Recently Purchased - Fiction DVDs at Howard County Library

Promised land /

Date added: 05/17/2013
Summary: Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.
Subjects: Gas well drilling - Environmental aspects - Drama. - Natural gas - Man-woman relationships - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Social problem films. - Environmental films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Stand up guys

Year: 2013
Date added: 05/14/2013
Summary: A pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment - to kill his comrade.
Subjects: Ex-convicts - Drama. - Best friends - Organized crime - Crime films. - Action and adventure films. - Comedy films. - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Cloud atlas /

Year: 2013
Date added: 05/09/2013
Summary: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
Subjects: Fate and fatalism - Drama. - Reincarnation - Feature films. - Science fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Fiction films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Hyde Park on Hudson

Year: 2013
Date added: 05/07/2013
Summary: As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invited the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one.
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Drama. - Roosevelt, Eleanor, - George - Elizabeth, - Presidents - United States - Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site (Hyde Park, N.Y.) - Biographical films. - Historical films. - Comedy films. - Video recordings
Call number: DVD FICTION

Jack Reacher /

ISBN: 1415770433;9781415770436
Year: 2013
Date added: 05/07/2013
Summary: Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in this explosive thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Subjects: Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Crime - False arrest - Feature films. - Action and adventure films. - Thrillers (Motion pictures) - Crime films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Video recordings for people wi
Call number: DVD FICTION

The mask of Zorro

ISBN: 1404980482;9781404980488
Year: 2005
Date added: 05/02/2013
Summary: A sweeping tale of love and horror, tragedy and triumph set against the Spanish conquest of Mexico. After twenty years as the legendary Zorro, Don Diego must transform a troubled drifter into the fearless hero he once was.
Subjects: Zorro (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Swashbuckler films. - Western films. - Action and adventure films. - Feature films. - Romance films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Die hard with a vengeance

Year: 2007
Date added: 05/02/2013
Summary: New York cop John McClane is the personal target of the mysterious Simon, a terrorist determined to blow up the entire city if he doesn't get what he wants. Accompanied by an unwilling civilian, McClane careens wildly from one end of town to the other as he struggles to keep up with Simon's deadly game.
Subjects: McClane, John (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Terrorism - Terrorists - Hostages - Detectives - Heroes - New York (N.Y.) - Police - New York (State) - New York - Bombings - Bank robberies - Gold ingots - Revenge - Action and adventure films. - Thrillers
Call number: DVD FICTION

Silver linings playbook

Date added: 04/24/2013
Summary: Based on the bestselling book by Matthew Quick, the riotous and poignant story of how a man who has lost everything, his house, his job, his wife, reconnects with himself and creates his own silver linings from the bonds he forms with his family and friends.
Subjects: Divorced men - Drama. - Widows - Depression, Mental - Denial (Psychology) - Man-woman relationships - Ballroom dancing - Competitions - Dark comedy films. - Romantic comedy films. - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impair
Call number: DVD FICTION

Broken city

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/24/2013
Summary: Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York city police officer, private detective Billy Taggart takes on his toughest case yet when he's hired to follow the mayor's wife. By the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Taggart's already in too deep, with his freedom and possibly his life, on the line. Taggart will risk it all in a desperate bid to expose the truth and seek redemption in a city where second chances don't come cheap.
Subjects: Private investigators - New York (State) - New York. - Political corruption - Revenge - Feature films. - Crime films. - Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Call number: DVD FICTION

Not fade away /

ISBN: 1415770611;9781415770610
Date added: 04/24/2013
Summary: From David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, comes a story about discovering your passions, following your dreams, and finding yourself. It's the 1960s and rock n' roll is changing the world. Inspired by a bold new era and his success in a local band, Douglas drops out of college to pursue his musical dreams, only to discover the harsh realities of the music industry. Douglas is forced to choose between listening to his father or listening to his heart.
Subjects: Nineteen sixties - Drama. - Music trade - Musicians - Feature films. - Fiction films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Gangster squad

