his brother's extra-marital affair to his sister-in-law when he mistakes her grief over the death of her grandmother for distress about the infidelity. The next story revolves around a man whose love for a bus driver drives him to take her and the bus passengers hostage until she consents to marriage. In the final...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MALSummary: Small town pizza parlor owner Longfellow Deeds inherits a fortune and a media empire. The humble Deeds thinks the hoopla is a bit much, though he manages to win the heart of a sneaky reporter and fend off a slimy CEO.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MR. DSummary: Reporting from the frontiers of science, follow researchers on the winding paths of uncertainty and the unknown. From the mysteries of astrophysics to the technologies that could rival or surpass the abilities of the human mind, the series reveals how far humans have come, how they've managed to get here, and the remarkable scientists who are transforming the world and the future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WONSummary: A teenage son of a well-to-do family gets involved in violence when he attempts to win the approval of a gang of high-school hoodlums.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA REBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE REBSummary: The French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DIVSummary: "Frontline goes behind closed doors to tell the inside story of how things went so wrong so fast and to document efforts to stabilize the industry. Veteran Frontline producer Michael Kirk untangles the complicated financial and political web threatening one superbank in particular, Bank of America."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BRESummary: Danny and Wheeler are two salesmen who trash a company truck while on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice - the two can either do hard time or serve 150 hours of community service in a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad. Once the center's ex-con director gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ROLSummary: A suspense-comedy in which Tom Hanks portrays a suburbanite whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Universal Studios Canada 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Edward is the only witness to his father's suicide and is a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOOSummary: Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: This explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC PCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PROSummary: A death row inmate in a Southern prison possesses the unusual gift of healing. A guard discovers the inmate's miraculous power and begins to question the man's guilt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Green 2007Summary: When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY POLCopies Available at East Bay
2 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD JUV POLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD POLSummary: Mirabelle, a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store, has two men in her life: wealthy divorcee Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHOSummary: Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MEECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MEE RATED GCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD MeetSummary: Curious case of Benjamin Button : Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 4FISummary: The inspirational and triumphant story of a man who defies great odds and takes on a monumental challenge. This heartwarming tale of determination is an uplifting and humorous film.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVEI ONSummary: Stuart Little is back for more action-packed adventure. This time around Stuart and the reluctant Snowbell embark on a dangerous mission to rescue Stuart's new friend Margalo from a villainous falcon. But the journey proves more difficult than he ever imagines, and Stuart has to decide if he's up to the task.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2002