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Just in:
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer: based on the popular children’s book series by Megan McDonald
Rio: animated buddy roadtrip flick
Water for Elephants: based on the novel by Sara Gruen
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Just in, more tried-and-true favorites than new releases this time:
Little House on the Prairie: complete season 2
The Princess Bride: very quotable, quirky fairy tale for all ages
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Disney version
The Outlaw Josey Wales: Clint Eastwood in his prime
They Came to Play: music documentary tells a human story
Biutiful: 2011 Academy Award nominee [...]
Just in:
Morning Glory, romantic comedy with Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton
Hereafter, Matt Damon stars, Clint Eastwood directs this mortality-themed dramatic fantasy
The Fighter, Mark Wahlberg’s film, Christian Bale’s Oscar–biopic of Lowell boxer Micky Ward
Lost in Laconia, documentary covers the history and social implications of the fight to close the Laconia State School
Thanks to accumulated proceeds from sales of VHS tapes and sales of photo calendars donated by Dick Pollock, we were able to purchase a few extra movies for the library this month.
New movies:
RED: silly shoot-’em-up fun
Winter’s Bone: dramatic thriller set in modern rural America, Oscar nominee for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress
Secretariat: story of the Triple [...]
If you’ve been patiently waiting for our new budget year, we’ve just added some new books and videos. See new books listed at Library Thing.
New movies:
Fireman Sam: Ready for Action – for the little ones who might sit still to watch it
Here Comes Science – actually a music CD and a DVD for children with Grammy-winning [...]
Just in:
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: #3, Edward or Jacob?
Eat, Pray, Love: Julia Roberts in film based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir
Beauty and the Beast: one of Disney’s best
Inception: Sci-fi thriller steeped in dream theory
God in America: PBS series on religion’s role in American history
Restrepo: documentary about a U.S. platoon in Afghanistan (on order and shipped, should be in [...]
Some new, some replacements for favorite worn-out VHS tapes:
The Girl Who Played with Fire: second installment of filmed versions of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy.
Mid-August Lunch: a “luminous” Italian film about “the joys and regrets of old age and the pleasures of sociability,” according to the NY Times review.
The Secret of Kells: Oscar nomination for animated [...]
Amish Grace: based on true story of forgiveness in wake of school shooting
Letters to Juliet: romances past and present, lush Italian landscapes
Sita Sings the Blues: animated fun for grownups
Gettysburg: perennially popular, replacement for our worn out VHS copy
Firefly: short-lived, but fanatically well-loved space western series by Buffy creator Joss Whedon
Just added, some new releases, some new to the collection:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: live action film based on popular books by Jeff Kinney
The Godfather and The Godfather: Part Two: remastered classic crime dramas
The Last Song: based on Nicholas Sparks’ book, with Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear
Orlando: 1992 film adapted from Virginia Woolf’s book, with [...]
With demand for videos on DVD high and for VHS dwindling, we’re working on building our DVD backlist of older, favorite movies. Besides being a budget-stretcher, we now have some tried-and-true, good-to-watch-more-than-once films.
First, the new releases:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
For the backlist (these are not shelved with new [...]
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