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Lost in Austen
Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are one of literature’s most beloved couples. So what happens when a 21st century woman winds up inside this classic story? Chaos. Amanda Price discovers that her apartment is a gateway into the world of Pride and Prejudice and she and Elizabeth Bennet accidentally swap lives. Amanda, who is a Jane Austen aficionado, starts messing up the story and soon the fictional Bennet family is in a jumble with Jane marrying Mr. Collins and Mr. Bingley running away with Lydia. Amanda must find a way to fix Pride and Prejudice before millions of fans become furious with her. Any Jane Austen fan will appreciate this light-hearted enjoyable DVD. --KH
July 7, 2009
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Fireproof
Inspirational movie with Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains) in the lead role. Caleb Holt and his wife’s marriage is on a rocky road, she wants a divorce. His father tells him to wait 40 days and he’ll send him something to read. Caleb receives a handwritten book, “The Love Dare”, which he needs to read each day and do what it says. Emotional movie, keep the tissues close by. Library owns the book, “The Love Dare.” --SS
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Infamous and Capote
Two movies about the same subject--Truman Capote researching his book "In Cold Blood," about the murders of a family in Kansas. Both are good films but differ in how Capote is portrayed in getting his story. Philip Seymour Hoffman won a best actor Oscar for his role as Capote in "Capote." --NG
February 18, 2009
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Wordplay
Documentary about the annual crossword puzzle tournament and its creator Will Shortz of the New York Times and National Public Radio. Includes interviews with Shortz and crossword aficionados Bill Clinton, Jon Stewart and others. --NG
October 23, 2008
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Bubba Ho-tep (DVD)
An aging Elvis and JFK (he was dyed black) are alive and sort of well in a Texas nursing home. When fellow residents mysteriously die, they go after the soul sucking Egyptian mummy responsible. --NG
October 13, 2008
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