Thursday, March 3, 2016

New This Week (3/3/16)

Call the library to check availability and request these new items:

Big Stone Gap (PG-13)
It's 1978 and the ever-ordinary Ave Maria Mulligan leads a simple life. Before she knows it, she is the old maid of Big Stone Gap. Ave Maria decides that happiness is for other people–that is, until a long-buried family secret throws her quiet life spectacularly off course. With an all-star cast, Big Stone Gap is a love letter to small-town life, working people and the triumph of love.

Bridge Of Spies (PG-13)
James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on a nearly impossible mission to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.





Creed (PG-13)
Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), son of deceased world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, has boxing in his blood. Looking to win his own title, Adonis heads to Philadelphia and convinces his father's rival-turned-friend, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), to train him – even as Rocky battles his own deadly opponent outsidethe ring. fighter in this new chapter of the Rocky story from critically acclaimed director Ryan Coogler.

Crimson Peak (R)
When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain--a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak.




Miss You Already (PG-13)
Follow two best friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't share everything--secrets, clothes, even boyfriends--but nothing prepares them for the day Milly is hit with life-altering news.

The Night Before (R)
Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen), and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they’re entering adulthood the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.

Rock The Kasbah (R)
Richie Lanz, dumped and stranded in war-torn Kabul by his last remaining client, discovers Salima Khan, a Pashtun teenager with a beautiful voice and the courageous dream of becoming the first woman to compete on national television in Afghanistan's version of American Idol.



Room (R)
Jack, a spirited five-year-old and his mother are trapped in a windowless, 11-by-11-foot space, which Ma has euphemistically named ''Room.'' As Jack's curiosity about their situation grows, and Ma's resilience reaches its breaking point, they enact a risky plan to escape, ultimately bringing them face-to-face with what may turn out to be the scariest thing yet: the real world.

Suffragette (PG-13)
Galvanized by outlaw fugitive Emmeline, Maud joins the U.K.'s growing Suffragette movement alongside women from all walks of life who sacrificed their jobs, homes, children--and even their lives for the right to vote.







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