NEW DVDS

Westborough Public Library - New DVDs

Afghan star
[New York., N.Y.] : Zeitgeist Films, [2010].
In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After thirty years of war and five devastating years of Taliban rule, pop culture is beginning to return to the country. Since 2005, millions have been tuning in to Tolo TV's wildly popular American idol-style series, Afghan star. Like its Western predecessors, people compete for a cash prize and record deal. More surprisingly, the contest is open to everyone across the country despite gender, ethnicity, or age.
Westborough General - DVD/781.63/AFG

Alice in Wonderland
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2010.
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
Westborough General - DVD/ALI

America by rail
Renton, WA : Topics Entertainment, 2008, c2002.
From Denver to D.C., this DVD collection explores the heart of America's scenic beauty and legendary trains.
Westborough General - DVD/917/AME

The book of Eli
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010].
Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Eli keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland.
Westborough General - DVD/BOO

The bounty hunter
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2010.
Milo, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole. He thinks it's an easy payday, until she gives him the slip to chase a lead on a murder cover- up. Milo soon realizes that nothing is ever simple with him and Nicole. As the two continue to one-up each other, they find themselves on the run for their lives. If they thought their promise to love, honor, and obey was tough, staying alive will be a lot tougher!
Westborough General - DVD/BOU

Brooklyn's finest
[United States] : Overture Films ; Beverly Hills, CA : distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, c2010.
After having endured extremely different career paths, the lives of three disheartened Brooklyn police officers will collide with destiny when they all wind up at the same fatal crime scene.
Westborough General - DVD/BRO

Cadfael. Set IV
Bethesda, MD : Acorn Media, 2003.
Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, solves crimes and murders.
Westborough General - DVD/CAD (PILGRIM...) PILGRIM OF HATE

Cadfael. Set IV
Bethesda, MD : Acorn Media, 2003.
Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, solves crimes and murders.
Westborough General - DVD/CAD (HOLY...) HOLY THIEF

Chloe
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
Catherine is suspicious that her husband David is having an affair, and hires Chloe, an alluring young escort to test his fidelity. Their arranged weekly meeting allows Catherine to hear the explicit details of the encounters Chloe has with David. As Catherine becomes caught up in a web of sexual desire herself, she begins a journey that will put her family in grave danger. Is it too late to stop Chloe?
Westborough General - DVD/CHL

Derek Jacobi is Cadfael. Set I
Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, c2004.
Twelfth century Shrewsbury comes dramatically to life in Ellis Peters' story of Brother Cadfael--a good man in an evil world.
Westborough General - DVD/CAD (ONE CORPSE...) ONE CORPSE TOO MANY

Derek Jacobi is Cadfael. set III
Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, c2002.
A morbid taste for bones: When a young monk claims to see visions of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with much hostility. The raven in the forgate: Father Ailnoth, the new parish priest earns the scorn of all his parishioners. After refusing to baptise the illegitimate baby of a local woman, the priest is found dead in the river. The rose rent: A beautiful and wealthy young widow donates the house she shared with her beloved husband to Shrewsbury Abbey, asking only for the annual rent of one white rose from its garden.
Westborough General - DVD/CAD (MORBID...) MORBID TASTE FOR BONES

Disgrace
[California] : Image Entertainment, [2010], c2007.
Professor David Lurie is a man whose world is shattered when he is fired for seducing a college student. He finds peace at his estranged daughter's modest farm in South Africa until a horrific incident of terror and violence forces Lurie to confront his beliefs and the disturbing racial complexities of the new South Africa.
Westborough General - DVD/DIS

Dolan's Cadillac
[United States] : National Entertainment Media, 2010.
A dark tale of murderous and unrepentant revenge. The story revolves around Las Vegas middle school science teacher Robinson, whose beloved wife witnesses an execution in the desert and is then targeted for death by the mobster who committed it, notorious Vegas crime lord Jimmy Dolan. Dolan's vast wealth stems from his human trafficking operations, and he succeeds in having Elizabeth killed before she can testify against him. Without a witness to the murders, Dolan goes free, and Robinson must avenge Elizabeth's death on his own.
Westborough General - DVD/DOL

Earth
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, c2009.
A remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet - polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. An astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense, and humor as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.
Westborough General - DVD/591.5/EAR

Edge of darkness
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010].
The bullet that killed his daughter was meant for Boston cop Thomas Craven. That's what police brass and Craven himself think, but that's not what the investigation finds. Clue after clue and witness after witness, the search leads him into a shadowy realm where money and political intrigue intersect. If Craven wasn't a target before, he, and anyone linked to his inquiry, now is.
Westborough General - DVD/EDG

Extraordinary measures
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010].
On the fast track and ready to taste the success of corporate America, John Crowley walks away from it all in hopes of finding a cure for two of his fatally ill children. With his wife Aileen by his side, he teams up with brilliant, but unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill, and together they form a company to develop a life-saving drug. But just when it appears that a solution may be found, the relationship between the men is tested and the fate of John's children is at stake.
Westborough General - DVD/EXT

