8 1/2
DVD EIGHT... (FOREIGN)
One of the greatest films about film ever made, 8 1/2 tells the story of Guido Anselmi, a director whose film -and life- is collapsing around
him.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
10 things I hate about you
DVD TEN..
Cameron is the new kid in school who becomes smitten with the beautiful Bianca. But Bianca's overprotective and domineering father forbids
Bianca to date unless her older sister Kat, an surly and hostile senior, does.
In a bid to get Kat a boyfriend, Cameron sets up a plan to have the school stud,
Joey Donnar, bribe Patrick Verona, an outcast senior with a rumor-filled past,
to take Kat out on dates so he can go to the school's homecoming dance with
Bianca. However, neither Patrick or Kat expect their relationship to lead to
something so much more.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13; for crude sex-related humor and dialogue,
alcohol and drug-related scenes, all involving teens.
2001 : a space odyssey
DVD TWO..
A space voyage to Jupiter erupts in disaster when the ship's computer goes mad.
SPEC NOTE = Rated G.
2010 : the year we make contact
DVD TWO..
American and Soviet spacemen attempt to solve the puzzle of the original Discovery flight made in 2001.
SPEC NOTE = Rated PG.
Adam
DVD ADAM
A delightful romantic story about two strangers in search of an extraordinary connection. Adam is a brilliant but awkward astronomy buff who is
drawn out of his sheltered existence by his beautiful and outgoing new neighbor,
Beth.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13 for thematic material, sexual content and
language.
Amelia
DVD AMELIA
Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for
being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia
and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that
could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with
Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe,
an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG, for some sensuality, language, thematic elements
and smoking.
The Brooke Ellison story
DVD BROOKE..
Paralyzed from the neck down by a car accident, eleven-year-old Brooke Ellison and her family fight against all odds to help her live her dreams,
including graduating from Harvard University.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG, for thematic elements and language.
Carnera the walking mountain
DVD CARNERA..
In 1933, Primo Carnera became the first and only Italian to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. A man who endured hardships with dignity
and triumphs with humility, Primo was also a husband who adored his wife and
children until the day he died. As a father he taught his children that, no
matter how hard life may sometimes get, giving up is not an option.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: R ; for some language.
Coco before Chanel
DVD COCO... (FOREIGN)
Years after being abandoned at an orphanage by her father, Gabrielle Chanel finds a job in a tailor shop where she meets, and soon begins an affair
with, French millionaire Etienne Balsan. Through Baron Balsan she is introduced
into French society and given the opportunity to design her own style of hat.
Though her career takes off, her personal life becomes more complicated when she
falls in love with Balsan's former best friend Arthur Capel.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexual content and smoking.
Couples retreat
DVD COUPLES..
A laugh-out-loud comedy about eight friends whose vacation in paradise is one they'll never forget. Their group-rate vacation comes at a price
when they discover that participation in the resort's unconventional couples
therapy acitivities is anything but optional.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating : PG-13, for sexual content and language.
The damned United
DVD DAMNED..
Previously successful manager Brian Clough takes over England's top football club Leeds United. His abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the
players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction.
Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous
manager Don Revie and how much he is missing his usual right-hand man, Peter
Taylor, who decided to loyally stay with Brighton & Hove Albion.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: R ; for language.
Departures
DVD DEPARTURES (FOREIGN)
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and finds himself without a job. He decides to move back to his
old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a
classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel
agency. He discovers that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi', a funeral
professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next
life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in
his work and begins to perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between
life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13 ; for some thematic material.
Dinosaurs alive!
DVD 567.909 DINOSAURS... (SPI)
Learn about some of the most incredible dinosaur finds in history. Join paleontologists as they comb the Gobi Desert and New Mexico to gain new
insight into these long-extinct creatures.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Emma
DVD EMMA
Jane Austen's masterpiece follows the dire consequences of Emma's failed matchmaking schemes.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Everybody's fine
DVD EVERYBODY'S..
When Frank Goode's grown children cancel a family reunion, the recent widower sets off on a cross-country journey to reconnect with each of
them. A family separated by physical and emotional distance finds a way to come
together.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13 ; for thematic elements and brief strong
language.
Expedition Africa Stanley & Livingstone
DVD 916.704 EXPEDITION... (SPI)
Four modern-day explorers travel 970 miles through African terrain using only a compass and basic maps, in an attempt to follow Henry Morton
Stanley's perilous 1871 journey to find Dr. Stanley Livingstone.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Fermat's room La habitacion de Fermat
DVD FERMAT'S... (FOREIGN)
Four mathematicians who do not know each other meet for an evening of puzzle-solving at the home of a man named Fermat ; shortly upon their arrival
their mysterious host is called away. They receive a phone call which gives them
a riddle they are instructed to solve in one minute ; incorrect answers cause
the walls of the room to shrink. Their dilemma is to answer the riddle or find
an escape route before they are squeezed to death.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
The golden age of television
DVD 791.45 GOLDEN... (SPI)
Features plays from 1953-1958 and includes Marty (1953); Patterns (1955); No Time for Sergeants (1955); A Wind From the South (1955); Requiem for
a Heavyweight (1956); Bang the Drum Slowly (1956); The Comedian (1957); and Days
of Wine and Roses (1958).
