Halloween is approaching in three weeks, and with the weather outside finally feeling appropriately fall-y, we’re getting into the spirit! Normally at this point we would tell you about the scary movies in our collection that you can find through our Pinterest page, but we want to take a second to look at the less-examined […]
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New Acquisitions – October 2013
Been a while, hasn’t it? Since the start of the semester, we’ve had a slew of new DVDs show up in in the library. You might be most interested in big names like The Great Gatsby and the second season of HBO’s Girls, but the past few months of acquisitions cast a very wide and […]
Continue readingSyrian civil war documentary available streaming via AU Library
With the White House’s recent announcement that it intends to engage in military strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria in response to its purported use of chemical weapons, the ongoing Syrian civil war has once again been thrust into international spotlight. For many who have not followed the conflict since it began in 2011, […]
Continue readingMedia Services at the Movies: 2 Guns
The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. As we drift towards the traditional end of summer movie season, the deluge of notable new releases has slowed down. This week, we’re […]
Continue readingMedia Services at the Movies: Blue Jasmine
The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. Truth be told, we don’t know much about Blue Jasmine. All the plot descriptions available are vague at best, only explaining that the […]
Continue readingMedia Services at the Movies: Ryan Week
The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. Of the five notable movies coming out this week, three of them feature a Ryan in the lead role. Specifically, Ryan Reynolds appears […]
Continue readingNew Acquisitions – July 2013
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 […]
Continue readingMedia Services at the Movies: Playing catch-up
The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. Phew! We already promoted the super-great robot beat-em-up Pacific Rim last week, so this time around, it’s time for a breather. There are […]
Continue readingMedia Services at the Movies: White House Down
The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. Okay, hear us out on this one. There was once a time when summer blockbusters were not superhero movies. They were just loud […]
Continue readingMedia Services at the Movies: Monsters University
The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection. Who among us have never, at least once, loved a Pixar film? The Disney-owned studio has nearly two decades of bona fide classics […]
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