Summary: With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty utilizes a mix of live action and diverse forms of animation, a collage of documentary and fantasy, and interplay of effects, voices, and music to capture the relationship between Terence and a lovely young woman (Namik Minter) as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OVESummary: Set in the 1960s South and shot on location in Louisiana, THE BLIND shares never-before-revealed aspects of Phil Robertson's life as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction, and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place. "It was important to us that the film be real," said Willie Robertson, Phil's son. "The transformation of Phil proves that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A struggling merchant stumbles upon the magical domain of the fearsome Beast, who sentences him to death for stealing a rose. The merchant's youngest daughter Belle bravely sacrifices herself and takes her father's place. Once at the Beast's castle, it is not death that awaits Belle, but a strange and fantastical life unlike anything she has ever experienced, and the discovery that her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEA RATED PG-13Summary: Winter 1839. Jailed on charges of treason and murder, the proclaimed prophet Joseph Smith and his companions are held in Liberty, Missouri, while they await a court hearing. Local jailer, Samuel Tillery is tasked with protecting the prisoners from increased mob attacks. But as public opinion begins to shift, Sam is forced to take matters into his own hands, for the protection of the prisoners,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN OUTWeisz, Rachel
Summary: Just as Tom is about to move out of state for his wife's graduate program, an old flame, who he thought was dead, reappears at a dinner party.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAPSummary: Scooby-Doo! and the legend of the vampire: While on vacation in Australia, Scooby and the gang attend a music festival at Vampire Rock. When a legendary creature called Yowie Yahoo begins kidnapping the acts and turning them into vampires Scooby and crew help crack the mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Fred Claus has lived in his little brother's shadow for most of his life. Fred is in jail and Nicholas has to bail him out on the condition he come to the North Pole and repay his debt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY FRECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE FRESummary: For over fifty years, Judy Blume's classic has connected with readers through its relatable story, achingly funny details, and candid exploration of life's biggest questions. In Lionsgate's big-screen adaptation, eleven-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Home Pictures Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY MIDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Midnight 2011Summary: In her breathtaking and assured debut feature, Lynne Ramsay creates a haunting evocation of a troubled Glasgow childhood. Set during Scotland's national garbage strike of the mid-1970s, Ratcatcher explores the experiences of a poor adolescent boy as he struggles to reconcile his dreams and his guilt with the abjection that surrounds him. Utilizing beautiful, elusive imagery, candid...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After one experiment, Johnny turns into a monster and everyone else becomes human. Now it has to be seen whether they will be able to reverse this experiment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HOTSummary: When Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac accepts a U.N. peacekeeper position in postwar Bosnia, she discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost. With masterful acting and a heart-racing plot, an acclaimed film inspired by actual events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WHISummary: Trading Christmas: Emily Springer is disappointed in her daughter, Heather, won't make the cross-country trip from Harvard to visit at Christmas. Emily decides to surprise Heather and trades houses with Charles Brewster, a college professor. Emily is the one who is surprised when she finds out her daughter left for Florida with her boyfriend and has only Charles' brother for company. In this...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HALSummary: An exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. With its earthy visual textures it is a work of great pastoral...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: What begins as a simple visit to a grave site soon escalates into a night of sheer terror! In this dark, animated retelling of the 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead, bloodthirsty zombies suddenly begin amassing everywhere. As Barbara, Ben, and an odd group of strangers hide in a remote farmhouse, their struggle to ward off the flesh-eaters outside creates fierce tension inside....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR NIGSummary: Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BENCopies Available at Fife Lake
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BENCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BENSummary: Erik Kernan is an up-and-coming sports reporter who rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect the Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RESSummary: Human trafficking, a woman seized by cannibalistic urges, a serial killer with a crush, and a ghostly presence. A horror anthology of four tragic, interlocking, and intertwined stories that take place within one seemingly normal neighborhood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THRILLER ROYSummary: A determined young woman from southern Ohio is handed her ticket out of a dying industrial town when she's accepted to college. To pay her way, she joins her brother on a dangerous scrap metal crew which steals from the once-thriving factories at night, then mans the scrapyard during the day. With her goal in sight, Ruth discovers that the ultimate cost for an education for a girl like her may...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOLSummary: In 1954 a reclusive ex-soldier is thrown into the woes of rebellion when he's ordered to escort a villager accused of murder to prison during the Algerian War. As their journey leads them through a deadly fire-fight between settlers and rebels, the two men on opposite sides of the conflict must join forces to survive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Winslet, Kate
Summary: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plot to murder a police officer in order to pull off a heist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TRISummary: The story of the love affair between a beautiful retired courtesan Lea, and Chéri, the son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux. After six years Madame Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmee, the daughter of another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Lea and Chéri begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CHESummary: The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005