Evelyn S. Field Library Blog

December 2016 - New DVDs

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Examined life   BD431.L54 2010  

Examined Life takes philosophy into the hustle and bustle of the everyday. The "rock star" philosophers of our time take "walks" through places that hold special resonance for them and their ideas. These places include crowded city streets, deserted alleyways, Central Park, and a garbage dump.

The merchants of cool   HQ796.M425 2001 

"Frontline journeys into the world of the marketers of popular culture to teenagers. They spend their days sifting through reams of market research data. They conduct endless surveys and focus groups. They comb the streets, the schools, and the malls, hot on the trail of the 'next big thing' that will snare the attention of their prey, a market segment worth an estimated $300 billion a year. They are the merchants of cool: the creators and sellers of popular culture, who have made teens the hottest consumer demographic in America"--Http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline.

FEATURE FILMS

Alice through the looking glass
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.

Bad moms
When three overworked and underappreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long-overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.

E.T.: the extra-terrestrial 
Steven Spielberg's masterpiece about a boy and his special bond with an alien from another planet. This edition includes all new bonus features, including a new interview with Steven Spielberg.

Ghostbusters 
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

Hell or high water
A divorced West Texas dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate money making scheme in order to save their family's farm from foreclosure.

I [heart] Huckabees 
Kindhearted (but confused) poet & activist Andrew Markovski hires a pair of eccentric 'existential detectives' to help him find the meaning of life as he deals with the Huckabees corporation. He soon becomes involved with the detectives' other clients, all the while the detectives' French nemesis is trying to throw a wrench in their plan by seducing Andrew's mind and body.

Kubo and the two strings
A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.

Legends of the fall
The story of the Ludlow family of Montana, spanning the first three decades of the 20th century.

TELEVISION SERIES

Outlander. Season two (5 DVDs)

Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. In Season 2, Claire and Jamie arrive in France, hell-bent on infiltrating the Jacobite rebellion led by Prince Charles Stuart and stopping the battle of Culloden. With the help of Jamie's cousin, they are thrown into the lavish world of French society, where intrigue and parties are abundant but political gain proves far less fruitful. Altering the course of history presents challenges that begin to weigh on the very fabric of their relationship - but, armed with the knowledge of what lies ahead, Claire and Jamie must race to prevent a doomed Highland uprising and the extinction of Scottish life as they know it