The 83rd Academy Awards Oscar Nominations have been announced. The Media Services Home Use Collection has a few of these titles. Our collection also happens to have tons of films by nominated actors and directors, not to mention two nominated documentary films. Here’s an extensive list of films related to this year’s nominees.*means this one […]
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Selected New Home Use Titles
Toy Story HU BLU-RAY DVD 7768Toy Story 2 HU BLU-RAY DVD 7769Toy Story 3 HU BLU-RAY DVD 7770Toy Story 3 – HU DVD 7770Field of Dreams – HU DVD 7776Layer Cake – HU DVD 7777I Love You, Man – HU DVD 7778The Grudge – HU DVD 7779The Taste of Tea – HU DVD 7780Bender’s Big […]
Continue readingSeth Rogen, Elijah Wood, and Danny McBride In Beastie Boys Short Film
That’s right, Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, and Danny McBride are playing Mike D, Ad Rock, and MCA in the short film called “After the Party…”. Jack Black, Will Ferrell, and John C. Reilly play the future Beastie Boys who use time travel to challenge their past selves in a dance battle… and yes there’s a […]
Continue readingQuentin Tarantino’s First Film – My Best Friend’s Birthday
My Best Friend’s Birthday is the first film made by Quentin Tarantino, eight years before Reservoir Dogs. It was created as a collaboration with Roger Avary in 1984 and shot on a budget of $5,000. A 70-minute rough cut was made, but a fire at the lab damaged the film and only 36 minutes of […]
Continue readingNow in Media Services – Chronicles of the Refugee – DVD 7721 – 7723
Chronicles of the Refugee is a 6-part documentary film series looking at The global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with ‘al-Nakba’ (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are […]
Continue readingNow Available in Media Services – Have You Heard From Johannesburg? DVD 7921 – 7927
Have You Heard from Johannesburg – DVD 7921 – 7927 Watch a clip of Have You Heard from Johannesburg – Road to Resistance Have You Heard From Johannesburg is seven documentary stories, produced and directed by Connie Field, chronicling the history of the global anti-aprtheid movement that took on South Africa’s entrenched apartheid regime and […]
Continue readingHappy Birthday, Kirk!
Today, Kirk Douglas turns the ripe old age of 94. Many of his classic films are available here in Media Services for Home Use. Ace in the Hole – HU DVD 2976Arrangement – HU DVD 2212Bad and the Beautiful – HU DVD 7257Champion – HU DVD 211Gunfight at the O.K. Corral – HU DVD 7576Lust […]
Continue readingHappy Holiday Home Use Titles!
Need a break from studying for finals? Have an extra day or two before heading home? Staying in town for Winter Break? Whatever the case may be, we’ve got some title that will be perfect for passing the time this holiday season. Die Hard – HU DVD 445Die Hard 2: Die Harder – HU DVD […]
Continue readingNow in Media Services: Unrestrictable Home Use Titles!
We have begun to acquire second and third copies of some of our more popular films. These are high demand titles that tend to be used in class every semester which prevents them from being checked out as home use titles to patrons. As a result, we have decided to create a new category for […]
Continue readingHappy Thanksgiving, from Media Services!!
Here are some Thanksgiving related picks available to take home over the holiday. If you check out a Home Use DVD today, it won’t be due back until Monday, November 29! What’s Cooking? – HU DVD 251What happens when families come together for Thanksgiving? Almost anything! Tale of four very different families, as they cook […]
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