Five minutes of heaven
New York : IFC in Theaters, c2010.
In 1975, 17-year-old Alistair Little, a member of the UVF, murdered 19- year-old Catholic Jim Griffin. The murder was witnessed by his 11-year-old brother, Joe Griffin. Twenty-five years later the media arranges for the two men to meet again.
Westborough General - DVD/FIV

From Paris with love
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2010.
A low-ranking intelligence operative working in the office of the U.S. ambassador in France takes on more than he bargained for when he partners with a wisecracking, fast-shooting, high-ranking U.S. agent who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack.
Westborough General - DVD/FRO

The girl with the dragon tattoo
Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2010].
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved uncle is convinced she was murdered and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced investigative journalist Mickael Blomkvist and the tattooed and troubled yet resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate.
Westborough General - DVD/GIR

The greatest
[United States] : National Entertainment Media ; Port Washington, N. Y. : Manufactured and distributed by E1 Entertainment, 2010.
Three months after Allen and Grace's son dies, a young woman shows up pregnant with his child. At first her arrival threatens to tear the family further apart, but eventually she proves to be the very thing that brings them back together.
Westborough General - DVD/GRE

Green zone
[United States] : Universal, [2010].
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.
Westborough General - DVD/GRE

I remember better when I paint : treating Alzheimer's though the creative arts
[France?] : French Connection Films / Hilgos Foundation ; c2009.
I Remember Better When I Paint (54 min.) plus seven special features showing the new creative therapies : Recreating Social Bonds (6 min.), Organizing A Creative Workshop (7 min.), Organizing An Outing (9 min.), The Importance Of Physical Exercise (5 min.), The Memory Garden (11 min.), The Hearthstone Way (9 min.), Art & Care Until The Last Stages (7 min.).
Westborough General - DVD/362.196/I

The imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
[United States] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010].
The immortal Dr. Parnassus and his daughter Valentina travel the countryside with his imaginarium show, a mirror that audience members enter and are given two different paths to follow. If they choose correctly they will find joy and happiness, but choose wrongly and things will be quite the opposite. The doctor must also discover the right course to follow. After making a deal with Mr. Nick years ago, he must choose the correct path if he is to save his beloved daughter from Satan.
Westborough General - DVD/IMA

Jesse Stone. No remorse
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
Jesse starts moonlighting for one of his friends after he is suspended. He investigates a series of murders in Boston that he believes are all connected to a notorious mob boss.
Westborough General - DVD/JES

The last station
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010].
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy. For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw! After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is rightfully hers.
Westborough General - DVD/LAS

Percy Jackson & the Olympians the lightning thief
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2010.
Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager, he's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world!
Westborough General - DVD/PER

Plain truth
[United States] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2010.
A newborn is found dead in a peaceful Amish farming community. Was it a tragic accident, or murder? That's the shocking question facing Ellie Harrison, a high-profile criminal lawyer who ditches her self-indulgent city life to head to rural Pennsylvania, where she must defend the Amish teenager accused of killing her own baby.
Westborough General - DVD/PLA

Pressure cooker
[New York] : First Run Features, 2009.
Documents an entire school year at Frankford High School in Philadelphia with culinary arts teacher Wilma Stephenson, a tough and passionate teacher who shows her students how to work hard toward their goals as she prepares them to compete in a one-day cook-off where top chefs judge the students' skills and talents.
Westborough General - DVD/641.5/PRE

Shutter Island
[United States] : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2010.
When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go.
Westborough General - DVD/SHU

A single man
[United States] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2010.
After the death of his longtime partner, a British college professor struggles to find meaning in his life. As he dwells in the past, he begins to contemplate suicide. A series of events and encounters will lead him to question if there really is a meaning to his life after all.
Westborough General - DVD/SIN

Tenderness
[United States] : Lions Gate Films, [2010].
Lori Cranston is a confused fifteen-year-old dreamer in search of an escape from her troubled home life. She discovers and becomes enthralled with Eric, a young man with a violent past. As they embark on a harrowing journey, a hardened local cop, who has been following Eric for years, is intent on exposing him as a serial killer before Lori's fate is determined.
Westborough General - DVD/TEN

Tokyo sonata
Port Washington, NY : E1 Entertainment, c2010.
Story of a contemporary Japanese family torn apart after its patriarch unexpectedly loses his job. Ashamed, he keeps this a secret, but as he grows more despondent, his family resorts to drastic measures to break away from their fractured lives.
Westborough General - DVD/TOK

When in Rome
Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2010].
An ambitious young New Yorker, disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome, where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate, a street magician, an adoring painter, and a self-admiring model. But when a charming reporter pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
Westborough General - DVD/WHE

Baby Bach Musical adventure
Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004?].
A music video that introduces infants and toddlers to the music of J.S. Bach. Images of toys, kinetic art, and real-world objects teach words and concepts while music and sound effects captivate your child.
Westborough Juvenile - DVD/JUV/BAB

Updated Mon Aug 30 18:34:10 2010