Wow! What a dissicated desert the DVD world has been! We have opened walls and moved shelves at the library, creating a whole new world for our patrons, and we haven't watched many movies since early summer, but it has been no great loss.
Finally, our movie club has offered some interesting titles, and I've also gone out to a large store (whose name shall remain unrecorded) to find something you might enjoy. You can see the results in our December movie list.
Meanwhile, the old favorite Christmas flicks are going how like hot chicks: White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Scrooge, A Christmas Story... The best can only get better. Let's hope the next few months show an improvement in choices. The State Aid money is coming and we've earmarked some of that for movies this year. Stay tuned!
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Yes, There Will Be More Movies Coming...
We haven't forgotten you. There will be new titles coming soon. Promise!
It has been summer around the library all July and we have had YA volunteer camp, the summer program for kids, a magician, a master story-teller, pizza parties, Nancy Drew book club meetings, a mystery to solve, and not much time or money left over for movies. Real world trumps the flick.
But, now it's August, the kids are getting ready for school, there's a little cash in the till and I'm looking with interest at the new releases on DVD. Watch for the rest of the new titles on the AFI list soon, and then we are commited to picking up the latest Pirates of the C movie as soon as it's released, and this summer's Harry Potter. As always at your library, you can let us know what's hot and available, and we'll count our pennys and try to get it in. Meanwhile, check out the new old movies we added from the new AFI 100 Years 100 Movies.
Stay tuned in!
It has been summer around the library all July and we have had YA volunteer camp, the summer program for kids, a magician, a master story-teller, pizza parties, Nancy Drew book club meetings, a mystery to solve, and not much time or money left over for movies. Real world trumps the flick.
But, now it's August, the kids are getting ready for school, there's a little cash in the till and I'm looking with interest at the new releases on DVD. Watch for the rest of the new titles on the AFI list soon, and then we are commited to picking up the latest Pirates of the C movie as soon as it's released, and this summer's Harry Potter. As always at your library, you can let us know what's hot and available, and we'll count our pennys and try to get it in. Meanwhile, check out the new old movies we added from the new AFI 100 Years 100 Movies.
Stay tuned in!
Friday, June 8, 2007
Singing Slugs? Yech...
Flushed Away. Who in their right minds would watch a movie about a mouse flushed down the toilet? I certainly didn't plan to. I saw the trailers and thought, Yuk! This one isn't taking up library space. Then a much younger co-worker insisted that I watch it and even brought her copy of the DVD to make sure that I would. What can I say? It's cute.
Maybe it's the affected British accent of the protaganist (He's no Mickey M) or the slight resemblance to my sister that I saw in the heroine--this little flick caught me and I enjoyed almost every minute of nonstop fun. Animation isn't just for kids anymore, so watch this one with your youngsters--the whole family has something fun waiting for them here.
The movie is great for teaching the value of friendship above Things and the importance of social interaction. Great as a vehicle to say that we should unabashedly be who we are. Great when it makes the point that all living beings have value.
Not so great when it comes to Slugs Are People Too. Ick.
Maybe it's the affected British accent of the protaganist (He's no Mickey M) or the slight resemblance to my sister that I saw in the heroine--this little flick caught me and I enjoyed almost every minute of nonstop fun. Animation isn't just for kids anymore, so watch this one with your youngsters--the whole family has something fun waiting for them here.
The movie is great for teaching the value of friendship above Things and the importance of social interaction. Great as a vehicle to say that we should unabashedly be who we are. Great when it makes the point that all living beings have value.
Not so great when it comes to Slugs Are People Too. Ick.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
The Queen
I was not sure what to expect when I watched the movie. I did not see a lot of trailers for this movie, I thought that it was going to be about how The Queen became the ruler of England. Even though that was not what it was about, I was not disappointed.
This movie is how the royal family handled the death of Princess Diana. The movie starts within days of the wreck in the Paris tunnel to the end of the summer with the Queen meeting with Tony Blair. The movie shows how the relationship with the newly elected Prime Minister grows with the Queen.
If you like British History or anything to do with royalty, then you will like this movie.
This movie is how the royal family handled the death of Princess Diana. The movie starts within days of the wreck in the Paris tunnel to the end of the summer with the Queen meeting with Tony Blair. The movie shows how the relationship with the newly elected Prime Minister grows with the Queen.
If you like British History or anything to do with royalty, then you will like this movie.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Lake House--Some Do...
Some do...some don't. Sleepless in Seattle does; You've Got Mail doesn't. When Harry Met Sally definitely does and so does The Lake House. Those wonderful boy-misses-girl-misses- boy-meets-girl-meets-boy movies that we know just have to come right in the end fascinate us and renew our faith in the power of fate.
Sandra Bullock, who is usually just a little too waif-like for me, is on the mark in this film, balancing her lonely, mildly depressed characterization with likeability. I just want things to come out OK for her. And Keanu Reeves makes the love-struck male plausible.
Plausibility, however, is a real problem in this film. You don't want to analyze the nuts and bolts too closely, but if you are willing to suspend belief and just drop into the love story, you (I'm talkin' to you, girls) will have a satisfying chick-flick to get those tear glands going.
Sandra Bullock, who is usually just a little too waif-like for me, is on the mark in this film, balancing her lonely, mildly depressed characterization with likeability. I just want things to come out OK for her. And Keanu Reeves makes the love-struck male plausible.
Plausibility, however, is a real problem in this film. You don't want to analyze the nuts and bolts too closely, but if you are willing to suspend belief and just drop into the love story, you (I'm talkin' to you, girls) will have a satisfying chick-flick to get those tear glands going.
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