Summary: The legend of the invincible fleet begins! Set five years before the epic battle depicted in The Admiral: Roaring Currents, Hansan: Rising Dragon is based on the true historical naval engagement, Battle of Hansan Island. In July 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his Korean naval fleet face off against invading Japanese naval warships. Falling into crisis, the admiral must use his secret weapon to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HANSummary: When Beijing journalist Ga Yu arrives in a remote Tibetan village, he immediately finds himself embedded in a relentless manhunt across the barren waste lands of Kekexili. Acting without the Chinese government's approval, this ragtag group of impoverished vigilantes has sworn to capture of kill the poachers responsible for decimating the sacred antelope of Kekexili.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOUSummary: Following a volcanic eruption along the China-North Korea border that leaves the entire Korean peninsula in shambles, seismologists warn that an even greater eruption is forthcoming, one that could devastate the entire region. Enlisting the help of renowned Korean-American scientist Bong-rae, the government scrambles to find a way to stop the impending explosion. Bong-rae's plan calls for the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ASHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD ASHSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSummary: A female agent, attacked and left for dead, trains with a kung fu master and uses her new skills to complete some unfinished and deadly business.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMSummary: When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a truck, his story doesn't end there. Reincarnated as an infant, Rudy will use newfound courage, friends, and magical abilities to embark on an epic adventure!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME MUSSummary: The Chi (short for Chicago) follows the lives of Emmett, Brandon, Ronnie and Kevin in the South Side neighborhood of Chicago after a fateful turn of events sends shock waves through the community but also connects them in unexpected ways.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHISummary: The search begins. For the mistress and the son of a mob boss. For Barry 'Bottomless Pit' Rosen, missing soon after he won a competitive chili-eating contest. For an air traffic controller who reported possible terrorist activity. For a basketball star, a stripper, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Some of them are reunited with loved ones. Some remain forever missing. All are part of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITSummary: In 2000, a principal and some faculty members had begun to sexually molest and abuse several hearing impaired students at their school for close to 4 consecutive years. Though we may not want to accept it, it is time to face this horrible inhumane truth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Inception Media Group 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SILSummary: Set in the ruthless world of San Francisco in the late 1800s, rival Chinatown crime families are pitted against each other, against the police, and against an overtly racist white working class.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WARSummary: Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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3 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Parasite 2020Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PaSummary: One of Hong Sangsoo's most delightful comic mysteries is now available in the I.S. When painter Yougsoo learns that his girlfriend, Minjung, was recently seen having drinks with another man, he can't help but question her about it. It doesn't go well and they part on bad terms. The next day, Youngsoo tries to find her, but can't. As he wanders and frets, Minjung has a series of encounters with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN YOUSummary: Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN OKJSummary: A 1950s housewife living with her husband in an idealistic experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company may be hiding troubling secrets.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DONSummary: American General Douglas MacArthur sends eight members of the Korean Liaison Office on a secret mission behind North Korean lines to carry out Operation 'X-ray.' This covert operation must succeed so that MacArthur can launch the daring Incheon Landing Operation.This is a fictionalized version of the historical CIA/military intelligence operation 'Trudy Jackson.'
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BATSummary: This evocative character study tells the story of a young American fashion assistant and spiritual medium who is living in Paris and searching for signs of an afterlife following the sudden death of her twin brother. A stirring depiction of grief in the form of a psychological thriller, and a chilling meditation on modern modes of communication and the way we mourn those we love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PERSummary: Two young girls are sent to live with relatives when their mother searches for their missing father. When their mother doesn't come back, they are left at their grandparent's house where they finally learn the importance of family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TRESummary: Death wish 2: "Architect-turned-vigilante Paul Kersey is back, now living in Los Angeles and tracking down five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper while keeping his brand of justice a secret from his newest girlfriend and co-workers"--Packaging.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE DEASummary: The new season finds Lucas, having escaped detection after being interrogated by FBI agent Jim Racine, with his hands fuller than ever as sheriff, dealing with (among other things) the murder of a Kinaho tribe girl, the continuing escalation of tensions between Amish overlord Kai Proctor and Kinaho tribe leader Alex Longshadow, as well as the unwelcome appearance of a surprise visitor: the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BANSummary: Featuring international action star Don Lee, the film follows two South Korean detectives who are sent to Vietnam to extradite a suspect. They soon uncover a series of connected murders and crimes against tourists, and vow to bring down the criminals responsible. This bone-crushing, record-setting box office hit is sure to entertain audiences with adrenaline-pumping action.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ROUSummary: This action drama follows Lucas Hood, an ex-convict who improbably becomes sheriff of a rural, Amish-area town while searching for a woman he last saw 15 years ago, when he gave himself up to police to let her escape after a jewel heist. Living in Banshee under an assumed name, Carrie Hopewell is now married with kids and is trying to keep a low profile. Lucas not only tries to rekindle things...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BANSummary: A pitch-black comedy with style to burn, A Hard Day depicts a day-in- the-life of a cop that goes from bad to worse to cursed. Driving back from his mother's funeral, homicide detective Gun-soo runs over a man in a dark rural street. In a moment of desperation, he dumps the body in a coffin alongside his mother. The disappearance of his accident victim is investigated by a colleague, and,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015