Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Media Services Recommends...Sammantha's Instant Classics

Nine to Five – HU DVD 5010

Becoming Jane – HU DVD 3953

Breakfast Club – DVD 2179

Evita – HU DVD 2164

Conversations with Other Women – HU DVD 3607

The Painted Veil – HU DVD 2729

The Prestige – HU DVD 3641

Titanic – HU DVD 2290

Waitress – HU DVD 3641

When Harry Met Sally – HU DVD 4936

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Sean Penn

Check out some of his other starring roles:
-21 Grams- HU DVD 792
-Mystic River- HU
DVD 840
-The Game- HU
DVD 2246

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep

Check out some of her other starring roles:
-The Devil Wears Prada- HU DVD 4469
-The Hours- HU DVD 665
-Adaptation- HU DVD 699

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Heath Ledger

Check out some of his other starring roles:
-Casanova- HU DVD 4075
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Brothers Grimm - HU DVD 3131
-10 Things I Hate About You- HU DVD 195

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Kate Winslet

Check out some of her other starring roles:
-Little Children- HU DVD 2714
-All the King's Men- HU DVD 3662
-Titanic- HU DVD 2290


For more complete information about the SAG awards, check out their website.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

2009 Golden Globe Awards

For a complete list of Golden Globe nominations and winners, click here for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association website.


Slumdog Millionaire won this year's award for Best Motion Picture - Drama and 3 other awards. Check out some films in our collection by Director Danny Boyle:

Trainspotting - HU DVD 1002
28 Days Later -
HU DVD 952


Vicky Cristina Barcelona won this year's award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Check out some films in our collection by director Woody Allen:

Hannah and her sisters - HU DVD 1065
Husbands and wives - HU DVD 1300
Interiors - HU DVD 127
Purple Rose of Cairo - HU
DVD 2155
September - HU DVD 248
Everyone says I love you - HU DVD 142
Annie Hall - HU DVD 126
Deconstructing Harry - HU DVD 148


Wall-E (HU DVD 4950) won this year's award for Best Animated Feature Film. Check out some films in our collection by director Andrew Stanton:

Finding Nemo - HU DVD 836
Toy Story - HU DVD 172
Toy Story 2 - HU DVD 173


Mad Men (HU DVD 4541 - 4544) won this year's award for Best Television Series - Drama.

John Adams (HU DVD 4991 - 4993) won this year's award for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.


Films of Style

"We are not recommending these films solely for their wardrobes--even though many of them are exemplary. These are films that will give your eyes a workout, either because of their breathtaking cinematography or because their is nothing like watching Cary Grant and Myrna Loy for two hours." --From Tim Gunn's Guide to Quality Taste and Style

Here are the films from Tim Gunn's list that we have available for home use check out:

Blow-Up (HU DVD 608)
Doctor Zhivago (HU DVD 4570)
Dark Victory (HU DVD 1819)
Persona (HU VHS 36)
The Palm Beach Story (HU DVD 2505)
The Philadelphia Story (HU DVD 2189)
All About Eve (HU DVD 3081)
Sleeper (HU VHS 2735)
L'Avventura (HU DVD 1242)
Devil Wears Prada (HU DVD 4669)
Mildred Pierce (HU DVD 2187)
Last Year at Marienbad (HU VHS 2036)
Masculin Feminin (HU DVD 1802)
Funny Girl (HU VHS 5213)
A Place in the Sun (HU DVD 4095)
The Draughtsman's Contract (HU DVD 5223)
Cleopatra (HU DVD 5226)

There are also several titles available for student viewing in the library:

The Women (VHS 3498)
Fountainhead (VHS 7229)
Valley of the Dolls (VHS 7251)
Metropolitan (
VHS 5082)
Prospero's Books (VHS 2405)
Grey Gardens (
DVD 971)
Shampoo (
VHS 5213)
Desk Set (
VHS 7579)

There are just a few more that have yet to make it into our collection. If you are interested in any of these titles, feel free to submit a request for purchase. If there is significant interest in a title, we may be able to purchase it.

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Funny Face
Dinner at Eight
Austin Powers
Infamous
The Go-between

Friday, January 02, 2009

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Selected New Home Use This Week

Generation Kill - HU DVD 5081-5083
Boomerang - HU DVD 5076
Panic in the Streets - HU DVD 5075
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour best of season 3 - HU DVD 5071-5074
Pinky - HU DVD 5070
Chop Shop - HU DVD 5069