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Good hair
DVD 646.7 GOOD... (SPI)
Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact African American's activities, relationships,
wallets, and self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare
professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring
interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13, for some language including sex and drug
references, and brief partial nudity.
I hate Valentine's day
DVD I..
Genevieve Gernier owns a flower shop in Manhattan. She has a personal, strict philosophy on dating. Her rule: no more than five dates with a
man to ensure that she will never get dumped or hurt. When Greg Gatlin buys a
restaurant nearby her shop, they decide to date. However, after five dates,
Genevieve is not happy with her rule and does not know how to meet Greg again.
The rule that she swore to never break, could end up breaking her heart.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content.
Ice castles
DVD ICE..
Alex Winston is a young girl who loses all hope of becoming a champion figure skater after an accident while practicing causes her to lose her
sight. After meeting Nick, she realizes her dreams can still come true on the
ice and in love.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG, for some mild language.
If you have-- back pain spinal stabilization mat routine
DVD 617.5 IF... (HOW-TO)
A series of exercises designed to help strengthen core muscles and reduce or prevent chronic back pain.
The Informant!
DVD INFORMANT
The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation based on the evidence submitted by their star witness,
vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre. The FBI needs evidence, so
Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his
briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: R ; for language.
Laila's birthday
DVD LAILA'S... (FOREIGN)
Focuses on the toll that the unending Israeli-Palestinian conflict extracts from civilians clinging to both employment and a semblance of normal
life amidst chaos and corruption, missile attacks and bursts of gunfire.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Law abiding citizen
DVD LAW..
After his family was murdered ten years earlier, a man takes out his revenge on not only the killers but everyone involved, including the District
Attorney who was assigned to the case.
SPEC NOTE = Rated R for strong bloody violence and torture, a scene of rape, and
pervasive language.
Like stars on Earth = Taare zameen par
DVD LIKE... (FOREIGN)
Eight-year-old Ishaan can't seem to get anything right in class and gets into more trouble than his parents can handle. They pack him off to
boarding school to 'be disciplined,' and his art teacher, Nikumbh, realizes that
something is wrong and sets out to discover what it is. With time, patience, and
care, Nikumbh helps Ishann find himself.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG ; for thematic material, brief violence and
language.
Love happens
DVD LOVE..
When self-help author Dr. Burke Ryan arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, he unexpectedly meets florist Eloise Chandler, the one person
who might be able to help him help himself. But will two people who have met the
right person at exactly the wrong time be able to give love another chance?
They'll find that sometimes when you least expect it...love happens.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating : PG-13 for some language including sexual references.
Mermaid Rusalka
DVD MERMAID (FOREIGN)
The story of Alisa, a lonely little girl from a seaside village who takes a vow of silence while believing she has the power to make wishes come
true. But when Alisa is forced to move to Moscow as a teenager, her fairytale
world will collide head-on with the realities of love, innocence, and material
life in modern Russia.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Motherhood
DVD MOTHERHOOD
A stay-at-home mother tries to plan her daughter's birthday party, help her absent-minded husband, make up with her best friend, and still have
time to write a large essay for a contest in a major magazine.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating : PG-13 for language, sexual references and a brief drug
comment.
Munyurangabo
DVD MUNYURANGABO (FOREIGN)
After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts.
Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and
Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. From two separate ethnic
groups, their friendship is tested when Sangwa's wary parents disapprove of
Munyurangabo, warning that 'Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.'
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
New York, I love you
DVD NEW..
A collection of 10 different love stories set in one of the most beloved cities in the world, from Brooklyn to Tribeca to Central Park.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating : R ; for language and sexual content.
Planet Hulk
DVD PLANET..
Exiled into outer space, the Incredible Hulk lands on the planet Sakaar, which is ruled by the tyrannical Red King. After being sold into slavery,
the Hulk becomes the planet's mightiest gladiator, but his new masters get more
than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his fellow
fighters: crafty insectoid Miek, ruthless rock-man Korg, ex-shadow priest Hiroim,
and the noble-born rebel Elloe.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Rashevski's tango
DVD RASHEVSKI'S... (FOREIGN)
The story starts with the death of Rosa, a Holocaust survivor who avoided religion and rabbis, so much so that after the Holocaust she decided not
to circumcise her sons, just in case the Nazis returned. Upon her death, her
surprised family learns that she had bought a burial site in a Jewish cemetery.
