Today is a very special someone’s birthday…Natalie Wood! Natalie Wood was born July 20th, 1938. She was in so many good movies, but we’re going to particularly recommend: Gypsy (HU DVD 5738): I already have “If Mama Was Married” stuck in my head. The Searchers (HU DVD 1808): This movie is incredible. I completely forgot […]
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Hugh Grant. Somewhat Awesome.
Certain members of the media services team decided to watch A Very English Scandal recently, having enjoyed Hugh Grant’s villainous turn in Paddington 2. Interestingly, Paddington is played by Ben Whishaw. This reunion of the two actors, as many have remarked, is…uh…a little different. We all love Ben Whishaw. He’s perfect. He’s perfect in Perfume […]
Continue readingMovies At Random: Sound And Fury
Today’s movie at random is Sound and Fury (HU DVD 681), an important documentary about deaf culture and the impact of cochlear implants. We also have streaming access to the follow up film, Sound and Fury: 6 years later. DC has such an interesting deaf community, and while this documentary is a little outdated, it’s […]
Continue readingHappy Friday the 13th!
We’re not superstitious, but we’ll take any excuse to watch some creepy movies! We do have Friday the 13th (HU DVD 859) if you’re feeling on the nose about it, but here are five very different alternate suggestions for your viewing pleasure this unlucky evening. Stoker (streaming): More tense than horrifying, Stoker is a stylish, unsettling, […]
Continue readingGhibli In My Home State!!!
Were you carried away with a desire to visit Oregon after seeing the Only Slightly Exaggerated campaign? You should totally go! In the meantime, check out some of these awesome anime movies we have that are just as magical: Princess Mononoke (HU DVD 1206) and Spirited Away (HU DVD 586) are usually thought of as the […]
Continue readingMovies At Random: Obit.
Welcome to another Monday. Today’s Movie At Random is the 2016 documentary Obit. : an inside look at life on the New York Times obituaries desk (HU DVD 14789). Not as depressing as it sounds! Vanessa Gould won much praise with the origami documentary Between the Folds in 2008, and Obit was well regarded as well. Here’s […]
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So I had sort of half-seen references to the upcoming film Jojo Rabbit flashing by on social media and just today looked up the summary: Jojo Rabbit is a young boy living during World War II. His only escapism is through his imaginary friend, an ethnically inaccurate version of Adolf Hitler, who pushes the young boy’s naive […]
Continue readingStanford Prison Experiment
This article on Medium, “The Lifespan of a Lie,” is worth a read if you missed it. We have a lot of documentaries on this available streaming (go for the keyword search! you can do it!), and the recent film Stanford Prison Experiment (HU DVD 12867), if you’re looking for a dramatic take. You can […]
Continue readingMovies At Random: La Cage Aux Folles
Happy Monday! Today’s Movie At Random is HU DVD 1603, La Cage Aux Folles. You might be familiar with the fantastic American remake with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, The Birdcage (HU DVD 667), which is also an amazing movie but not what the Google Random Number Generator ordered. Here’s our summary: Renato and Albin are […]
Continue readingEpics in Our Epic Collection
Epic is such an overused word. I mean, we basically use it to mean “awesome” now which is kind of sad. In film, it means, “A long film, book, or other work portraying heroic deeds and adventures or covering an extended period of time.” So, obviously, the Lord of the Rings trilogy (HU DVD 808 […]
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