Friday, May 12, 2017

New This Week (5/12/17)

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

The Asphalt Jungle (NR)
In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme.


Better Call Saul : Season Two (NR)
Before he was Saul, he was small-time, hustling attorney Jimmy McGill. Season 2 finds Jimmy leaving shortcuts behind for his budding romance with Kim. With his stern brother Chuck keeping watch and fixer Mike drawn into a menacing cartel web, how long can “Slippin’ Jimmy” stay on the straight and narrow?

A Dog's Purpose (PG)
Based on the beloved bestselling novel by W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Purpose shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.




The Durrells In Corfu : The Complete First Season (NR)
Impoverished widow Louisa Durrell relocates her family to a house in the Greek sun, the Durrells face a whole new set of challenges as they meet new friends, rivals, lovers, and animals.



The Girl With The Gifts (R)
Humanity has been all but destroyed by a fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating "hungries." At an army base in rural England, a small group of children immune to its effects are being studied and subjected to cruel experiments. When the base falls, one little girl escapes and must discover what she is, ultimately deciding both her own future and that of the human race.

I Am Not Your Negro (PG-13)
I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond.




Ixcanul (NR)
Ixcanul is the brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Mayans living on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano.





Kaili Blues (NR)
Chen, a preoccupied doctor working in a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, decides to fulfill his late mother's wish and sets off on a journey to look for his brother's abandoned child. His partner in the clinic, a lonely old lady, asks him to also find her former lover, giving him a photograph, a shirt, and a music cassette. On the way, Chen passes through a mysterious town where distinctions between past, present, and future appear to slip away.

La La Land (PG-13)
Mia and Sebastian, an actress and a jazz musician pursuing their Hollywood dreams - and finding each other - in a vibrant celebration of hope, dreams, and love.






The Love Witch (NR)
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will driver her to the brink of insanity and murder.

Ocean Waves (PG-13)
Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude shifts wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. When Taku joins Rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships.