Friday, December 18, 2015

New This Week (12/17/15)

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

Amy (R)
The spellbinding, much anticipated documentary about one of the most legendary singers of our time, Amy Winehouse. Intimate, shocking, brilliant.






Ant-Man (PG-13)
Armed with the amazing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must channel his inner hero and help his new mentor Dr. Hank Pym protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of ruthless villains.



Cooties (R)
Teachers have the worst Monday ever when their students are turned into little killer savages in this horror-comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills.






Fear The Walking Dead : The Complete First Season (NR) 
In a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability a high school guidance counselor and English teacher have managed to assemble. The everyday pressure of blending two families while dealing with resentful, escapist, and strung out children takes a back seat when society begins to break down.

Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation (PG-13)
With their elite organization shut down by the CIA, agent Ethan Hunt and his team must race against time to stop The Syndicate, a deadly network of rogue operatives turned traitors. To stop this global threat, Ethan must join forces with an elusive, disavowed agent whose loyalty is suspect as he faces his most impossible mission ever.

Mississippi Grind (R)
Down-on-his-luck gambler Gerry and his hot-streak buddy Curtis hit the road for New Orleans, hunting a big payday. On riverboats and racetracks they chase women and thrills--before risking it all in the wager of their lives.




Trainwreck (R)
Since she was a little girl, Amy has been taught that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo, enjoying an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment. But when she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of a new article she's writing, Amy starts to wonder if other grown-ups, including this guy who really seems to like her, might be onto something.


Friday, December 4, 2015

New This Week (11/26/15 & 12/3/15)

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

American Ultra (R)
Mike shares a small-town life with his girlfriend Phoebe, but Mike's sleepy world goes wild after he discovers that he's actually a CIA sleeper agent with lethal fighting skills--and the target of government hitmen.





Best Of Enemies (R)
Dead last in the ratings, ABC hires two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Live and unscripted, armed with deep-seated distrust and enmity, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed, and a new era in public discourse was born.

Better Call Saul : Season One (NR)
Before Saul Goodman met Walter White, he was struggling attorney Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). In this prequel to the Emmy-winning series Breaking Bad, Jimmy teams up with Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and begins his transformation from optimistic underdog into Albuquerque’s most notorious legal legend. Michael McKean stars as Jimmy’s brilliant, uncompromising brother, Chuck.

The Great Fire (NR)
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, September 2, 1666, a fire started in a London bakery on Pudding Lane. This inferno burned its way into history as The Great Fire of London, raging for four days and bringing the capital city to its knees.

Gringo Trails (NR)
Are tourists destroying the planet or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed?






Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine (NR)
A powerful feature documentary about Matthew Shepard, the gay young man who was tortured and murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in U.S. history. Directed by a close friend of Shepard's, the film revisits the shocking case with never-before-seen photos, rare video footage, and new revelations about Shepard's all-too-brief life.

Ricky And The Flash (PG-13)
In an original and electrifying film loaded with live musical performances, Ricki Rendazzo is a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.

Scott And Bailey : Season Three (NR)
Just as their love lives fall apart, the duo must face the toughest case of their careers. What to make of a decapitated elderly woman, her emaciated husband and their troubled daughter, who turns up on Janet s doorstep with information too hot to handle?



Sharknado 3 (NR)
When a mass of Sharknadoes threatens America's East Coast, chainsaw-wielding hero Fin must again risk his life to save his children on spring break. But as he fights his way south, the sharknadoes merge and grow bigger than ever before.