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/17/2013
Summary: Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, guns, and if he has his way, every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop, except for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders who come together to try and tear Cohen's world apart.
Subjects: Mafia - California - Los Angeles - History - 19th century - Drama. - Police - Feature films. - Crime films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The impossible

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/17/2013
Summary: Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
Subjects: Natural disasters - Drama. - Families - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Django /

Date added: 04/15/2013
Summary: A lone gunman dragging his own coffin behind him joins downtrodden townspeople to battle a sadistic colonel with his band of religious fanatics.
Subjects: Revenge - Drama. - Spaghetti Westerns. - Western films. - Feature films. - Fiction films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The mystery of a hansom cab

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/10/2013
Summary: Based on the novel by Fergus Hume, this is a human story of jealousy, blackmail, self-made men, frustrated ambitions and secrecy. It takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and involves an investigation into a homicide where the deceased was discovered on the inside of a hansom cab. The influential and secretive Frettlby family is at the center of the mystery, and the name of the killer himself is not as much significance in the story, as is the role of the Frettlby family and their secret.
Subjects: Murder - Investigation - Australia - Drama. - Family secrets - Made-for-TV movies. - Detective and mystery films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Batman: the dark knight returns. Part 2

ISBN: 0780698037;9780780698031
Year: 2013
Date added: 04/10/2013
Summary: With Batman back in the spotlight after reclaiming Gotham City from The Mutants, the media coverage has awoken The Joker. The Joker has a diabolical scheme that may pull Batman down to the darkest levels of insanity. While on the horizon, a global catastrophe races towards Gotham and with it comes a familiar face, The Man of Steel, who has Batman in his sights. Witness as the aging Dark Knight wages a tireless war against crime while proving that courage and will are indeed timeless.
Subjects: Batman (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Superheroes - Gangs - Feature films. - Animated films. - Action and adventure films. - Superhero films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The man with the iron fists

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/10/2013
Summary: On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.
Subjects: Martial arts - Drama. - Blacksmiths - Treasure troves - Martial arts films. - Action and adventure films. - Fiction films. - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Call number: DVD FICTION

This is 40

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/10/2013
Summary: "After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. ... This Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern age"--Container.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships - Drama. - Marriage - Parenthood - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Comedy films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Django unchained

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/10/2013
Summary: Django, a former slave turned hired gun, heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda, from the tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie, with the help of a German bounty hunter, Dr. King Shultz.
Subjects: Bounty hunters - Drama. - Slaves - United States - Plantation owners - Married people - Feature films. - Action and adventure films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Les mise´rables /

Date added: 04/04/2013
Summary: In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
Subjects: Orphans - Fiction. - Paris (France) - 19th century - Feature films. - Musical films. - Romance films. - Historical films. - Film adaptations. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Ex-convicts
Call number: DVD FICTION

The girl

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/03/2013
Summary: The story of iconic director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with Tippi Hedren, his leading lady in The Birds and Marnie.
Subjects: Hitchcock, Alfred, - Drama. - Hedren, Tippi - Motion picture producers and directors - Actresses - Biographical television programs. - Made-for-TV movies.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Scooby Doo! original movie / Mask of the BlueFalcon

ISBN: 0780697235;9780780697232
Year: 2013
Date added: 04/03/2013
Summary: The Mega Mondo Pop Carton-a-Con in sunny California marks the spot for mystery. Celebrated comic book characters are headlining at the unconventional convention and megabucks movie premiere. When the gruesome villain Mr. Hyde unleashes monster bats, howling hounds and sinister slime upon the festivities, the super powered tag team of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo tap into their inner super heroes to prevent the entire event from being smothered in ghoulish green goo.
Subjects: Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Dogs - Superheroes - Feature films. - Animated films. - Detective and mystery films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Mulan Mulan II /

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/02/2013
Summary: Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army. Mulan 2: Mulan and Shang are engaged to be married and must journey to a distant city in a valiant quest to save their beloved empire.
Subjects: Hua, Mulan (Legendary character) - Drama. - Adventure and adventurers - Honor - China - Animated films. - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Scooby-Doo and the circus monsters

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/02/2013
Summary: The scares never end at the world's biggest mini-golf course, where reigning champ Shaggy plays A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown, and scores. Then, the gang heads to Dooville to visit Scooby's family, and arrives just in time to attend Professor Phantasmo's Circus Fantastique, where the calliope music is hypnotizing the crowd to join their 'circus of living evil!'
Subjects: Scooby-Doo (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Circuses - Animated television programs. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The imposter

Year: 2012
Date added: 04/01/2013
Summary: In 1994, a thirteen-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive and well thousands of miles away in Spain. He tells a story of kidnap and torture when he returns. While his family is excited to bring him home, all is not quite as it seems. Is the boy really who he claims to be, or is he an imposter giving the family false hope for their child's return?
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Kidnapping. - Abduction - United States. - Kidnapping - Case studies. - Missing children.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The bay /

Date added: 04/01/2013
Summary: Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009, a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told, until now. The authorities believe they have buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing both the cover-up and unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and say what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours through people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge.
Subjects: Parasites - Drama. - Epidemics - Maryland - Conspiracies - Horror films. - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The ice house

ISBN: 9781622241422;1622241428
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/01/2013
Summary: Ten years ago, Phoebe Maybury's hateful husband David disappeared from Streech Grange. Now, a naked, unidentifiable corpse has been discovered in the icehouse on the Grange and Inspectors Walsh and McLoughlin have to decide whose it is, whether he was murdered; and who killed him.
Subjects: Missing persons - Drama. - Abusive men - Dead - England - Feature films. - Detective and mystery films. - Thrillers (Motion pictures) - Television adaptations.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Abel's field

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/01/2013
Summary: Left motherless by tragedy and abandoned by his father, high school senior Seth McArdle has been put under enormous pressure to support his little sisters. At school, he endures the daily bullying of the football team. When he fights back, he's singled out for punishment, assigned to an after-school work detail under the supervision of a reserved groundskeeper, Abel. Much to his surprise, Seth discovers that Abel may be the only one who truly understands his struggles.
Subjects: Abandoned children - Drama. - Brothers and sisters - Bullying - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Killing them softly /

Year: 2013
Date added: 04/01/2013
Summary: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the mob. When a high-stakes, mob-protected card game is heisted by some small-time crooks, Cogan is called in to track them down and restore order to the local criminal economy.
Subjects: Gangsters - Drama. - Organized crime - Feature films. - Crime films. - Thrillers (Motion pictures) - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Lincoln /

Date added: 04/01/2013
Summary: A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - Drama. - Military leadership - United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Feature films. - Biographical films. - Historical films. - Fiction films. - Melodramas (Motion pictures) - Film adaptations. - Video recordings for the hea
Call number: DVD FICTION

Hemingway & Gellhorn

ISBN: 9781622242276;1622242270
Year: 2013
Date added: 04/01/2013
Summary: Tells the story of the passionate love affair and tumultuous marriage between Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway, following the adventurous writers through all the great conflicts of their time.
Subjects: Gellhorn, Martha, - Drama. - Hemingway, Ernest, - Man-woman relationships - Biographical films. - Feature films. - Fiction films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The Washington collection. The crossing

ISBN: 1422921492;9781422921494
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/28/2013
Summary: December 17, 1776. Hounded by superior British forces, his army decimated by disease, desertion and lack of funds, General George Washington faces the unthinkable: he is losing the war for American independence. With the fate of the American Revolution hanging in the balance, Washington takes his ragtag army across the ice-choked Delaware River. That morning he leads a surprise attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries in a military strike that would forever change the fa
Subjects: Washington, George, - Drama. - United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Historical television programs. - Biographical television programs.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The Washington collection. Washington the warrior

