There are new DVDs at the Hamilton Public Library! If you didn’t get a chance to see them in the theater, or would like to watch them again, now you can borrow them for free from the library:
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Title:
Skyfall
Type of media:
[DVD]
Author:
Mendes, Sam.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Based on the characters created by Ian Fleming.
Bond’s loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense violent sequences throughout, some sexuality, language and smoking
Genre:
Action and adventure films.
Spy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Title:
Argo
Type of media:
[DVD]
Author:
Heslov, Grant, 1963-
Publication Information:
[United States] : Warner Home Video, 2013.
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on a selection from The master of disguise by Antonio J. Mendez, and the Wired magazine article “The great escape” by Joshuah Bearman.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There’s a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
Rating: R; for language and some violent images.
Corporate Subject:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency — Drama.
Subject Term:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 — Drama.
Americans — Iran — Drama.
Terrorism — Iran — Drama.
Intelligence officers — United States — Drama.
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Title:
Flight
Type of media:
[DVD]
Author:
Zemeckis, Robert, 1952-
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
MPAA rating: R; for drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexuality/nudity and an intense action sequence.
Subject Term:
Air pilots — Drama.
Aircraft accidents — Investigation — Drama.
Alcoholism — Drama.
Drug abuse — Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Fiction films.
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Title:
The Lorax
Type of media:
[DVD Blu-ray]
Author:
Seuss, Dr.
Title from web page.
Release date: Aug. 7, 2012.
Special features: Mini-movies, deleted scene, O’Hare TV, Expedition of Truffula Valley, Seuss to screen, Once-ler’s wagon, Get out of town, Truffula run, “Let it grow” sing along, features commentary with directo Chris Renauld & co-director Kyle Balda, my scene, D-Box, BD-live, pocket BLU app.
In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax? Includes an all-new featurette and two special features: Pontoffel Pock & His Magical Piano and Butter Battle Book.
Rating: PG; for brief and mild language.
Subject Term:
Pollution — Juvenile films.
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