There are a lot of great films to check out at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival this summer. Here are two of them: (please excuse the size of this embedded video) SOUL POWER Jeffrey Levy-Hinte USA, 2008, 93 MINUTES Before Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s 1974 boxing match in Zaire, the biggest names […]
Continue reading10 Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter
From PasteMagazine.com: 10 Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter (see the complete article here)…and their movies that you can check out from Media Services. 10. Robert Rodriguez – RobertRdzThe Sin City director just joined the world of Twitter (unless this is a fake) a couple of weeks ago when he gave the commencement speech to his […]
Continue readingSelected New Acquisitions This Week
The Power of Myth – DVD 5880The Merchants of Cool – DVD 5879Poisoned Waters – DVD 5876The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony – DVD 5875Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War – DVD 5874The Unknown Soldier – DVD 5872Empire of the Air – DVD 5869Madonna: Truth or Dare – DVD 5866Shtetl […]
Continue readingNow Available for Home Use!
6 adventures originally presented in IMAX Theaters are now available for home use check out! MacGillivray Freeman’s Dolphins – HU DVD 3183 MacGillivray Freeman’s Coral Reef Adventure – HU DVD 3184 Hidden Hawaii – HU DVD 3185 The Great Barrier Reef – HU DVD 3186 Whales: An Unforgetable Journey – HU DVD 3187 Search for […]
Continue readingOn this day in history…
1870: Author Charles Dickens died at age 58. So Charles Dickens death is not as exciting as Mark Wahlberg’s birthday. BUT, his stories became the basis of a lot of movies. Here are two titles that were made and remade (and are available in our home use collection). Great Expectations (1946) – HU DVD 4777Great […]
Continue readingHappy Birthday Marky-Mark!
Lets party like its 1999…or 1989… One of my favorite part of other people’s birthdays is the opportunity to remind them of what they were doing 20 years ago. Mark Wahlberg, now famous for his performance as Det. Sgt. Dignam in The Departed (2006, HU DVD 2473), made his debut as a rapper with the […]
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Funny Girl – HU DVD 5739Gypsy – HU DVD 5738The Thing from Another World – HU DVD 5737Edward II – HU DVD 5736The Hotel New Hampshire – HU DVD 5735Chan is Missing – HU DVD 5734The Postman – HU DVD 5733Soylent Green – HU DVD 5731Battle in Seattle – HU DVD 5730Basic Instinct – HU […]
Continue readingSelected New Acquisitions This Week
Evolution (PBS Video Series) – DVD 5721 – 5724Around the World in 72 Days – DVD 5720Boys, Toys and the Big Blue Marble – DVD 5719Africans in America – DVD 5718Yol – DVD 5717Milking the Rhino – DVD 5716Color Adjustment – DVD 571013 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests – DVD 5709One Woman, One […]
Continue readingCannes Film Festival opens today with Pixar’s ‘Up’
Disney Pixar’s animated feature, ‘Up’ opened the 62nd Cannes Film Festival this year, breaking ground for animated film. See what the Washington Post and the Associated Press had to say. ‘Up’ trailer Here’s a sneak peek at some of the sights and posters, courtesy of the CinemaIsDope blog.
Continue readingHBO’s Screen on the Green cancelled for 2009…
HBO has canceled the long-running Screen on the Green program for 2009, according to a representative from HBO’s consumer affairs department. However, Crystal City is still running their outdoor movie nights, go here for more details: http://www.crystalcity.org/eventdetail.asp?IdEvent=412
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