Author: Price, Jeffrey, screenwriter. Seaman, Peter S., screenwriter. Grazer, Brian, 1953- film producer. Howard, Ron, 1954- film director. Carrey, Jim, 1962- actor.
Published: 2021 2000
Call Number: HOW
Format: Video disc
Summary: Discover the true meaning of the holiday season with the live action adaption of the beloved classic. Why is the Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and the Grinch's world upside down, inside out-- and funny side up.
Author: Lewis, Brad (Bradford), film producer. Bird, Brad, 1957- screenwriter, film director. Morris, Jim (Filmmaker), film producer. Reardon, Jim, screenwriter. Stanton, Andrew, film director, screenwriter.
Published: 2020
Call Number: BINGEBOX DISNEY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Ratatouille: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen of one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage boy, who inadvertently discovers Remy's amazing talents. They strike a deal, ultimately setting into motion a chain of extraordinary events that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. Wall-E: A lonely waste management robot with only a cockroach for a friend finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life. Includes animated short, deleted scenes, commentary, and more. Coco: Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history. Inside out: Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions: Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life.
Author: Krasinski, John, 1979- Dale, James Badge, 1978- Cooper, Bradley. Miller, Sienna, 1981- Hartnett, Josh, 1978-
Published: 2020
Call Number: AMERICAN BINGEBOX
Format: Video disc
Summary: 13 hours: A gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked in the U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right. American sniper: U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world. Black hawk down: With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets of Mogadishu, attacked from all sides by armed Aidid supporters. Lone survivor: The story of four Navy SEALs sent on an ill-fated covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative. They are ambushed by enemy forces in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. Platoon: Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietman and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
Author: Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, actor. Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- actor. Smith, Will, 1968- actor. Cruise, Tom, 1962- actor. DiCaprio, Leonardo, actor.
Published: 2020
Call Number: HOT BINGEBOX
Format: Video disc
Summary: Queen & Slim: While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defense lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly becomes a symbol of trauma. The fugitive: Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble, a surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife. Jones is Sam Gerard, an unrelenting bloodhound of a U.S. Marshal. They are hunted and hunter. Catch me if you can: Based on the autobiography of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. passed himself off as a pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor all before his 21st birthday. North by northwest: An ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents. Gemini man: Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, is suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that seemingly can predict his every move.
Author: Stern, Tom, film director. Volk-Weiss, Brian, creator. Hart, Kevin, 1979- actor. Haddish, Tiffany, 1979- actor. Sidney, Saniyya, actor.
Published: 2020 2019
Call Number: 792.76
Format: Video disc
Summary: Kevin Hart highlights the fascinating contributions of black history's unsung heroes in this entertaining and educational comedy special.
Author: Cohen, Charlie, screenwriter. Gorden, Scott, screenwriter. Nance, Tom, screenwriter. Crocker, Carter, screenwriter. Cray, Richard, screenwriter.
Published: 2020
Call Number: BINGEBOX HOLLY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Mickey's Once upon a Christmas: Donald Duck's nephews learn why holidays come once a year. Goofy and his son discover the spirit of Santa, and Mickey and Minnie reenact a classic tale of giving in this holiday offering. Disney's A Christmas carol: Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet-to-Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. The Muppet Christmas carol: In this musical-comedy adaptation of Dicken's classic, miser Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas and reforms his hearless, money-grubbing ways after being visited on Christmas Eve by four ghosts. The Santa clause: On Christmas Eve, Scott Calvin and his son Charlie discover Santa has fallen off their roof. When Scott dons Santa's suit and unwittingly triggers "the Santa Clause," they're whisked away to the North Pole to take on the role of jolly old St. Nick! The nutcracker and the Four Realms: In search of a key to unlock a box from her late mother, Clara finds her way into a mysterious parallel world. She teams up with a soldier named Philip in order to brave the Fourth Realm to find the key and return harmony to the unstable world.
Author: Sturges, Preston, film director, screenwriter, producer. Jones, Paul, 1901-1968, film producer. Milner, Victor, 1893-1972, director of photography. Krumgold, Sigmund, composer (expression) Gilmore, Stuart, 1913-1971, editor of moving image work.