ISBN: 1422921492;9781422921494
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/28/2013
Summary: History presents an intimate chronicle of Washington's little-known military life. Follow him from his first officer's commission in the Virginia militia through the difficult lessons of his youth and his 17-year retirement. Witness his reemergence as the soul of the American Revolution and see how he transformed a ragtag band of men into an army that could battle-and beat- the greatest military in the world.
Subjects: Washington, George, - Drama. - United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Historical television programs. - Biographical television programs.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The shunning

Year: 2011
Date added: 03/19/2013
Summary: Katie Lapp is a beautiful Amish girl who has always felt like something in her life was missing. But she just may find out what that is when a mysterious 'Englisher' comes to Lancaster County hoping to find the baby girl she gave up for adoption nineteen years ago.
Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Drama. - Adoption - Mothers and daughters - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Film adaptations. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Brick

ISBN: 1417068329;9781417068326
Year: 2006
Date added: 03/19/2013
Summary: Brendon Frye is a loner, someone who always knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When the girl he loves turns up dead, he is determined to find the 'who' and 'why'.
Subjects: Murder - United States - Drama. - Criminal behavior - High school students - Conduct of life - Feature films. - Thrillers (Motion pictures) - Fiction films. - Crime films. - Detective and mystery films. - Film noir.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Woman thou art loosed on the 7th day /

Year: 2012
Date added: 03/19/2013
Summary: "Underscores the impact of secrets, lies and deception when a husband ... and wife ... find themselves in the midst of a crisis after their young daughter is kidnapped. The couple must race against time to find their child, who is believed to have been abducted by a serial killer that symbolically murders his victims 'On the 7th Day.' During their desperate search, they begin to uncover details about their past that threaten to rip their marriage and lives apart"--Container.
Subjects: Kidnapping - Drama. - Serial murderers - Married people - Thrillers (Motion pictures) - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Small town murder songs

ISBN: 9781569946671;1569946671
Year: 2011
Date added: 03/19/2013
Summary: When a young, unidentified woman is found dead by the lake, the victim of a brutal and violent crime, Walter, an aging small-town police officer, is called to the scene of the town's first murder investigation in decades. Haunted by his past, and hampered by the mistrust of the community and a state police officer overseeing the investigation, he sets out to solve the murder, complicated by his ex-lover and his suspicion of her current boyfriend.
Subjects: Murder - Investigation - Drama. - Small cities - Redemption - Detective and mystery films. - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Miracle of the white stallions

ISBN: 0788851438;9780788851438
Year: 2004
Date added: 03/19/2013
Summary: During the last perilous months of the conflict, Vienna's famed Spanish Riding School is threatened by devastating bombing raids and indifferent Nazi commanders. Despite the dangers involved in evaculating the Lipizzan stallions, the school's director and a handful of heroic citizens attempt a daring plan to move the stallions away from the ravages of war and, keep the historic breed alive.
Subjects: Lipizzaner horse - Legends and stories - Drama. - World War, 1939-1945 - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Hobo with a shotgun

Year: 2011
Date added: 03/19/2013
Summary: A hobo who rides the rails lands in a bleak and lawless town overrun with crime. After witnessing a series of atrocities, he buys a shotgun, embarking on a mission to clean up the town, with extreme prejudice.
Subjects: Tramps - Drama. - Criminals - Vigilantes - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Action and adventure films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

All of me

ISBN: 157362540
Year: 1998
Date added: 03/19/2013
Summary: Roger Cobb is a swinging bachelor, a lawyer, and a jazz musician. Edwina Cutwaters is a terminally ill spinster who is given another chance at life if her soul can be transported into another woman. However, the guru goofs, and Edwina's soul takes over the right side of Roger.
Subjects: Reincarnation - Drama. - Interpersonal relations - Feature films. - Comedy films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Anna Karenina