Her death makes her family engage in individual and collective soul searching,
and their relationships to each other shift in order to fill the empty space
left by the formidable Rosa.
SPEC NOTE = Unrated.
The red shoes
DVD RED..
Centers on the dilemma of a young ballerina torn between the demands of career and love.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Secrets of the cross
DVD 230 SECRETS... (SPI)
A four-part series that examines some of the mysteries within the Christian tradition, including who was responsible for Jesus' death, the site of
Jesus' burial, the identity of Mary Magdalene, and the real purpose of the
secret order of the Knights Templar.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
A serious man
DVD SERIOUS..
One ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik can't believe his life, his wife is leaving him for his best friend,
his unemployed brother won't move off the couch, someone is threatening his
career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing
nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis
and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent
behavior, and mortality.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: R, for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief
violence.
Serpico
DVD SERPICO
Adaptation of a true story where a young New York police officer refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow
police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a
grand jury investigation.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: R.
The song of sparrows
DVD SONG... (FOREIGN)
After being let go from his job on an ostrich farm, a man leaves his small village to find work in the big city. As a motorcycle taxi driver, he soon
becomes consumed with his passengers' lives, and is swept up in a world of
greed. Now it is up to his family back home to help restore his caring and
generous nature.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating : PG ; for brief mild language.
Splinterheads
DVD SPLINTERHEADS
Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker, has decided that his 'thing' is that he has no 'thing' at all. When a small-time carnival rolls into
town, he meets Galaxy, a gorgeous con artist who has more 'things' going for her
than anyone he has ever met. Galaxy takes Justin on a geocaching adventure, a
GPS based activity that is part hike and part treasure hunt, and he quickly
falls for her. In order to win her over he's going to need to step up his game.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating R ; for language including sexual references, and brief
drug use.
The state I am in
DVD STATE... (FOREIGN)
A couple with a terrorist past have been living on the run for 20 years and have a teenage daughter who has never known a normal childhood. When
their money is stolen, they are forced to return secretly from Portugal to their
native Germany, undertaking a journey which coincides with the violent
disintegration of the family cell.
SPEC NOTE = "A potent suspense drama."--Variety.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Tennessee
DVD TENNESSEE
Two brothers take a road trip to their hometown to find their father they haven't seen in years, and along the way they pick up a troubled girl.
Together, the three learn to overcome their pasts and move forward.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: R ; for language.
Three monkeys
DVD THREE... (FOREIGN)
Opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident in the dead of night. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his
chauffeur Eyup to take the rap. While Eyup stews in jail, this devil's
bargain takes its toll on his brooding son Ismail and restless wife Hacer, who
falls into an illicit affair with the politician. Ismail's discovery of his
mother's infidelity and Eyup's suspicions after he gets out of jail crank
up the simmering tensions in a household already haunted by hidden ghosts.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
The Time traveler's wife
DVD TIME..
Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be
separated: Henry is a time traveler, cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that
causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth
through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels
force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with
her one true love.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13 ; for thematic elements, brief disturbing images,
nudity, and sexuality.
To take a wife
DVD TO... (FOREIGN)
A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant
odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave
behind the notions of being loved and free.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Toi & moi You and me
DVD TOI... (FOREIGN)
Using her sister Lena's love life as well as her own for inspiration, Ariane writes romantic stories for a popular magazine. But for these love-struck
sisters, the lonely millionaires of the fiction world are miles away from the
commitment-phobic boyfriends that live in their reality.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
The trial begins L'Ora di punta
DVD TRIAL... (FOREIGN)
Young Filippo Costa rises through the ranks of the Financial Police via his own opportunity for corruption. But when he connects with a wealthy
older widow, Filippo quickly becomes a part of Rome's social, financial, and
political elite. In a nation that rewards ruthless ambition, what must one man
ultimately sacrifice to build his own empire?
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.
Whip it
DVD WHIP..
Bliss Cavendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of
compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast
track, literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and
becomes 'Babe Ruthless,' the hottest thing on eight wheels.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexual content including crude dialogue,
language and drug material.
Wushu
DVD WUSHU (FOREIGN)
Upon arrival at an elite martial arts conservatory, a group of young boys swear allegiance to each other and form a gang. A decade later at
graduation, they unexpectedly cross paths with an evil martial arts master and
foil his kidnapping plan. Now, they must put their combat skills to the test in
order to defeat this enemy and save their brotherhood.
SPEC NOTE = MPAA rating: PG-13, for some violence.
Yin yoga with Paul Grilley the foundations of a quiet practice
DVD 181.45 YIN... (HOW-TO)
A comprehensive introduction to the practice of yin yoga. Includes in-depth lectures on the theory of yin yoga in addition to guided practices and
specially choreographed movement sequences.
SPEC NOTE = Not rated.