Summary: Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big-screen spectacle will...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2024
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CHASummary: Five (1951) Black and White 93 minutes Not Rated Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee When a nuclear bomb destroys the world, only five survivors remain. A pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a banker and an explorer seek shelter in an abandoned house. As the last living human beings, they must work together. However, their clashing visions...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CLASummary: A secluded school for magicians faces danger from a fantastical flying creature outside and sinister forces inside. While visiting Velma's sister Madelyn, who's enrolled at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, the gang gets lots more than rabbit emerging from a hat. A greedy ice-cream mogul wants to close the place, a screaming banshee gives everyone the creeps and a mythological half-dragon,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SSummary: Jonathan Creek, an inventor of magical tricks, teams up with investigative journalist Maddy Magellan to solve some near impossible cases.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JONSummary: A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland. While performing in a village pub, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ILLSummary: When a dangerous and powerful magic ring falls into his hands, a hobbit named Frodo gets caught up in an adventure. The mighty wizard Gandalf and a daring band of elves, dwarfs and warriors defend their enchanted land from the wicked sorcerer who would see it destroyed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family LordSummary: When a new TV crime series recruits Jonathan's specialist skills, he is reunited with his ex-girlfriend and old sparring partner, Carla Borrego. Carla is pushy and an equally determined amateur detective, and she has no intention of playing Watson to his disheveled, laid-back Sherlock.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JONSummary: A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief and finding hope in the darkest moments.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MARSummary: Set in the 1920s, Stanley, an Englishman posing as an Asian magician, attempts to debunk fake spiritualists. He then travels to the south of France to unmask a supposed medium named Sophie as a good-looking fake, but he ends up falling for her real-world charms instead.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Magic 2014Summary: One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public's adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, The Four Horsemen resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NOWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOW RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NoCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER NOWEisenberg, Jesse
Summary: An FBI agent and Interpol detective track a team of illusionsists who rob banks during their performances.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2013