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Action

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Avatar [DVD].
Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's life, and this changes everything.
DVD ACTION AVAT.

Behind enemy lines [DVD].
Navy flight navigator Lt. Burnett and his pilot are shot down over Bosnia during a routine reconnaissance mission after seeing something the Serbian forces didn't want them to see. Once on the ground, deep inside enemy territory, the chase is on as they are tracked by rebel forces who want to make sure they are dead. Meanwhile back on the aircraft carrier, the commander, who wants to mount a rescue mission, must play political games to make it happen.
DVD ACTION BEHI.

Blood diamond [DVD].
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.
DVD ACTION BLOO.

District 9 [DVD].
Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the aliens' only hope for freedom.
DVD ACTION DIST.

The hurt locker [DVD].
US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long thirty- nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate goal regardless of the safety of his fellow team members, others on the scene or himself. On the other hand, Sanborn is by the books: he knows his place and duty and trusts others in the army to carry out theirs as well as he. Eldridge is an insecure soldier who is constantly worried that an error or misjudgment on his part will lead to the death of an innocent civilian or a military colleague. While the three members face their own internal issues, they have to be aware of any person at the bomb sites, some of who may be bombers themselves.
DVD ACTION HURT.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith [DVD].
John and Jane Smith are a married couple who are beginning to get bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they are both assassins, secretly traveling around the world and killing for hire. But their separate lives are about to collide when the discover they are each other's next target.
DVD ACTION MIST.

Taken [DVD].
Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan is on the phone with Kim, Albanese gang members break into the apartment where the girls are staying. Bryan has Kim give him a detailed description of what she sees and hears. He tells her she is about to be kidnapped. Bryan promises Kim that he will come and get her. He immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and Amanda. He has four days to find her and he uses his special skills and contacts to get her back and seek his revenge.
DVD ACTION TAKE.

Van Helsing [DVD].
The greatest monster hunter of them all has his work cut out for him as he tracks down three deadly foes in this action-adventure saga. Gabriel Van Helsing is a man who has dedicated his life to battling evil forces who exist outside the bounds of nature; Van Helsing's work has not always made him friends, and a false accusation of murder still trails him. But when he's summoned to Transylvania at the behest of Anna Valerious, whose family has been fighting supernatural beings for generations, Van Helsing wastes no time answering her call. There, Van Helsing discovers that the undying vampire Count Dracula has put a misshapen creature named Igor under his spell, and, in turn, has forged an alliance with a hideous monster who was created by the misguided Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Adding to Anna's burden is her brother, Velkan, a lycanthrope who becomes a bloodthirsty wolf under the light of the full moon.
DVD ACTION VAN.

War of the worlds [DVD].
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense of his children. As the world fends for itself, it's inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy it.
DVD ACTION WAR.

Windtalkers [DVD].
A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard - and ultimately befriends - a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This code, the Navajo code, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. This is the one wartime code that was never broken by the enemy.
DVD ACTION WIND.

Biography

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John Adams [DVD].
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
DVD BIOG ADAM.

Elvis complete [DVD] : King of rock 'n' roll [1935-1977].
Follows Elvis from his humble 1935 birth in Tupelo, Mississippi to his untimely death in 1977. Early photos, rare interviews and early performances are included. Follow from his breakout years, his first hit songs, serving in the army, meeting Priscilla, and some of his first recording studio hits. Contains interviews with Elvis' bodyguard, security chief, long time manager Tom Parker, his hairdresser, cousin and others as they retell what really happened in the final years.
DVD BIOG PRES.

Elvis [DVD] : viva Las Vegas.
This program showcases Elvis Presley and tells the story of his residency in Vegas as a performer. Includes interviews with family and friends and performances by current entertainers who have been influenced by his work.
DVD BIOG PRES.

Classic

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Brigadoon [DVD].
Two Americans stumble upon a Scottish village which comes to life for only one day a century. One of the men falls in love with a townswoman, and has to decide where his heart lies.
DVD CLASSIC BRIG.

The horse soldiers [DVD].
Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.
DVD CLASSIC HORS.

Comedy

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The informant! [DVD].
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.
DVD COMEDY INFO.

The invention of lying [DVD].
Mark is a desperate unemployed writer who lives in a world where everyone unfailingly tells the truth. People don't even know what fiction is. Every thought, no matter how humiliating or harsh, tumbles out unvarnished. Then one day, Mark becomes so desperate he concocts a lie. In a world where everyone is unfailingly honest, a lie is believed with total and absolute gullibility. Mark can get anything he wants. The one thing he truly wants is the love of a girl named Anna who happens to be the one person he can't bring himself to lie to.
DVD COMEDY INVE.

It's complicated [DVD].
A hilarious look at marriage, divorce, and everything in between. With a thriving Santa Barbara bakery, a new romance heating up, and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Adler has her life all figured out, until she finds herself trapped between the perfect new beau and her philandering ex-husband who's determined to win her back. When opposites attract all over again, will love be sweeter the second time around? It's... complicated!
DVD COMEDY ITS.

The ladykillers [DVD].
Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his “medieval music ensemble.” Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino, and the fellow musicians in his ensemble are actually the crew he's assembled to pull off the job. Despite their best efforts, Munson finds out about their scheme and Dorr decides the best solution is to silence her permanently.
DVD COMEDY LADY.

Man of the house [DVD].
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women. They get him to loosen up a little and even help him to patch things up with his neglected daughter.
DVD COMEDY MAN.

The proposal [DVD].
High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
DVD COMEDY PROP.

There's something about Mary [DVD].
In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter offbeat obstacles as he accelerates to Miami in hopes of finding happiness with his true love.
DVD COMEDY THER.

Documentary/Non-Fiction

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Born into brothels [DVD].
While living in the red light district of Calcutta, documenting life in the brothels, New York-based photographer Zana Briski embarked on a project by which she gave cameras to the children of prostitutes and taught them photography, awakening within them hidden talent and creativity and giving them a means to transform their lives.
DVD 306.74 BORN.

Best of Discovery Channel. Volume 3, Dirty jobs [DVD].
Three episodes of the series where Mike Rowe explores different jobs across the United States.
DVD 331.7 BEST.

Food, Inc. [DVD].
Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.
DVD 338.1 FOOD.

I thought I could fly : a documentary film.
DVD 362.2 I TH.

Best of Discovery Channel. Volume 3, Dragons [DVD] : a fantasy made real.
Using computer-generated imagery, shows how dragons could have evolved into a number of different species through the ages and how each species might have adapted to its environment.
DVD 398.24 BEST.

Best of Discovery Channel. Volume 3, Mutual of Omaha's wild kingdom [DVD].
Three episodes of the television series exploring the world of animals.
DVD 590 BEST.

Best of Discovery Channel. Volume 3, I shouldn't be alive [DVD] : the series. Two episodes of the television series I shouldn't be alive. In Lost in the snow, a family is caught in a blizzard and must survive for days with no provisions and little hope for rescue. Jaws of death: after his plane crashes on an African game reserve, an injured pilot's only refuge from predators is his wrecked, fuel -soaked plane, which could ignite at any moment.
DVD 613.69 BEST.

Simply Pilates [DVD].
Beginner-level Pilates exercises.
DVD 613.71 SIMP.

Treasures from American film archives [DVD] : 50 preserved films.
An anthology of films from 18 American film archives. Films include documentaries, newsreels, the earliest American movies, avant-garde and independent works, pioneering special effects, amateur and home movies, animated and industrial films, and silent movies from the earliest years of motion pictures (1893-1985).
DVD 791.43 TREA v. 1-4.

America's game, the Super Bowl champions. The Pittsburgh Steelers collection [DVD] : 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005.
An overview of the five seasons that the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl.
DVD 796.332 PITT 1974.
DVD 796.332 PITT 1975.
DVD 796.332 PITT 1978.
DVD 796.332 PITT 1979.
DVD 796.332 PITT 2005.

