Summary: Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea in this hilarious comedy about family being the worst.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EST

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

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

Summary: It started as photographs taken by soldiers of the abuse and torture prisoners were suffering in Abu Ghraib prison, and turned into a media frenzy full of scandal and cover-ups. One of the most notorious moments in recent U.S. military history is examined, through interviews with participants and dramatic reenactments of events.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STA

Zasadsinska, Aida

Summary: Chronicles a man's search for his lost brother who was sent out to Israel for adoption after World War II when he was a child in a displaced persons camp.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AID

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AID

Summary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOP

Summary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY SUM

Summary: As big business takes hold of the rail industry, a local depot gang is forced to either adapt to the new managerial double-talk or take chances with receiving severance pay. Agreements set long ago are suddenly undermined by a new managing director who wipes the slate clean. Tensions mount when the men show up the the depot only to find there is no work for them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NAV

Summary: In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto, a new Minion...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

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

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

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

Summary: Tells the tale of Heidi, a radio station DJ living in Salem, Massachusetts, who receives a strange wooden box containing a record, a gift from the Lords. Heidi listens, and the bizarre sounds within the grooves immediately trigger flashbacks of the town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords of Salem returning for revenge on modern-day Salem?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Films Inc. 2013

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

Summary: Christmas lodge: When a historic preservationist comes in contact with an old Christmas Lodge, she gives all she can to restore the dilapidated lodge and her family, but also to find the love of her life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm Entertainment Corp. 2019

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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD CHR

Summary: Audrey Burke is reeling from the shock of the news that has just been delivered to her door by the local police - her husband, Brian, had been killed in a random act of violence. Once anchored by the love and comforts of their marriage, Audrey is now adrift. Impulsively, she turns to Jerry, a down-and-out addict who has been her husband's close friend since childhood. Desperate to fill the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THI

Summary: Originally based on a short story from science fiction writer Harlan Ellison, this is an epic tale of a boy, Vic, and his telepathic dog, Blood, as they trudge through a post-apocalyptic world. The pair travels together on a search for food and other pleasures that leads them to an underground society where life has been preserved! While Vic finds that he has escaped the devastation of the war,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI BOY

Summary: Produced with the purpose of alleviating the stigma associated with dyslexia, The big picture features the testimony of individuals from various backgrounds diagnosed with dyslexia (including investment advisor Charles Schwab and billionaire Richard Branson) describing how they learned to live with and overcome their disability. Medical experts explain the neurological causes of the condition.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BIG
1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 616.8 BIG

Summary: The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GIV RATED PG-13

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

Summary: Anna Foster is the 18-year-old daughter of President of the United States James Foster. Anna has led a privileged life, but she has grown to resist the constant presence of Secret Service agents getting in the way of her independence. While on a family trip to Europe, Anna manages to get away from security for a brief time. She inevitably falls for Ben Calder, with whom she enjoys a fresh and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CHA

Summary: "Junior high and high school classes across the country should take field trips to see this movie."--Richard Roeper.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA HID

Contents: Disc 1- Side A. Powder keg (starring Rod Taylor & Dennis Cole, 1971, 93 min.) -- Boot Hill (starring Terence Hill & Bud Spencer, 1969, 97 min.) -- To the last man (starring Randolph Scott, 1941, 70 min.) -- Song of Arizona (starring Roy Rogers, 1946, 68 min.) -- Winds of the wasteland (starring John Wayne & Lane Chandler, 1936, 55 min.).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: TGG Direct 2009

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN TWE

Summary: A faithful wife tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018

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

Summary: A German shepherd is adopted by an actress who learns that the dog has been trained to attack only African Americans. Now it's up to an animal trainer to try to change the dog.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WHI

Summary: As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HID

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HID RATED PG

Copies Available at Kingsley

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

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Hidden 2017

Summary: Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her complete lack of scruples. She constantly goes to her straight-laced, plain-Jane successful lawyer sister Rose when she is in need of financial help. The two sisters have been very close to each other in part because their troubled mother died when they were girls. Maggie discovers hidden letters...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY IN

Benson, Robby

Summary: Explores the friendship between an Orthodox Hasidic Rabbi and the son of a progressive Jewish family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Hen's Tooth Video 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHO

Aniston, Jennifer

Summary: A young boy meets a fifty-foot-tall, steel-eating giant who he tries to keep secret from everyone, including a nosy government agent.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2016

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Summary: A handful of dedicated young soldiers must rise to the challenge of intergalactic warfare with a species of terrifying alien insects that threaten to eliminate the human race.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STA