Are you a fan of the 1970’s British TV show Upstairs Downstairs?  You are in for a treat!  The show has been remade in three hour-long episodes.  With amazing costumes, beautiful sets, and fun characters, this series is sure to please anglophiles.  If you are a purist and want to revisit the original series, we [...]

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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Rabbit Hole is a raw, emotional film about a couple who are dealing with the loss of their young son.  The film stars Aaron Eckhart  and Nicole Kidman, who was nominated for both a Golden Globe and Academy Award for her performance in this film.  Careful to not [...]

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Hey, remember Scooter Libby?  Remember when Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson became household names?  If you are wondering about the events that led up to these people becoming daily headlines, watch Fair Game.  Starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, this is the story based on true events that led to the invasion of Iraq and [...]

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Yes, it’s a boxing movie.  Let’s just get that out of the way.  There are several scenes in the boxing ring with two guys making each other bleed.  However, it is also a movie about how one can overcome challenges like a very dysfunctional family and achieve hopes and dreams.
The Fighter is based on the [...]

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While you are waiting for the new crop of Oscar-nominated foreign language films to come out on DVD, I suggest another foreign film to fill the gap, Hula Girls!  Best Picture winner of the Japanese Academy Awards in 2007, Hula Girls is a wonderful film.  Based on the true story of a town in Japan [...]

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The Academy Award nominations are out and we are getting Oscar fever!  Once again we are holding our annual Oscar Pic Contest.  Visit the Circulation Desk and fill out a ballot for your favorites to win.  Whoever pics the correct winner in the 10 categories on our ballot wins 3 free DVD rentals!

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Looking for a fun action movie?  Want to see Helen Mirren wielding a large gun?  Looking for a star-studded cast having a great time?  Look no futher…Red is the movie for you!
Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman, Mary Louise Parker, and Helen Mirren, Red is a galloping action-packed movie.  Frank Moses, apparently an ordinary [...]

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How does one socially inept college kid create the world’s largest and most popular social network?  A complicated question to answer, but one that Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher explain with ease in the film The Social Network.    According to Roger Ebert, “‘The Social Network’ is a great film not because of its dazzling style [...]

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It’s not Robert Downey Jr or Jeremy Brett, it’s a whole new take on Sherlock Holmes.  A collaboration between the BBC and Masterpiece Theatre, Sherlock is a wonderful reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s characters.  Set in present-day London, Holmes is a restless man who is a “consulting detective” for the police.  Through a mutual [...]

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Looking for an action-packed thriller starring a gorgeous woman?  Look no further!  Salt stars Angelina Jolie as a CIA operative who is accused of being a double agent for Russia.  Watch as she beats up bad guys and escapes from impossible situations in this thrill-a-minute movie. Roger Ebert says, “Jolie’s character, Evelyn Salt, makes it [...]

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