Offensive drills [DVD].
Covers key drills on batting and base running to help improve the baseball offensive game.
DVD 796.357 LEAR.

Defensive drills [DVD].
Covers key drills on catching, fielding, and pitching to help improve the baseball defensive game.
DVD 796.357 LEAR.

Best of Discovery Channel. Volume 3, Egypt's new tomb revealed [DVD].
American archaeologists discover a new tomb just 16 feet away from King Tutankhamun's tomb.
DVD 932 BEST.

Drama

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Amelia [DVD].
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.
DVD DRAMA AMEL.

American gangster [DVD].
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in Harlem. He does so by buying heroin directly from a source in South East Asia, and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. Richie Roberts is a dedicated and honest policeman who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government and is determined to bring down Lucas' drug empire. Based on a true story.
DVD DRAMA AMER.

The blind side [DVD].
Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
DVD DRAMA BLIN.

Brothers [DVD].
Captain Sam Cahill is embarking on his fourth tour of duty, leaving behind his beloved wife and two daughters. When Sam's Blackhawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains of Afghanistan, the worst is presumed, leaving an enormous void in the family. Despite a dark history, Sam's charismatic younger brother steps in to fill the family void.
DVD DRAMA BROT.

Cinderella man [DVD].
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept winning and suddenly, the ordinary working man became an icon who carried the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders. Eventually, he rose through the ranks and went on to fight the heavyweight champ, the unstoppable Max Baer.
DVD DRAMA CIND.

Crazy heart [DVD].
The powerful story of a country music star's rocky road to redemption. Bad Blake is a boozy, broken-down singer who reaches for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the music. But will Bad's hard- livin' ways and crazy heart cost him his last chance at a comeback?
DVD DRAMA CRAZ.

Cry wolf [DVD].
When a young woman is found brutally murdered, a group of local high school students decide to further scare their classmates by spreading online rumors that a serial killer called "The Wolf" is on the loose. By describing the next victims, the students' want to see how many people they can convince - and if anyone will discover the lie. Unfortunately, when the described victims actually do start turning up dead, suddenly no one knows where the lies end and the truth begins.
DVD DRAMA CRY.

Deadwood. The complete first season [DVD].
Set in 1876 in the Black Hills of South Dakota after the richest gold strike in American history has drawn a throng of misfits to an outlaw settlement where everyone has a price. Tells the story of the settlers, who range from an ex- lawman to a scheming saloon owner to the legendary Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
DVD DRAMA DEAD seas. 1 v. 1-3.
DVD DRAMA DEAD seas. 1 v. 4-6.

Deadwood. The complete second season [DVD].
For better or worse, times are changing in Deadwood, and the transformation from camp to town is imminent. In an era of hard decisions and brutal power struggles among the camp's founders, they learn the hard way that fortune comes with a price.
DVD DRAMA DEAD seas. 2 v. 1-3.
DVD DRAMA DEAD seas. 2 v. 4-6.

Deadwood. The complete third season [DVD].
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex- lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others, the high- minded and the low-lifes who populate Deadwood in 1876.
DVD DRAMA DEAD seas. 3 v. 1-3.
DVD DRAMA DEAD seas. 3 v. 4-6.

An education [DVD].
In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age.
Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic, older man can teach her.
DVD DRAMA EDUC.

For one more day [DVD].
Chick Benetto, a broken-down former baseball player who has collapsed into alcoholism and despair, returns one night to his small hometown with plans to take his life. At the final moment, he is magically granted one more day with his departed mother, Posey Benetto, who illuminates the secrets of both their lives and shows him a way to redemption.
DVD DRAMA FOR.

Gangs of New York [DVD].
In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After a bloody clash, Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father.
DVD DRAMA GANG.

The good shepherd [DVD].
Edward, the only witness to his father's suicide and a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes an influential veteran operative, while his distrust of everyone around him increases. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
DVD DRAMA GOOD.

Grey Gardens [DVD].
Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue dbutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their home. At that point, Jackie swooped in to save her relatives.
DVD DRAMA GREY.

Gunfighter [DVD].
"Cassidy, a lightning fast, black-gloved gunfighter, seeks to avenge the death of innocent victims at the hands of a jealous outlaw"--Container.
DVD DRAMA GUNF.

Tyler Perry's I can do bad all by myself [DVD].
After Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy- drinking nightclub singer who lives off of her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with them. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Mexican immigrant looking for work, moves into April's basement room.
Making amends for his own past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. Now, April has to decide between her old ways and the new possibilities of family, faith, and love.
DVD DRAMA I CA.

The imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus [DVD].
The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick years ago, he must choose the correct path if he is to save his beloved daughter from Satan.
DVD DRAMA IMAG.

Inglourious basterds [DVD].
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph Hitler.
DVD DRAMA INGL.

Invictus [DVD].
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
DVD DRAMA INVI.

Julie & Julia [DVD].
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.
DVD DRAMA JULI.

K-19 [DVD] : the widowmaker.
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload.
DVD DRAMA K19.

The last king of Scotland [DVD].
Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive. Garrigan grows increasingly prone to exploitation.
DVD DRAMA LAST.

The lovely bones [DVD].
When 14-year-old Susie Salmon was murdered, she left her unfinished life behind.
Now from her place in a strange but beautiful in-between world, she must help her father catch her killer and protect her family before she can finally move on.
DVD DRAMA LOVE.

The messenger [DVD].
Partnered with hard-line officer Tony Stone, Sgt. Will Montgomery is a battle- scarred war hero home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. He faces this formidable mission while seeking comfort and healing back on the home front when he falls for the wife of a fallen soldier.
DVD DRAMA MESS.

No country for old men [DVD].
Llewelyn Moss is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies. He decides to examine the site. He finds a case filled with $2 million and a truck loaded with heroin. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On his the way from El Paso to the Mexican border, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh. Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way. Just as Sheriff Bell, a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells, is on his.
DVD DRAMA NO.

Open range [DVD].
Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer, free grazes cattle. He and Charley have been partners for ten years. The pair and their employees, Mose and Buttons, are driving their cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher, Baxter, wants the free grazers off his land and when Boss and Charley retrieve Mose, they are warned that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Charley confesses his past as a killer during the Civil War and strikes up a tentative romance with Sue, the sister of the town doctor.
DVD DRAMA OPEN.

Outlaw justice [DVD].
Two aging gunfighters re-form their old gang to avenge the murder of one of their former members.
DVD DRAMA OUTL.

Precious [DVD].
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV- positive.
DVD DRAMA PREC.

Rabbit-proof fence [DVD].
In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating by following the fence that has been built across the nation to stem an over- population of rabbits.
DVD DRAMA RABB.

Six feet under. The complete series 2001-2005 [DVD].
The complicated lives and relationships of the Fisher family, owners and operators of an independent funeral home.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 1 v. 1-2.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 1 v. 3-4.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 2 v. 1-3.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 2 v. 4-5.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 3 v. 1-3.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 3 v. 4-5.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 4 v. 1-3.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 4 v. 4-5.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 5 v. 1-3.
DVD DRAMA SIX seas. 5 v. 4-5.

The time traveler's wife [DVD].
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.
DVD DRAMA TIME.

Too young to die? [DVD] : a true story of murder and retribution.
A teenage girl with a tragic past is faced with the death penalty when her young lover convinces her to kill a man who has shown her nothing but kindness.
DVD DRAMA TOO.

The Tudors. The complete third season [DVD].
Henry, now forty-five, marries Jane Seymour. Jane helps to reconcile Mary with her father, but only after Mary signs a paper admitting that she is illegitimate. Jane gives birth to a son, but dies shortly thereafter. Devastated by Jane's death, Henry locks himself away, drawing fantasy palaces, with caustic court jester Will Sommers as his sole companion, and much more.
DVD DRAMA TUDO seas. 3 v. 1-3.

Tuesdays with Morrie [DVD].
This made-for-TV movie tells the story of an old man, professor of sociology, Morrie Schwartz, who is dying from ALS. He tells a former student, Mitch Albom, about dying, living and what's important in life.
DVD DRAMA TUES.

The twilight saga. New moon [DVD].
Bella is still very much in love with Edward. The rest of the vampire coven who call themselves the Cullens, especially Alice, decide to throw Bella a private party for her eighteenth birthday. Things go wrong when Bella cuts her finger and thirst overcomes the vampires. As a result of the danger Bella was put through, the Cullen family decide to leave Forks, Washington. Bella becomes so depressed that she exempts herself from all social activities. But, she realizes she can coexist with childhood friend, Jacob. As usual for Bella, things aren't what they seem. Something is happening to Jacob that he can't explain to Bella, and their friendship starts to deteriorate. But when Alice returns to tell her that Edward thinks she is dead, Bella must go on a journey to save Edward from wanting to die himself.
DVD DRAMA TWIL v. 2.

Up in the air [DVD].
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert who flies all over the world on business. Just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles, and meeting the frequent traveler woman of his dreams, his company grounds him. When Bingham goes on his last cross country firing expedition, he will learn that life isn't about the journey, but about the connections made along the way.
DVD DRAMA UP.

Valkyrie [DVD].
Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolf Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known.
DVD DRAMA VALK.

We were soldiers [DVD].
Lt. Col. Hal Moore is the commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry. As part of the Pleiku Campaign of late 1965, Moore is assigned to action at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, an area known to be overrun by North Vietnamese troops and nicknamed "The Valley of Death." Moore soon finds himself and his men contained to an area about the size of a football field, surrounded by more than 2,000 enemy troops and engaged in the first major battle of the war. Heroism becomes the order of the day as the men refuse to yield, in spite of heavy losses of life.
DVD DRAMA WE.

When trumpets fade [DVD].
Four renegade soldiers are desparate to stay alive during one of World War II's most shocking and unforgettable battles in Hurtgen Forest in the fall of 1944.
DVD DRAMA WHEN.

The young Victoria [DVD].
Chronicles the life and times of Queen Victoria from her childhood to her early rise to power and the first turbulent years of her rule. Her romantic relationship and eventual marriage to Prince Albert culminates in a royal power struggle which ultimately is the key to her happiness when she comes to the realization that he is someone she can fully trust and believe in.
DVD DRAMA YOUN.

Foreign

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August evening [DVD].
Jaime and his wife Maria live in a poverty-stricken town in Mexico. They trudge through life, but enjoy each other's company. Their widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe lives with them. When Maria dies unexpectedly, Jaime becomes so distraught that he stops caring for himself and Lupe. The two move from relative to relative, but tensions mount and Jaime and Lupe leave. In time, Lupe lands a job at a factory and Jaime scours the streets and neighborhoods looking for random jobs. He tries to get her to marry Luis. Completely unwilling at first, Lupe eventually learns to appreciate Luis.
DVD FOREIGN AUGU. (Spanish)

The stoning of Soraya M. [DVD].
When a journalist is stranded in her remote village, Zahra takes a bold chance to reveal what the villagers will stop at nothing to keep hidden. Thus begins the remarkable story of what happened to Soraya, a kind-spirited woman whose bad marriage leads her cruel, divorce-seeking husband to trump up false charges of infidelity, which carry an unimaginable penalty.
DVD FOREIGN STON. (Persian)

Mystery

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Angels & demons [DVD].
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican's only chance for survival.
DVD MYSTERY ANGE.

Double jeopardy [DVD].
Libby Parsons discovers that the husband she was convicted of murdering staged his own death and framed her for the crime.
DVD MYSTERY DOUB.

Sherlock Holmes [DVD].
After finally catching serial killer and occult 'sorcerer' Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. After his execution, Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with Watson's new fiance and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the determined detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic, not to mention the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.
DVD MYSTERY SHER.

Shutter Island [DVD].
When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go.
DVD MYSTERY SHUT.

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