Published: 2020 1941
Call Number: LADY
Format: Video disc
Summary: Barbara Stanwyck sizzles, Henry Fonda bumbles, and Preston Sturges runs riot in one of the all-time great screwballs, a pitch-perfect blend of comic zing and swoon worthy romance that Sturges wrote, directed, and produced. Aboard a cruise liner sailing up the coast of South America, Stanwyck's conniving card sharp sets her sights on Fonda's nerdy snake researcher, who happens to be the heir to a brewery fortune. But when the con artist falls for her mark, her grift becomes a game of hearts--and she is determined to win it all.
Author: Cornero, Jenny, host. Binge Box (Firm), publisher.
Published: 2020
Call Number: BINGEBOX 613.7046
Format: Video disc
Summary: Basics: In this program, Jenny Cornero leads a simple yoga class with easy-to-follow instructions that will leave the viewer in a peaceful state of mind after the final relaxation. Headaches: In this program, viewers will be driven through a routine of positions that will help to alleviate the tension and stress that come from the symptoms of the headache. Depression: Yoga has proved to treat such states of mind as feeling blue or depression. This program will help alleviate those feelings utilizing breathing techniques and yoga poses. Gastro-intestinal disorders: Jenny Cornero guides viewers through positions that will help to improve the work of the digestive system, leaving viewers in a peaceful state of mind and body.
Author: Scott, Darin, film director. Harlin, Renny, film director. Pogue, John, film director. Goldsman, Akiva, film producer. Ludwig, Tony, film producer.
Published: 2020
Call Number: DEEP
Format: Video disc
Summary: Deep blue sea: Researchers on the undersea laboratory Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a potential cure for Alzheimer's disease. However, there is on noteworthy unexpected side effect. The sharks got smarter. Which could mean trouble for the researchers. Deep blue sea 2: Van Etten, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur, tests drugs on bull sharks in hopes to extract their antibodies to cure human diseases. Before he can continue with his experiment, he tries to enlist Misty Calhoun, a shark conservationist, and other scientists to lead and endorse this project. The drug-enhanced sharks quickly begin to adapt and learn new hunting skills. The humans lost control over the laboratory and now they have to fight to survive. Deep blue sea 3: Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a 'scientific' team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three sharks who they learn aren't just any sharks.
Author: Holderman, Bill, film director. Keaton, Diane, actor. Fonda, Jane, 1937- actor. Bergen, Candice, 1946- actor. Hoffman, Michael, 1956- film director.
Published: 2020
Call Number: LADIES
Format: Video disc
Summary: Book club: Four friends' lives are turned upside down when their book club tackles the infamous "50 Shades of Grey." From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter. Soap dish: Celeste Talbert (Sally Field) is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead (Cathy Moriarty), and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes (Robert Downey Jr.), plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson (Kevin Kline), and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven (Elisabeth Shue) The first wives club: Despondent over the marriage of her ex-husband to a younger woman, a middle-aged divorcée plunges to her death from her penthouse. At the woman's funeral, her former college friends (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton) reunite for the first time in nearly 30 years. When the three discover the reason for their friend's suicide, they realize that all of their ex-husbands have taken them for granted -- and deciding it's time for revenge, they make a pact to get back at their exes.
Author: Cooper, Bradley, actor. Favreau, Jon, actor. Vergara, Sofía, 1972- actor. Leguizamo, John, actor. Johansson, Scarlett, 1984- actor.
Published: 2019
Call Number: BINGEBOX TEMPT
Format: Video disc
Summary: A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. Burnt: Chef Adam Jones had it all, and lost it. A rockstar chef of a two-star Michelin restaurant with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he'll need the best of the best on his side, including the beautiful Helene. Chef: A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family. Julie & Julia: Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. Julia Child has an amazing love affair with her dashing husband Paul, all while embracing life and French food. Julie lovingly celebrates the life on one of American food's most influential and beloved figureheads. No Reservations: A perfectionist chef addicted to her work struggles to adjust when her sister passes away, leaving her with a little girl to raise, and a new sous chef threatens to take over her kitchen with his high-spirited and free-wheeling ways.