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/11/2013
Summary: Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Subjects: Karenina, Anna (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Aristocracy (Social class) - Russia - 19th century - Man-woman relationships - Married women - Adultery - Tolstoy, Leo, - Film adaptations. - Romance films. - Fiction films. - Feature films. - Video recordi
Call number: DVD FICTION

Zero dark thirty

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/11/2013
Summary: Chronicles the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden following the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team 6.
Subjects: Bin Laden, Osama, - Assassination. - United States. - History - 21st century. - Terrorism - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. - Feature films. - Melodramas (Motion pictures) - Historical films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Video reco
Call number: DVD FICTION

The hobbit an unexpected journey /

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/11/2013
Summary: The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way they face many dangers; Bilbo meets Gollum and takes possession of the 'One Ring.'
Subjects: Middle Earth (Imaginary place) - Baggins, Bilbo (Fictitious character) - Hobbits (Fictitious characters) - Fantasy films. - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Tolkien, J. R. R.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Toys in the attic

Year: 2012
Date added: 03/08/2013
Summary: A visual feast combining multiple forms of animation into an enchanting and fantastic adventure for the entire family. When the lovely Buttercup is kidnapped and held prisoner by The Head, it is up to her friends--a teddy bear, a mechanical mouse and a marionette puppet--to cross the international boundary and attempt their daring rescue.
Subjects: Kidnapping - Drama. - Rescues - Animated films. - Feature films. - Stop-motion animation films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Rise of the guardians

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/05/2013
Summary: When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imagination of children all over the world.
Subjects: Good and evil - Drama. - Spirits - Heroes - Feature films. - Fantasy films. - Animated films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Life of Pi

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/05/2013
Summary: A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Subjects: Human-animal relationships - Drama. - Ocean travel - Orphans - Storytelling - Shipwreck survival - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Keep the lights on

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/04/2013
Summary: Chronicles the journey of two men in New York City as they experience love, friendship, and addiction.
Subjects: Gay men - New York (State) - New York - Drama. - Addicts - Romance films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Feature films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Celeste and Jesse forever

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/04/2013
Summary: Celeste and Jesse have been best friends since they can remember. High school sweethearts, they eventually got married--and now they're getting divorced. While their friends don't think the couple can stay friends after the divorce, Celeste and Jesse are determined to prove them wrong. But when Jesse begins dating again, Celeste finds it harder to move on than she thought it would be.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships - Drama. - Married people - Comedy films. - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Year: 2009
Date added: 03/04/2013
Summary: Views Lincoln's life, from his early days as a young woodsman to his election to the presidency in 1860. Includes his first love with Ann Rutledge, his marriage to Mary Todd, his early law practice, and his debates with Stephen Douglas.
Subjects: Sherwood, Robert E. - Film adaptations. - Lincoln, Abraham, - Drama. - Presidents - United States - Biographical films. - Fiction films. - Feature films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Unconditional

Year: 2013
Date added: 03/01/2013
Summary: A woman's idyllic life is shattered when her husband is killed in a senseless act of violence. As she prepares to take matters into her own hand, two unexpected encounters begin to change everything.
Subjects: Spouses - Death - Drama. - Grief - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The twilight saga. Breaking dawn. Part 2

Year: 2013
Date added: 02/27/2013
Summary: After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Subjects: Swan, Bella (Fictitious character) - Drama. - Cullen, Edward (Fictitious character) - Vampires - Werewolves - Vampire films. - Romance films. - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

