Today is the birthday of Al Gore, Christopher Walken and Ewan McGregor. Check out one of these films in honor of their birthday!Ewan McGregor The Ghost Writer—HU DVD 8010 The Men Who Stare at Goats—HU 7125 Pillow Book – HU DVD 8037 Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace—HU DVD 1640 Star Wars Episode II: Attack […]
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5 Movies That Changed Hollywood
Entertainment Weekly did a short piece highlighting their picks of “5 movies that changed Hollywood.” Here they are: 5 Movies that Changed Hollywood“Our picks for the flicks of the past 20 years that infused filmmaking with a new spirit.”By Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – HU DVD 1792 Steven Soderbergh wasn’t the […]
Continue readingAlbert Brooks is on twitter…
Follow his neurotic tweets. And check out some of his films: Broadcast News(HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 3504) Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World(HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 6737) Finding Nemo(HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 836) Defending Your Life(HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 6519) Lost in America(HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 4557) Real Life(HOME USE COLLECTION DVD 6108)
Continue readingRemembering Elizabeth Taylor (1932 – 2011)
Elizabeth Taylor, a voluptuous violet-eyed actress who lived a life of luster and anguish and spent more than six decades as one of the world’s most visible women for her two Academy Awards, eight marriages, ravaging illnesses and work in AIDS philanthropy, died Wednesday at age 79. Read more from the Washington Post Check out […]
Continue readingNew Docs! – Documentaries New to the Media Services Collection
Here’s a list of some of our newly acquired documentaries. Please note that most of these are not in the Home Use Collection, which means students can watch them here in Media Services, and faculty members can take them out of the library to preview and/or use in class.The ones marked HU DVD are part […]
Continue readingMedia Services and Basketball – March Madness!!
If you’re in the basketball watching mood this month, here are some videos in the Media Services Home Use Collection that are basketball related… some more than others. There’s something here for everyone, so try one out! O HUDVD 1592Hoop Dreams HU DVD 1890 Finding Forrester HUDVD 5270Changemakers – HU DVD 6048High School Musical HU […]
Continue readingRemembering Christopher Wallace aka the Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997) was an American rapper. He was popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a character in the 1975 film Let’s Do It Again), Big Poppa and The Black Frank White (after the main character of the 1990 film King of New York), but primarily by […]
Continue readingHappy Birthday, Juliette!!
Today, March 9, is the birthday of french actress, Juliette Binoche. Unfamiliar with her work? Check out one of her films from the Media Services Home Use Collection. Window of Saint-Pierre — HU DVD 269 The Night is Young — HU DVD 435 Caché — HU DVD 2063 Three Colors, Blue — HU DVD 2137 […]
Continue readingRemembering Professor Emeritus Arnost Lustig
Read one of the many recent articles on Arnost Lustig:Prague Post, NY Daily News, ABC News, Variety The following Memorandum was sent to the AU Community by Phyllis Peres, Interim Dean of Academic Affairs yesterday, March 2, 2011. I regret to inform you of the death of Arnost Lustig, professor emeritus of literature, who passed […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles
Inception – HU DVD 8000And Now for Something Completely Different – HU DVD 8001Word is Out – HU DVD 8002Broadcast News (Criterion) – HU DVD 3501 copy 1Broadcast News – HU DVD 3501 copy 2Brooklyn’s Finest – HU DVD 7991The Town – HU DVD 7992Alligator – HU DVD 7988True Grit – HU DVD 7989Space Jam […]
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