This Week's New Recreational DVDs

  • July 18, 2012

The Library just added these Recreational DVDs to its collection: 

Last night 

Summary: A married couple in New York City are apart for the night. Each will be confronted by temptation that may decide the fate of their marriage.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448412%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

The flowers of war 

Summary: The dangerous streets of Nanjing throw together a group of opposites, a flock of shell-shocked schoolchildren, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade American posing as a priest to save his own skin, or so he thinks, all seeking safety behind a walled cathedral. Trapped by marauding soldiers, over the next few days the prejudices and divides between them will fall away as they unite around a last ditch plan to protect the children from impending catastrophe.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448413%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Being Flynn 

Summary: A compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between parent and child. Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan, however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out to his dad.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448414%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

American reunion

Summary: The whole American Pie gang returns to East Great Falls for the first time since their legendary senior year to turn their reunion into the most unforgettable weekend since high school. Old friends will reconnect, old flames will reignite, and everyone will rediscover just how much fun you can pack into one outrageous reunion.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448415%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Margaret

Summary: "The story of a Manhattan teenager whose life is profoundly altered after witnessing a terrible accident. Experience an emotional teen's extraordinary journey to set things right as her innocent ideals come crashing against the harsh realities of the adult world."--Container.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448462%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Casa de mi padre 

Summary: Armando Alvarez has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul shows up and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds themselves in a full-out war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448463%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

The three stooges 

Summary: The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly) are on a mission. Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, the young trio grows up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking, and woo-woo-wooing their way into trouble. Now years later, with the orphanage forced to close its doors, the Three Stooges embark on a wacky mission to save it. Hilarious mischief and mayhem ensue.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448464%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Backbeat 

Summary: Account of the early days of the Beatles, when they were playing strip joints in Hamburg, Germany. John wants his best friend, Stuart Sutcliffe, to join the band, but Stu is headed in a different direction- toward a beautiful photographer who is documenting the Beatles' rise.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448465%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Lilo & Stitch 

Summary: An evil creator has created a little creature by genetic experimentation. The creator and creature are sent to prison. The creature escapes and heads for Earth where he tries to impersonate a dog. Bent on self preservation, he plans to use a human shield to protect him from the aliens sent to recapture him. Earth girl, Lilo, adopts the 'dog, ' gives him the name Stitch, and actually developes an emotional attachment to the little creature. Lilo's dysfunctional family consists only of her sister Nani, but the two are about to be ripped apart by social worker Cobra Bubbles. Stitch, as the new family member, brings quite some action into all their lives, and after a while not even the aliens can recognize their former target.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448466%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Rare exports 

Summary: Young Pietari lives with his stern reindeer-herding father Rauno in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, an enormous excavation at a nearby mountain disturbs the locals and captures Pietari's curiosity.  When Rauno's reindeer herd is mysteriously slain and the children in town go missing, Pietari realizes that the dig has unearthed the evil Santa Claus of local lore, who no one wants coming to town.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448467%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Eve's bayou 

Summary: Roz Batiste is a beautiful and dedicated mother of three, who is forced to admit that her family is falling apart due to her philandering husband Louis. Her younger daughter, Eve, witnesses one of her father's infidelities. Struggling to make sense of what she has seen, Eve turns to her older sister Cisely, who dismisses her in fear of the truth, and then to her Aunt Mozelle, a known psychic and rumored black widow. Unable to find the understanding she is looking for Eve decides to take matters into her own hands. For the Batiste family, the ties that bind may not be strong enough to keep them together, and what they learn will change their lives forever.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448468%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Holes 

Summary: Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448469%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

My summer of love 

Summary: A spirited local girl finds herself drawn into the lush fantasy world of a prep-school rebel, but what started as a magical summer adventure soon becomes a dangerous friendship.

http://spydus.niagara.edu/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%281448470%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert