Thursday, March 20, 2014

Flick Picks 3/18/14: Frozen, American Hustle, Saving Mr. Banks

New on DVD at the Library This Week
ENTERTAINMENT: Don't let Frozen go...get your holds on it right away! Not only did this film win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, it is one of those animated films like Little Mermaid that ends up being loved by everyone in the family. Even if you haven't already seen it (multiple times) then you've probably heard the Oscar-winning soundtrack. The film is about a woman and her snowman companion fighting to save their kingdom from eternal winter. We have it on DVD and Blu-ray. American Hustle was shut out at the Oscars but it's one of last year's audience favorites, and it's easy to see why when it sports a crowd-pleasing cast of Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. The late-70s action involves a con man who ends up being enlisted by the FBI. It's availalbe on DVD and Blu-ray.

Tom Hanks gives us yet another incredible performance and Emma Thompson is no slouch either in Saving Mr. Banks, the story of the quest to bring Mary Poppins to the big screen. You can also get this one on either DVD or Blu-ray. The amazing Idris Elba portrays South African President Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which follows his youth, life in prison and eventual political success. A sensitive family drama about bullying produced by wrestling marketers World Wide Entertainment? Sure enough, that's what we get with That's What I Am, which stars Ed Harris as a popular teacher who helps a teased child overcome his fears.

PERFORMING ARTS: Did you catch The Dukes of September (Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs) when they played Ravinia a couple of years ago? Relive that tour with The Dukes of September Live, which features a rocking set list that includes hits like The Lido Shuffle, Peg and Takin' it to the Streets.

You can find all of our new and upcoming films in Bibliocommons.

St. Patrick's Day Films
There is something about Ireland that is so appealing to watch on film, even when not celebrating your Irish heritage. However, St. Patrick's Day gives you an extra impetus to check one of these Irish-set films out from your library!
  • Amy Adams travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on February 29th because Irish tradition says that he must accept in Leap Year.
  • Academy Award winner Steve McQueen's first film is Hunger, which follows Michael Fassbender as an imprisoned member of the IRA who launches a hunger strike.
  • An Irish fisherman (Colin Farrell) finds a woman in his net who he believes is a mythical selkie in Ondine
  • The darkly comic The Guard features Brendan Gleeson as an Irish cop who teams up with an FBI agent (Don Cheadle) in order to investigate drug smugglers.
  • A woman (Glenn Close) poses as a man in order to find work at an Irish hotel in Albert Nobbs.
  • In Bloody Sunday, Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass gives us a dramatic reconstruction of January 30, 1972, when British troops fired upon unarmed Irish protesters.
  • The beautifully animated The Secret of Kells tells the story of a young boy who must pursue a quest in order to complete a magical book.

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