Author: Pitt, Brad, 1969- Robbins, Tim Russo, Rene Hoffman, Dustin Paltrow, Gwyneth
Published: 2019 2013 1994
Call Number: 3 FILM COLLECTION
Format: Video disc
Summary: The Shawshank redemption: Two convicts, one white and one black, never give up the dream of freedom, and together they turn hope and friendship into an uplifting bond no prison can ever take away. Seven: A psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins. Outbreak: Army doctors struggle to find a cure for a deadly virus spreading throughout a California town that was brought to America by an African monkey.
Author: Carr, Steven (Director), film director. Carpenter, Bridget, 1975- screenwriter. Towers, Lisa, film producer. Zuehlsdorff, Cozi, 1998- actor. Blickenstaff, Heidi, actor.
Published: 2018
Call Number: FREAKY
Format: Video disc
Summary: "When a mother, Katherine, and daughter, Ellie, are at the most stressful of times, they can only imagine how the other's problems could be more difficult. Thanks to the magic from their late father's hourglass, their imagination becomes a reality when they switch bodies and see what it's like to be the other person."--
Author: Scorsese, Martin, film director, film producer. Zaillian, Steven, screenwriter. Baumbach, Noah, 1969- film director, screenwriter, film producer. Heyman, David, 1961- film producer. Campion, Jane, 1954- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Published: 2023
Call Number: BINGEBOX DRAMA
Format: Video disc
Summary: The Irishman: An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to his association with Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa to the rift that forced him to choose between the two. Marriage story: A love story about divorce. A marriage coming apart and a family coming together. A hilarious and harrowing, sharply observed, and deeply compassionate film from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Charlie is a charismatic New York theater director wedded to his work. Nicole is an actor who is ready to change her own life. Their hopes for an amicable divorce fade as they are drawn into a system that pits them against each other and forces them to redefine their relationship and their family. The power of the dog: After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction. Beasts of no nation: The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties, a child soldier, in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala and starring Idris Elba. The Irishman / directed by Martin Scorsese ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; produced by Martin Scorsese [and others] (2019 : R : 209 min.) -- Marriage story / written and directed by Noah Baumbach ; produced by David Heyman, Noah Baumbach (2019 : R : 137 min.) -- The power of the dog / written and directed by Jane Campion ; produced by Jane Campion (2021 : R : 128 min.) -- Beasts of no nation / written for the screen & directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (2015 : TVMA : 136 min.).
Author: Stahelski, Chad, 1968- film director. Kolstad, Derek, screenwriter. Iwanyk, Basil, film producer. Li, Erica, film producer. Hatten, Shay, screenwriter.
Published: 2023
Call Number: BINGEBOX JOHN
Format: Video disc
Summary: John Wick: When sadistic young thugs senselessly attack a brilliantly lethal ex-assassin, they have no idea that they've just awakened the boogeyman. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, Wick embarks on a merciless rampage, hunting down his adversaries with the skill and ruthlessness that made him an underworld legend. John Wick: chapter 2: In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hit man John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers. John Wick: chapter 3: Super assassin John Wick has a fourteen million dollar price tag on his head after killing a member of the High Table, the shadowy international assassins' guild. Now excommunicado, and with an army of the world's most ruthless hit men and women on his trail, John must find a way to survive in this third chapter of the adrenaline-fuelled action series. John Wick: chapter 4: John Wick uncovers a trail to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful associations across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Author: Robison, Michael, 1955- film director. Damski, Mel, 1946- film director. Bruyère, Christian (Producer), film producer. Greene, Jonathan A., 1961- screenwriter. Sutton, Phoef, screenwriter.
