Summary: When callous movie studio executive Griffin Mill starts receiving anonymous death threats from a rejected screenwriter, his already shaky career begins to crumble. Finally, his desperation drives him to kill--but did he rub out the wrong writer? Relentlessly hounded by a street-wise detective, Griffin falls recklessly in love with the dead man's girlfriend. Then the mysterious threats begin again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Video 1997

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

Summary: Every police precinct has a case that defies explanation and evades solution. Recently promoted Captain Yohan Vivès faces such an elusive mystery when he investigates the gruesome murder of a young woman named Clara in the French town of Grenoble. It is clear that the attack was premeditated, and the violent nature of the crime suggests revenge. All the evidence points towards a scorned...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NIG

Summary: Brendon Frye is a loner, someone who always knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When the girl he loves turns up dead, he is determined to find the 'who' and 'why'.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features 2006

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BRI

Summary: A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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

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

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KNI

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Knives 2020

Summary: When Kath and her boyfriend arrive at a remote cabin in the redwoods, they find a mysterious young couple already there. But when her boyfriend disappears with the young woman, Kath becomes obsessed with finding an explanation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

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

Summary: Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress who's life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2018

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

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

Summary: The Mule: Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Summary: In this homage to Agatha Christie, set in England, an amateur detective finds herself caught up in a real-life whodunit! Miranda Green is summoned to the remote mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley along with five mysterious strangers. What do they all have in common? What's become of their absent host? And who just murdered one of the guests in cold blood? Now Miranda must hunt for hidden...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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

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

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER INV

Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DAR

Summary: Valentine Wilmot, the owner of the popular Picadilly Club finds his lead male attraction, Victor Smiles, has quit and that the public has judged Victor's partner Mabel as over the hill. Though they are lovers, Valentine must find another dancer to replace Mabel or face an uncertain future.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2005

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

Summary: Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.

Format: moving image

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

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY TON

Summary: Story of a doctor touring Morocco with his wife and child who accidentally becomes involved in an anarchist plot to assassinate a foreign diplomat in London.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER MAN

Summary: Nicholas Angel is the finest cop London has to offer. He has an arrest record that is higher than any other officer on the force. As a result, Angel's superiors send him to a place where his talents won't be quite so obvious. They send him to the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford. He is partnered with the well-meaning but overeager police officer Danny Butterman, who is the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007

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

Summary: An all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016

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

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

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

Summary: Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Studios 2022

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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEA

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

Summary: "This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director's formal and thematic obsessions."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY LOD

Summary: Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku arrives in Hiroshima to direct a production of Uncle Vanya for a theater festival and, through relationships with an actor with whom he shares a tangled history and a chauffeur with whom he develops a surprising rapport, finds himself confronting emotional scars. This quietly mesmerizing tale of love, art, grief, and healing is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRI

Summary: Hound of the Baskervilles: A savage beast lurks on England's moors, feeding on the flesh of the heirs of Baskerville Hall. Sherlock Holmes must track down the beast before it sinks its fangs into the newest lord of the manor.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY SHE

Summary: Police investigating an exploded boat on a San Pedro pier discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned Hungarian terrorist and Roger Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier with five criminals being dragged in by New York police desperate for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY USU