Remembering Terry Jones

Today we honor Terry Jones, immortal member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, a tv program which truly needs no introduction. Jones was a founding Python, establishing the troupe along with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, and Michael Palin. When Monty Python’s Flying Circus premiered in the UK in 1969, the troupe presented […]

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New Acquisition!

Media Services’ first new acquisition of 2020 is…. The Farewell, directed by Lulu Wang! This movie (BLU 16732) was snubbed by the Academy, but Awkwafina made history at the Golden Globes when she became the first woman of Asian descent to win in a leading actress film category. Yes, it took until 2020 for that […]

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Film Neu Festival

Looking for something to do this month? How about a festival screening the best new German language films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland? You can find a full film list and a call for volunteers at www.filmneu.com All the screenings take place at E Street Cinema.

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Random Movie Monday

Happy Monday, dear readers! This week’s random movie is not a movie, but a tv show. Season Six of Oz, to be exact– DVD 15153. Here’s our summary. In this final season of Oz, Schillinger has revenge on his mind, Cyril is facing execution, Beecher is hoping for parole, and McManus is finding solace in […]

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Random Movie Monday

Today’s random movie is a miniseries — 2013’s Bonnie & Clyde (DVD 11487). Here’s our summary: Based on the true story of Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber who sweeps Bonnie Parker, an impressionable, petite, small-town waitress, off her feet. The two embark on one of the most infamous bank-robbing sprees in history. The […]

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Random Movie Monday

And we’re back! We’re reaching way back in cinema history for today’s random movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth(DVD 7504). Here’s our summary: Gorgeous young Barbara Worth wants one thing– to help her adopted father turn their dusty desert town into farmland. But when a wealthy land developer is hired to build a dam and […]

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