Summary: Superman, the movie: As an infant, Superman is sent to earth from the doomed planet Krypton. As he grows up, he learns he has super powers which he must hide from the ordinary mortals around him. But the time comes when Superman's powers for good are revealed to the world. Superman battles with supercriminal Lex Luthor and his cohorts as they attempt to destroy California by activating the San...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video [distributor] 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SUPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SUP RATED PGSummary: The next doctor: Christmas 1851, and Cybermen stalk Victorian London. The Doctor discovers a spate of mysterious deaths, and he's surprised to meet another Doctor. The two Doctors will need to be enough to stop the rise of the CyberKing. Planet of the dead: When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. But the mysterious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and decides to rewrite the world, which leaves God angry, powerless and adamant to get his power back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BRASummary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. Towards zero: Eyebrows arch when the dashing Wimbledon tennis star Nevile Strange arrives with his attractive new wife, even though the first wife is also attending. Miss Marple observes the tightly wound group as they holiday by the sea, sensing the sexual tensions and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WELSummary: Albuquerque: When Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his successful uncle John, he soon learns that family business is out to eliminate any local competition. Tiring of his uncle's underhanded tactics, Cole switches to rival operation run by Ted Wallace and his sister, Celia. But Cole soon learns John Armin is to a man to be crossed as the trio must fight for their business, and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLASummary: It's 2046 and in the frontier town of Defiance, a drifter-turned-lawkeeper and the newly-appointed mayor attempt to lead the human and alien residents through the prejudices and politics that threaten the fragile peace they've fought for.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DEFSummary: In the 1930s, a cynical Catholic priest is sent to Mexico to preach in post-revolution Mexico: a cleric who risks his life by continuing to conduct the Catholic Mass in secret after the totalitarian government has outlawed the Catholic Church. In order to confer the Christian sacraments, the priest must have wine but his attempts to obtain wine will call attention to his clandestine activities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV POWSummary: A married couple takes an extended trip to Venice following a family tragedy. While in that elegantly decaying city, they have a series of inexplicable, terrifying, and increasingly dangerous experiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A young boy rediscovers the magic of friendship when his pony gives birth to Nico, a unicorn. Based on the young adult novel by Frank Sacks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD NICSummary: The six-member crew of the International Space Station is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LiCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LIFCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI LIFSummary: Jeremiah Johnson: Jeremiah is an American soldier who goes west to escape the Mexican War and becomes a mountain man. He is taken in by an old trapper who teaches him how to survive. After unavoidably violating an Indian burial ground, he loses his new Indian wife and their adopted child to vengeance. A vendetta between him and the Crows ruins his idyllic life as a fur trapper.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE THRSummary: The Arctic island town of Fortitude has survived the parasitic threat from last year, but another horrible death is discovered and the police must solve this barbaric murder. A mysterious stranger arrives, convinced that a demonic presence has been causing all the troubles, and has sworn to seek out and eradicate the demon in their midst.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FORSummary: The true story of how Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa allowed a Hollywood crew to film him in battle, altering the course of film and military history in the process. Early movie giants D.W. Griffin and Harry Aiken send Frank Thayer to Mexico to persuade the cash-strapped, publicity-hungry Villa to let them film his revolution. Stepping into the literal cross fire, Thayer's crew risk their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANDSummary: "In pre-World War II London, Spanish agent Denard struggles to close a high-level business deal that will strike a blow against fascists in his native country. But industrialists not yet alert to the threat of fascism reject him. A teenage ally caught up in his efforts is murdered. And the mission itself seems a failure. Yet neither the story nor Denard will stop there. Charles Boyer plays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: In England during World War II, an American writer and the bored wife of a British civil servant fall in love. Then she mysteriously ends the affair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A hired-gun seeks revenge from a client that betrayed him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY THICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THISummary: Grey Trace and his wife suffer a brutal mugging which leaves him paralyzed and results in her murder. After the horrific crime, a special new technology is brought to him with a chip implanted in his spine called Stem. With that chip, he now has a new upgraded control over his body and abilities. Set in the near-future, Grey embarks on an exhilarating quest to gain revenge by using his new skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018