Published: 2023
Call Number: HALLMARK BINGEBOX
Format: Video disc
Summary: Witness to murder: A Darrow mystery: Attorney Claire Darrow defends an old colleague of her mother's for murder. Things get complex when Claire's romantic interest, Miles, is named as prosecuting attorney on the case. Darrow & Darrow: In the key of murder: A simple offer of legal advice turns into the biggest challenge of Claire Darrow's legal career when her new beau, District Attorney Miles Strasberg introduces her to his younger half-sister, Phoebe. A singer who has just completed her first album. Phoebe fears that she may have signed away her rights to her ex-producer, who is threatening to destroy the recordings. When the producer is found dead in his studio, police find evidence and motive enough to arrest Phoebe. Hailey Dean mystery: Murder, with love: Former prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean is a powerhouse, Mensa bright, and acutely observant. During a tragic week, one of her patients loses her parents to separate fatal accidents along with millions of dollars that has seemingly vanished. When the police begin to question Hailey's patient, she knows she is innocent. But who is the culprit? Garage sale mystery: Jennifer Shannon loves scouring garage sales to look for items to sell in her resell shop. But when she realizes a series of burglaries and a friend's murder may have a connection to the sales, she not only helps the cops, but does some undercover sleuthing of her own. As she gets closer to the truth, she becomes the murderer's next target. Now she must fight for her own survival in order to solve the mystery and bring her friend's killer to justice
Author: Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- director. Jacobs, Gregory, director. Tatum, Channing, actor. McConaughey, Matthew, 1969- actor. Hayek, Salma, 1966- actor.
Published: 2023
Call Number: MAGIC
Format: Video disc
Summary: Magic Mike: "Seasoned performer, Magic Mike has what every red-blooded guy wants - a ripped bod, sexy girls, hot parties and loads of cash. Now he's about to take on an inexperienced young protege - teaching him the ropes on how to be the best. As Mike keeps the magic flowing in the clubs, he has to fight for the one girl he really cares for. But will he have to choose between his fantasy world and his dream relationship?"--Container. Magic Mike XXL: "Three years after he bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, Mike finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their ways: burning down the house in one last blowout performance in Myrtle Beach and with Magic Mike, the legendary headliner, sharing the spotlight with them. In the road to their final show, with whistle stops in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways"--Container. Magic Mike's Last Dance: "Magic" Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse ... and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he--and the roster of hot new dancers he'll have to whip into shape--be able to pull it off?
Author: Lathan, Sanaa, film director, actor. Oyegun, Kay, screenwriter. Godfrey, Wyck, film producer. Bowen, Marty, film producer. Klausner, Isaac, 1983- film producer.
Published: 2023 2022
Call Number: ON
Format: Video disc
Summary: Brianna Jackson is a sixteen-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift her family and do right by the legacy of her father a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her. Based on the New York Times #1 best-selling novel by Angie Thomas.
Author: Adams, Richie (Director), film director, screenwriter. Kreutzer, Jim, film producer. Blondell, Maryilene, film producer. Shapiro, Steven (Producer), film producer. Corfield, Hermione, 1993- actor.
Published: 2023 2021
Call Number: DRAMA ROAD
Format: Video disc
Summary: In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though she finds comfort in time spent with her mother and younger sister, she sees hope and a future with Murdo, an intelligent, curious poet. The two fall in love as World War I looms, and Murdo is soon conscripted to join the other men of the village to fight. As a gesture of farewell, the village hosts a road dance, a celebration attended by every resident, but this sense of community is soon shattered by an unspeakable incident that changes Kirsty's life forever. Sensitively adapted from John MacKay's 2002 novel, this sweeping tale of adversity and resilience captures the attitudes of the time while offering a moving melodrama for audiences of any period.
Author: Fleck, Ryan, 1976- film director, screenwriter. Boden, Anna, film director, screenwriter. Misher, Kevin, film producer. Browning, Ben, film producer. Gilchrist, Keir, 1992- actor.
Published: 2022
Call Number: CANT BINGEBOX
Format: Video disc
Summary: It's kind of a funny story: Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy as you think ... that's certainly true for Craig, a stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a mental health clinic for some time out. What he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance and an opportunity to begin anew. Charming, witty and smart, it's a coming-of-age story that's kind of a funny story. Trainspotting: A young heroin addict in Edinburgh tries to kick the habit but his junkie friends aren't making it easy for him. The remains of the day: The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is unwittingly a Nazi dupe. L.A. confidential: This 1950s crime thriller brings together dirty cops, gangsters, politicians, and tabloid blackmailers. Doctor Zhivago: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
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