McKenna shoots for the stars

Year: 2012
Date added: 02/27/2013
Summary: Meet McKenna Brooks, a determined and confident young gymnast, in this all-new, modern-day adventure. McKenna is on track to make the regional competitive gymnastics team, but off track in school, where she's suddenly struggling to keep up. When her teacher suggests a tutor, she's embarrassed and desperate to keep it a secret from her friends. Then a bad fall at the gym sidetracks her from her favorite sport. Will she recover in time to make the team? Can she succeed in school, too? McKenna needs to focus on her strengths to overcome her challenges--and, with the help of family and friends, find a way to believe in herself again.
Subjects: Girls - United States - Drama. - Gymnastics - Tutors and tutoring - Film adaptations. - Feature films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Wreck-it Ralph

Year: 2013
Date added: 02/27/2013
Summary: For decades, Ralph has played the bad guy in his popular video game. In a bold move, he embarks on an action-packed adventure and sets out to prove to everyone that he is a true hero with a big heart. As he explores exciting new worlds, he teams up with some unlikely new friends including feisty misfit Vanellope von Schweetz. Then, when an evil army threatens their world, Ralph realizes he holds the fate of the entire arcade in his massive hands.
Subjects: Video game characters - Drama. - Arcades - Heroes - Feature films. - Animated films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired. - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Chasing Mavericks

Year: 2013
Date added: 02/22/2013
Summary: An inspiring true story of courage and friendship the whole family will love. When 15-year-old Jay Moriarty discovers that the mythical Mavericks surf break is real, he reaches out to local surfing legend Frosty Hesson to train him to ride it. What begins as a mentorship turns into an extraordinary bond that transforms both their lives, as Jay and Frosty learn valuable lessons about conquering fear in pursuit of your dreams.
Subjects: Moriarity, Jay - Drama. - Surfers - California - Feature films. - Sports films. - Fiction films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The master

ISBN: 6314936861;9786314936860
Year: 2013
Date added: 02/22/2013
Summary: In post-World War II America, a naval veteran arrives home unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans - Drama. - Drifters - Cults - Post-traumatic stress disorder - Feature films.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The awakening

Year: 2013
Date added: 02/20/2013
Summary: They say, the boy was scared to death. When the death of a child at a boarding school is blamed on a ghost, hoax exposer Florence Cathcart is certain that science and reason can explain it. But the truth she discovers is more terrifying than she could ever imagine, and soon the ghost hunter becomes the hunted.
Subjects: Boarding schools - Drama. - Apparitions - Haunted places - Feature films. - Horror films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

The loneliest planet

ISBN: 0788616404;9780788616402
Year: 2013
Date added: 02/20/2013
Summary: Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The Summer before their wedding, while backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, They hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek. Venturing into the stunning wilderness, the trio's peaceful adventure takes a dark turn as a subtle rift opens between Alex and Nica, quickly widening until it threatens to undo everything the couple believed about each other and themselves.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships - Drama. - Camping - Feature films. - Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Call number: DVD FICTION

Terri

Year: 2011
Date added: 02/20/2013
Summary: Social outcast Terri is stuck caring for his uncle and trying to survive high school. He feels disconnected until his wildly unconventional Vice Principal inspires him to reach out. Now with the help of beautiful misfit Heather, Terri discovers he doesn't have to fit in to belong.
Subjects: High school students - Drama. - Self-confidence - Caregivers - Comedy films. - Fiction films. - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Argo

Year: 2013
Date added: 02/19/2013
Summary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
Subjects: Mendez, Antonio J. - Drama. - United States. - Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 - Americans - Iran - Terrorism - Intelligence officers - United States - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION

Sinister

Year: 2013
Date added: 02/13/2013
Summary: Ten years ago, true crime writer Ellison Oswald made his reputation with a best-selling account of a notorious murder. Now, desperate to replicate the success of his first book, he moves his family into a home where the previous occupants were brutally executed and a child disappeared, hoping to find inspiration in the crime scene. In the home, Ellison discovers a cache of terrifying home movies, unwittingly opening the door into a nightmarish mystery. Includes special features.
Subjects: Authors - Drama. - Haunted places - Horror films. - Feature films. - Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number: DVD FICTION