The summer rolls on, and in-between our trips to the theater and the beach, we’ve picked up some new movies. There are a few big crowd-pleasers, like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Pitch Perfect, and the first season of The Newsroom. But also a number of interesting smaller titles. Learn about youth chess prodigies […]
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New Acquisitions – May 2013
After a month-long hiatus, we’ve once again started receiving new movies. We’re in the process of playing catch-up. In addition to rounding out our collection of Best Picture nominees (now including Silver Linings Playbook and Django Unchained), we’ve updated our collection of Frontline and 30 for 30 episodes, added the last of the Twilight movies, […]
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We’re at the end of our purchasing season, so we’re adding one more batch of new titles for the semester. We have a couple Oscar nominees (Les Misérables, Anna Karenina, Life of Pi, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), a few enlightening documentaries (including biographies of famous composers and an economist), some movies we probably […]
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We’ve hit the end of the fiscal year, so we’ve temporarily stopped ordering new films. We’ve gotten many, many other interesting titles in the past month, so you can expect another New Acquisitions post shortly. In the meantime, we wanted to alert you to some of the big new titles trickling into our collections. Patrons […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – March 2013
As we head into spring break, we’re adding some big titles to our collection. Oscar contenders Argo, Skyfall, and The Master are now available, as is the second season of Game of Thrones. But don’t overlook some of our other interesting additions, including The Naked Gun series, experimental film Holy Motors, failed Aaron Sorkin vehicle […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – February 2013
The Oscar season onslaught has begun! The big movies from fall 2012 are starting to hit DVD, and we’re picking them up. The first big name in our batch is Flight, the Robert Zemeckis film that has Denzel Washington in contention for Best Actor. Other notables include documentary nominee Detropia and Frankenweenie, Tim Burton’s return […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – January 2013
We’re off to a strong start in 2013. Among our new titles, we’ve acquired a beloved Disney classic, Academy Award-nominated documentaries, action-thriller hits from last fall, unsettling indie success stories, a long-unavailable classic from the 1920s, and a few comedies you might remember from the 90s. Read on for a full list of what we’ve […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – December 2012
As the university gets ready for another month of hibernation, we’re working through the last of our new acquisitions for 2012. We’re ending the year on a high note with big new blockbusters (Cabin in the Woods, The Dark Knight Rises), some old favorites (Risky Business), new seasons for popular television shows, and a slew […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – November 2012
In the past month, we’ve added 293 new titles and television series. They run the full spectrum from educational films about landmark Supreme Court cases to The Avengers and Magic Mike. We’re continuing to add more television, including cult favorites such as Sports Night and American Horror Story. We have dozens of brand new documentaries, […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – October 2012
Somehow it seems that we’re adding even more titles to our collection. This month has probably set some sort of record: we got over 200 titles this month, including 19 television shows. It would be silly to narrow it down to a few highlights, but you are guaranteed to find something you’ll love. Epic fantasy […]
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